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Auction: 9014 - Bond & Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 396

x Highgate Archway Company, £50 share, 18(13), attractive early piece with red paper seal affixed at left, black printing on thick paper, good very fine Formed to cut a tunnel through the steep hill at Highgate, North London, which collapsed when almost complete, forming the present cutting. The company then built the bridge across, which was rebuilt at the turn of the century. Estimate £ 250-300

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