Bonelli's Electric Telegraph Company
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Bonelli%27s_Electric_Telegraph_Co_Ltd_1861_9d.jpg/220px-Bonelli%27s_Electric_Telegraph_Co_Ltd_1861_9d.jpg)
Bonelli's Electric Telegraph Co. Ltd. was formed in August 1860 by Henry Cook, an American, of 69 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, and Eastbourne, with an initial capital of £25,000. The company was formed to exploit the telegraph system of Gaetano Bonelli of Italy, but the firm had limited success, and it failed in 1864.[1]
The company issued a number of telegraph stamps which are of interest to philatelists. It is unclear, however, whether the stamps were ever used as only unused copies are known.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Bonelli's Electric Telegraph Company.distantwriting.co.uk 25 June 2012.
- ^ Hiscocks, Steve. Telegraph & Telephone Stamps of the World: A priced and annotated catalogue. Woking: S.E.R. Hiscocks, 1982, p. 127. ISBN 0-9508301-0-0
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Telegraphy.
Categories:
- Use dmy dates from April 2022
- Commons link is locally defined
- Telegraph companies of the United Kingdom
- 1860 establishments in England
- Defunct telecommunications companies of the United Kingdom
- British companies established in 1860
- Telecommunications companies established in 1860
- 1864 disestablishments in England
- British companies disestablished in 1864
- Telecommunications companies disestablished in the 19th century
- Technology companies disestablished in 1864
- All stub articles
- English company stubs
- English history stubs