Portugal: Companhia Rio Ave, 100$000 share, 1893, cotton spinning, weaving and dyeing

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Portugal: Companhia Rio Ave Fabrica de Fiacão, Torcedura, Tecelagem, Branqueacão e Tinturaria de Algodão, 100 Reis share, Porto [1893], #542, large vignette of factory buildings under title, grey/green. Formed in 1888 to improve and extend the business of the former ‘Companhia Industrial e Agricola Portuense’, based on the banks of the River Ave. The new company introduced spinning, twisting, weaving, bleaching and dyeing and was the first of its kind in Vila do Conde. A few small nicks in bottom edge, VF and scarce