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Auction: 9014 - Bond & Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 516

Apperly, Curtis & Co. Ltd., £10 preference shares, 18(96), signed by Alfred Apperly as Director, blue, pink underprint, printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited, some slight spotting and surface soiling, about very fine; together with a certificate for debenture stock, 189(6), also signed by Alfred Apperly, ornate border, black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, very fine but a couple of endorsements on face. (2). Owned the Dudbridge Mill in Rodbrough, Gloucestershire which had produced fine cloth since the 1830´s. Converted into a Limited company in 1895 and continued until 1933 when the general slump forced them to close. Estimate £ 40-50 Sir Alfred Apperly (1839-1913 ). Woollen cloth manufacturer. His company won many gold medals and other awards for excellence of manufactured cloth. Built Rodborough Court near Stroud, a fine genteleman´´s residence in 1888. Knighted in 1907.

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