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American Shipping Company Stocks, San Francisco, Signed by Geo. Billings (2) [128638]

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Transportation Start Price:40.00 USD Estimated At:80.00 - 150.00 USD
American Shipping Company Stocks, San Francisco, Signed by Geo. Billings (2)  [128638]
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Two certificates, one issued in 1902 and the other in 1904. Both are issued to Geo. E. Billings, the company president. We could not find anything specific about this company and whether it was connected to the following Hall Brothers company. But George E. Billings was notable. The George E. Billings, was a 224-foot 5-masted wood-hulled lumber schooner built in Port Blakeley, Washington by the Hall Brothers, with a home port of Los Angeles. She was named for New York-born George E. Billings (1850-1929) who came to San Francisco in 1868 and engaged in the stationery and publishing business. Billings became manager and chartering agent for the Halls’ shipping business. He married María Hall, niece of one of the brothers in 1877. Billings eventually took over the business in 1903, the year his namesake was launched. The vessel was the largest and last sailing vessel built by the Hall Brothers — the 108th vessel they built. She was one of only six five-masted schooners built on the Pacific Coast before 1905 (islapedia.com). Both of the certificates are uncanceled.

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State: California
City: San Francisco
Provenance: Ken Prag Collection