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Auction: 9014 - Bond & Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 525

Esparto Trading Co. Ltd., £500 share, 186(7), signed by Thomas Routledge as director, scrollwork at left, black, heavy folds but about very fine and rare. Routledge had developed a method of using Esparto grass to make paper in the 1850´s and had dealings with the foremost manufacturers such as Dickinson. Most of the supply came from Spain or North Africa. The company appears to have survived well into the 1960´s but further information is not available. Routledge also fought long and hard with the Government for the removal of duty on paper which was finally achieved. Estimate £ 60-80

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