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Maritime Salvors, Limited, Stock

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:20.00 USD Estimated At:125.00 - 200.00 USD
Maritime Salvors, Limited, Stock
Incorporated in England. Cert. #691, issued to James Thomas Hampshire for 10 shares. Signed by 2 directors and by secretary. No border, blue print on white paper with a company logo on fancy plate at left. Embossed seal with replica of the 3-masted, partially sunken ship depicted in the logo. U/C. Printer: Waterlow & Sons, London. 10 x 11.” This was evidently a treasure salvaging enterprise. In 1921 the company sued the Pelton Steamship Co., Ltd. (“Zelo”) for negligent navigation, which involved a collision with a partly salved wreck.
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