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Auction: 9014 - Bond & Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 399

London Electrobus Co. Ltd., £1 ordinary shares, part paid, 19(08), ornate border, black, very fine. Founded in 1906 to operate a fleet of electric/battery buses in London. Although the company wanted to put up to 300 buses on London streets thay only managed to operate 20. They were the victims of a fraudster Edward Lewhess who failed to deliver buses, despite having been paid for them and the company was soon in liquidation. See an interesting article in the Economist in September 2007. Estimate £ 50-60

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