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Dollar Steamship Lines Inc., Ltd.,

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:125.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 - 500.00 USD
Dollar Steamship Lines Inc., Ltd.,

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Auction Date:2007 Feb 01 @ 10:00 (UTC-4 : AST/EDT)
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DE. 1929. Specimen. Odd shs. Class A Common Stock. green. Steamship with "$" signs on the smokestacks. In 1893 Dollar purchased a sawmill on the Pacific coast of the United States, and his lumber business grew. He had a son, Stanley Dollar who left school at 13 and worked in his father's lumber office. In 1893 or 1895 he acquired his first vessel, a single steam schooner called Newsboy from the recently bankrupt Navarro Mill, to move his lumber from the Pacific northwest to markets down the coast and in the process they established the Dollar Steamship Company. In 1923 he purchased seven ex World War 1 "502 President type" liners from the US Shipping Board. In March 1925 Dollar took over an additional eight "535 President type" liners from the Shipping Board but managed by Pacific Mail Steamship Company in Trans Pacific work. The Pacific Mail Steamship Co. was taken over by Dollar in 1925. On 18 November 1936, one of the Dollar companies filed for bankruptcy and in 1937 the Tacoma Oriental was sold up to meet debts. On 1 November 1938, the new entity met for the first time. At that meeting, the name of the company was changed to American President Lines Ltd. Historic shipping company. Very rare stock, possibly the first time seen. SBNC. Fine with handling, staple holes on left margin and large "X" on back in pencil that could be erased.