Spain Real Compania de Comercio Establecida en Barcelona 250 Pesos 1756

# 1296; Probably the best known and most attractive of the early Spanish trading companies with a panoramic vignette of Barcelona Harbour and the Virgin of Montserrat and more, black, on vellum, ornate seal which is intact. The company was granted a monopoly of trade to Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico and Margarita Island (off the coast of Venezuela). Sales of shares were disappointing and the company was unable to expand as it had hoped. The company was taken over by the Real Compañia de Filipinas in 1785. Seal virtually intact but fragile, VF and scarce.; XF