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Newfoundland Railway Company, Share Certificate, 1881

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:125.00 CAD Estimated At:250.00 - 350.00 CAD
Newfoundland Railway Company, Share Certificate, 1881
SOLD
275.00CAD+ buyer's premium (55.00)
This item SOLD at 2020 May 01 @ 20:08UTC-4 : AST/EDT

Buyer’s Premiums will be added on all items as per the Terms & Conditions of the sale. Invoices will be emailed out after all sessions of the Spring Sale have concluded.

ten shares.  Printed by Franklin Bank Note Co.  in black with brown tint.  Between 1881 and 1884 the company constructed 57 miles of railway from St. John's to Whitbourne and a 27 mile branch to Harbour Grace before it went into receivership.  An attractive piece of Newfoundland history, adorned with a vignette of a steam train arriving at a station.  Margin slightly reduced at left side.