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Auction: SW1014 - Bonds & Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 119

Compania del Ferrocarril Nacional de Tehuantepec, República Mexicana. 5% Gold Loan £20, Mexico 21 Noviembre 1904. #12715. The Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico represents the shortest distance between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean, and prior to the opening of the Panama Canal, was a major shipping route known simply as the Tehuantepec Route. The company built the railway over the Isthmus and operated the harbours on both ends of the route. Text in French, German and English. Printed by Giesecke & Devrient, Leipzig. This loan is subject of the 1922 Mexican debt arrangement. Rusty staples. Uncancelled. VF.

Estimate
SFr80 to SFr120