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Porto Rico Telephone Co. - dated 1950's-60's Puerto Rican Utility Stock Certificate

Inv# FS1056   Stock
Country: Puerto Rico
State(s): Delaware
Years: 1950's-60's
Color: Gray or Red

Stock printed by Security Banknote Co. Map of Puerto Rico with black telephone, transmitting tower, and telephone pole at center. Available in Gray and Red. Please specify color.

The Behn Brothers, Hernan and Sosthenes, arrived at Puerto Rico in 1906 from St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. They were the founders of the Porto Rico Telephone Company, and decided to create a 150-acre real estate development in Santurce. This project became what is now known as Condado. To help with the process, the Behn Brothers built permanent bridges to facilitate the access, and people quickly started calling the main bridge "Dos Hermanos".

In 1999, a project of reconstruction and restoration of the bridge started. However, it had to be halted for not counting with the necessary permits. The project was restarted on July 4, 2011, and the new bridge was inaugurated in December 2011. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosthenes_Behn and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hern%C3%A1n_Behn

Condition: Excellent

A stock certificate is issued by businesses, usually companies. A stock is part of the permanent finance of a business. Normally, they are never repaid, and the investor can recover his/her money only by selling to another investor. Most stocks, or also called shares, earn dividends, at the business's discretion, depending on how well it has traded. A stockholder or shareholder is a part-owner of the business that issued the stock certificates.

Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.
Price: $6.50