[Letter Opener].
Stock Code 81151
London, 50 & 11, Old Broad Street, 1891
Original price
$256.00
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Original price
$256.00
Original price
$256.00
$256.00
$256.00
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$256.00
Current price
$256.00
The Eastern Telegraph Company (ETC), founded in 1872 by John Pender, was born out of the merger of four telegraph companies. The new company would become the largest cable operating company in the world. At its peak it operated 160,000 nautical miles of cables. He became Chairman of the company on its formation and held the position until his death in 1896. The company would eventually become Cable and Wireless.
The map beautifully and succsinctly illustrates the companies numeorus telegraph lines. Amoung the more unusual are from Candahar to Calcutta, Shanghai to Yunnan (Tibet), and New York to Pernambaco.
Letter opener with printed world map on both sides, 1891 calendar printed on handle.
The map beautifully and succsinctly illustrates the companies numeorus telegraph lines. Amoung the more unusual are from Candahar to Calcutta, Shanghai to Yunnan (Tibet), and New York to Pernambaco.
Letter opener with printed world map on both sides, 1891 calendar printed on handle.
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