75 Highlights Teil 2 der 61. Auktion für Historische Wertpapiere Part 2 of the 61st Auction for Old Stocks and Bonds

53 Los 543 Cunard Steam Ship Company, Limited 22 July 1880, 30 Shares á £ 20, #36/86251-80, 16 x 25 cm, black, white, folds, two holes, condition VF, stamp cancelled, stamp of the Stock and Share Brokers Hunter & Ley. The certificate was issued a few days after the other Cunard item, which was issued on 13 May 1880. But at the older dated certificate the pre-printed date was 188_, whereas at this certificate the pre-printed date was 18__. This assumes, that the version with 18__ was the older type of stock certificate, although it was issued later. R12! Already in 1840 Sir Samuel Cunard (1787 - 1865) founded the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. He offe- red a regular steam-ship line between Europe and North America. In 1878 the Cunard Steam-Ship Company was founded in Liverpool. In 1932 the North-America Lines of Cunard merged with the White Star Line Limited (owner of the Titanic) to form Cunard-White Star Limited. The Mediterranean Lines remained at Cunard Steam-Ship Company. In 1971 the company was taken over by Trafalgar House PLC. The company is part of the Carnival Corporation since 1998. Minimum bid: 1,500 € Cunard Steam Ship Company, Limited 22.07.1880, 30 Shares á £ 20, #36/86251-80, 16 x 25 cm, schwarz, weiß, Knickfalten, zwei Löcher, Erhaltung VF, stempelentwer- tet, Stempel des Stock and Share Brokers Hunter & Ley. Das Stück ist zwar einige Tage nach dem Papier vom 13.05.1880 ausge- stellt, aber während dort für das Datum 188_ vorgedruckt war, war es bei dieser Version 18__. Das lässt vermuten, dass es die vorher ge- nutzte Version war. R12! Bereits 1840 gründete Sir Samuel Cunard (1787 - 1865) die British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. Es entstand eine regelmäßige Dampfschiffsverbindung zwischen Europa und Nordamerika. 1878 wurde dann die Cunard Steam-Ship Company in Liverpool gegründet. Die Nordamerika-Flotte der Cunard Steam-Ship Company fusionierte 1932 mit der White Star Line Limited (Ree- derei der Titanic) zur Cunard-White Star Limited. Die Mittelmeerflotte blieb weiter bei der Cunard Steam-Ship Company. 1971 wurde die Firma von der Trafalgar House PLC übernommen. Seit 1998 gehört die Firma zur Carnival Corporation. Mindestgebot: 1.500 €