Woking, Aldershot & Basingstoke Canal & Navigation Co. Ltd., £50 1st mortgage debenture, 1896, black with decorative border, red revenue stamp. EF

Registered 1896. The old Basingstoke Canal which had been built in 1778 was acquired by Sir Frederick Hunt in 1895 to handle the growth of the brick and timber trade in the area. Declined and was sold in 1905.

Large piece with no folds, postage rates will reflect this.