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Auction: 9014 - Bond & Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 520

British Alkali Company, certificate for £25 shares, 18(46), company logo and monogram at top, black, about very fine. The company was formed in 1836 and acquired land at Stoke Prior, Worcestershire to build its factory. By 1852 the company was in financial difficulty and was liquidated. John Corbett, ´The Salt King´ acquired the works from the trustees and ran them, with adjacent property, until the formation of the giant Salt Union Limited in 1888 to whom he sold out. Estimate £ 60-80

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£60