Sweden: English & Swedish Timber Co. Ltd., £100 shares, 1874, RARE
£65.00
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Sweden: English & Swedish Timber Co. Ltd., £100 shares, 1874, black printing, red seal. VF and RARE
Issued to a shareholder in Gothenburg and two of the directors would appear to be Swedish but we cannot find more information. Forestry was and is vital to the Swedish economy. In the 19th century it was over exploited for the iron industry, housing and farming leading to the Forestry Act of 1903. Company based in Liverpool.
