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The French Radia Co Ltd

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French Radia Co – Share Warrant, 4 shares, 1908, London. Scripophily.

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This bearer certificate of The French Radia Co Ltd is a particularly interesting scripophily document from the standpoint of the history of technology. Issued in London in May 1908, it represents 4 shares of a company whose name evokes the earliest commercial applications of radio, a technology barely born at the time, since Marconi had made his first transatlantic transmission only in 1901. The French Radia Co illustrates the flourishing of Franco-British companies seeking to exploit the new wireless technologies in France and its colonies. The bearer certificate, a common format in Edwardian finance, allowed anonymous transfer and facilitated speculation. This document will interest collectors at the intersection of technology-themed scripophily and the history of radio communication's earliest years.

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