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Ticket for Free Passage for a family of four, from Montreal to Santos, Brazil 1896

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:45.00 CAD Estimated At:65.00 - 100.00 CAD
Ticket for Free Passage for a family of four, from Montreal to Santos, Brazil 1896
A drawing of a sailing ship to left. La Ligure Brasiliana, Gustavo Gavotti, Genova Montreal Branch. Free Passage Department 213 Commissioners Street. Measures 17. 5 x 21 cm. Black printing on green paper, with name, ship and port of departure hand written, as well as family numbers to right. (3 1/2 adults !!) Perhaps Mr. Edward Dannow changed his mind, or perhaps the ship never sailed. , in any case, this ticket somehow remained in, or returned to Canada. Most likely Brazil was encouraging immigration of European descent families, to the extent of providing free transportation, in steerage, however.Very Rare !