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ORDER OF SALE COLLECTIONS AND LOTS AFRICA Miscellaneous Lot Algeria Angola Belgian Congo British Central Africa (Malawi) Ethiopia French Equatorial Africa Gold Coast (Ghana) Ivory Coast Madagascar Nigeria Rhodesia Sierra Leone South Africa
1-5 6 7 8 9-10 11 12 13-14 15 16-17 18 19 20-28 29 30-55
THE CLAYTON COLLECTION OF EGYPT 56-178 EGYPT, OTTOMAN EMPIRE & MIDDLE EAST Egypt (other properties) 179-190 Iraq 191-192 Ottoman Empire 193-198 Palestine 199 ASIA China: Foreign Debt Internal Loans Municipal Loans Commercial & Industrial Companies India Japan Manchuria Malaya Netherlands Indies Philippines Siam (Thailand)
200-281 282-283 284-287 288-297 298-310A 311-314 315-320 321-329 330 331 332-333
AUSTRALASIA Australia New Zealand
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CANADA
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GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND Government Finance South Sea Company Miscellaneous Lots Canals Railways Tramways & Buses Shipping & Shipbuilding Bridges, Piers, Docks & Harbours Motor Cars & Cycles Aviation Banks, Insurance & Finance Mining Sport and Entertainment Commercial & Industrial Ireland Literature
380-415 416-419 420-423 424-431 432-464 465-469 470-479 480-489 490-495 496-497 498-507 508-511 512-528 529-547 548-564 565-568
EUROPE Miscellaneous Lot Austro-Hungarian Empire Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Czechoslovakia Danzig Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Italy and Colonies Lithuania Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal and Colonies Serbia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine
569 570 571-573 574-579 580-589 590-592 593 594 595 596-598 599-602 603-631 632-651 652-669 670-675 676-684 685 686 687 689 690-705 706-707 708-728 729 730-732 733
LATIN AMERICA Miscellaneous Lots Argentina Bolivia Brazil British Guiana British Honduras Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Ecuador Mexico New Granada Panama Peru Poyais Uruguay
734-735 736-743 744 745-762 763-764 765 766-769 770 771 772-773 774 775-783 784-785 786 787-789 790-791 792-794
RUSSIA Miscellaneous Lot State Loans City Loans Railways Banks Commercial & Industrial British Companies French & Belgian Companies
795 796-801 802-803 804-815 816-818 819-828 829-834 835-837
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Miscellaneous Lots Confederate States State Loans Railroads Railroad Literature Commercial & Industrial British Companies
838-839 840 841-846 847-854 855-857 858-877 878-882
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FRIDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2014 Commencing at 10.00 a.m. All Sales are subject to the Terms and Conditions for Buyers printed at the back of this catalogue. Please note that bidders who acquire lots on the-saleroom.com will have a fee of 3% on the hammer price added to their invoice for using this facility. Spink is pleased to continue to offer our brand new on-line bidding platform Spink Live for no charge through www.spink.com. Estimates The estimated selling price of each lot is printed below the lot description and does not include the Buyer’s Premium. Bidders should bear in mind that estimates are prepared well in advance of the sale and are not definitive. They are subject to revision. Notes on Cataloguing Dates in the catalogue are shown thus – 18[95] – where the 18 is printed and the numbers in brackets are inserted by hand. Serial numbers of lots are shown in most cases.
MISCELLANEOUS LOTS 4 A useful group of certificates of British financed companies, including Egyptian Syndicate Ltd., ‘A’ shares, 1899, small Sphinx below title, green; Magadi Soda Co. Ltd., £1 ordinary shares, 19[19], vignette of salt lake, capital overprinted; Transvaal Gold Mining Estates Ltd., £1 shares, 190[4], vignette of mining camp; Bengal Iron & Steel Co. Ltd., mortgage debenture stock, 19[15], blue, printed by Waterlow & Sons; Leona Gold & Silver Mining Co. Ltd. (Mexico), £50 debentures (2), 190[1], blue; Mexican General Land Mortgage and Investment Co. Ltd., £5 shares, 188[9]; Orsk Goldfields Ltd., £1 shares, 190[6] and 190[7], different printings, and others ( 16), generally about very fine (25) £150-200
1 Large collection of miscellaneous certificates, mainly Europe and the USA, including Grange Motor and Cycle Co. Ltd., £5 shares (2), 19[20] and 19[22], blue; New English Bank of the River Plate Ltd., preference shares of £5 each, 189[2], blue; Transmutograph Ltd., 2 shilling shares, 19[29], black; British Filograph Co. Ltd., 2 shilling shares, 19[29], black; Bone, Phosphate and Chemical Co. Ltd., first mortgage debenture for £10, 190[2], black on bluegrey paper, 4 pages, and others, mixed condition but generally fine to very fine, a few better (83) £80-100 2 A useful group of British Companies operating overseas (5), comprising Albion Gold Mining Company, £1 shares, [1853], black, on linen; Australian Royal Mail Steam navigation Company, one share, 1852, black on blue paper; East Indian Junction Railway Company, 1847; British Honduras Company Ltd., £5 share, 18[64], black; Mediterranean Electric Telegraph, £10 share, 185[4], coat of arms at top, black, and, Nova Scotia Land and Gold Crushing and Amalgamating Co. Ltd., £2 share, 1863, coat of arms in centre, black, generally about extremely fine (6) £120-150
5 A miscellaneous collection of European and Colonial companies, many with duplication, mostly early 1900’s including; Compagnie Immobilière de Dusseldorf, 100 franc share (5), Paris 1905, ornate border, red and blue; Compagnie Francaise des Chocolats et des Thés L. Schaal & Cie., 500 franc share (4), Strasbourg 1927, allegorical figures in centre, brown and yellow; Compagnie Générale des Tabacs, 100 franc preference share (7), Paris 1927, plantation at top and ornate border, blue; Societate Anonima Romana Pentru Desvoltarea Industrie Miniere, 10 shares of 500 lei each (3), Bucharest 1923, very ornate border of allegorical figures and mine workings, brown and black; Motocyclettes et Automobiles “Viratelle”, 100 franc share (2), Lyon 1920; Société Immobilière de la Grande Plage d’Hyères, 100 franc share (2), 1927; Société des Plantes à Parfums de Madagascar, 100 franc share (9), 1927; La Kotto, 500 franc share, 1907, and others (25), listed items mostly good very fine, others very fine, a few with filing holes, many with light creasing (58) £200-300
3 Slough Creek Ltd., bearer warrant for 100 shares of 4 shillings each, London 190[7], no.47, ornate border, blue, together with other certificates from Commonwealth countries including; Sheba Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 10 shares of 5 shillings each, 19[12], black on blue paper; Bonsor Gold Mining Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 189[8], black; Jessie Gold Mining Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 189[9], red, and others (16), first two each with a small edge tear, otherwise generally very fine (20) £80-100
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AFRICA MISCELLANEOUS
ANGOLA
6 A small collection of African mining certificates, all issued to the Earl of Norbury, comprising Nile Valley Gold Mining Co. Ltd. (Egypt), £1 shares, 19[12], no.4628, vignette of mine camp at top, dark green; Zoutpansberg Consolidated Mines Ltd., £1 shares, 190[3], red; Collis Diamond Syndicate Ltd., £1 shares, 190[6], ornate border, black; Toweli South African Estates Ltd., £1 shares, 19[04], 2 examples, decorative black printing; Pigg’s Peak Development Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 19[02], black; Akoko Main Reef Ltd., 4 pieces, all 1 shilling shares with varying capital, 191[4], 191[5], 192[3] and 19[24] (the first and last of these only fine), black, and Offin River Gold Estates Ltd., option certificates for 5 shilling shares, 1934, both no.291, generally very fine unless stated, the latter with rough edges at top (12) £60-80
ALGERIA
8 Companhia de Angola S.A., 50 franc share, Schaerbeek-Bruxelles 1899, no.3043, large vignette of bull elephant emerging from forest at left, wagon train at top, blue with pink underprint, with coupons, light centre crease, almost extremely fine £80-100
7 Compagnie Agricole du Sahara Algérien, 500 franc share, Touggourt 1926, no.370, ornate architectural border, underprint vignette of man on camel, navy blue and buff, stamp indicating capital amount increased in 1932, with coupons, good very fine £80-100 WWW.SpiNK.Com
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BELGIAN CONGO
10 Soc. des Mines d’Or de Kilo-Moto, a large group of 200 preference shares, 1944, very attractive piece with native miner and village scene, red and black, with coupons, generally extremely fine (200) £120-150
9 Société Equatoriale Congolaise (Ikelemba), 500 franc preference share, Antwerp 1900, no.114, of only 80 issued, attractive piece with native hut, river boat and palm trees, black and red, with coupons, extremely fine £60-80
Formed in 1926, the mines were based in the North-East of the Belgian Congo. The first mine (Kilo) originally opened in 1905, and Moto in 1911, but these were developed and upgraded in 1919 by the ‘Régie Industrielle des Mines de Kilo-Moto’ who introduced hydro-electric power etc. The commercial company was formed and issued a majority of the shares to the Congo government in payment for the assets built by the Régie, the remainder going to Belgian banks.
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BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA (MALAWI)
FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA
11 British Central Africa Company Ltd., 2/- shares, a specimen certificate from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archives, coat of arms in centre, circa 1920, blue with pink underprint, together with 50, 100 and 200 shares of 2 shillings, later issues, circa 1930, all with ornate border, coat of arms at top, red, green and blue respectively, the first has red circular Bradbury stamp, latter three with coupons and small hole cancels, very fine to extremely fine (4) £80-100
13 La Kotto S.A., a group of 10 ‘parts beneficiaire’, Paris 1907, lovely piece with vignettes of natives and various animals including hippo, elephant and crocodile, blue, all with coupons, good very fine (10) £120-150
ETHIOPIA
14 Société Nouvelle des Sultanats du Haut-Oubangui, 10 certificates for 100 franc shares, Paris 1927, attractive piece with border vignette of natives carrying and transporting goods, palm trees and waterfront, blue and yellow, all with coupons, about extremely fine (10) £100-120
12 Cie. Imperiale des Chemins de Fer Éthiopiens, a group of 10 certificates for 500 franc shares, Paris 1899, superb huge vignette of the King and entourage waiting for a steam train, yellow and brown, with coupons, some toning and nicks at edges, otherwise good very fine (10) £150-200 WWW.SpiNK.Com
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GOLD COAST (GHANA)
17 Kokumbo (Ivory Coast) Co. Ltd., a set of specimen certificates for 1, 5, 10 and 25 shares of £1, undated but circa 1905, from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, ornate borders, blue, green, red and brown respectively, text in English and French, with coupons, numbered A0001, B0001, C0001 and D0001, together with Baoule (Ivory Coast) Consolidated Mines Ltd., 100 shares of £1, a specimen certificate, circa 1910, grey, with coupons, generally extremely fine (5) £60-80
MADAGASCAR
15 Gold Coast India Rubber Company S.A., 100 franc share, Brussels 1899, no.11759, lovely vignette of small paddle steamer, felling trees at top left, dark blue with pink underprint, with coupons, almost extremely fine £60-80
18 A lovely group of French Madagascan Certificates, comprising; Messageries Francaises de Madagascar, founders share, Paris 1898, ornate border, black, and 500 franc share, 1899, ornate border and underprint vignette, black and turquoise, both with steam train at top and shipping at bottom; Compagnie du Faraony, 25 franc share, Paris 191[1], ornate border, dark green; Compagnie Coloniale et des Mines D’Or de Suberbieville, founders share, Paris 1895, column style border, blue and green; and Compagnie Générale Franco-Malgache, founders share, Paris 1899, ornare border, black and pale green, all with coupons, very fine to extremely fine (5) £80-100
IVORY COAST 16 Kokumbo (Ivory Coast) Co. Ltd., a set of specimen certificates for 1, 5, 10 and 25 shares of £1, undated but circa 1905, from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, ornate borders, blue, green, red and brown respectively, text in English and French, with coupons, numbered A0001, B0001, C0001 and D0001, together with Baoule (Ivory Coast) Consolidated Mines Ltd., 100 shares of £1, a specimen certificate, circa 1910, grey, with coupons, generally extremely fine (5) £60-80
NIGERIA 19 A very large and varied group of West African mining and plantation certificates, most from the early 20th century, including; Ilo Valley Rubber & Cocoa Plantations Ltd., 19[10]; Bongwelli (Nigeria) Tin Syndicate Ltd., 19[20]; Boma (Nigeria) Tin Co. Ltd., 191[2]; Prah Gold Mines Ltd., 1[901]; Bokitsi Goldfields Ltd., 190[4], and Axim Mines Ltd., 1[903], generally fine to very fine and a useful lot (70) £200-300
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RHODESIA 20 A collection of Rhodesian companies, a few with local registration and adhesive revenue stamps, comprising Amalgamated Properties of Rhodesia Ltd., 5 shilling shares, 19[10]; Amalgamated Properties of Rhodesia (1913) Ltd., 4 shilling shares, 19[13]; Associated Rhodesian Gold Estates Ltd., 189[8]; Bulawayo Exploration Co. Ltd., 19[01]; Gwanda (Rhodesia) Consolidated Developing Co. Ltd., 189[5]; Kafue Copper Development Co. Ltd., [1929]; Mayfair Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 19[28]; Mazoe Tobacco Estates Ltd., 19[28]; New Rhodesia Mines Ltd., [1909]; Red & White Rose Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 190[2]; Rhodesia Consolidated Ltd., 19[21]; Rhodesia Goldfields Ltd., 1[900]; Rhodesia Trading Co. Ltd., 19[09]; Rhodesian Gold Trust Ltd., 18[96]; Rhozambia Mines Ltd., 19[33]; Rose of Sharon and Shamrock Gold Mines Ltd., 191[1]; Shamva Mines Ltd., [1918], and Union and Rhodesian Trust Ltd., 19[20], a few with slight edge nicks, pin holes in many, but about very fine (18) £100-150 21 A small collection of better Rhodesian companies, some rare, comprising St. Gerera Development Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 1[899], no.79, green; Rhodesia Ltd., £1 shares, 189[6], no.3954, brown; Vincent’s Rhodesian Development Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 18[96], no.62, brown; Rhodesia Cold Storage and Trading Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 190[3], no.534, black; Rhodesia Mines Ltd., £1 shares, [1899], no.503, mauve; Rhodesian Gold Trust Ltd., £1 shares, 18[96], no.1365, red, and South Rhodesia Land and Mining Co. Ltd., 2s6d shares, 19[08], no.97, green, no damage and minimal creasing throughout, good very fine (7) £100-150 22 A good collection of Rhodesian mining certificates, most dated from 1890’s to 1930’s, comprising; Hammond’s Matabele Gold Mines Development Ltd., £1 shares, 189[5]; Antenior (Matabele) Gold Mines Ltd., £1 shares (2), 1902/03; Gwelo (Matabeleland) Exploration & Development Co. Ltd., 10/- shares, 18[95]; Holton Consolidated Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 189[9]; Prospectors of Matabeleland Ltd., £1 shares, 189[4]; Bonsor Gold Mines Ltd., 5 shilling shares, 19[36]; Bonsor Gold Mining Co. Ltd.; East Gwanda Mines Ltd. (2); Kafue Copper Development Co. Ltd.; Matabele Reefs and Estates Co. Ltd. (3); Matabele Gold Reefs and Estates Co. Ltd. (3); Dunraven Gold Mining Co. Ltd. (2); Goldfields of Matabeleland Ltd.; Selukwe Development Syndicate Ltd.; Jessie Gold Mining Co. Ltd.; Eagle Vulture Mines Ltd.; Clark’s Consolidated Ltd., and British South Africa Company, 15 shilling shares (5), 1939-1964, generally very fine, some with slight egde tears and heavy creasing (29) £150-200
23 An accumulation of 40 Rhodesian certificates, a mixed condition lot, some duplication, dates range mainly from 1900 to 1950’s, one or two earlier, mostly mining and land companies, generally fine to very fine (40) £150-200 24 Ayrshire Gold Mine & Lomagunda Railway Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 19[04], no.1147, green, capital overprinted, together with other Rhodesian certificates (4), comprising Dunraven Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 1904; Rhodesian Mining & Finance Co. Ltd., 1905; Rhodesia Goldfields Ltd., 1904, and an allotment certificate for Rhodesia Exploration and Development Co. Ltd., 1909, generally very fine, the first rare (5) £80-100
25 Charterland Goldfields Ltd., bearer warrant for 25 shares of £1, London 190-, a specimen certificate from the Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. archive, very attractive piece with border comprising vignettes of steam train, ostrich, natives and wagon, pink and black, numbered D0000, small hole cancels, with coupons, mounted at top edge on reverse, extremely fine £80-100 Registered to acquire 580 claims in Mashonaland and Matabeleland.
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 27 Roan Antelope Copper Mines Ltd., a set of 3 certificates for 1 and 5 shares of 5 shillings, and £1 5 shilling share, 1936 and 1937, large vignette of mine site and workings at top, antelope’s head at bottom, the first brown, others both green, all with coupons, printed by Waterlow & Sons, very fine (3) £100-120 28 Roan Antelope Copper Mines Ltd., a set of 6 certificates for 1 share and 5 shares (5) of 5 shillings each, all 1936-37, large vignette of mine site and workings at top, antelope’s head at bottom, the first brown, others both green, all with coupons, printed by Waterlow & Sons, very fine (6) £100-120
SIERRA LEONE
26 Roan Antelope Copper Mines Ltd., a group of 3 bearer certificates for 1 and 5 shares of 5 shillings each, 1936 and £1 5s ordinary stock, 1937, each with large vignette of mine site and workings at top, antelope’s head at bottom, the first brown, others both green, all with coupons, printed by Waterlow & Sons, very fine (3) £100-120
29 Sherbro Trading Syndicate Ltd., £1 shares, 190[8], no.1, hippopotamus in centre with small vignettes of steamship and steam train at either side, ornate border, green and black, pink underprint, gold seal, good very fine £80-100
Named after the discovery of copper ore by prospector and explorer William Collier. Collier had shot and killed a Roan Antelope on the banks of the Luanshya River, and its body laid on a rock where a seam of copper ore was clearly exposed. The company was then formed to mine these deposits.
Sherbro Island is off the coast of Sierra Leone and hosted a British Naval post to fight slavery after its abolishment in the early years of the 19th Century.
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SOUTH AFRICA 30 A collection of South African and Rhodesian certificates comprising, South African Diamond Corporation Ltd., 1913, signed by Bernard Oppenheimer; Monastery Diamond Mines & Estate Co. Ltd., 1895; British South Africa Transport & Trading Co. Ltd., 1894; Salisbury Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 1895; Holgatfontein Gold Farm Ltd., 1904; French South African Development Co. Ltd., 1895; South African General Syndicate Ltd., 1893; Simmer & Jack East Ltd., 1909, and others (12), a few cancelled, many very fine, some better (20) £150-200
31 An interesting group of early South African certificates, comprising Kimberley Sheba Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 1887; Percy Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 1888, signed by Carl Hanau; Consort Reef Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 1888; Republic Gold Mining Syndicate Ltd., 1887; Belfast Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 1887, signed by Percy Fitzpatrick; Victory Hill Consolidated Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 1889, and Willows Copper (Argentiferous) Syndicate Ltd., 1889, made out to Mary Struben, generally very fine and better (7) £150-200
32 A small collection of South African specimen certificates, all from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archives, comprising; Natal Permanent Building Loan and Investment Association, £5 share, Durban 186-, red and black; South West Africa Company Ltd., bearer warrant for 50 shares of £1, London 19—, blue and black; Elands Drift Diamond Estates Ltd., £1 share, ornate border, blue and black; East Geduld Mines Ltd., warrant to bearer for 25 shares of £1, red and black, and series of certificates for 1, 5, 10 and 25 shares, all with ornate border, good very fine and better (8) £100-120
33 A collection of South African Diamond Mining certificates, comprising; Beaconsfield Diamond Mining Co. Ltd., 189[5], printed by Waterlow; Leicester Consolidated Diamond Mines Ltd., 189[8]; Ferreira Diamonds Ltd., 19[11] and 19[12]; South African Diamond Corporation Ltd., 19[20]; West End Diamonds Ltd., 1929 (2); St. Augustine Mine Ltd., 189[2]; St. Augustine Diamond Mining Co. Ltd., 189[7]; New St. Augustine Ltd., 189[6]; New St. Augustine Diamond Mining Co. Ltd., 19[02]; North Eastern Bultfontein Ltd., 18[92] and 18[93] (2 examples), and Ottos Kopje Diamond Mines (1903) Ltd., 190[4] (2 examples), fine to very fine (16) £150-200
x34 A good group of South African ‘bearer’ certificates, comprising Marie Louise Gold Mines Ltd., 1 share and 5 shares of £1, both 189[5], blue and green respectively; French South African Development Co. Ltd., 25 shares of £1, 189[6], blue; French North Rand estates Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 10 shares, 189[5], blue; Free State Reefs Ltd., 5, 10 and 25 shares of £1, 19[18], blue, 19[15], red and 19[13], green; Central Buffelsdoorn Gold Mines Ltd., £1 shares, 189[5], blue; East Rand Amalgamated Gold Estates Ltd., 10 shares of £1, 190[9]; New Rip Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 25 shares of £1, 190[3], green and yellow; Orion Belt Ltd., 25 shares of £1, 18[97], and New Jagersfontein Mining & Exploration Co. Ltd., 1, 5, 10 and 20 shares, large format, text in English and French, blue with decorative borders, 19[10] 19[13], all with coupons, all fine to very fine and better (15) £80-100
x35 A collection of 35 different gold mining certificates, many of which are 19th century and the rest all dated before 1920, includes Balkis Consolidated Co. Ltd., 188[7]; Barberton Exploring & Development Co. Ltd., 2 types 190[5] and 190[6]; Graskop Ltd., 1899; Jumpers Extended Ltd., 189[5]; New Goch Gold Mines Ltd., [1899]; Rothery Block Gold Mine Ltd., 189[5], and, Sterkfontein Gold Estates Ltd., [1898], generally about very fine (35) £150-200
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN x39 A fine group of English registered mining companies from the late 1880’s boom, comprising Central Montrose Estate & Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 18[90]; De Kaap Gold Mines Ltd., 18[91]; Golden Snake & Abbotsford Ltd., 18[89]; Klerksdorp Gold Estates Ltd., 18[91]; Lisbon-Berlyn (Transvaal) Gold Fields Ltd., 188[5]; Lisbon-Berlyn Co. Ltd., 18[89] and 189[5]; Victory Hill Consolidated Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 18[89] and Vogelstruis Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 18[89], fine to very fine, a couple rare (9) £80-100
x36 Good Group of Inter-war Mining Certificates including many scarce items, comprising Edwards (Waaikraal) Goldfields Ltd., (2 types) 1928; Palabora Syndicate Ltd., 1925; Gold Mines of Rustenburg Ltd., 1928; Houtpoort-Burbank Goldfields Ltd., 1934; Johannesburg Gold Mining Corporation Ltd., 1936; Boksburg Gap Gold Mining Areas Ltd., 1926; Central West Gold Mining Company. 1927; African Colonial Gold Mines Ltd., 1934; Barberton Gold Reserve Mining Co., 1932; Nigel Main Reef Extension Ltd., 1934; New Morro-Velho Gold mining Co., 1927; Rietvallei (Lydenburg) Gold Mining Co., 1934; South African Mines Ltd., 1926; Witpoort Gold Areas Ltd., 1931; Florence Mines Ltd., 1934; and, South Eastern Gold Mining Co., 19—, generally very fine or better (17) £80-100
x40 A fine group of locally registered mining companies from the late 1880’s boom, comprising Alpine Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 188[6]; Cornucopia Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 188[8]; Du Preez Gold Mining & Estate Co. Ltd., 188[9], 2 types; Fichardt Kopje Syndicate Ltd., 18[89]; Great Britain Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 188[9]; Great Scot Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 1889; Gunder Syndicate, 1889 and 189[1]; Highland Reef Gold Mining Co. Ltd., [1888]; Inland Sea Estate and Gold Mining Syndicate, 188[9]; International Gold Mining Co. Ld., 18[89]; Klip River Black Reef Syndicate, [1888]; Percy Howard Exploring Syndicate Ltd., 189[1]; Phoenix Main Reef Prospecting and Developing Syndicate, 188[9]; Sun (Black Reef) Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 188[9], and Van Ryn Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 18[90], fine to very fine, several scarce (17) £150-200
x37 A Group of Interesting 20th Century Gold Mining Companies, comprising Langebrink Witfontein Main Reef Claims Ltd., 1908; Elandslaagte Gold Mining Co., 1905; Balmoral Main Reef Gold Mining Co., 1902; New Brighton Mines Ltd., 1905; New Transvaal co., 1902; New Rand Ltd., 1907; Southern Klerksdorp Gold Mines Ltd., 1907; Transvaal Bischoff Ltd., 1908; Bowers Randfontein Ltd., 1907; Cinderella Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd., 1910; Daspoort Main Reef Ltd., 1904; Phoenix Gold Mines Ltd., 1909; Riefontein Ltd., 1911; Rose Mount Gold Mining Syndicate Ltd., 1903; Saxon Gold Mines Ltd., 1904; Nellie Reef (Insiza) Development Co., 1902; and, New Fortuna Company Ltd., 1905, very fine and several scarcer pieces (17) £150-200
x41 Anglo-French Exploration Company Limited, £1 shares, London 190[2], attractive piece with vignette of colonial scenes and South African arms, black on brown paper, toned overall otherwise about very fine, together with Bechuanaland Exploration Company Ltd., a group of bearer warrants for 1, 5, and 10 shares, London 18[89] - [1932], blue, green and pink respectively, text in English and French; Union Corporation Ltd., a specimen certificate printed by Waterlow & Sons, 19- (circa 1915), blue, and a group of gold mining certificates dating from the late 1890’s through to 1914, better pieces noted are East Orion Gold Mines Ltd., 189[5]; Great de Kaap (Moodies) Gold Field Ltd., 1[900]; Klerksdorp Exploration Land & Estate Co. Ltd., 189[901] and Pongola Gold Mines (Founders) Ltd., 191[1], 2 types, fine to very fine, some better (30) £150-200
x38 Group of South African Investment Companies, Comprising: South African Mortgage & Investment Co., £50 share 1863, black with vignette of Cornucopia and country scene, “Irrigation” in title overprinted “Mortgage”; South East Rand Investment Co, 1919: New Central Investment Corporation Ltd., warrant for 10/- Founders share, 1898, black; Trust & Investment Corporation of South Africa Ltd., bearer certificate for 1 share, brown border, large format, text in English and French, 1890; Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company Ltd., share warrant to bearer for 25 shares of £1, 1933, blue and green large format, and another example but for 5 shares, generally very fine (6) £60-80
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42 City and Suburban Gold Mining and Estate Company Ltd., bearer warrant for 25 shares of £4 each, London 18[91], elephant at top, ornate border, blue and black, together with; Village Main Reef Gold Mining Company Ltd., bearer warrant for £1 share, London [1910], ornate border, red and black, and South West Randt Mines Ltd., bearer warrant for 10 shares of £1 each, London 189[5], lady justice with shields at top, red and black, all with coupons, some creasing but very fine (3) £80-100
x44 Diamond Mines: De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd., share warrant to bearer for 1 Preference share, London 19[36], ornate border, green, together with North Eastern Bultfontein Ltd., 18[89], black; Consolidated Diamond Mines of South West Africa Ltd., share warrant for 25 shares, London 19[30], orange; Frank Smith Diamond Estates & Exploration Co. Ltd., share warrant for 10 shares [1901], brown, heavily creased, Elands Drift Diamond Estates Ltd., share warrant for 1 share of £1 [1902], pink and share warrant for 25 shares of £1 [1901] soiled with ink stains, green, and Anglo American Corporation of South Africa Ltd., option certificate for one share of £1, 1918, decorative border, grey, fine to very fine (7) £80-100
45 Kimberley Imperial Gold Mining Co. Ltd., £1 shares, Kimberley 188[7], no.1168, signed by Alfred Beit and Siegfried Neuman as Directors, ornate border, blue, Cape of Good Hope revenue stamps on face, increase of capital in 1887 to £74,000 printed in red at left side, good very fine £60-80
43 Consolidated Oil Fields of South Africa Ltd., £1 shares, fully paid, 191[3], no.771, attractive piece with vignettes of port and steamship below title, ornate border, green and black, together with; Union Oil Company of South Africa Ltd., 5 shilling shares, 191[6], no.520, design as previous but black and maroon; Transvaal Oil Shale Syndicate Ltd., £1 shares, 19[20], no.299, black on blue paper, and Union Oil Trust Ltd., 5 shilling preferred ordinary shares, 192[3], no.211, ornate border, black and red, the latter with numerous edge tears, but otherwise just light creasing and pin holes, very fine (4) £60-80
The company owned 60 claims, about 40 miles east of Barberton where gold mining activity had begun in 1884. Alfred Beit (1853-1906), was one of several financiers involved in diamond and gold mining in South Africa. Beit held a position on the board of the De Beers Diamond Company alongside Cecil John Rhodes, the Kimberley mines his main focus where he aided the success of the Kimberley Central Company. Beit also became involved in gold mining in the Transvaal and found success again, later forming the British South Africa Company.
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN x46 Land, Estate and Miscellaneous Companies of South Africa, comprising: Cape Colonisation Company, £1 shares dated 18[96], brown; Zwartland (Transvaal) Land Company, 189[1], blue; Read’s Drift Land Company, 18[89] black; Transvaal Lands Company Ltd., £1 ordinary shares, vignette of Chevalier Forssman top centre, 18[89]; United African Lands Ltd., £1 shares, 189[5], red; Tugela Estates Ltd., £1 shares, Pietmaritzburg 19[14], blue, and, Kensington Estate Co. Ltd., £1 shares, London 19[02], green; Legate’s Buildings Ltd., 5 shilling shares, Durban, blue with affixed revenue stamps; Herman Patent Conglomerate Building Material Land and Investment Co. Ltd., £1 shares, Johannesburg 189[5], brown with building vignette; Johannesburg Brick & Tile Company Ltd., £1 shares, Johannesburg 188[9], black, and Croydon Brick Company Ltd., £1 shares, Cape Town 19[03] with affixed revenue stamps; Pretoria Club, certificate of life membership issued following take up of 10 debentures of £10 each, Pretoria 1893, and Grosvenor Finalists Syndicate, an interesting pair of certificates relating to a share in Duckham Marine Salvage Syndicate (Pty) Ltd. and the wreck of the S.V.Grosvenor which was wrecked off the Pondoland coast in 1782, undated but revenue stamps have 1948 handwritten on their face, black, adhesive revenue stamps, fine to very fine (14) £80-100
49 Rietkuil Gold Mines Ltd., a specimen certificate for 5 shares of £1, from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archives, 189-, vignette of child in mine shaft at top, ornate border, blue and black with pink underprint, small hole cancels, much ink annotation, together with Transvalia Land Exploration and Mining Co. Ltd., a group of specimen certificates for 1, 5, 10 and 25 shares, also from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archives, Pretoria 18—, ornate border in black, underprint in brown, green, blue and pink respectively, all have small hole cancels, all with coupons, good very fine (5) £60-80
x50 Interesting collection of Sheba related Material, comprising: Great She Gold Mining Company Ltd., £1 shares dated 1888, vignete of “The Great She”, black; Kimberley Sheba Gold Mining Co., Barberton 1887; Great Sheba Gold Mine Ltd., £1 bearer share with coupons, trimmed edges, 1889; United Reefs (Sheba) Ltd., shares of 16 shillings each, 18[99] on pink paper; Sheba Gold Mining Company, 4 shilling shares, registered London, 1924, pink; United Reefs (Sheba) Ltd., 10 shilling shares, 1906, green; Sheba Hill Ltd., 5/- shares dated 189[6], black; Sheba Queen Gold and Exploration Ltd., 10/- preference shares 1905, green; Sheba Gold Mining Company, £1 shares, 1894; and, Sheba Gold Mining Company Ltd., bearer certificate for 5 x £1 shares, text in English and French, London 18[95], generally very fine-good (10) £80-100
x47 Modderfontein East Limited, Mortgage debentures for £5 (blue), £10 (green) and £25 (red), unissued but dated 1924, large format pieces with ornate borders, printed by Waterlow & Sons, hole cancelled; a further unissued registered debenture dated 1921, brown, and an issued Option Certificate for 100 shares, 1917, red, generally extremely fine (5) £60-80
48 Rand Selection Corporation Ltd., a set of five specimen certificates for 1, 5, 10, 25, and 50 shares of 5/-, 19- (annotations for 1937), from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archives, vignette of mine works in centre, ornate border, brown, red, purple, green and blue respectively, together with Geduld Proprietary Mines Ltd., and East Geduld Mines Ltd., further specimen certificates from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, a set of 1, 5, 10 and 25 shares of £1, and a pair for 1 and 25 shares, all 1930’s, all with small hole cancels, all with coupons, generally extremely fine (11) £80-100
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52 Treasury Gold Mines Ltd., Witwatersrand, bearer warrants for 1 share and 25 shares of £4, London 189[-], specimen certificates printed by Blades, East & Blades, ornate borders, allegorical figure in centre, red, blue and black, and orange and black respectively, text in English and French, with coupons, hole cancels in signature area, about extremely fine (2) £60-80
53 Treasury Gold Mines Ltd., Witwatersrand, a series of specimen certificates from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, comprising 1 share of £4, and 25 shares of £4, both 19- (annotations for 1906), £100 debentures, 1898 (2, in different colours), all attractive printings with allegorical figures, red, orange, green and red respectively, with coupons, the first two with slightly damaged top edge, good very fine (4) £80-100
x55 Verdite Mines Limited, pair of one shilling share certificates, 191[9] and 191[8], vignette of mining scene, 191[8] issue in green large format, 19[19] issue black, both issued Johannesburg, together with Willows Copper (Argentiferous) Syndicate Ltd., certificates for 5 shares of £1, Pretoria 18[89], green with revenue stamp and a further 6 certificates related to copper mining, including, New King Solomon’s Copper Mines Syndicate Ltd., Johannesburg 190[7], brown; African Copper Development Co. Ltd., 190[7], blue; Cape Copper Co., 2 registered share certificates 189[2] and 189[7], and 2 bearer warrants for 1 share and 25 shares, 19[07] and 19[19], large format with coupons and miner vignette, very fine (9) £60-80
x54 Union Bank, pair of £5 share certificates, numbered 42 and 252 and dated 18[88] and 18[90] respectively, the former overprinted issued without change of ownership, both issued Cape Town, black very fine (2) £60-80
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THE CLAYTON COLLECTION OF EGYPT Egypt is a fascinating area to collect because it involves almost all European powers at some time or another and over a relatively short period from the building of the Suez Canal in the 1850’s until Nationalisation of many companies in the 1950’s. The main powers to have financial interest were Great Britain and France as will be seen from the companies represented here but the Belgians, Italians, Swiss and Germans also formed companies to trade there. The country was, prior to the British occupation in 1882, a province of the Ottoman Empire but they had little control. It remained under British governance, as a protectorate from 1914 until the establishment of the Kingdom of Egypt in 1922 although the British still controlled much of the financial structure. This gradually led to the revolution of 1952 at the height of antiBritish and anti-foreign feeling. President Nasser later nationalised the Suez Canal provoking the Suez Crisis and invasion by British, French and Israeli forces in 1956.
56 Unified Debt of Egypt, pair of 7% bonds for £20 sterling, Cairo 1877, no.247184 and 398574, ornate column style border, green and black, both with coupons (attached and seperate), together with three more Egyptian bonds, two are un-issued bonds for £100 and £200, from the King Farouq era, blue and purple respectively, and the last a 4% bond together with paperwork, all small format, text all in Arabic, unissued pieces extremely fine, others only fine (5) £120-150
58 Egyptian Government, Minstry of Finance, Bill of Exchange dated Alexandria January 1864 in the sum of 97,500 piastres, payable in October 1865, large format piece with text in Arabic with French and Engish translations, black on blue paper, numerous endorsements on the reverse where the bill has been discounted prior to the payment date, passing from the original payee, Oppenheim Neven & Co., through the Egyptian Commercial & Trading Company to be eventually paid by the Bank of Egypt in Cairo, some toning on right half, very fine and scarce. £80-100
59 Egyptian Government, unissued Treasury Bill, 1871, guaranteed from Railway revenues, large format piece with text in Arabic and French, black on blue paper, with counterfoil attached, good very fine £60-80
57 Egyptian Government 3¼% National Loan, 1943, bond for E£10, large format piece, all in Arabic on face, ornate border, black and gold, English translation on reverse, with coupons, very fine and rare £120-150 15
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60 Société Civile pour le Recouvrement des 15% des Produits Nets de la Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez, certificate for one fifth share, Paris 1882, no.049774, attractive panoramic vignette at bottom of shipping, architectural borders with Sphinx and Phoenix, black with buff underprint, with coupons, very fine and scarce £300-400 61 Société Civile pour le Recouvrement des 15% des Produits Nets de la Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez, certificate for one fifth part, Paris 1882, no.29229, attractive panoramic vignette at bottom of shipping, architectural borders with sphinx and phoenix, black and buff, with coupons, together with Y. Rofé & Co., un-issued bond, Canal de Suez 3% 2nd series, ornate border, brown, and Compagnie Financiere de Suez et de l’Union Parisienne, 7% convertible debenture, 1970, ornate border, green, punch cancelled, very fine, the latter better (3) £300-400
62 Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez, un-issued/blank certificate of deposit, Paris 18[—], not numbered, ornate border, black with pink underprint, has been re-inforced around edge, good very fine £60-80
63 Menzaleh Canal & Navigation Company, certificates for 1 and 25 deferred shares, 1904, numbered 770 and 3122, large format pieces with ornate border, red and black, text in English and French, with coupons, very fine and about fine with some discolouration, together with Travaux d’Irrigation du Gouvernement Egyptien, Assouan et Assiout 1898, pair of bonds for £500 each, [1899], with different signatures of the Minister of Transport, Sphinx in centre, red, hole cancelled, good very fine, and Suez Navigation Company, 5 shares of E£10, 1949, large format, green, text in French and Arabic, with coupons, very fine (5) £80-100
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 65 A collection of Egyptian Railway and Tramway certificates comprising Chemin de Fer de la BasseEgypte, preference shares, 1896, 1903 (2) and 1912 (2 examples with different signatures); ‘action de Jouissance’, 1904 and ‘action de dividende’, 1896 (2 examples with different signatures), these all with ancient archway at top, pyramid at bottom; together with three different examples of 250 franc bonds dated 1934, printed in different colours and bearing different interest rates, most with coupons; Chemin de Fer Economiques de L’Est Egyptien, 31⁄ 2 % bonds, 1897 (2 examples with different signatures), blue, with coupons; Tramways d’Alexandrie (Egypte), 100 franc preference shares, 1897 (2 different signatures) and 1899; Cairo Electric Railways and Heliopolis Oases Company, 1 ordinary share and 1 dividend share, 1906, capital 15,000,000 francs, 1 ordinary share, 1907, capital 30,000,000 francs and 1 ordinary share, 1911 (3 examples with a variety of signatures), and, Tramways du Caire, 1 share, 1926 (3) and 1 share, 1927 (6), in mixed condition but many are fine and very fine, a few scarcer issues (31) £120-150
64 Egyptian Government, Railways of Egypt and the Port of Alexandria, 5% preference stock, bond for £20 sterling, 1876, no.261944, ornate architectural border, black and grey, text in French and English, with coupons, pin holes top left and light foxing, rough edge where coupons removed, very fine £120-150
66 Alexandria & Ramleh Railway Co. Ltd., a pair of certificates for 5 and 10 shares of £1 each, both [1927], no.7714 and 9600, very attractive pieces with electric tram car at top, ornate borders with scrollwork, black and green, and black, blue and pink respectively, both with coupons, some rough edges where coupons removed, very fine (2) £60-80 17
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67 Anglo-Belgian Company of Egypt Ltd., a group of certificates comprising a specimen for 1 share of £5, [1906], with facsimile signature of G. de Reuter, another dated [1919], with hand signatures, and a specimen from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, with annotation for 1919, these all with capital of £1,000,000 in shares of £5; together with 1 share of £2 10s, two examples dated [1926] and [1928], with different secretarial signatures, capital now expressed as £1,000,000 in shares of £2 10s, all with steam train at top, ornate borders, green and black, text in English and French, with coupons or talon, generally very fine or better (5) £100-150
68 Egyptian Delta Light Railways Ltd., 1 deferred share of £10, 19[04], no.D1656, and 1 preference share of £10, 19[01], no.6658, both with capital £854,370, together with certificates for 1 and 5 preference shares of £10, 190[8] and 190[6], capital £1,360,000, all with ornate borders, printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., brown, blue, blue and red respectively, with coupons, also a group of 4% debentures, each for £100, 1897, printed capital £280,000 (2 examples), 1900, capital £854, 370 and 190[8], capital £1,360,000, very large format with Sphinx within title, blue and red, most with coupon/s, and a group of arrears coupons and a few reproduction photographs of engines on the line, fine to very fine, a couple quite scarce and an interesting lot (8 + odds) £100-120
69 Fayoum Light Railways Company, founders share, 1899, overprinted with new date of 1944 (2 examples); together with £20 debenture, Cairo 1899 (2 examples), and a share of £4, Cairo 1921, all of the same design with steam train at bottom architectural borders and Egyptian motifs, the first 4 are large format, the last less than half the size, brown, green and red respectively, all with coupons, one with corner tear otherwise very fine and better (5) £80-100
70 Alexandria Shipping & Navigation Co., certificates for 25 shares and 50 shares of £2 sterling, 1974, very large format pieces with ornate border, ship in centre, banknotes at sides, with coupons; together with unissued certificates for 10 shares of US$4 (2 examples), late 1970’s, similar design to the former but much smaller format, with coupons, very fine to extremely fine (4) £60-80
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71 Egyptian Mail Steamship Co. Ltd., warrant to bearer for 5 deferred shares of £1, London 1907, no.B1349, attractive piece with vignette of steamship flanked by harbour scenes, red and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd., with coupons, good very fine £120-150 British-owned company that provided a fast mail service between Marseilles and Alexandria from 1907 to 1909. The company’s ships RMS Cairo and sister ship Heliopolis were built by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Govan, Scotland. 72 72 Express Nile Steamers Co. S.A., a pair of certificates for 5 and 10 founders shares without par value, Cairo 1906, very attractive pieces with vignette of steam boat under title, ornate border, green and gold, and green respectively, both with coupons, good very fine and very fine, the second with some toning (2) £100-120 73 Bank of Egypt Ltd., certificate for £25 shares, 18[97], no.1350, scrollwork at left with Sphinx and palm trees, black, together with blank cheque from the bank, Cairo branch, 190[-], certificate has pin holes at top left with some surface dirt, otherwise about very fine (2) £60-80 74 Banks and Credit Companies, comprising Banque Generale d’Egypte, founders share, Alexandria 1881, black with pink underprint; Banque Industrielle d’Egypte, dividend share, Alexandria 1899, ornate border, winged wheel and allegorical female at left, orange and black; Soc. de Credit Alexandrin, 10 shares, 1939; Credit Foncier d’Orient, ‘part beneficiare’ Paris 1910 and 5% bond for 1000 francs, Paris 1930, both with allegorical female at bottom, the second stained, fine; Credit Franco-Egyptien, founders share, Paris 1905, red, all with coupons, and an unissued certificate for 25 nominative shares of E£4, circa 1957, large format, green, generally very fine (7) £80-100
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boNdS aNd Share CertifiCateS of the WorLd 78 Commercial Bank of Egypt, one share of E£4, Alexandria 1920, no.1416, architectural border, female walking in oasis with pyramids and sphinx behind to left, blue and yellow, with coupons, together with Anglo-Egyptian Banking Co. Ltd., notice of half-yearly general meeting, 1882, and National Bank of Egypt, certificates for 1 and 5 shares, Cairo 1948, red and brown respectively, also with a cheque dated 1916, and transfer documents, the first extremely fine, remainder very fine (7) £80-100
75 Banque du Caire Ltd., provisional certificate for one deferred share of 1 shilling, Cairo 190[7], no.0688, ornate border, red and black, slight water damage to bottom right, about very fine and rare £80-100
76 Bourse des Marchandises d’Alexandrie, a pair of certificates for series A and series B shares, E£10 each, 1942, no.42 and 689, ornate border, red and purple respectively, both punch cancelled, the first with coupons, latter with none but hand stamps on face, slight water damage to first, fine to very fine (2) £80-100
77 Cairo Exchange Ltd., provisional certificate for £1 ordinary shares, Cairo 1907, no.501, ornate border, black, together with S.A. de L’Immeuble de la Bourse du Caire, bearer warrant for 5 shares of E£5, Cairo 1927, lovely border of scrollwork, maroon, with coupons, stamped PAYE, good fine and good very fine respectively (2) £60-80
79 Credit Agricole D’Egypte S.A., a group of certificates for 5, 10 and 25 shares (2 examples) of £E4, 193[4], and another for 5 shares, dated 1949, ornate architectural border with hieroglyphs and Egyptian figures, black printing with blue, pink and green underprints respectively, all with coupons, all but the last have text in French and Arabic, good very fine (5) £100-150
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 83 Land Bank of Egypt, a lovely set of certificates comprising; 1 share (2) and founders share, April 1905, capital £500,000 sterling, blue and green respectively; 1, 5 and 25 shares, December 1905, capital £1,000,000 sterling, green, brown and pink respectively; 6 specimen examples of the later certificate for one share, green and blue, filing holes at top, all pieces with vignette at left depicting oxen and city in background, ornate border of Egyptian themes, also together with a 31⁄ 2 % bond for 500 francs, 1905, bold border, brown, with coupons, specimen pieces are extremely fine, all others have centre fold, some with slight discolouration, about very fine (13) £100-120
84 Land Bank of Egypt, 1 ordinary share, 1905 (2 - 1 is hole cancelled) and [1933], 5 ordinary shares, 1905, and 25 ordinary shares, 1905 (2 examples) and 1905, with capital increased to £1,000,000, stylised border with vignette of cattle, city behind, blue and green, brown, and black and pink respectively, text in French, Arabic and English, all with coupons (re-glued at bottom), fine to very fine or thereabouts (7) £80-100 80 Crédit Hypothécaire Agricole d’Egypte, a specimen bond for E£50, Cairo 1936, from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, oxen with plough at top, ornate border, black and green with peach underprint, text in French and Arabic, red circular Bradbury stamp at bottom left, with all coupons, about extremely fine £80-100 81 Egyptian Credit Foncier (Credit Foncier Egyptien), certificates for one £20/500 franc share, Cairo 1880, 1882, 1904, 1905 (2 examples); one tenth founders share, 1905; Lottery bond for 250 francs, 1903, 3% Loan, bond for 500 francs, 1905 (3 examples), Lottery bonds for 250 francs, 1911(2 examples), 31⁄ 2 % Loan, 1937, 500 francs, Lottery Loan, E£10, 1951 (10 examples), and other documents (2), varying design with text in English, French and Arabic on most, some are hole cancelled, the multiple examples bear differing hand signatures, most with coupons, condition varies from fine to very and better (25) £100-120
85 Mortgage Company of Egypt Ltd., a specimen certificate for £10 preferred shares, from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, 19[—], numbered 2450, vignette top centre of men with camel and cow, pyramids behind, ornate border, blue and black, printers annotations at top edge, slight discolouration to left edge, otherwise extremely fine £60-80
82 Gezira Insurance Co., certificate for 25 shares of E£4, Aleaxandria 1958, ornate border, green and buff, text mainly in Arabic, with coupons, together with Alexandria Life Insurance Company S.A.E., a group of certificates comprising; 5 shares of E£2 (2), 1959, blue, and 5 (2), 20 and 50 (3) shares of E£5, all 1950, ornate border, blue, maroon and brown respectively, text in French and Arabic, all with coupons, generally very fine and some better, the higher denomination with rough edges and missing corners, only fine (9) £80-100 21
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boNdS aNd Share CertifiCateS of the WorLd 89 A varied group of Egyptian land companies, comprising Nile Land and Agricultural Company, 5 shares of E£5, Alexandria 1904, farming scenes at top, black and blue; Gharbieh Land Company, 1 deferred share, 190[6], decorative title and vignette of crop gathering, grey-green and peach, and 25 founders shares, 1944, mauve; Building Lands of Egypt, 5 shares of E£4 each, 1906, black; Egyptian Land & Buildings Co., 1, 5 and 25 shares of E£4 each, all 1947, green, blue and brown, and Aboukir Land Company, 5 shares (2) and 25 shares (2), 1961, yellow and green respectively, all with coupons, the first only fine, otherwise very fine or thereabouts (11) £120-150
86 Société Egyptienne de la Bourse Commerciale de Minet-el-Bassal, certificates for 1 share, and 5 shares (8) of E£5, Alexandria 1923, ornate scrollwork border, green and red respectively, all with coupons (re-attached at bottom), some punch cancelled, most with hand stamps on face, about very fine, the last with holes at top, only fine (9) £80-100 87 Societe Financiere d’Egypte, 500 franc share, 1863, ornate border with Sphinx and obelisk to left, camel and rider to right, green and black, together with Comptoir Financier & Commercial d’Egypt, one founders share, 1906, 1 tenth founders share, 1906, ornate borders brown and green and black and grey, with coupons, and, Soc. Financiere et Industrielle d’Egypte, 5 shares, 1937 and one share, 1960, brown and blue respectively, with coupons, the last with edge tears, the first with burn mark at right, fine to very fine (5) £80-100 88 Insurance Policies, a group of policies comprising AlChark, 1931, very large format, attractive printing with text in French and Arabic; Commercial Insurance Company of Egypt, marine policy, 1949, revenue stamp top right; L’Union, Compagnie d’Assurances sur la Vie Humaine, 1952, attractive piece, red, text in French and Arabic; National Insurance Company of Egypt, 1956, green, revenue stamp top right; Compagnie d’Assurances Generales sur la Vie “de Paris”, 1951, medallion in centre, green, revenue stamp at top right, and, another modern document, all in Arabic, generally very fine (6) £60-80
90 Anglo-Egyptian Land Company Ltd., nominative certificate for ordinary shares of £1, 19[34], no.534, ornate border and title with City of London and Egyptian scenes below, blue, embossed seal at bottom, very fine £60-80
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 93 Cairo Land and Financial Company S.A., certificate for 25 shares of E£4 each (E£100), Cairo [1936], no.3646, attractive piece with ornate border, black with brown underprint, company logo in underprint, with coupons, stamped annule, slight damage either side where stapled, otherwise good very fine and scarce £60-80 The capital consisted of only 20,000 shares and we would estimate that no more than 500 certificates were the 25 share denomination. 94 Cie. Immobilière d’Egypte S.A., a group of 4 certificates, 250 franc share (2), 1900 and 1904 with increased capital, and founders share (2), both 1900, ornate border, black and blue with pink respectively, together with; La Gérance Immobilière, certificates for 100 nominative shares of E£4, [1941], this extremely fine, and 25 bearer shares of E£4, 1942, ornate borders, blue and brown respectively; S.A. Immobilière des Terrains Ghizeh et Rodah, 2 shares of E£7 each, 1938, purple; L’Immobilia d’Egypte, 5 shares of E£4, 1943, and 25 shares of E£4, 1945, green and brown respectively, and S.A. Immobilière du Domaine de Siouf, 25 shares of E£4, 1929, green, latter with large tear to top, only fine, otherwise all very fine unless stated (10) £80-100
91 Beltim Land Irrigation Company Ltd., 6% debenture bond for £100, 1881, no.137, printed by Waterlow & Sons, large format piece with ornate border, text in English and French, black, with coupons attached, one centre fold, good very fine. Rare £80-100
92 Cairo Agricultural Co., certificate for 5 preference shares, 1928, large format piece with Lamassu (guardians of the gate) at left and right, text in French and Arabic, mauve, hole cancelled, together with other agricultural companies comprising Soc. Agricole et Urbaine “Le Fayoum”, 1 share, 1943 and 25 shares, 1944, ornate borders, brown with blue and pink underprints respectively, and, Soc. Agricole de KafrEl-Dawar, 250 franc share and dividend share, both 1907, brown, all with coupons, very fine or thereabouts (5) £80-100
95 Commercial & Estates Company of Egypt, Late S. Karam & Freres, a pair of certificates for E£100 share, and 1 founders share, Alexandria 1904, very attractive pieces with ornate border including vignettes of town building, timber works and native scene at bottom, black printing on grey and buff respectively, both with coupons (the first only 1), some light foxing, otherwise about extremely fine (2) £120-150
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boNdS aNd Share CertifiCateS of the WorLd 96 Corporation of Western Egypt Ltd., a pair of certificates for 50 and 100 shares of £1 each, fully paid, 190[4], no.2171 and 2652, ornate border in blue, both with coupons, pin holes at top left, otherwise very fine (2) £60-80 Formed in 1904 to acquire several Government Concessions from the Oases Syndicate Ltd. of land grants and the building of a railway line. This was subsequently re-sold to the Egyptian Government in 1909.
97 Société Egyptienne de la Daïra Sanieh, pair of certificates for 10 ordinary shares of £5, 1905, no.1256 and 6149, Sphinx and pyramid at top, ornate border, blue and black, both with coupons, one good very fine, the other only fine (2) £60-80
98 Egyptian Constructions Ltd., 25 shares of £1 each, 19[01], no.D0222, decorative title, ornate border, red and black with pale green underprint, with coupons, very fine £60-80
99 Egyptian Enterprise and Development Co., deferred and ordinary share warrants, Cairo 1906, attractive pieces with vignettes of agricultural and irrigation scenes in centre, yellow and blue, text in English and French, with coupons; together with S.A. du Béhéra (Agricultural and Irrigation Company), 5 shares of E£5, 1899, oxen and plough at top left, dredging top right, blue, together with modern certificates for 5, 10 and 25 shares, vignettes in each corner, orange, blue and green, with coupons, and Egyptian Improvements Corporation, one share of E£4, Cairo 1906, ornate border with Egyptian motifs, yellow and blue, with coupons, fine to very fine (7) £80-100
100 Egyptian Land company certificates, comprising Egyptian Consolidated Lands Ltd., 5 shilling shares, 19[19], 5 and 100 shares of 5 shillings each, both 192[0], and 500 shares of 5 shillings each, 192[5] (this one only fine); North Egypt Land Company Ltd., 10 and 20 shares of £1 each, both 190[5], purple and green; Egyptian Land Investment Co., E£5 share, 1905, and founders share (2), also 1905, blue and brown; Anglo-Egyptian Land Allotment Company, 1 founders share, 1906, and 1 share and 25 shares (2) of E£4 each, all 1952, all but first with coupons, generally very fine unless stated, latter pieces slightly better (13) £100-150
101 Egyptian Land and General Trust Ltd., bearer warrants for 25 shares of £1, London 190[5], no.D4 and 100 shares of £1, London 190[10], no.F688, large format, attractive pieces with vignette of crocodile by river with pyramids in background, green and red, and brown and blue respectively, both with coupons, about very fine (2) £120-150
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102 Société Fermiere D’Orman-Abou-Ballah, certificate for 1000 francs, Paris 1884, no.0503, palm trees in centre, ornate border, black with yellow underprint, with coupons, good very fine £60-80
103 Ghezireh Estates S.A., 100 franc share, 1910, no.0869, ornate border, brown and black with green underprint, together with Egyptian Estates Ltd., a pair of certificates for 25 and 100 ordinary shares of £1, London 19[05] and 19[06], camels and riders at bottom, Khedive at top left, red and blue respectively, the first good very fine, latter two fine to very fine (3) £60-80
104 Koubbeh Gardens S.A., one share of E£4, Cairo 1926, no.6933, ornate border with Egyptian motifs, western style villas flanked by Sphinx at top, green, with talon, numerous handstamps showing repayment of capital through to 1934, unfortunately with many edge tears and repairs on the reverse but the body in reasonable state, fair and very rare £60-80
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Formed during the land speculation boom in 1907 the company acquired land near the Khedival palace and proceeded to build several villas, as illustrated on this certificate. The original capital was increased in the expectation of good sales but this was halted by WWI. Hoping to save the ailing company the capital was reduced in 1926 but investors were not impressed and the company was liquidated in the same year.
105 Land-House Coy (Victor Frank & Co.), a set of 5 certificates for 1 and 5 ordinary shares, and 1, 5, and 25 preference shares, Cairo 1943, ornate border, large house at top, green, dark green, purple, red and brown respectively, all with some coupons, text in French and Arabic, very fine (5) £100-150
106 Sidi Salem Company of Egypt S.A., one share of £4 sterling, Alexandria 1909, no.4176, attractive piece printed by Waterlow Bros. & Layton, vignette of steam traction engines ploughing field, blue and black, with coupons, extremely fine £60-80 25
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boNdS aNd Share CertifiCateS of the WorLd 107 S.A. Agricole et Industrielle d’Egypte, a group of different certificates comprising 500 franc share, 1897, capital 5,000,000 francs, 500 franc share, 1897, capital 12,500,000 francs, new shares, 1907, rare, preference share, 1920, another, probably a printers proof printed in black only, and, 500 franc bonds, 1902, 1907 and 1928, mixed condition, some cancelled, fine to very fine (8) £50-60
109 Société Egyptienne d’Entreprises Urbaines & Rurales, set of certificates, 5, 10 (2, one example only fine) and 25 shares (2) of £4 each, all 1905, and one later issue of 25 shares, with increased capital, 1907, ornate border, buildings at bottom, some stamped in red on face with cancellation, all with coupons, mauve, brown and green respectively, very fine unless otherwise stated (6) £80-100
108 Soc. Agricole et Urbaine “Le Fayoum”, certificate for E£4, Cairo 1947, no.391, vignette of town and riverside, brown; together with S.A. Egyptienne d’Urbanisme “Hadaek al Ahram”, certificates for 10 shares and 25 shares (2), Cairo 1947, large format, text in French and Arabic, brown and blue respectively with coupons; together with S.A. de Wadi komOmbo, certificates for 1 share, 1905 (2), green, 1 share, 1910, brown, 5 shares, 1944, brown and 10 shares, 1944, blue, all attractive pieces with ancient buildings at top and left, with coupons, a couple with edge tears but generally very fine (9) £100-120
110 Soc. Fonciere & Agricole de la basse Egypte, 100 franc share, Paris 1878 and 500 franc bond, Paris 1877, 2 examples with different signatures, ornate borders, grey and pink respectively; together with L’Union Fonciere d’Egypte, founders share, Alexandria 1905, green and ordinary share, 1905, brown, 2 examples with different signatures; Union Francaise d’Alexandrie (Egypt), certificate for E£1, Alexandria 1921, green, cancelled (3 examples); Comptoir Commercial Economique, certificates for 5 and 25 shares of E£5, Alexandria 1945, pink and green respectively, with coupons, and, Soc. Générale Egyptienne pour l’Agriculture & le Commerce, 1 tenth founders share, 1905 (2 examples with different signatures), ornate border with Egyptian motifs, blue, with coupons; S.A. des Monts-de-Piété Egyptiens, 625 franc share, Paris [1934], blue, and Caisse Hypothecaire d’Egypte, 1000 franc bond, Brussels 1929, blue and red, with coupons, the first with old tape repair otherwise generally very fine or thereabouts (15) £120-150
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111 Société Foncière en Commandite par Actions E. E. P. Bramall & Co., nominative certificate for shares of E£5, Cairo 19[04], no.124, blue/black printing, ornate green underprint, without coupons, about very fine and rare £60-80
114 United Egyptian Lands Ltd., 50 shares of £1 each, 19[07], no.K9930, and 1 deferred share of 1 shilling, 190[9], no.A2355, both with lovely vignette of street and riverside scene at top, ornate border, purple and blue with buff underprint, and green with light green underprint respectively, with coupons, very fine (2) £80-100
112 Société Fonciere du Domaine de Cheikh Fadl, a set of three certificates for 5, 10 and 25 shares of E£4, Cairo 1938, large format with agricultural scenes and workers with camel, yellow, grey/mauve and pink respectively, all with coupons, perforated cancelled, slight creasing to top corners on all, but good very fine (3) £60-80
113 Societe Fonciere du Domaine de Cheikh Fadl, one share of E£4, 1938 together with 5 and 10 shares of E£4 dated 1945, all attractive pieces with agricultural scenes at top and at left, green, yellow and buff respectively, all with coupons, with some overprints, the second perforated ANNULLATO, very fine and better (3) £60-80
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boNdS aNd Share CertifiCateS of the WorLd 117 An interesting group of Egyptian Hotels (11), comprising; Shepheard’s & Egyptian Hotels Company, 5 shares of E£1 each, 1959, green; Société des Excelsior Hotels, 10 founders shares, 1906, black on yellow paper; Upper Egypt Hotels Company S.A., 10 shares of E£4 each, 1922, brown and blue; Egyptian Hotels Ltd., 3 certificates for 5% cumulative preference shares, 189[-], one un-issued, all cancelled, red; Misr Iran Hotels Co., 1000 shares, 1980; George Nungovich Egyptian Hotels Co., £20 bond, 1899, and Les Grands Hotels d’Egypte, 1 share (3) and 5 shares of E£4, 1955, generally very fine, some a little better (12) £120-150
118 George Nungovich Egyptian Hotels Co., a pair of certificates for 1 share of £4, both un-issued, one with false addition of no.133, Cairo 1899, and also false signatures, ornate architectural border, blue and black, text in English and French, un-issued piece with all coupons, the other with none, both good very fine (2) £40-50
115 Upper Egypt Irrigation Company, a group of 5 certificates for 2 shares of E£50, Cairo 1910, large format piece with vignette of water works and irrigation ditches in fields, camels etc., blue and brown, single centre fold, otherwise extremely fine (5) £150-200
119 Heliopolis Palace Hotel de Caire, dividend share, 1909, no.3181, large vignette of the hotel at top, green and black, with coupons, very fine £60-80
116 Wardan Estate Company S.A., warrant to bearer for 10 ordinary shares of £5, Cairo 190[8], no.6715, large format, oxen with plough under title, ornate border with agricultural scenes at left, red, with coupons, printed by Waterlow Bros. & Layton, very fine £60-80
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122 Albert Eid & Co., Societe en Commandite par Actions pour l’Exploitation des Taxi-Automobiles, un-issued share to bearer for E£10, Cairo 1924, not signed or numbered, lovely ornate border, black with orange underprint, with counterfoil and coupons, about extremely fine and rare £60-80
120 Ritz Hotels (Egypt) Ltd., 10 preferred ordinary shares of £1, Alexandria 190[8], no.3590, very ornate border, black and green, printed by Waterlow Bros. & Layton, with all coupons, slight toning, very fine and rare £100-120 121 A miscellaneous group of Egyptian certificates comprising Soc. Cooperative de Consommation des Fonctionnaires du Gouvernement, one share, 1910, attractive border, brown, piece missing from top edge; Soc. de Bienfaisance Musulmane al Moassat d’Alexandrie, lottery bond, 1910, building at top, ornate border, small format, green, small piece missing from tip of bottom right corner, has been mounted; Les Illustrés d’Egypte, one share of E£4, 1928, green and brown; Compagnie Frigorifique d’Egypte, one share of E£4, Cairo 1954, pyramid and palm trees at top, green and black; Soc. Egyptienne des Emballages Economiques, 1 25th founders share, 1951, brown; Stationery Industries, 5 and 25 shares of E£4, Alexandria 1956, brown and blue respectively, top edge trimmed on the first; Soc. de Nouveautés Benzion, 1, 5 and 10 shares of E£4, Cairo 1951, ornate borders, yellow, red and green respectively, the last with large tear at centre fold, and other certificates (8), all post 1949, some unissued, generally very fine (18) £80-100
123 Alexandria Pressing Company SAE, certificate for 2 shares of E£1, Alexandria 1957, no.20377-78, large format, architectural border with inset vignettes of sphinx at top, company buildings and machinery at bottom, red, with coupons, water damage to top right corner, very fine £50-60 124 Société des Anciens Etablissements Hovaghimian, 25 shares of E£20 each, Cairo 1930, no.00363 ornate border, blue and green, with coupons, text all in French, tears at top and right edge, very fine and scarce issue £60-80 Only 5000 shares issued and therefore even if all were for 25 shares a maximum of 200 issued. 29
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boNdS aNd Share CertifiCateS of the WorLd 125 S.A. Bières Bomonti & Pyramides, bond for E£100, Alexandria 1937, no.256, ornate border, blue, text all in French, with coupons, together with Société de Bière “Les Pyramides”, certificates for 1 (2), 5 (2) and 25 shares of E£2 each, 1956, ornate border, text in Arabic and French, black, brown and green respectively, all with coupons, good very fine throughout (6) £60-80
128 Brasserie Francaise d’Egypte S.A., 500 franc share, Paris 1881, no.2833, ornate scrollwork border, black with turquoise underprint, with coupons, adhesive revenue stamp at left, almost extremely fine £60-80
127 Boulangerie Mécanique Hygiénique d’Egypte, 100 franc share, Alexandria 1899, no.4577, lovely piece with ornate border depicting stages of wheat and flour production, black and buff, together with more food related companies comprising; Food Products SAE., 1 share and 25 shares of E£4, 1946 and [1945], maroon and orange-brown respectively; Minia Food Security Co., 1 share of E£4, 198[6], green and black, and Ismailia Fish-Duck Farming Co (IFDCO), 500 shares of E£4 (E£2000), 198[4], border of fish and ducks, purple, silver and blue, first and last good very fine, the rest very fine (5) £60-80
129 Société du Cercle Mohammed-Aly, one share of £5 sterling, Alexandria 188[5], no.275, attractive piece with ornate border incorporating vignettes of large building and statue to left and right, green and black, rough edges at top and bottom, staining on all sides, fine £100-120
130 Société Égyptienne de Ciment Portland TourahLe-Caire (Cairo), a group of certificates for 1 share (2) and 10 shares (2), June 1927, capital E£1,130,000 and 1 share (6), 1957, capital £E2,118,748, Temple of Dendur style entrance and pediment, multicoloured, all with coupons, all stamp cancelled on face, all extremely fine or close (10) £150-200
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134 Soc. Anonyme des Eaux du Caire, pair of certificates for 1 and 5 dividend shares, Cairo 1905, very attractive pieces with architectural borders, black with yellow and green underprints respectively, with coupons, both rare; together with Artesian Boring and Prospecting Company, provisional certificate, Cairo 1907, green and black; Alexandria Water Company, 1958 and Soc. Egyptienne d’Entreprises Pour les Projets D’Adduction d’Eau, 1957, the first two with some edge tears and damage at top edges, fine (5) £200-250
131 Société Civile du Club Mohamed Aly, one preference share for E£200, Cairo 1908, no.20, vignettes within border of sphinx, pyramids and building on beach, arms at top, black and brown, slight tears at top and right along folds, very fine £120-150 Only 70 issued.
135 Egyptian Commercial and Trading Co. Ltd., £20 shares, 1865, scrollwork with sphinx in centre at left, black, together with other English companies operating in Egypt comprising Cairo Syndicate Ltd., ordinary shares of £1, 190[6], blue; Egyptian Agricultural Co. Ltd., certificates for 50 and 100 shares of 2 shillings each, 19[35], blue and green respectively; Anglo-Egyptian Oilfields Ltd., 25 shares of £1 each (2), 19[35], capital £1,808,000 and 19[54], capital £3,777,000, blue and black, and Helouan (Egypt) Development Co. Ltd., 5 shares of £1, 190[7], brown and green, last piece stained, fine, otherwise very fine (8) £80-100
132 Cotton Export Coy. of Egypt, a trio of certificates for 1, 10 and 100 shares of E£10, Alexandria 1919 and 1920, nos. 43, 486 and 357, ornate border, green, red and blue respectively, all with coupons, good very fine (3) £60-80
133 Delta Trading Company S.A., a large group of certificates for 1 share (5), 5 shares (5), 10 shares (4) and 25 shares (18), Cairo 1946, and Alexandria 1938 and 1944 (varies with denomination), ornate border with scrollwork, green, blue, red and brown respectively, all with coupons re-attached at bottom, many with hand stamps on face, generally very fine (32) £120-150
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boNdS aNd Share CertifiCateS of the WorLd 136 Egyptian Fibre Syndicate, 1 share of E£4, Alexandria 1920, sisal grass at left, antelope at right, brown and black, with coupons, some foxing especially at upper left, very fine; together with Soc. Belge-Egyptienne de l’Ezbékieh, 500 franc bond, Brussels 1905, attractive piece with foliage at sides, pyramids and Sphinx at bottom, mauve and yellow, and a 500 franc bond, 1909, brown and black, both with coupons, cancelled and a later issue dated 1944; The Fadlab Estate. Grieve & Company, warrant for 10 shares of E£4, 191[1], green and black, with coupons; Les Illustrés d’Egypte, one share of E£4, Cairo 192[8], ornate border, brown with green underprint; S.A. Egyptienne Carba, one share of E£4, Alexandria 1949, brown; Soc. des Usines Chourbagui Pour la Filature, Le Tissage et le Tricot, 5 shares, Cairo 1958, very colourful piece with factory at bottom, with coupons, and, Soc. Selim et Samaan Sednaoui, 25 shares of E£10, 1959, large format, red and black, with coupons, generally very fine (9) £60-80
137 Egyptian Markets Ltd., 25 shares of £1, [1899], no.10835, ornate border, brown, and an un-issued debenture for £100, 1906, brown, together with Commercial Markets Company S.A.E., two certificates for 5 shares of E£4, 1952, one un-issued, green and black, and Egyptian Markets Company S.A.E., set of certificates for 1, 5 (2), 25, 50 (3) and 100 shares (2), two separate issues, 1988 and 1994, all with coupons, generally very fine, latter items better (13) £80-100
138 Egyptian Motoring and Road Transport, a small collection comprising S.A. des Grands Garages d’Egypte, 1 founders share and 5 ordinary shares of E£4, 1906, both with large underprint of motor car, ornate borders; Egyptian General Omnibus Company, founders share and ordinary share of E£4, 1933, ornate borders; Eastern Automobiles Supplies and Transport Company, unissued certificate for 5 shares of E£4, 1949, blue, text in Arabic and English, and, Transport & Engineering Company, 5 shares, 1951, capital E£450,000, 1 share and 5 shares (2), 1952, capital E£675,000 and 10 shares, 1954 (3), capital E£1,500,000, all large format, most with coupons, generally very fine (12) £80-100
139 Egyptian Options Ltd., 1/- founders shares, 190[5], no.15, attractive piece with vignette of camel and rider with pyramids in background, black with pink underprint, annotation at top, very fine and scarce £60-80
140 Egyptian Road Construction Company S.A., a pair of certificates for 10 shares of E£4 each, Alexandria 1930, capital 16,000 shares amd 5 shares of E£4 each, Alexandria 1947, capital now 20,000 shares, very attractive pieces with vignettes of steam rollers on road, and workforce laying road surface, underprint vignettes of street scene and camels, ornate border, black printing with green and blue underprints respectively, both with coupons, good very fine, but a few small edge tears on the second (2) £100-150
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 143 Electricity and Ice Supply Company, a series of certificates comprising one share, and five shares (4 examples), 1907, one share, and five shares, 1929, one share, 1939, 5 shares, 1944, 5 shares, 1948 and one share, 1952 (3 examples), all of similar design of electric poles and wires at sides, vignettes of elctric motors at top and bottom, the ‘one share’ certificates are brown and the ‘five share’ certificates are blue, mixed condition but many very fine (13) £100-120 144 Etablissements Industriels et Commerciaux L. Bonello & Co., one bearer share for E£10, Alexandria 1945, no.1097, decorative border, blue, text in French and Arabic, with coupons, very fine £40-50 141 Egyptian Swiss Iron Works, 25 shares of £4, Cairo 1906, no.1090, ornate border, purple, good very fine and scarce £50-60
145 Société pour l’Exploitation des Mines de Plomb et Zinc d’Egypte Verrier & Co., certificates for 1 share of £5 sterling, category A and B, both 1929, ornate border, black and yellow; together with Egyptian Mining and Prospecting Co., 25 shares of E£4, [1946], brown, and Ras Mallap Mining Co., provisional certificate for E£4 shares, no date (circa 1950), ship being loaded at top, grey, all with small edge tears and creasing, fine to very fine (4) £60-80
142 Soc. Générale d’Electricite et de Mécanique, founders share, Alexandria 190[7], vignettes of electric tram, street lights and motors, green, with coupons; together with other companies in the Gas and Electricity industry comprising Soc. Egyptienne de Gaz Comprimés 100 franc share, 1921; Soc. Egyptienne d’Eclairage Chauffage & Force Motrice, certificates for 1 and 5 shares of E£20, undated but circa 1950; Soc. Egyptienne de Gaz Liquéfiés (Mohamed Chaftar & Co.), 5 and 25 shares of E£4, Cairo 1954 and 1 share and 25 shares of E£4, 1956, different design to the former; Soc. Egyptienne d’Electricité, one share of E£4, 1952; Soc. Centrale d’Electricité, 5 shares of E£4, 1956, and, Electro Cable Egypte, unissued certificate for 5 shares of E£4, 1958, the last with edge tear and trimmed border to left, the remainder mostly very fine (11) £120-150
146 Exploitation du Casino de Ghesireh au Caire, certificate for 1/500th “Part beneficiare”, Cairo 1895, no.038, ornate border, blue with turquoise underprint, with all coupons, good very fine and rare £80-100 A Swiss Corporation with head office in Lausanne.
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147 Soc. des Gds Magasins du Progres le Caire, 100 franc share, Paris 1907, very attractive design of Pharoahs head at bottom, winged serpent at top, blue and yellow, with coupons; together with Grand Magasins Hannaux, founders share, Paris 19[14], ornate border with allegorical figures and Egyptian scenes, brown, with coupons, and, Grand Magasins Chemla S.A.E., 25 shares of E£4, Cairo 1946 (6 examples with some signature variety), large format, blue, with coupons, very fine to extremely fine (8) £80-100
148 General Warehouses of Egypt, pair of certificates for 1 share and 25 shares of E£4, Alexandria [1947], no.444 and no.48226-250, warehouse building at bottom, ornate border, blue and red respectively, with coupons, the second with what appears to be filing holes at bottom, very fine (2) £60-80
149 H de Vries & Boutigny Ltd., bearer warrant for 25 ordinary shares of £1, 190[8], no.08191, allegorical female with goods and building behind, pyramids to right, ornate border, brown and black, printed by Waterlow Bros. & Layton, one centre fold, good very fine £60-80
150 Imprimerie Misr, a group of certificates comprising 1 share of E£5, one unissued, another, [1926], with coupons 1 to 25, no.208 and another, also [1926] but with coupons to number 50, number in Arabic 06388, 20 shares, [1926], no.1241 to 1260, and a certificate for 5 bonds of E£10, 1924, all with similar design with vignettes of early screw press and a modern mechanical press, ornate borders, blue and brown printing, the last cancelled, some edge tears, the 3rd fine, the remainder very fine (5) £100-150
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November 28, 2014 - LONDON 151 Soc. Egyptienne Pour Les Industries Chimiques (KIMA), a group of certificates for 1 share (4), 5 shares (2), 10 shares (7) and 25 shares (14), all dated 1959, large format pieces with text in Arabic and French, underprint vignette of chemical factory, brown, mauve, green and blue respectively, with coupons, a few hand signature varieties, generally very fine to extremely fine (27) £80-100
152 Jardins & Vignobles d’Egypte, set of three certificates for 1, 5 and 25 shares of E£4 each, Alexandria 1947, lovely bold pieces with border of fruits, turquoise, deep blue and red respectively, all with coupons (re-glued at bottom), small edge tears, the latter with damage to top right, otherwise very fine (3) £60-80
153 Jardins & Vignobles d’Egypte, certificates for 1 share (2) and 5 shares (10) of E£4 each, Alexandria 1947, lovely bold pieces with border of fruits, turquoise and deep blue respectively, all with coupons (re-glued at bottom), all with tear on centre fold at top edge, otherwise clean and neat, fine to very fine (12) £100-120
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154 Kafr-El-Zayat Cotton Co. Ltd., one share of E£5, Alexandria 1939, no.08351, decorative piece with border of columns with female figures, Sphinx and vases, factory at bottom and inset each side, blue and green, with coupons, about extremely fine £80-100
155 Koldair Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Co. of Egypt, set of certificates for one, five (2), ten (2) and twenty five shares (4) of E£4 each, 1947 and 1949, and 2 of the larger denomination dated 1955 and 1958, bold title, ornate border, olive green, turquoise, blue and maroon respectively, all with coupons, all good very fine (9) £60-80
157 Manure Company of Egypt S.A., 5 ordinary shares of E£5, Cairo 1913, no.7856-7860, panoramic vignette of the works, black with orange-brown underprint, text in English and French, with talon, very fine £60-80
156 Societe Egyptienne du Lait, a pair of certificates for 1 and 10 shares of E£4, Cairo 1931, no.33 and no.351-360, bold ornate border, green/blue and brown/yellow respectively, both with coupons, both about extremely fine (2) £60-80
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158 Marconi Radio Telegraph Company of Egypt SAE, pair of certificates for 5 and 10 shares of E£4, 1926, no.824 and 2498, large format, ornate border, green and blue respectively, text all in English, with coupons, the second with minor foxing at top edge and small tears, otherwise good very fine (2) £80-100
159 Companies in the metal industry, comprising National Metal Industries, 1 and 5 shares of E£1, Cairo 1959, text in French and Arabic, brown and green; General Engineering Co., 5 shares (2) and 25 shares (2), Cairo 1960, very large format, green and red, and Societe de Metallurgie Egyptienne, 25 shares of E£4, Cairo 1950 (6 examples), green, all with coupons, very fine or thereabouts (12) £80-100
160 A group of English mining companies operating in Egypt, comprising Egyptian Minerals Corporation Ltd., £1 shares, 18[90], no.338, ornate title with Sphinx and pyramid below, blue; Egyptian (Assiout) Explorers Ltd., 5/- shares, 190[6], no.40, green; Barramia Mining and Exploration Ltd., ordinary shares of £1, 191[7] and preference shares of 2/6d, 19[09]; Egyptian Mines Exploration Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 19[06], red, and, Star Development Mines Ltd., 4/- shares, 192[0], the 1st and 5th fine, the rest very fine (6) £100-120
161 National Metal Industries, S.A.E., a group of 3 certificates for 1 share, 1958, 5 shares, 1957 and 25 shares, 1957, all of E£4 each, extremely large format piece with huge full-colour vignette of metal smelting in centre, mauve, red and green respectively, text in French and Arabic, all with coupons, hole cancelled, all very fine (3) £80-100
162 A group of Egyptian Pharmaceutical and Chemical companies, comprising; S.A. des Drogueries d’Egypte, E£4 share, Cairo 1944, ornate border, green; Compagnie Générale Egyptienne des Pétroles “COGEP”, 5 shares of E£5, Alexandria 1940, decorative title and border, blue and green; Memphis Chemical Co., 10 shares, 1959, blue and orange; Abu Zaabal and Kafr El Zayat Fertilizer and Chemical Co (AKFAC), E£2 share, 1958, red, and 25 shares, 1958, green, and Hinshelwood Paint & Oil Co. of Egypt, 5 shares of E£4, 1958, blue, the latter with large tear to bottom edge, otherwise about very fine (6) £60-80
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163 Platrieres de Ballah, one share of E£4, Cairo 1909, attractive piece with Sphinx, scarabs and bird, blue and yellow, with coupons; together with S.A.Egyptienne d’Entreprises et de Travaux Publics, founders share, Cairo 1881, black with pink underprint, with coupons; Soc. Egyptienne d’Ameublement Kriéger, one share of E£10, Cairo 1923, 2 examples with slight printing varieties in the signature and the printers imprint, yellow and black, with coupons; Egyptian Perla Marble Co., 5 shares of E£5, Cairo 1931, brown and black with coupons; Modern Building S.A.E., a specimen certificate for 10 shares of E£5, Alexandria 1945, brown, red overprint SPECIMEN in red, with coupons, and, Soc. Egyptienne de Constructions Modernes “Al Chams”, certificates for one share of E£10 (2 examples) and 5 shares of E£10, Cairo 1946, very large format, green and mauve respectively, with coupons, cancelled, generally very fine to extremely fine (9) £80-100
164 Soc. Générale de Pressage et de Dépôts, a pair of certificates for 1 and 5 shares of £E2, Alexandria 1957, very large format with lovely borders with pyramids, steam train, ships at dockside, warehouses and factories, yellow and black and blue and black, with coupons, text in French and Arabic, stamped CANCELLED, good very fine (2) £60-80
165 Rosetta & Alexandria Rice Mills Company SAE, 10 shares of E£4, Alexandria 1938, no.5421-30, rice fields with pyramids and sphinx in background at top, mill buildings at bottom, ornate border, brown, with coupons, slight stain at top right corner, otherwise good very fine £50-60
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166 A group of Egyptian Salt companies, comprising Marsa Matrouh Salt & Potash Co., 1 share of E£4, [1947], large map across bottom edge showing salt lakes, red and blue mainly; Port Said Salt Association Ltd., 25 shares of 10 shillings, 19[20], brown; Egyptian Salt & Soda Co., 1 share and 10 shares, both 1957, brown and green respectively; National Salt & Mining Co., 10 shares of E£4, 1949, red, and Société Egyptienne pour l’Exploitation des Salines de Port-Said, 1 share of E£4, 1953, green, all with coupons, all very fine apart from second piece which is only fine (6) £80-100
168 Studios Al Ahram S.A.E., 5 shares of E£4, Cairo 1946, no.2551-2555, large format piece with text in French and Arabic, vignette of the large film studios at bottom, Sphinx in underprint, green and black, with coupons, good very fine £60-80
169 Société des Sucreries et de Distillerie d’Egypte, a set of four certificates for 5, 10 and 25 shares (2) of E£4, Cairo 1956, vignette of refinery building at top, ornate border, blue, mauve and green respectively, all with coupons, the first punch cancelled, very fine if not better (4) £60-80
170 Société Générale des Sucreries et de la Raffinerie d’Égypte, certificates for 100 franc ordinary share, and 100 franc preference share, both 1906, bond for 400 francs, also 1906, and founders share, 1897, all with coupons, blue, green, red and yellow and red respectively, together with Sucrerie et Raffinerie de l’Afrique Centrale Sucraf, one share, 1944, brown, grey and black (this one extremely fine), and Société des Sucreries et de Distillerie d’Egypte, E£4 share, 1956, maroon and black, both with coupons, no visible damage but some rough edges, about very fine unless stated (6) £80-100
167 Sednaoui Zariffa Nahas & Co. Ltd., warrant to bearer for 10 deferred shares of 1/-, 190[7], no.0098, printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., vignette of palm trees and pyramid, text in English and French, red and black, with coupons, light creasing, very fine and scarce. £80-100
171 Suez Oil Company Ltd., £1 shares, 19[13], no.384, capital amended from £120,000 to £180,000, ornate border, blue, together with Suez Oil Company (1915) Ltd., 10 shilling shares, 19[16], no.615, ornate border, green, both very fine and scarce (2) £60-80
Approximately 300 issued
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 172 Société des Terres Rares d’Egypte, certificate for 5 founders shares, Alexandria 19[36], no.2426-2430, blue and green, with coupons, together with E£4 shares (2), [1931], ornate border, blue-black, all stamped annule, good very fine (3) £60-80
173 A collection of Egyptian textile companies, comprising; Associated Cotton Ginners of Egypt Ltd., 100 shares of £1, 19[06], green; Compagnie Cotonnière d’Égypte S.A., 5 shares of 100 francs, Paris 1913, blue and pink; Egyptian Cotton Mills Ltd., 5 shares of £1, 1900; Peerless Hosiery Azar Farhi & Co., 25 shares, 1945; Egyptian Cotton Ginners & Exporters, 1 share of E£5 (2 examples), 1937; S.A. Tissage et Tricotage, 1 share of E£4 (2 examples), 1935; Cotton Spinning, Weaving & Dyeing Co. “Karnak”, 1951; “Watco” Worsted & Textile Co., [1953]; Societe Arabe Unie pour Usines Textiles al Kahira, 1961; Manufacture de Textiles Egyptiens “Matexa”, 1946; Industrie Fibres Textiles S.A.E., 1948, and Société Industrielle Spahi de Filés & Textiles S.A.E., 1958, most with coupons, range of conditions, a couple fine to very fine, majority good very fine (13) £100-150
175 United Drug Stores of Egypt, N. Gannage & Fils & The New British Drug Co., un-issued certificate for 25 shares of E£4, Cairo 1926, numbered D00534 but not signed and dated, lovely ornate border with flag at top and snake at bottom, blue and pink, with coupons, very fine and rare £60-80
176 Soc. Viticole et Vinicole d’Egypte, 25 shares of E£4, Cairo 1938, very pretty piece with vignettes at top and left of wine making from picking grapes, treading and crushing to storage jars, mauve, with coupons; together with other certificates related to the drinks industry comprising Crown Brewery of Cairo, dividend share, 1899, and 100 franc shares, 1920 (2) and 1925, all with crown at top, blue; Les Auberges D’Egypte, 5 shares of E£4, Cairo 1947, large format, green, text in Arabic and French, and, Egyptian Bottling Company “EBOT”, 5 shares of E£4, Alexandria 1954, very large format, text in Arabic and French, orange, hole cancelled, generally very fine and better (7) £60-80
174 Société Nationale de Transport et de Tourisme “Karnak”, 1 share (2) and 5 shares of E£4 each, Cairo 1946, vignette of entrance to Karnak Temple in centre, ornate borders, red with grey underprint and black with pink underprint respectively, all on blue paper, with coupons, good very fine to extremely fine (3) £100-150
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177 Walker and Meimarachi Ltd., warrant to bearer for 5 ordinary shares of £1, London 1[906], no.2805 lovely piece with vignettes of sphinx, pyramids, camels and steam train, ornate border, blue and black, with coupons, good very fine £60-80 Registered in 1897, department stores in Egypt with head office in Cairo. An amalgamation of Walker & Co., and C G Meimarachi & Co.
178 Youssef & Ahmed El-Gammal, one share of E£10, Alexandria 1924, allegorical females at bottom, ornate border, brown and black, with coupons; together with H. de Vries & Boutigny Ltd., provisional certificate for 10 ordinary shares of £1, Cairo 1907, black on yellow paper; S.A. Egyptienne des Anciens Etablissements Hovaghimian, certificates for 1 bond and 25 bonds of E£12, [1938], green and blue respectively, perforated cancelled; Soc. Commerciale d’Egypte, 25 shares, 1958, ornate multicoloured border, with coupons, repaired tear, and, Constantin B. Thomaides & Co., one share, Alexandria [1960], ornate border, blue, with coupons, generally very fine unless stated (6) £60-80
179 Egypt, 1870, 7% Mortgage Loan of His Highness Ismael-Pasha, a specimen bond for £20/500 francs, a partial proof, hand altered with instructions to the printers and the centre part removed, text in English and French, black, alterations in both English and French, fine and rare £60-80
180 A group of 4 specimen certificates from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archives, comprising Anglo-Belgian Company of Egypt Ltd., 1926; Cairo Electric Railway and Heliopolis Oases Company, 1 share, 1906; Egyptian Delta Light Railways Ltd., £10 preference share, 1911, and, Egyptian Markets Ltd., 50 shares of £1, circa 1945, all attractively printed and colourful, extremely fine (4) £80-100
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185 Cairo Agricultural Company SAE, a group of 7 certificates for 5 preference shares of E£4, 1928, very large format piece with attractive border incorporating stylised palm trees & Lamassu (winged bull-man) either side, mauve, buff underprint vignette of oxen, with coupons, hole cancelled in signature area, about extremely fine (7) £120-150
181 Agricultural Bank of Egypt, 31⁄ 2 % Guaranteed Bonds, a pair of specimen bonds for £20 and £100 from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, May 1907 issue, large format, ornate borders, blue and green respectively, with coupons, printers annotation at top, small hole cancels, about extremely fine (2) £80-100
182 Agricultural Bank of Egypt, 31⁄ 2 % Guaranteed Bonds, a pair of specimen bonds for £20 and £100 from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, October 1907 issue, large format, ornate borders, blue and green respectively, with coupons, printers annotation at top, small hole cancels, about extremely fine (2) £80-100
183 Agricultural Bank of Egypt, 31⁄ 2 % Guaranteed Bonds, a pair of specimen bonds for £20 and £100 from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, October 1908 issue, large format, ornate borders, blue and green respectively, with coupons, printers annotation at top, small hole cancels, about extremely fine (2) £80-100
184 Alexandria Pressing Company, one share of E£1, 1925, no.11128, bold architectural border with sphinx, green, together with Rosetta & Alexandria Rice Mills Co., 10 shares of E£4, 1938, no.5541-50, ornate border with pyramids at top and mill buildings on riverside at bottom, brown, both with coupons, both good very fine (2) £60-80 186 Egyptian Estates Ltd., a set of 5 certificates for 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 ordinary shares of £1, 19[05] or 19[06], camels and riders at bottom, Khedive at top left, green, orange, red, brown and blue respectively, with coupons, fine to very fine (5) £120-150 41
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boNdS aNd Share CertifiCateS of the WorLd 187 Grand Magasins Chemla S.A.E., a group of certificates for 25 shares of E£4, Cairo 1946, large format, blue, together with Egyptian Vehicle Company “EVCO” S.A.E., a group of certificates for 10 shares of E£4, 1953, green, all large format, with coupons, the last with paper residue and some thinning at top edge, fine to very fine (16) £80-100
188 Land Bank of Egypt, a pair of specimen certificates for 25 ordinary shares of £5 and 1 ordinary share of £5, Alexandria 1905, vignette of oxen with city in background, ornate border of Egyptian themes, pink and blue respectively, printed by Imprimerie Chaix, both have small hole cancels over number boxes and signature areas and on each coupon, small filing hole at top left, dirty/discoloured down centre fold, very fine but with some edge splits, the first rare (2) £60-80 Although not marked as specimens, these were found amongst the files of Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. and in our opinion were kept for archive purposes. The 1 share piece is fairly common, but the 25 share is very rare.
190 Sednaoui Zariffa Nahas & Co. Ltd., a group of 3 specimen certificates from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, bearer warrants for 5, 10 and 50 deferred shares of 1/-, 190[-], vignette of palm trees and pyramid, text in English and French, brown and black and green and black respectively, with coupons, all have printers annotations, good very fine to extremely fine (3) £120-150
IRAQ
189 Nile Valley Block E Ltd., certificate for £1 shares, fully paid, 190[5], no.950, capital overprinted £50,000, decorative title with scrollwork behind, black printing, very fine £50-60 Mined gold over 25 acres in the Um Garaiat region, and held rights to 30,000 square miles in the Sudan for coal mining.
191 Iraq Government Loan of 1944, a specimen 2% bond for 10 dinars, from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, ornate border, arms at top, green, with coupons, together with other more modern Middle Eastern specimen certificates including; a HydroElectric Company, and Central Bank of Jordan, all good very fine or better (8) £100-150
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 194 Anglo-Asiatic Manganese Co. Ltd., three certificates for ordinary shares of £1 each, all 19[09], nos. 78, 79, and 102, the first two red-brown, the latter brighter red, embossed seal at bottom right, each with spike hole at top left, otherwise very fine (3) £60-80 Mines based in Turkey.
192 Iraq Government, 3% Loan of 1947, a specimen bond for 100 dinars, from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, coat of arms of the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq top centre, brown and blue, text in Arabic and English, with coupons, extremely fine £80-100
OTTOMAN EMPIRE
195 “Ittihad” S.A. de Navigation Ottomane, certificate for 10 shares of T£1, Salonica 1911, no.217701217710, Issued to Prince Abdul Efendi Hazretleri, second youngest son of Abdulhamid II, large format and very attractive piece with vignette of steamship in centre with lifebelts in each corner, black, green underprint, with coupons, good very fine £100-120
193 Ottoman Railway Company from Smyrna to Aidin, £20 share, London 186[2], no.08925, ornate scrollwork at left, text in English, French and Turkish, impressed and adhesive revenue stamps, coupons reattached, good very fine £250-300
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196 Oriental Carpet Manufacturers Ltd., bearer warrant for 1 share of £5, London 19[12], several women sitting at loom weaving carpet, camel loaded with the company’s goods above, ornate border, black, orangebrown underprint, text in English and French, with talon, very fine £60-80
200 A small group of Chinese bonds (9), comprising Shanghai Hangchow Ningpo Railway, 1936, £50 bond; Lung Tsing U Hai Railway, unissued reserve stock bonds of the 1920 loan, 1921 loan (3 examples, 2 with all coupons, 1 with two removed) and 1923 Loan; Hukuang Railways, 1911, £20, Banque de L’Indo-Chine, and Tientsin Pukow Railway, 1908 Loan, £20 bonds (2), both Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, all with coupons, very fine to about extremely fine (9) £200-250 The following piece is one of several lots that have been found quite recently. They reputedly came from the City some years ago and were probably retained as specimens in a banking office. All others from the lot are highlighted in blue in the text.
A large company (capital £1,000,000), registered in England in 1907, but with Head Office in Smyrna. Had branches in Istanbul, Izmir, London, New York, Paris and Toronto. 197 Ottoman Financial Association Ltd., certificate for 1 share of £50, 1864, no.01152, ornate border, black, English with title in Arabic below, printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., very fine and scarce £60-80 This company was formed by the Mercantile Credit Association and was a combination of Greek merchant houses. Like so many others it collapsed in the wake of the Overend Gurney crash in 1866. 198 S.A. Ottomane “Bosphore” Pour L’Exploitation du Grand Parc de Beicos, a group of 10 certificates for 1 share of T£22 / 500 francs, Constantinople 191[4], large format with ornate border, brown and pale blue, text in Arabic and French, all with coupons, extremely fine £150-200
PALESTINE 199 Jerusalem Electric & Public Service Corporation Ltd., a pair of specimen certificates from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, for preference and ordinary shares of £P1, 19— (circa 1925), large format pieces with ornate borders, blue and black, and brown and black respectively, text in Arabic, English and Hebrew, with counterfoils, red circular Bradbury stamp in centre, extremely fine (2) £80-100
201 Chinese Imperial Government, 1896 5% Gold Loan, unissued bond for £25, countersigned by Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, large format piece, blue with multicoloured underprint, with full coupons sheet, extremely fine and extremely rare £800-1,000 Bonds issued by the Deutsch Bank are quite common but this is the first time the cataloguer has seen any issued by HSBC.
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202 Chinese Imperial Government, 1896 5% Gold Loan, unissued bond for £50, countersigned by Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, large format piece, brown with multicoloured underprint, with full coupons sheet, extremely fine and extremely rare £800-1,000
203 Chinese Imperial Government, 1896 5% Gold Loan, unissued bond for £100, countersigned by Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, large format piece, green with multicoloured underprint, with full coupons sheet, extremely fine and extremely rare £1,000-1,200
204 Chinese Imperial Government, 1898 41⁄ 2 % Gold Loan, unissued bond for £25, countersigned by Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, large format piece, red with multicoloured underprint, with full coupons sheet, extremely fine and extremely rare £600-800 205 1898, 41⁄ 2 % Gold Loan, bond for £25, no.000037, issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai banking Corporation, large format, red and black, with coupons, split at folds but no paper loss, fine to very fine £120-150
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boNdS aNd Share CertifiCateS of the WorLd 207 Chinese Imperial Government, 1898 41⁄ 2 % Gold Loan, unissued bond for £500, countersigned by Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, large format piece, mauve with multicoloured underprint, with full coupons sheet, extremely fine and extremely rare £1,000-1,200
206 Chinese Imperial Government, 1898 41⁄ 2 % Gold Loan, unissued bond for £50, countersigned by Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, large format piece, orange with multicoloured underprint, with full coupons sheet, extremely fine and extremely rare £600-800 208 Chinese Imperial Government, 1898, 41⁄ 2 % Gold Loan, bond for £500, no.D2305, issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, large format piece with ornate borders, mauve and black, text in English and German, with coupons, well circulated with edge tears and small piece missing from bottom right corner, fine and scarce £300-400 209 1898, 41⁄ 2 % Gold Loan, a group of 15 bonds for £50 each, issued by the Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, large format, orange and black, with coupons, mixed condition fine and better (15) £250-300 210 Chinese Imperial Railway, 5% Gold Loan, 1899, bond for £100, no.19767, large format, ornate border with pale blue underprint and red chop in centre, with coupons, damage to bottom edge and small tears, about very fine £150-200
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211 1899, Chinese Imperial Railway, Railways of North China, 5% Gold Loan, £100 bond, no. 12288, very large format piece with ornate border, brown with blue underprint, with coupons (K.90), very fine £120-150
212 ‘Emprunt Chinois’ 5% Gold Loan, 1903, a group of 20 bonds for 500 francs, dated 1905 ornate border, red, black and yellow, with coupons, generally very fine (20) £200-250 213 Chinese Imperial Railway, Shanghai-Nanking Railway 5% Gold Loan, 1904, unissued bond for £100, countersigned by the British and Chinese Corporation Ltd., large format, ornate border, red and black, with full coupons sheets, extremely fine and extremely rare £600-800
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215 Honan Railway 5% Gold Loan, 1905, a group of 15 bonds for £100, large format with ornate border, green and black, with coupons, generally very fine and better (15) £700-900
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214 Shanghai-Nanking Railway, 5% Gold Loan, 1903, a group of 30 bonds for £100, second issue dated 1907, large format, pink and black, with coupons, a handful with tears and repairs otherwise fine to very fine (30) £500-600
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216 1908 5%/41⁄ 2 % Gold Loan, unissued bond for £20, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, walled city at top, green and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with full coupons attached at bottom and to right, not numbered, small nick at left, about extremely fine and extremely rare £800-1,000 See note before lot 201 217 1908 5%/41⁄ 2 % Gold Loan, bond for £20 issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in 1909, no. B026857, walled city of Peking at top, green and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, hole top left and some nicks at left centre, about very fine and scarce issue £120-150
218 1908 5%/41⁄ 2 % Gold Loan, unissued bond for £100, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, walled city at top, mauve and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with full coupons attached at bottom and to right, not numbered, slightly creased at left edge, about extremely fine and extremely rare £1,000-1,200 See note before lot 201
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 219 1908 5%/41⁄ 2 % Gold Loan, bond for £100 issued by Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in 1909, no.A010276, walled city of Peking at top, mauve and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, pinholes and small tear at right edge where coupons removed, very fine £150-200
220 1908, 5% Gold Loan, bond for £100 sterling, London 1909, no.018983, countersigned by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, vignette under title of the Imperial Palace at Peking, ornate border, mauve and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, no coupons, heavy creasing, but about very fine £200-300
221 1908, 5% Gold Loan, bond for £100 sterling, London 1909, no. 018984, countersigned by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, vignette under title of the Imperial Palace at Peking, ornate border, mauve and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd., no coupons, slight edge damage to left side, very fine £200-300
222 Tientsin-Pukow Railway 5% Loan, 1908, bond for £100, £50 paid, issued by Chinese Central Railways, large format, orange and black, with replacement coupons, mauve stamp showing £50 repaid in 1926 at top left, couple of edge splits at top, fine to very fine £100-120
225 1910, Tientsin Pukow Railway 5% Supplementary Loan, a group of 24 bonds for £100, issued by Chinese Central Railways Ltd., large format, ornate borders, green and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with coupons, a very nice condition group but the coupons have been removed from the right side very close to the design, extremely fine (24) £1,000-1,200
223 1908 5% Tientsin-Pukow Railway Loan, a group of 50 bonds for £200, issued by the Deutsh-Asiatische Bank, large format, ornate border, mauve, black and a pink underprint, generally very fine and better (50) £800-1,000
226 1910 5% Tientsin-Pukow Railway Loan, a group of 40 bonds for £20, issued by the Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, large format, ornate border, green, black and a pink underprint, generally about very fine, many better (40) £500-600
224 Imperial Chinese Government, 1910 5% TientsinPukow Railway Supplementary Loan, bond for £100, issued by the Chinese Central Railways, large format, green and black, text in English and Chinese, together with Chinese Government 8% 10yr Sterling Treasury Notes 1925/1929, two pieces each for £100, green, and ‘Boxer’ 5% Gold Bond 1925, three pieces each for $50 US, brown, all with coupons, the first with small nick to right edge, but otherwise all very fine, the latter items better (6) £120-150
227 1911, 5% Hukuang Railways Gold Loan, bonds for £20 and £100 issued by HSBC, £100 bond issued by J. P. Morgan & Co. and others, £20 bond issued by Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, and 5 bonds for £20 issued by Banque de l’Indo-Chine, large format pieces with ornate borders, steam train at top, red chops at bottom, all with coupons, generally fine to very fine, most with rough and discoloured edges, the first a little better (9) £250-300 49
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228 Imperial Chinese Government 5% Hukuang Railways Sinking Fund Gold Loan of 1911, unissued bond for £100, countersigned by Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, large format, steam train at top, red and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with full coupons sheet, extremely fine and extremely rare £800-1,000
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See note before lot 201 229 1911 5% Hukuang Railways Sinking Fund Gold Loan, a group of 20 bonds for £100, issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, large format, steam train at top, red and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with coupons, a very nice clean lot, generally good very fine to about extremely fine (20) £800-1,000 230 1911 5% Hukuang Railways Sinking Fund Gold Loan, a group of 20 bonds for £100, issued by the Banque de L’Indo-Chine, large format, steam train at top, red and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with coupons, mixed condition, mostly fine to very fine (20) £800-1,000 231 1912, 5% ‘Crisp’ Gold Loan, a group of 25 bonds for £20, large format, ornate borders, blue and black with yellow underprint, with coupons, a better than average lot, good very fine to extremely fine (25) £600-800 WWW.SpiNK.Com
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233 Chinese Government, 5% Sterling Gold Loan of 1912, bond for £1000, no.514, large format piece with ornate border, red and black, text in English and French, some minor creasing at edges, about very fine £2,000-2,500
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234 Chinese Central Government, 1913 6% ‘Austrian’ Loan, £50 bond, no.00246, large format piece, mauve and black, red ‘chop’ in centre (Kuhlmann 310), with coupons, very fine and scarce thus £1,200-1,500
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235 1913 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan, unissued bond for £20, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, ‘Mercury’ at top, peasants and buildings at either side, brown and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with full coupon sheets, not numbered, extremely fine and extremely rare £600-800 See note before lot 201
236 1913 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan, unissued bond for £100, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, ‘Mercury’ at top, peasants and buildings at either side, blue and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with full coupon sheets, not numbered, extremely fine and extremely rare £800-1,000 See note before lot 201
237 1913 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan, bond for £100, countersigned by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, no.812256, ‘Mercury’ at top, peasants and buildings at either side, blue and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with coupons, extremely fine £300-400
236 238 1913 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan, bond for £100, countersigned by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, no.812258, ‘Mercury’ at top, peasants and buildings at either side, blue and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with coupons, extremely fine £300-400 239 1913 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan, 3 bonds for £100, issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, ‘Mercury’ at top, peasants and buildings at either side, blue and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd., with coupons, fine to very fine (3) £600-800 240 1913 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan, a group of 3 bonds for £100, countersigned by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, ‘Mercury’ at top, peasants and buildings at either side, blue and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with coupons, good very fine to extremely fine (3) £800-1,000
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 241 1913 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan, a group of 5 bonds for £100, countersigned by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, ‘Mercury’ at top, peasants and buildings at either side, blue and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with coupons, very fine and better (5) £1,500-1,800 242 1913 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan, a group of 10 bonds for £100, countersigned by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, ‘Mercury’ at top, peasants and buildings at either side, blue and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with coupons, good very fine to extremely fine (10) £2,500-3,000 243 1913 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan, a group of 16 bonds for £20, 8 are countersigned by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, 4 by Banque de L’Indo-Chine, 2 by Deutsch-Asiatische Bank and 3 by the Russo Asiatic Bank, ‘Mercury’ at top, peasants and buildings at either side, brown and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with coupons, very fine to extremely fine (16) £800-1,000
245 1913 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan, a group of 10 bonds for £20, issued by Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, ‘Mercury’ at top, peasants and buildings at either side, brown and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with coupons, very fine and better (10) £500-600 246 1913 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan, a group of 20 bonds for £20, issued by Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, ‘Mercury’ at top, peasants and buildings at either side, brown and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with coupons, very fine and better (20) £1,000-1,200 247 1913 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan, a group of 20 bonds for £20, issued by Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, ‘Mercury’ at top, peasants and buildings at either side, brown and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with coupons, very fine and better (20) £1,000-1,200 248 1913 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan, a group of 23 bonds for £20, issued by Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, ‘Mercury’ at top, peasants and buildings at either side, brown and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with coupons, very fine and better (23) £1,200-1,400
244 1913 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan, a group of 4 bonds for £20, issued by Banque de L’Indo-Chine, ‘Mercury’ at top, peasants and buildings at either side, brown and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with coupons, very fine and better (4) £200-250 53
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249 1913 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan, a group of 10 bonds for £100, issued by the Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, ‘Mercury’ at top, peasants and buildings at either side, blue and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with coupons, mixed condition, most very fine and better (10) £2,500-3,000
250 1913 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan, a group of 10 bonds for £100, issued by the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, ‘Mercury’ at top, peasants and buildings at either side, blue and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with coupons, mixed condition, many very fine (10) £2,500-3,000
251 1913 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan, a group of 10 bonds for £100, issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, ‘Mercury’ at top, peasants and buildings at either side, blue and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with coupons, mixed condition, many very fine (10) £2,500-3,000 250 WWW.SpiNK.Com
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 252 1913 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan, a group of 20 bonds for £20, issued by the Banque de Lindo-Chine, ‘Mercury’ at top, peasants and buildings at either side, brown and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with coupons, generally very fine and better (20) £1,000-1,200
253 1913 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan, a group of 20 bonds for £20, issued by the Banque de Lindo-Chine, ‘Mercury’ at top, peasants and buildings at either side, brown and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with coupons, generally very fine and better (20) £1,000-1,200 254 1913 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan, a group of 50 bonds for £20, issued by the Banque de L’Indochine, ‘Mercury’ at top, peasants and buildings at either side, brown and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with coupons, generally very fine and better (50) £2,500-3,000
255 1913 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan, a group of 20 bonds for £20, issued by the Deutsch Asiatische Bank, ‘Mercury’ at top, peasants and buildings at either side, brown and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with coupons, mixed condition, many very fine (20) £1,000-1,200 252 256 1913 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan, a group of 20 bonds for £20, issued by the Deutsch Asiatishe Bank, ‘Mercury’ at top, peasants and buildings at either side, brown and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with coupons, generally very fine and better (20) £1,000-1,200 257 1913 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan, a group of 50 bonds for £20, issued by the Deutsch Asiatishe Bank, ‘Mercury’ at top, peasants and buildings at either side, brown and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with coupons, mixed condition, many very fine (50) £2,500-3,000
258 1913 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan, a group of 100 bonds for £20, issued by the Deutsch Asiatishe Bank, ‘Mercury’ at top, peasants and buildings at either side, brown and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with coupons, mixed condition, many very fine and better (100) £5,000-6,000
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boNdS aNd Share CertifiCateS of the WorLd 262 Lung Tsing U Hai Railway, 5% Gold Loan of 1913, bond for £20, no. B140756, large format, blue and black, with coupons; together with Gold Fields of Siam Ltd., 50 shares of £1, 18[89], brown with blue underprint, with coupons, and I.O.S. Ltd., 10 shares, 1969, green and black, with coupons, generally very fine or better (3) £150-200
259 1913 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan, a group of 5 receipts for repayment of coupon payable 1914, attached to original coupon for 5 bonds numbered 081915-081919, small format, black on pale green paper, french adhesive duty stamps, red ‘chop’ at bottom, very fine and very rare with original coupon £60-80 260 1913, 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan, £20, HSBC, vignette of Mercury top centre, small vignettes of rural China to left and right, brown, red chop at bottom, text in English, German, French and Russian, together with Companhia do Nyassa, 5 shares of £1 (2), 190[0], ornate scrollwork border, green and black; Brazil Railway Company, $100 ordinary shares (2), steam train crossing bridge at top, purple and black, and other miscellaneous pieces (9), mixed condition lot, listed pieces about very fine, others only fine with a couple of modern which are better (15) £120-150 261 1913, 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan, 2 bonds for £20/189.40 roubles, issued by Russo Asiatic Bank, brown and black, ‘Mercury’ at top, rice planting at left and pagoda at right, printed by Waterlow and Sons, together with; 5% Tientsin -Pukow Railway Supplementary Loan, 1910, bond for £100, issued by Chinese Central Railways Ltd., green and black; 5% Gold Loan of 1908, bond for £20, issued by Banque de l’Indo-Chine, black and green; Vickers Treasury Notes 1925/1929, £100, black and green, ; Emprunt Industriel 5% Loan, 1914, bond for 500 francs (4), brown, gold and black, and Banque Industrielle de Chine, 500 franc shares (5), yellow and black, ornate chinese style border and scene with dragons at bottom, generally very fine, some rough edges where coupons removed, one or two with pin holes (14) £250-300
263 Province of Petchili, 51⁄ 2 % Gold Loan of 1913, bond for £20, no.19350, very large format piece with vignette of Chinese shipping with mountains in background, brown and black, red ‘chop’ in centre, text in French and English, with coupons, about good very fine, slightly rough right edge £600-800
264 Province of Petchili, 51⁄ 2 % Gold Loan of 1913, bond for £20, no.19332, very large format piece with vignette of Chinese shipping with mountains in background, brown and black, red ‘chop’ in centre, text in French and English, with coupons, good very fine £600-800
265 Province of Petchili, 51⁄ 2 % Gold Loan of 1913, bond for £20, no.19333, very large format piece with vignette of Chinese shipping with mountains in background, brown and black, red ‘chop’ in centre, text in French and English, with coupons, good very fine £600-800
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268 1919 8% 10-Year Sterling Treasury Notes ‘Vickers Loan’, pair of bonds for £500 and £1000, vignette of dockside at top, ornate borders, blue and brown respectively, both with coupons, good very fine and very fine (2) £800-1,000
266 Chinese Republic, 1918, 8% Treasury Bills (Marconi Loan), a set of £1000, no.2097, £500, no.1556 and £100, no.306, all with ornate border, red printing, yellow underprint, with coupons, only 200 £1000 bonds and 500 £500 bonds issued, a scarce set, damaged edges as is usual, tape repair at left on £500 and £1000, a scarce set (3) £500-700
267 1918, 8% ‘Marconi’ Treasury Bill, £1000 bond, no.2178, of only 200 issued, ornate border, red and black, yellow underprint, new coupons re-attached, minor edge splits, very fine for the issue and very rare thus £400-500
269 1919, 6% Two-Year Secured Gold ‘Chicago Bank’ Loan, $1000 bond, no.486, vignette of Pagoda at top, orange and black, printed by the American Bank Note Co., with coupons, almost extremely fine £600-800
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272 1925 5% Gold ‘Boxer’ Loan, a group of 50 bonds for $50US, ornate border, brown, yellow underprint, text in English and French, with coupons, generally very fine to extremely fine (50) £500-600 270 1919, 6% Two-Year Secured Gold ‘Chicago Bank’ Loan, $1000 bond, no.4755, vignette of Pagoda at top, orange and black, printed by the American Bank Note Co., with coupons, good very fine £600-800
271 Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway, a pair of un-issued certificates from the reserve stock, bonds for 500 francs, 1920 and 1921, ornate border, red-brown and green respectively, with coupons, both extremely fine (2) £60-80
273 1925 5% Gold ‘Boxer’ Loan, a group of 100 bonds for $50US, ornate border, brown, yellow underprint, text in English and French, with coupons, generally very fine to extremely fine (100) £800-1,200
274 1925 5% Gold ‘Boxer’ Loan, a group of 100 bonds for $50US, ornate border, brown, yellow underprint, text in English and French, with coupons, generally very fine to extremely fine (100) £800-1,200
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275 1925 8% ‘Skoda’ Loan, bond for £500, no.0020956, ornate border, orange and black, ‘chop’ in centre, with coupons, about extremely fine £400-500 276 1925 8% ‘Skoda’ Loan, bond for £1000, no.0026565, ornate border, red and black, ‘chop’ in centre, with coupons, extremely fine £500-600 277 1934 6% Sterling Indemnity (Boxer) Loan, bond for £50, no.0134, ornate border with vignette of Sun Yat Sen at top, blue, brown and black with green underprint, with coupons, spike hole at top left, good very fine. £150-200 278 1934 6% Sterling Indemnity (Boxer) Loan, bond for £50, no.0137, ornate border with vignette of Sun Yat Sen at top, blue, brown and black with green underprint, with coupons, spike hole at top left, good very fine £150-200 279 1934 6% Sterling Indemnity Loan, bond for £50, no.0379, vignette of Sun Yat Sen at top, brown and blue, green underprint, with coupons, extremely fine £150-200
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280 1937 Secured Sinking Fund Bond (Pacific Development Loan), bond for $100, no.C53, one of only 3 known, pagoda at top, green and black, with coupons, ABNCo. printing, with certificate attached to denote American domicile of owner, about extremely fine and rare ÂŁ3,500-4,000 Bond number C54 was sold by us for ÂŁ3800 hammer in June 2013. WWW.SpiNK.Com
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282 1937, 4% Liberty Loan, bond for $100, no.289216, with adhesive and impressed Singapore revenue stamps added in 1939, ornate border, brown and black, pale green underprint, with coupons, extremely fine and scarce with Singapore revenues £80-100 281 1937 Secured Sinking Fund Bond (Pacific Development Loan), for US$1000, no.M734, pagoda at top, blue and black, with coupons, ABNCo. printing, with certificate attached to denote American domicile, extremely fine £600-700
283 1956 National Economic Construction Loan, a presentation book of uniface obverse and reverse specimen bonds for 1, 2, 5, 10, 50 and 100 yuan, similar designs to the last in different colours brown card covers, red cloth spine, with Government Printing Bureau on the front, a generally clean copy, the contents of which are extremely fine (12) £300-400
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284 City Government of Greater Shanghai, 7% Shanghai Rehabilitation Loan of 1932, bond for $100 (Shanghai currency), no.C00693, large format piece with ornate borders, green and black, text all in English, with coupons, good very fine and very rare denomination ÂŁ600-800
285 City Government of Greater Shanghai, 7% Shanghai Rehabilitation Loan, 1932, bond for $1000 (Shanghai currency), no.D0566, large format piece with ornate borders, brown and black, text all in English, with coupons, about extremely fine and rare ÂŁ400-500
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287 British Municipal Council Tientsin, General Purposes Loan 1932, a set of bonds for $100, $500 and $1000 (Tientsin currency), no.739, 295 and 124, ornate border with coat of arms of the city in centre, brown and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, all with coupons, all good very fine and a rare set (3) ÂŁ1,000-1,500
286 British Municipal Council Tientsin, General Purposes Loan 1932, bond for $100 (Tientsin currency), no.751, ornate border with coat of arms of the city in centre, brown and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with coupons, good very fine ÂŁ300-400
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Commercial & Industrial Companies
288 Bank of Hindustan, China & Japan Ltd., a pair of certificates, £100 share, 18[63], no.9514, and New Shares, £100, 18[64], no.17956, coat of arms in centre, black printing, the latter on mauve paper, both with attractive embossed seal, perforated with part repayment, very fine and extremely fine (2) £200-300
289 Hongkong Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd., a group of 17 certificates of $2 shares, fully paid, all 19[38], ornate border, black, ‘1938 ISSUE’ in top margin, stamped cancelled in red, generally extremely fine (17) £200-250
290 Jee Yee Pier Warehouse Co. Ltd., Shanghai, 100 yuan shares, 1924, ornate border, green and black with yellow underprint, text all in Chinese, adhesive revenue stamp at top, good very fine £100-120
291 Kam Tong Restaurant Ltd., Hong Kong, 100 yuan shares, 1940, vignette of 3 storey building at top, ornate border, green, red seal, red ‘chops’, text all in Chinese apart from the company name, very fine £140-180 Registered in Hong Kong in 1940 and dissolved in 1980. 292 New Oriental Bank Corporation Ltd., bearer share warrant for £10 (6), 188[5], ornate border, black and green, large underprint of £10, red embossed seal in bottom right corner, all with coupons, good very fine (6) £120-150 Established in Bombay in 1842 originally as the Bank of Western India, but headquarters were moved to London in 1845 and the name changed to the Oriental Bank Corporation. In 1851 the company was chartered to compete with the East India Company, and later expanded to China and Hong Kong, Japan, India, Mauritius and South Africa. The company suffered due to the coffee disease in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) which it had invested heavily in, and attempted re-organisation as the New Oriental Bank Corporation but could no longer compete with rivals HSBC and Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. It closed in 1892.
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293 Oriental Bank Corporation, a pair of certificates, each for £25 share, 18[51], no.4320 and 18[56], no.42498, royal coat of arms at top, scrollwork to left, black, together with New Oriental Bank Corporation Ltd., £10 share, 1885, no.16733, black and green, with coupons, very fine (3) £100-120
296 Shanghai Land Investment Co. Ltd., a group of 12 certificates for 5 tael shares (overprinted 5 HK dollars), all 19[31] full height vignette of Chinese workman painting a house at the top of a ladder, brown, ink cancelled, mixed condition, a few tears, generally very fine to extremely fine (12) £300-400
294 Oriental Bank Corporation, £25 ‘new’ share, London 1855, no.44307, small format piece, red, very fine and scarce type £120-150
Formed in 1888 and later controlled by Victor Sassoon. The company owned the Broadway Mansions built in the 1930’s, a high rise Art Deco hotel building in the Hongkou region of Shanghai. It remains one of the most famous hotels in Shanghai and is known now as the Broadway Mansions Hotel.
297 A Commercial and Industrial Handbook, by Julean Arnold, American Commercial Attaché, and others, Washington, Trade Promotion series no. 38, 818 pages, cloth, lacks both general and railway maps but otherwise intact, minor annotations, replace the two volume work by the same author published in 1920, a scarce and informative work., Together with The Break up of China, by Lord Charles Beresford, London 1899, 509 pages plus fold out maps and advertisements, cloth binding, useful text on the ‘scramble for concessions’, some spotting but tight binding, good condition overall (2) £80-100
295 Oriental Bank Corporation, £25 ‘new’ share, London 1855, no.44308, small format piece, red, very fine £120-150
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INDIA 298 A small group of companies operating in India, comprising; Madras Railway Company, £20 share, 1853, extension of original capital, scrollwork at left, black; East Indian Railway Co., consolidated stock, 186[5], black; Bengal Gold & Silver Mining Co. Ltd., 100 shares of 1 rupee, 1890, black with yellow underprint; Sonapret Proprietary Gold Mining Co. Ltd., founders share, 1890, blue; Kalyanpur Behar Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 10 shares of 10 rupees each, 1891, blue with orange underprint; India General Navigation and Railway Co. Ltd., 5% debenture for 500 rupees, 1915, steamer on river at top, black and green, and Indian Iron and Steel Co. Ltd., 4% first mortgage debenture for £100, 19[37], foundry at top, green and black, generally very fine, the first and last slightly better (7) £80-100
dealership in Dacca; Dienfa Ltd., 1954; Kurwai Motor Transport Co. Ltd., unissued certificate, 19-; Indian Standard Wagon Co. Ltd., 1953; Indian Aluminium Co. Ltd., 1956; Indian iron and Steel Co. Ltd., 1937, printed by Waterlow & Sons, and an unissued mortgage debenture stock certificate, 19-, in the same company, mixed condition, fine and better (9) £80-100 x302 A small collection of Jute company certificates, comprising Adamjee Jute Mills Ltd., 10 rupee shares, 1953, Pakistan revenue stamps; Lansdowne Jute Co. Ltd., 1921; Western Jute Baling Co. Ltd., 1949; Kanknarrah Co. Ltd., 100 rupee shares, 10 examples ranging from 1923 to 1941, printed by Waterlow & Sons, and an unissued certificate in Kohinoor Jute Mills Ltd., Pakistan, 19-, circa 1950, mixed condition, fine and better (14) £80-100 x303 An interesting group of textile mill companies, comprising Tarun Commercial Mills Ltd., 100 rupee ordinary share, 1953, vignettes of three of the directors at top (10 examples); Ahmedabad JupiterSpinning, Weaving & Manufacturing Co. Ltd., 1947; Mafatlal Fine Spinning & Mfg. Co. Ltd., 1953; Howrah Mills Co. Ltd., 1903; Mahalaxmi Mills Ltd., Bhavnagar, 1946, this with scarce Bhavnagar Durbar adhesive revenue stamp; Kalyanmal Mills Ltd., 1922, with Holkar State adhesive revenue stamp; Lalbhai Tricumlal Mills Ltd., 1929, and, an unissued certificate in New Commercial Mills Co. Ltd., 192-, a few with vignettes, mixed condition but many very fine (17) £80-100
299 Sind Light Railways Ltd., 100 rupee shares, 190[8], no.104, lovely vignette at top depicting steam train passing camel train with goods, ornate border, red and black, printed by Waterlow Bros & Layton Ltd., good very fine and rare £120-150 x300 Kalighat-Falta Railway Co. Ltd., 100 rupee ordinary shares, 191[5], no.385, ornate border, black with pink underprint, seal depicts railway station, cancelled; together with four unissued railway certificates, all circa 1920, comprising Baraset-Basirhat Light Railway Co. Ltd., Howrah-Amta Light Railway Co. Ltd., both ordinary and preference shares and Howrah-Sheakhalla Light Railway Co. Ltd., the first with filing holes, fine, the remainder very fine and better (5) £60-80 x301 Scindia Steam Navigation Co Ltd., a pair of certificates of different format, 1920 and 1946, both with vignette of small steamship; together with Dienfa Motors Ltd., 1948, a large motor garage and
304 A group of Gold and Silver Mines in India, managed by John Taylor and Sons, comprising; Ripanji Quicksilver and Silver Mines Co. Ltd., £1 shares, fully paid, 18[88], signed by John Taylor jr., black; Champion Reef Gold Mining Co. of India Ltd., 2s6d shares, fully paid, 1904, brown on green paper; Nine Reefs Co. Ltd., 5/- shares, part paid, 190[2], signed by Frank Taylor, brown printing; Jibutil Gold Mines of Anantapur Ltd., option certificate for 10s shares, 1912, signed by John Taylor jr., blue, and New Kempinkote Gold Field Ltd., 5/- shares, 19[11], signed by Edgar Taylor, mauve, all very fine or thereabouts (5) £60-80 John Taylor and Sons were mining promoters, engineers and managers. John Taylor started his career in the Devon mines and was by 1798 a manger of the Wheal Friendship Mines. His influence spread throughout Wales and the West Country then to Yorkshire and Cumberland. During the mining boom of the 1820’s his firm managed many of the overseas companies formed with British capital. His two sons, John junior and Richard also joined the firm and they were soon managing mines in Great Britain, India, South Africa, the United States and Spain.
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x307A Government of India Stationery & Printing Deptt. Co-operative Society Calcutta Ltd., a group of 34 share certificates dated variouslly between 1949 and 1952, ornate border with quill and ink pot at top left, printing pree top right, black, crude printing, considerable worm holes but otherwise generally almost extremely fine (34) £80-100 x305 A nice group of textile companies, comprising Mysore Spun Silk Mills Ltd., 193[6], vignettes of silk worms, spun silk and spinning/weaving machinery, black, 2 impressed Mysore Government revenue stamps; Gopal Mills Co. Ltd., 1942; New Jehangir Vakil Mills Co. Ltd., 1943, vignette of the owner at top; Ahmedabad New Textile Mills Co. Ltd., 1947; Jehangir Vakil Mills Co. Ltd., 1948; Rajnagar Spinning, Weaving and Manufacturing Co. Ltd., 1943/4; Ahmedabad Jupiter Spinning Weaving & Manufacturing Co. Ltd., 1948; Lalbhai Tricumlal mills Ltd., 1929; Broach Fine Counts Spinning & Weaving Co. Ltd., 1918; Ahmedabad Ginning and Manufacturing Co. Ltd., 1920, and Megna Mills Co. Ltd., 1936, cancelled, many have attractive vignettes, a colourful lot, fine to very fine, several scarce (11) £100-120
308 Indian Gold Mines:, A good collection of British companies operating gold mines in India, comprising Devala-Moyar Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 1882; Devala Provident Gold Mining Co. Ltd.., 1880; Devalah Central Gold Mines Co. Ltd., 1881; Dharwar Gold Mines Ltd., 1902 and 1904, varieties with different printers imprints; Dharwar Reefs Co. Ltd., 1905; Glenrock Co. Ltd., 1887; Gold Fields of Mysore & General Exploration Co. Ltd., 1902; Hosur Gold Mines of Dharwar Ltd., 1907; Indian Consolidated Gold Co. Ltd., 1888; Jibutil (Anantapur) Gold Mines Ltd., 1914 and 1917, slight printing varieties; KadurMysore mines Ltd., 1901; Kempinkote Gold Field Ltd., 1897; Mysore Reefs (1905) and Explorers Ltd., 1907; New Kempinkote Gold Field Ltd., 1908; Nine Reefs Co. Ltd., 2 types, 1895 and 1902; Nundydroog Co. Ltd., 1914; Oriental Gold Mining Co. of India Ltd., 1901; Road Block Gold Mines of India Ltd., 1910; South-East Mysore Gold Co. Ltd., 1887; Tambracherry Estates & Wynaad Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 1881; Tambracherry Estates Co. Ltd., 1887, and, Wondalli (Deccan) Gold Mines Ltd., 1898, mixed condition but most fine to very fine, a few better (25) £150-200
x306 Shree Purshottamnagar Construction & Development Ltd., a group of 10 certificates for 100 rupee shares, Ahmedabad 1947, godess in centre, company buildings at either side, brown and yellow, adhesive revenue stamps, together with Jaipur Metal & Electricals Ltd., 1944; Ivan Jones Ltd., 1941; Foolchand Sarawgie Ltd., 1950; Kumardhubi Engineering Works Ltd., 1919, cancelled, and unissued certificates in Himabhai Manufacturing Co. Ltd., 190- and another 19- and Central India Tobacco Co. Ltd., 193-, also three manuscript documents comprising a private bond between John Hughes, a veterinary surgeon and several natives, 1843, regarding a parcel of land in Bengal, a draft bill of sale, 1818 and an office copy of a court plea, Calcutta, 1818, the first almost extremely fine, the rest generally fine to very fine (20) £100-120
x309 Mewar Textile Mills Ltd., Bhilwara, 100 rupee share, 19[42], no.10183, ornate border, pale blue and green, Mewar State revenue stamps attached, together with; New National Mills Ltd., second preference share of 50 rupees, 1948; Ajit Mills Ltd., 1931; Vikram Mills Ltd., 1949; Shri Ambica Mills Ltd., 1942; Ahmedabad Jupiter Spinning, Weaving and Manufacturing Co. Ltd., [1926]; Marsden Brothers & Co. Ltd., 192[1]; Marsden Spinning and Manufacturing Co. Ltd., 192[1]; Nutan Mills Ltd., 194[6] and 1948; Monogram Mills Co. Ltd., 19[28], and Gopalbhai Balabhai & Co. Ltd., 1950, generally very fine throughout (12) £100-120
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JAPAN 311 Nippon Kogyo Ginko (Industrial Bank of Japan Ltd.), bearer certificate for 10 shares of 50 yen, 1906, no.218571-218580, ornate border, black with yellow underprint, full text in Japanese and English, with coupons, good very fine £100-120
x310 N. B. M. Motor Service Co. Indore, 100 rupee share, Indore 191[6], an interesting piece with decorative architectural border, small motor car at top, green and black, small part of printing has been erased, adhesive revenue stamp on face, good very fine £60-80 x310A Rajputana Talkies Ltd., a group of 5 certificates for one ordinary share, 19[46], vignette of cinema and reels of film, black, jaipur adhesive revenues at top, extremely fine;, together with Bank of Bengal, a group f 5 certificate for 500 rupee shares, 3 types, 18[76], 3 examples, 18[903] and 19[08]; Bansra Coal Co. Ltd., 1936; New Churulia Coal Co. Ltd., 1944; Bamandiha Coal Co. Ltd., 1949; Hurriladih Coal Co. Ltd., 1945; East indian Coal Co. Ltd., 1952; Nischintapur Tea Co. Ltd., 1952; Kursiong & darjeeling Tea Co. Ltd., 1930; Gourepore Co. Ltd., 1928; Travancore Cables and Rubbers Ltd., 1941; Macfarlane & Co. Ltd., 1941, and, Shree Yuvraj Jammu & Kashmir Sugar Mills Ltd., 1942, mixed condition, fine to very fine and an interesting lot (21) £100-120
312 Nippon Kogyo Ginko (Industrial Bank of Japan Ltd.), bearer certificate for 10 shares of 50 yen, 1906, no.218561-218570, ornate border, black with yellow underprint, full text in Japanese and English, with coupons, good very fine £100-120
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313 Nippon Kogyo Ginko (Industrial Bank of Japan Ltd.), bearer certificate for 20 shares of 50 yen, 1906, no.259401-259420, ornate border, black with blue underprint, full text in Japanese and English, with coupons, very fine £120-150
MANCHURIA
314 Nippon Kogyo Ginko (Industrial Bank of Japan Ltd.), bearer certificate for 50 shares of 50 yen, 1906, no.330001-330050, ornate border, black with pink underprint, full text in Japanese and English, with coupons, good very fine and a rare denomination £120-150
315 Imperial Manchurian Government, 4% Loan, bond for 100 yen, attractive border with dragons, red and black, with coupons, extremely fine £60-80
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boNdS aNd Share CertifiCateS of the WorLd 316 South Manchuria Railway Co. Ltd., certificate for 10 shares of 50 yen each, circa 1920’s, ornate border, steam locomotive at top, brown and black, good very fine £80-100
320 Manchurian Telegraph and Telephone Co. Ltd., certificate for 10 shares, 500 yen, 1938, ornate border, administration building in Harbin at bottom, green and black, good very fine £80-100
317 South Manchuria Railway Co. Ltd., certificate for 10 shares of 50 yen each, circa 1935, ornate border, streamlined train at bottom, black and brown, good very fine £100-120
MALAYA
Founded by Imperial Japan in 1906 following the RussoJapanese War, when the lease of the Liaottung Peninsula was transferred from Russia to Japan. The South Manchuria railway was originally built as an extension of the Russian owned ‘Chinese Eastern Railway’.
318 South Manchuria Railway Co. Ltd., 4.3% Loan, bond for 1000 yen, ornate border, green and black, with coupons, extremely fine £60-80
319 Manchurian Heavy Industries Development Co. Ltd., a pair of certificates for 10 shares, 500 yen, circa 1930’s, ornate border, one purple and one dark green, embossed seal at top, extremely fine and good very fine respectively (2) £80-100
321 Federated Malay States Government, 3% Loan, bond for $1000, 1936, redeemable 1956/66, ornate border, black and mauve with green underprint, printed by Waterlow & Sons, stamped CANCELLED, very fine and rare £100-120 322 Federated Malay States Government, 3% War Loan, pair of bonds for $100 and $500, 1940, redeemable 1952/59, ornate border, black, red and blue with multicoloured underprint, printed by Survey Dept. F.M.S., stamped CANCELLED, the second a lttle damp stained, very fine and rare (2) £100-150
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 325 The Rubber Trust Ltd., one tael shares, Shanghai 19[31], 4 examples, together with HK$2 shares, 19[53], capital $50 million (2) and another dated 19[54], with capital overprinted to $60,000,000, and fractional certificates, 1953 (8), all blue and black, the last cancelled, fine to extremely fine (15) £100-150 326 Sungei Gau Tin Mining Co. Ltd., $10 shares, 19[16], no.640, ornate border, mauve, adhesive Straits Settlements and Singapore impressed revenue stamps, about very fine and scarce £60-80 323 Cheng Rubber Estates, Ltd., pair of certficates for 1 Tael and 10 Candareen shares respectively, 19[24] and 19[32], no.536 and no.2382, capital restructure overprinted in red on the latter, together with later issues dated 19[47], 3 examples, all with monogram in centre, ornate border, brown and black, American style, printed by Colombian Bank Note Co., very fine to extremely fine (5) £80-100
327 Selangor Kinta Development Syndicate Ltd., $10 shares, 1908, no.5, company seal over adhesive Federated Malay States revenue stamp, together with Kubang Pasu transport Co. Ltd., $10 shares, 19[55], no. 29, black, CANCELLED, and more modern companies (3), all with adhesive revenue stamps, the first about very fine, the second fine, the remainder extremely fine (5) £60-80 328 Temelong Hydraulic Tin Mining Co. Ltd., bearer certificate for 50 shares of $10, Singapore 18[99], no.134, ornate border, green and red, adhesive Straits Settlements and impressed Singapore revenue stamps, with coupons, almost extremely fine and scarce £80-100 329 Mining companies in Malaysia and Indonesia, including British Borneo Gold Mining Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 188[6], no.89, scrollwork at left, black (this piece with tears and pieces missing from top and bottom, only fair); Labuan Coalfields Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 190[3], scrollwork at left, black; Labuan and Borneo Ltd., £1 shares, 189[8] and 189[9], black; Goldfields of Surinam Ltd., £1 shares, 189[7], ornate border, green; Klian Kellas Tin & Rubber Co. Ltd., 2 shilling shares, 191[0], black on pink paper; Kuala Pahi Rubber Estate Ltd., 2 shilling shares, 191[0], ornate border, blue; Mombo Rubber Plantation Ltd., £1 shares, 191[1], maroon; Pahang-Kabang Ltd., £1 ordinary shares, 1900, maroon; Legeh Concessions Syndicate Ltd., £1 shares, 190[6], black; Liang Tin Lands Ltd., £1 shares, 1[899], blue; Surinam Gold Concessions (1908) Ltd., 1 shilling shares, 19[09], black, and others, mixed condition, fine to very fine at best (39) £200-300
324 Lampeh (British) Mining Co. Ltd., $100 shares, 19[19], no.59, scrollwork at left, blue, adhesive Straits Settlements and impressed Penang revenue stamps, rust mark at top edge, very fine and scarce £60-80 Based in southern Siam, and held mining leases for 420 acres, and exclusive prospecting licenses for a further 4400 acres. Taken over by the Lampeh Tin Syndicate formed in Melbourne in the 1920’s.
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SIAM (THAILAND)
330 A Large Group of Netherlands Indies Certificates, comprising; Mijnbouw Maatschappij “Soemalata”, 250 gulden shares, Amsterdam 1896, ornate border, brown and pale blue-green (8); Mijnbouw Maatschappij Telok Pamoekan, 500 gulden shares, Soerabaia 19[21], ornate border, brown and black (30) ; and Nederlandsche Gutta-Percha Maatschappij, four shares of 250 gulden, series A, ornate border, green (9), all with coupons, generally very fine (47) £150-180
PHILIPPINES
332 Royal Siamese Government 41⁄ 2 % Sterling Loan of 1905, unissued bond for £20, countersigned by the Banque de L’Indo Chine, Siamese arms at top, elephants in centre, blue and black, printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., with full coupon sheets, not numbered, extremely fine and rare £300-400 See note before lot 201
331 Real Compañia de Filipinas, 250 peso share, 1785, no.23782, classic piece with architectural border with lion and cornucopia atop, elephant to the left and sailing ship to the right, allegorical females at bottom, black, good very fine and scarce £500-600 The company was established by royal decree in 1785 to promote trade between the Philippines and Spain, and to exploit the island’s natural resources. The King and many major banks were shareholders in the company and it later absorbed the Barcelona Company. Friction between England and Spain later resulted in poor trading and it was abolished in 1834.
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AUSTRALASIA AUSTRALIA 334 A small group of Australian Mining certificates, issued to the Earl of Norbury, comprising Kalgoorlie Mining Developments Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 1[899], no.340, decorative title and scrollwork at left, green; Queensland Quicksilver Estates Ltd., £1 shares, 18[87], no.212, scrollwork at left, black; Claremont Gold Mine Ltd., 5 shilling shares, 19[09], no.871, black; Golden Mountain Development Syndicate Ltd., 1 shilling shares, 191[3], no.15, ornate border, green, and Star Development Mines Ltd., 4 shilling ($1) shares, 2 examples, 192[0] and 192[5], brown, the first with tears at top and bottom, fourth has 2 holes at bottom, otherwise only light folds, very fine (6) £80-100 335 A useful group of Australian certificates (8), comprising Lake View and Boulder Junction Gold Mines Ltd., fully paid shares, 1900 and part paid shares, 1902; Long Reef Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 1904; Hannan’s Proprietary Development Co. Ltd., 1901; Brock’s Goldfields of the Northern Territories of South Australia Ltd., 1900; Associated Gold Fields of the Northern Territory Ltd., 1904, this with corner torn away; Northern Blocks Syndicate Ltd., 1904, and Smelting and Refining Company of Australia (1901) Ltd., 1904, together with New Zealand trust & Loan Co. Ltd., 1901, generally fine to very fine, a few better (9) £100-120
333 Royal Siamese Government 41⁄ 2 % Sterling Loan of 1905, unissued bond for £100, countersigned by the Banque de L’Indo Chine, Siamese arms at top, elephants in centre, green and black, printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., with full coupon sheets, not numbered, extremely fine and rare £300-400
336 A Nice Collection of certificates from Hampton Plains, Western Australia, comprising Hampton Plains Estate Ltd., 2 pieces with different capital amounts, both 16 shilling shares, 189[7] and 190[1], red and blue respectively; Hampton Plains Estate (1906) Ltd., 10 shilling shares, 190[7], blue; Hampton Plains Exploration Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 18[95], maroon; “Block 42”, Hampton Plains Ltd., £1 shares, 189[6], blue, and Hampton Consolidated Ltd., preference shares and ordinary shares of 2 shillings each, both 19[21], purple and orange respectively, none damaged but some creased edges and pin holes, very fine (7) £120-150
See note before lot 201
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boNdS aNd Share CertifiCateS of the WorLd 337 Mining certificates from South Australia and the Northern Territories, comprising; Great Northern Copper Mining Co. of South Australia Ltd., 5 shares of £2, 1859, green; White Hope Gold Mines, 10 shilling shares, 192[0], red; Zapopan Mines Ltd., £1 shares, 189[5], black; Northern Territories Gold Fields of Australia Ltd., £1 shares, 1899, blue, and Northern Territories Mines of Australia Ltd., 10 shilling shares, 190[5], green, also together with 3 pieces from Tasmania comprising South Mount Lyell Mining Co. Ltd., £2 shares, [1899]; Briseis Tin Mines Ltd., £1 shares, 19[00], and Mount Read Mining Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 19[07], second piece with tear to right edge, others only minor nicks in places, generally very fine (8) £140-180
340 A collection of certificates from Queensland, comprising; Chillagoe Ltd., 10 shilling shares, 19[13], brown; Cumberland Gold Mining Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 188[6], black on blue paper and £1 ordinary shares, 189[5], new capital amount, green; Day Dawn Block & Wyndham Gold Mining Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 188[7] and 190[3], different capital, black; Day Dawn P. C. Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 18[95]; Etheridge Gold Mines Ltd., 19[18]; Mosman Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 188[7]; Mungana (Chillagoe) Mining Co. Ltd., 190[7]; Plant’s Day Dawn Gold Mines Ltd., 190[3]; No. 7 North East Queen Gold Mining Co., 189[2]; 3 North Smithfield Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 189[8]; Queensland Investment and Land Mortgage Co. Ltd., 1917, and Queensland 6% stock, transfer receipt, none with obvious damage, some pin holes etc, all very fine or thereabouts (14) £200-250
338 A group of mining companies in Queensland, comprising No.2 Queen Gold Mining Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 188[7], red; Federation United Gold Mines Ltd., 10 shilling shares, 189[9], black; Cumberland Gold Mining Co. Ltd., £1 shares (3), 189[5], green; Chillagoe Ltd., 10 shilling shares, 19[13], brown; Gold Reefs Exploration Co. Ltd., Brisbane, 5 shilling shares, 190[9], brown, and 191[4], maroon; Great Fitzroy Mines Ltd., 5 shilling shares, [1914], brown and black, and two bankers receipts, all with creasing (the second more so), but generally about very fine (11) £150-180
339 A group of mining companies in Victoria, comprising Hepburn Alluvial Mining Co. Ltd., 2 shilling shares, 190[4], red; Victorian Consolidated Goldfields Ltd., 5 shilling shares, 19[05], blue; New Options Exploration Ltd., 2 shilling shares, 190[7], green; Hampton Lands & Railway Syndicate Ltd., £1 shares (2), 189[6], blue; Daylesford Gold Mines Ltd., £1 shares, 190[8], blue; Melbourne-Democrat Gold Mines Ltd., £1 shares, [1900], blue; Lodden Deep Leads (Victoria) Ltd., £1 shares, 190[3], and 5 shilling shares, 190[4]; Lodden Deep Leads (Caralulup) Ltd., 1 shilling shares, 191[2], and New Victorian Consolidated Goldfields Ltd., 5 shilling shares (2), 190[7], many with pin/staple holes at top, generally very fine or thereabouts (12) £180-220
341 A group of Menzies mining companies, Western Australia, comprising Menzies Golden Age Mine Ltd., £1 shares, 189[5], red; Menzies Gold Estates Ltd., 10 shilling shares, [1898], red; Menzies Pioneers Ltd., £1 shares, 189[5], red; Menzies Mining & Exploration Corporation Ltd., £1 shares, 189[7], blue; Menzies United Mines Ltd., £1 shares, 189[6], red; Menzies Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd., £1 shares, 189[5], brown, and Menzies “Crusoe” Gold Claims Ltd., £1 shares (2), 189[5], blue, the first with filing hole top left, another with slight stain to left edge, otherwise generally very fine (8) £200-250
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 342 Mining certificates from Western Australia, all late 19th century, comprising Black Flag Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd., £1 shares, [1896], black; Dixie Gold Mining Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 18[98], red; Golden Plum Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd., £1 shares, [1897], black; Hannan’s Virginia Gold Mining and Developing Co. Ltd., 5 shilling shares, 189[6], black; Hawk’s View Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 189[5]; Hit or Miss Proprietary Gold Mines Ltd., 189[5]; Lake View & Boulder Junction Gold Mines Ltd., 189[6] and 1[899]; London and West Australian Syndicate Ltd., 189[6]; New Flag Gold Mining Co. Ltd., [1898], and Niagara (Western Australia) Exploration and Finance Syndicate Ltd., 189[7], the first with small tear to top edge, most with creasing and pin holes, fine to very fine (11) £300-350
344 Kalgoorlie Electric Tramways Ltd., £1 shares, 190[6], decorative title, grey, together with other Australian certificates comprising Tasmanian Government 6% Debenture, £100 sterling, 1867, no. 877, ornate border, blue; South Australian Land Mortgage and Agency Company Ltd., £10 shares, 18[83], black; British & Australasian Trust & Loan Co. Ltd., £25 shares, 19[14], black; Gill McDowell Jarrah Company, £1 ordinary shares, 19[00], blue; Outtrim, Howitt and British Consolidated Coal Co., 10 shilling shares, 190[2], blue; Northumberland Land and Coal Co. Ltd. NSW, £1 shares, 188[9], blue; Australasian Pacific Mail Steam Packet Co., £20 share, 1852, black (this one heavily stained); HydroElectric Power & Metallurgical Co. Ltd., 2 pieces, ordinary shares and cumulative participating preference shares, 19[18] and 19[19], black and red respectively, hole cancelled, none with obvious damage unless stated, about very fine (10) £100-120
345 North Sydney Investment and Tramway Company Ltd., a group of 12 x 41⁄ 2 % debentures, each for £100, Sydney 1889, large format, mauve, grey-green underprint, with coupons, three are toned with some edge tears, the remainder very fine and better but with minor toning (12) £300-400 Formed in 1888 to purchase 1,000 acres of land in Northbridge, Sydney and to build a bridge over ‘Long Bay’ and a tramway to provide access to the land, the remaining land to be sold for private dwellings. The suspension bridge took two years and nine months to build at a cost of £42,000 and was opened in January 1892. The span of 500 feet was considered a feat of engineering, being the fourth largest in the world at the time. The land however was unfit to be sold and used as intended, and the company went into liquidation. The bridge was taken over by the Government.
343 Australian Freehold Gold Mine, 20 shares, 1852, no.674, black with heavy blue underprint, scrollwork at left, about very fine £120-150 A company formed on the Cornish ‘Cost Book’ principle similar to a handful of English companies formed in 1851/52. Not much is known of this company except that a group of about 50 employees of the company sailed from Bristol in the same year. In 1855 there was a Civil case brought before the Vice Chancellors Court in London because the company were accused of ‘rigging the market’ by buying their own shares to increase their value.
346 Queensland Copper Co. Ltd., a group of 10 bearer certificates for 5 preference shares of £1, 19[07], ornate border with scrollwork at corners, blue, text in English and French, all with coupons, good very fine (10) £60-80
347 Southern Queensland Pastoral Co. Ltd., a group of 27 7% mortgage debentures for £100, of only 400 issued, large format, four pages, black, all good very fine (27) £200-300
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NEW ZEALAND 348 A small group of New Zealand gold mining companies, comprising Blagrove’s Freehold Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 2/6d shares, 1895, ornate border, blue; Kapanga Gold Mining Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 189[5], blue-green; Royal Oak of Hauraki Ltd., 5 shilling shares, 189[7], black on blue paper; New Zealand Mines Trust Ltd., £1 shares, 189[7], ornate title, blue; and Triumph (Hauraki) Gold Mines Ltd., 5 shilling shares, 18[95], scrollwork at left, mauve, the latter with a few condition problems, otherwise very fine (5) £80-100
349 A group of New Zealand gold mining companies, comprising Kapanga Gold Mining Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 189[5], blue-green; Hauraki (N.Z.) Associated Gold Mines Ltd., 4 shilling shares, 189[7], decorative title, green; Maoriland Gold Mines Ltd., 2/6d shares, 189[6], ornate border, maroon; New Moanatairi Gold Mining Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 1900, black on blue paper; and Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand, 4 shilling shares, 19[34], ornate border, green, generally very fine and better (5) £80-100
350 New Zealand: a group of British companies, comprising Clyde Gold Mines Ltd., £1 shares, 189[6], no.215, red; Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand Ltd., 4 shilling shares, 19[34] (3) and 19[46], green; New Zealand Oilfields Ltd., 2 shilling shares, 19[10] (2) and 19[11], black; Achilles Gold Mines Ltd., shares of 2s6d (2), both 1900, blue, and New Zealand Midland Railway Co. Ltd., £100 debentures (4), [1889], black and pink, and £12 10s debentures (4), 1895, mauve and black, the first with tear at bottom, others with some rough edges, fine to very fine (18) £120-150
351 New Zealand Midland Railway Company, pair of 5% First Mortgage debentures for £100, [1889], no.A1683 and A1684, of only 265 issued, large format, ornate border, black with mauve underprint, with coupons, both very fine £60-80
352 New Zealand Midland Railway Co. Ltd., a group of 11 First Mortgage debentures for £100, [1889], of only 265 issued, ornate border in black, pink underprint with £100 in centre, all with coupons, generally very fine (11) £80-100 Incorporated in 1885 with a managing committee in London, to build a 235 mile line from Christchurch to Nelson, contracted with Government and planned cost of £2.5m. Lack of funds saw works cease in 1895, and the Government seized the company’s assets, the line later completed by the Public Works Department in 1898. 353 New Zealand Midland Railway Co. Ltd., a group of First Mortgage debentures, £100, 1889, no.A1690, one of only 265 issued, and £100 and £12 10 shillings, 1895, no.F249 and D117, all with ornate border, brown, mauve and pink respectively, all with coupons, very fine (3) £60-80 354 New Zealand Midland Railway Co. Ltd., a trio of debentures, £100 and £12 10 shillings, 1895, no.F250 and D118, and £100, 1889, no.A1692, all with ornate border, brown, mauve and pink respectively, all with coupons, very fine (3) £60-80
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 355 New Zealand Midland Railway Co. Ltd., a trio of debentures, £100 and £12 10 shillings, 1895, no.F251 and D2361, and £100, 1889, no.A1691, all with ornate border, brown, mauve and pink respectively, all with coupons, very fine (3) £60-80
357 Blagrove’s Freehold Gold Mining Co. Ltd., a trio of certificates for 2/6d shares, the first 2/3d part paid, 189[9], fully paid, 189[6], and 1/6d part paid, 1895, ornate border and decorative title, scrollwork at left, red, blue-grey, and blue respectively, very fine (3) £60-80 Formed to acquire 126 acre property at Coromandel.
358 New Zealand Manganese Mines Ltd., warrant to bearer for £1 shares, 1875, no.36, ornate border and scrollwork at left, blue and black, some heavy creasing but better than very fine £80-100
359 Progress Mines of New Zealand Ltd., three certificates for £1 shares, fully paid up, the first with capital of £250,000, 1[901], the second overprinted £275,000, 1[901], and the last printed £275,000, 190[5], decorative title and company seal to left, blue with pale green underprint, fine to very fine (3) £60-80
356 New Zealand Midland Railway Co. Ltd., a group of 16 First Mortgage debentures for £12 10 shillings, 1895, various numbers, series D, ornate border, black, mauve underprint with £12:10 in centre, all with coupons, a few with minor edge tears, generally very fine (16) £100-120
360 Royal Oak of Hauraki Ltd., 5 shilling shares, 189[6], black printing on green paper, together with other New Zealand Mining companies comprising North Lachlan Gold Mining Co. Ltd., over stamped from ‘Hauraki’, 2/6 shares, 18[96], black on buff paper, and London & New Zealand Exploration Co. Ltd., £1 shares, two examples both [1896], scrollwork to left, blue-black, all issued to the Earl of Norbury, light folds, small pin holes on all, very fine (4) £80-100
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361 Canada: A group of 9 mining certificates, comprising Nip and Tuck Gold Hydraulic Mining Co. Ltd., Wild Horse Creek, B.C., $5 shares, 189[6] (2 examples), ornate border, embossed gold seal at bottom left; Cariboo Consolidated Mining & Milling Co. Ltd., $1 shares, 1[900], mine shaft, steam train and ship at top, black; Boston Creek Mining Co. Ltd., $1 shares, [1917], ornate border, orange; Argonaut Consolidated Mines Ltd., $1 shares, [1927], miners at top, brown and black; Laval-Quebec Mines Ltd., $1 shares, [1926], miners at top, blue; Ribble Mines Ltd., $1 shares, 19[22], green; Buffalo Mines Ltd., $1 shares, [1908], brown, and Lorrain Trout Lake Mines Ltd., $1 shares, 19[23], brown, all issued to the Earl of Norbury, all with light folds, but very fine throughout (9) £60-80 362 A small collection of Klondyke certificates, comprising; Quartz Creek (Yukon) Syndicate Ltd., £1 shares, 190[1], no.95, blue; Klondyke Mining, Trading and Transport Corporation Ltd., £1 shares, 189[8], no.237, brown and black; Klondyke Dome Mining Company Ltd., £1 shares, [1899], black (3); Dome (Yukon) Gold Mining Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 1[900], no.543, black, and Klondyke Government Concession Ltd., £1 priority shares, [1918], brown and pale green, the last with top left corner missing otherwise very fine (7) £120-150 363 A lovely collection of Mining certificates from British Columbia, comprising; Portland (Rossland) Mine Ltd., £1 shares, 189[9], red and black with green underprint; British Columbia Gold Discovery Co. Ltd., ordinary shares, 189[7], blue; First New B.C. Goldfield, Canada Ltd., 2 shilling shares, 19[15], green; New Goldfields of British Columbia Ltd., 190[0] (2), Ymir Gold Mines Ltd., 190[8] (2), and Hall Mining & Smelting Company Ltd., 17/- paid, 1900 (3) and fully paid, 1900 (1), generally very fine (11) £120-150
364 A very large and varied collection of Canadian mining, oil, land and investment and other certificates, dates mostly early 20th century, a few earlier, some quantities, including; Nova Scotia Land and Gold Crushing and Amalgamating Co. Ltd., £2 shares, 1863; Canadian Oil Works Corporation Ltd., £25 shares, 1871; Scottish Provincial Investment Co. Ltd. Regina, Canada, [1921] and [1922]; Anglo Canadian Finance Co. Ltd., 19[13]; Ominium Oil Development Co. Ltd., 19[33]; Newfoundland Oilfields Ltd., 19[25]; Newfoundland & General Oilfields Ltd., [1922]; British Canadian Lumber Corporation Ltd., 19[11]; British Estates Ltd., 19[15]; Canadian Leasehold Syndicate Ltd., [1918]; Port Arthur Lands Ltd., 19[23]; Seafield Investment Co. Ltd., 191[2]; Southern Ontario Land Co. Ltd., 191[3], and Forest Mills of British Columbia Ltd., 1913, generally about very fine throughout (140) £250-300
365 Fraudulent Claim of Hereditary Lands of Nova Scotia, ‘Breviate and proposal on behalf of the Heirs of Line of Sir William Alexander, Baronet & c.’, circa 1840, a 4 page document discussing the history of the claim with a reproduction of a £20 note on the reverse, decorative piece with Royal Coat of Arms and Arms of the Alexander’s of Menstrie, black printing, very fine and very rare £80-100 Alexander Humphrys claimed he was the descendant of Sir William Alexander of Menstrie who was granted a large part of Nova Scotia in Canada by King Charles I in the 1630’s. These shares were floated to finance this fraudulent claim, falsely involving the Bank of Scotland.
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366 Fraudulent Claim of Hereditary Lands of Nova Scotia, un-issued bearer certificate for £20, 184[-], decorative piece with Royal Coat of Arms and Arms of the Alexander’s of Menstrie, black printing, extremely fine £100-120
367 Fraudulent Claim of Hereditary Lands of Nova Scotia, un-issued bearer certificate for £50, 184[-], decorative piece with Royal Coat of Arms and Arms of the Alexander’s of Menstrie, black printing, weakened by some water damage, very fine £80-100 370 368 Fraudulent Claim of Hereditary Lands of Nova Scotia, un-issued bearer certificate for £100, 184[-], decorative piece with Royal Coat of Arms and Arms of the Alexander’s of Menstrie, black printing, extremely fine £100-120
369 Fraudulent Claim of Hereditary Lands of Nova Scotia, un-issued bearer certificates for £20, £50 and £100, all 184[-], decorative pieces with Royal Coat of Arms and Arms of the Alexander’s of Menstrie, black printing, the £50 weakened by water damage otherwise extremely fine (3) £200-300 371 Levis and Kennebec Railway Company, Quebec, 7% Sterling Debenture for £100, 18[76], no.2976, vignette of steam train, black, heavy ornate blue underprint, red paper seal, with coupons, about extremely fine £80-100
370 Montreal Board of Trade, un-issued 5% second mortgage bond for $500, 1892, no.197, vignette of ships with Montreal behind, and company building at top, ornate border, blue and black, small hole cancelled, extremely fine £60-80
372 Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway Co., a lot of 95 registered mortgage gold bonds for $1000, unissued, circa 1916, but with hand signature of the President, steam train at top, brown and black, hole cancelled, all low numbers between M2 and M100, generally about extremely fine (95) £250-300 79
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boNdS aNd Share CertifiCateS of the WorLd 373 Upper Columbia Navigation & Tramway Co. Ltd., Golden, British Columbia, group of 5 certificates for $100 shares, all 189[1], no.24-28, issued to the Earl of Norbury, scrollwork at left, black printing, embossed seal at bottom left, all have several vertical creases and pin holes at top, otherwise good very fine (5) £80-100 374 British North American Tobacco Co. Ltd., a group of 15 certificates for 10 shares of $5 each, 19[12], ornate border, black, green and peach underprint, printed by Waterlow, Bros & Layton, with coupons, very fine and better (15) £80-100
377 London and British Columbia Goldfields Ltd., £1 shares, 19[03], no.33, vignette of miners with hydraulic hoses and picks, red, together with other certificates from Canada and the U.S.A (7), including British America Corporation Ltd., 1899 and London & Globe Finance Corporation Ltd., 1899, both with facsimile signature of Whitaker Wright; Montreal Cobalt Mining Co. Ltd., 1907; Pioneer Mining Company of Seattle, 1903, and others (3), fine to very fine (8) £80-100
375 Ford Motor Company of Canada Ltd., 5 shares of Capital Stock, fully paid up, Ontario 190[4], no.11, signed by G.M. McGregor as Secretary and John D. Gray as President, ornate border, black, red embossed seal at bottom, cancelled, counterfoil reglued at left, very fine £200-300 Founded by Gordon McGregor to manufacture and sell Ford automobiles in Canada and the British Empire. The company gained the Ford patents and selling privileges to all of the British Empire except Great Britain and Ireland, and remained a separate company to the Ford Motor Company, later establishing Ford Motor Company’s of Southern Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Ford India Private Ltd. The Ford Motor Company took majority control in the 1950’s and acquired the remaining company shares in 2004. 376 Kindersley (Saskatchewan) Farm Lands Ltd., a group of 3 certificates comprising 5 shares of $100, [1912], no.B0087, ornate border, red; registered first mortgage debentures for £100 and £50, 1912, no’s.B0853 and C0010, large format pieces, mauve and green respectively, only 20 of the £50 issued, very fine to extremely fine (3) £60-80
378 Northern Light, Power & Coal Co. Ltd., a group of 10 First Mortgage 5% 20-year Gold Bonds for $1000, 1909, large format pieces with lovely vignette of the City of Ottawa depicting river, shipping, factories and mountains in the background, green and black, with coupons, printed by Waterlow & Sons, Ltd., about extremely fine (10) £100-120 379 Spanish River Pulp and Paper Mills Ltd., a group of 9 specimen 6% ‘A’ debentures for £1000, £500, £110, £100, £22, £20, £10 and £1 (2) from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, ornate borders, mauve, brown, green, brown, grey, orange and blue, all with coupons, small hole cancels in signature area, generally extremely fine (9) £80-100
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380 An interesting and very early manuscript payment order dated 1588, authorising the expenditure of £147 from the privy purse for ‘special causes’ in the service of the Queen, signed by Sir Edward Stafford and Sir Francis Walsingham, some amateur repairs, fine and rare £500-600 Sir Francis Walsingham (1532 - 1590), statesman and politician. Ambassador to Paris from 1570, Principal secretary to the Queen from 1573. Best remembered as her ‘spymaster’. Sir Edward Stafford (1552-1605), a diplomat and son of Lady Dorothy Stafford; friend and Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth. Stafford secured his first royal appointment in 1578 and was sent to Catherine de Medici to negotiate a union between Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Anjou. He was knighted in 1583 and became ambassador at Paris until 1590.
382 An interesting handwritten Payment document, January 1616, appointing George Sturgis to receive money for the repairs to Henley Park in Oxfordshire, signed ‘Montgomery’, with added instruction to Mr Bingley to draw an order of Payment on the Exchequer, signed by Fulke Greville, and further added note from Mr. Bingley, an Exchequer official instructing the payment to be made ‘as his honour requires’, red wax seal of Earl of Montgomery, 4 pages, small format, some damp damage at top edge, fine £150-200
381 A Very Early Obligation Bond of 1599, manuscript document written in English for a Loan of £10, mention of names in Barwick in Elmet (near Leeds) and other areas of Yorkshire, signed by Edward Robert Noye, some ink damage/small holes throughout text, very fine and rare early date £120-150
Herbert Philip, Earl of Montgomery and 4th Earl of Pembroke, a favourite of James I, High Steward for Oxford; Took a keen interest in several joint stock companies and served on the Council of the Virginia Company in 1612; was one of the original incorporators of the Northwest Passage Company in 1612; and became a member of the East India Company in 1614. Sir Fulke Greville (1554-1628), Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1614. Created Lord Brooke in 1621. 81
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383 Scottish ‘Forced’ Loan, 1644, certificate for 600 merks (£400), ‘for raising of moneys for a present supply to the armies sent to England and Ireland’, Edinburgh 22nd August 1644, signed by the Earl of Lauderdale, Lord Elphinston and Baron Balmerino, members of Scottish Parliament, black printing, numerous other hand signatures, rough edges and some water damage at bottom, good fine and very rare. One of only two examples known £4,000-5,000 A number of 'forced' loans were raised at this time to fund the battles of the English Civil War. Acts were passed by both the Scottish Parliament and by King Charles in 1644, using both law and moral pressure to raise the funds. Charles I fight with Scotland went back to 1633 when he decided that the English Book of Common Prayer should be introduced into Scotland. Feeling ran high and rioting broke out in the main towns. In 1638 the Scottish Assembly drew up a National Covenant abolishing the Book of Common Prayer and later also abolishing bishops. This provoked Military action by the English but in 1640 the Scottish Covenanters invaded England and gained the upper hand. When Scottish nobles joined with the English against the Covenanters a truce was drawn up. Soon afterwards the King declared war on the English Parliament who in 1643 made an alliance with the Covenanters. The Covenanters again invaded England in 1644 to join with the Parliamentarians and it is this loan that was used to pay for the troops. The certificate states that interest was to be paid but does not state the rate and also promises to pay the principal from excise duties raised in England. John Maitland, 1st Earl of Lauderdale, Viscount of Lauderdale, Viscount Maitland, and Lord Thirlestane and Boltoun, (died January 1645). President of the Scottish Parliament as well as the Privy Council, sided with the Parliamentarian cause during the Civil War. Alexander Elphinstone, 5th Lord Elphinstone (1577-1648). John Elphinstone, 2nd Lord Balmerino (? - 1649). Sentenced to death in 1634 for libel against the crown but released after serving just over a year in prison.
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boNdS aNd Share CertifiCateS of the WorLd 384 Instruction to draw an Order of Payment, 1662, addressed to Sir Robert Long at the Exchequer, for payment of an allowance to Sir George Downing as ‘envoy extrordinary’, signed by the Earl of Southampton, torn with some paper loss at the right affecting the text and Southampton’s signature, fine and interesting £80-100 Sir George Downing (1623 - 1684), Secretary of the Treasury. Knighted in 1660. Created a Baronet in 1663. Responsible, with others, for the acquisition of New York from the Dutch. Downng Street in London is named after him. 385 Exchequer Vellum Tally, document for two amounts of £13 and £6, 1665, made out to Jeremiah Snow, manuscript on vellum, signed by one of the four tellers of the Exchequer, very fine and scarce £200-250 Jeremiah Snow was a Goldsmith banker trading in The Strand in 1660. Like many in his trade, he lent money to the Exchequer so when Charles II put a stop in the Exchequer he lost almost £60,000. He later received a bond from the King granting him an annuity of £3,586 17s repesenting about 6%.
387 Exchequer receipt, 169[2], for the sum of £15, being 6 months interest on a £500 loan to the Exchequer for ‘an Act for granting to their Majesties a subsidie of tonnage and poundage, and other sums of money payable upon merchandises exported and imported’, signed by Hugh Boscawen (1625-1701), MP for Cornwall, printed document with manuscript insertions, black, edges trimmed as usual with these pieces, fine £80-100
386 A Treasury Warrant, 1685, requiring payment to Edmund Williamson, a sergeant at arms, of £50.3s.9d, by way of debentures, addressed to Sir Robert Howard, receiver general at the Exchequer, signed by Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester, manuscript document, small corner missing, very fine £320-380
388 An early handwritten account of John Brown Smith for services rendered, 1698, to the Town of Linlithgow, for a total of £19 15s 6d, approved on the reverse by Walter Stewart, Provost of the town and receipted by John Brown, together with and early receipt, 1695, from William Hamilton of £53 2s 6d for one quarters pension due to him, addressed to the Tally Court, both neatly mounted and written up, fine and scarce early dates £60-80
Laurence Hyde, Ist Earl of Rochester (1641 - 1711), Statesman and writer. Master of the Robes, 1662 - 1675, Ambassador to Poland, then Vienna. First Lord of the Treasury from 1679. Lord Lieutant of Ireland until 1703.
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 389 A Handwritten Order of Payment, 1706, authorising the amount of £375 to be paid to Thomas, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, being one quarters salary for his position as Presidnent of the Privy Council, signed by Sidney Godolphin and Henry Boyle, and on the reverse by the Earl of Pembroke and 3 witnesses, including Sir Constantine Phipps, bottom piece removed but not affecting signatures, neatly writtem up and mounted for display (2) £100-120
390 An interesting sheet of Account, 1708, a handritten sheet, folio, listing amounts of capital and interest lent to the Government by Edward Russell Esq. in 1696 and 1697, signed by the Earl of Halifax, torn in half and neatly repaired, some discolouration, fine £60-80 Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford (1653 - 1727), younger son of the 4th Earl of Bedford, a naval captain at an early age, later becoming Admiral of the Fleet, then First Lord of the Admiraly in 1694. Created Baron Shingay, Viscount Barfleur, and Earl of Orford in 1697. Charles Montague, Earl of Halifax (1661 1715), Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1694 - 1699, First Lord of the Treasury, 1714.
Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke and 5th Earl of Montgomery (1656 - 1733), First Lord of the Admiralty, 1690 - 1692; Lord Privy Seal until 1699, Lord High Admiral on two occasions; Lord President of the Council and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; President of the Royal Society in 1689 and1690. Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1645 - 1712); Privy Councillor and Secretary of State for the Northern Department; First Lord of the Treasury. He was instrumental in negotiating and passing the Acts of Union 1707 with Scotland, which created the Kingdom of Great Britain. Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton (1669 - 1725), AngloIrish politician; Lord of the Treasury in 1699 and Chancellor of the Exchequer of England in 1701. Sir Constantine Henry Phipps (1656 - 1723), English-born lawyer and Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
391 An interesting handwritten payment order dated 1715, authorising payment to ‘John Earle of Stairs’, gentleman of the Bedchamber, of £250 being one quarter of a year on his annuity, signed by Richard Onslow and Edward Wortley, Roger Mostyn is instructed to make the payment a few days later and he endorses the document accordingly, some edge splits and some foxing, good fine £120-150 John Dalrymple, 1673-1747, 2nd Earl of Stair from 1707. He held position of British ambassador in Paris from 1715 to 1720. 390 85
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boNdS aNd Share CertifiCateS of the WorLd 392 Order of Payment, 1721, instructing the Treasury to pay £17 5s to Henry, Earl of Rochester, as ‘ranger or keeper of the of His Majesties Park called New Park at Richmond, to disburse to staff listed in the document, signed by Charles Turner, R. Edgecombe and Henry Pelham and examined by Lord Onslow. Signed by Rochester on the reverse, handwritten, folio, trimmed at top, bottom and left, ink cancellation, fine £80-100 Sir Charles Turner (1666 - 1738), 1st baronet, Teller of the Exchequer. Richard Edgecumbe, Lord of the Treasury. Henry Pelham (1694 - 1754), Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer and in 1743 became Prime Minister. Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon and 2nd Earl of Rochester (1672 - 1753), MP for Launceston, appointed to the Privy Council in 1710.
392A Order of Payment, 1724, authorising payment of £620 to William, Earl of Cadogan, Master of His Majesty’s Robes, signed and receipted on the reverse by the Earl of Cadogan, handwritten, trimmed at bottom and right removing all treasury officials signatures, fine £80-100 William Cadogan, First Earl of Cadogan (1675 1726), successful military career, serving with Marlborough as quartermaster General. Colonel of Cadogan’s Horse. Full general in 1717. Created Earl Cadogan in 1718. Commander in Chief of the Army in 1722. Served as Master of the Robes from 1714 until his death.
393 Exchequer receipt, 1724, for the sum of £312 14s 8d, part of an Order of Payment dated 1714 in the sum of £30,000 for the payment of her late Majestys Household, signed by Baron Samuel Masham, handwritten, folio, some repairs and small pieces missing, fair £60-80 Baron Samuel Masham (1678/9 - 1758), Brigadier General in 1710; Cofferer to the Royal Household in 1711. Created a perr in 1712. Rememberance of the Excheuqer in 1716.
394 Payment order dated 1725, for a payment of £200 to ‘George, Earl of Halifax’, this being his annual allowance for ‘extraordinary business’, signed by Sir Robert Walpole, manuscript document, ink strike through main text, splitting on centre fold, edges chipped, fine £120-150 Sir Robert Walpole, 1676-1745, 1st Earl of Orford, and the first and longest serving Prime Minister of Great Britain.
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 395 Order of Payment, 1729, authorising one quarters annual salary of £500 to Charles Churchill as ‘one of the Grooms of his Ma(jesty)s Bed Chamber’, signed and receipted on the reverse by Churchill, handwritten, trimmed on all sides removing all treasury officials signatures, fine £80-100 Charles Churchill (1679 - 1745), illegitimate son of General Charles Churchill, brother of the Duke of Marlborough. Followed a military carreer, ADC to his father at the battle of Blenheim. Lt General by 1739. Groom of the Bedchamber to George II.
396 A fine Exchequer Order of Payment, 1731, manuscript document for £462.10s, made out to and signed on reverse by the Secretary of State, Lord Harrington, being 3 months of his annual salary, signed by George Dodington William Clayton and William Yonge as Commissioners of the Treasury and Lord Halifax as Auditor of the Exchequer, some discolouration and edge damage, but complete and rare thus £220-250 William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, PC (c.1683 - 1756), statesman and diplomat. Ambassador to Spain, 1720 - 1727, Northern Secretary, 1730 - 1742 and again 1744 -1746, Lord President of the Council and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland until 1751. George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1684 - 1739), MP for Northampton, Auditor of the Excheuqer from 1714, Privy Councillor from 1717 and Lord Justice from 1720. George Bubb Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe PC (1691 - 1762) William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon (1671 1752) Sir William Yonge, 4th Baronet KCB FRS (ca. 1693 - 1755)
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397 Certificate of appointment of [James Gee] to Receiver General for the County of York, issued under an Act ‘for Granting an Aid to His Majesty by a Land Tax’ for 1739, signed by Sir Robert Walpole, Lord Sundon and Thomas Winnington as Lords of the Treasury, a printed document, on vellum, manuscript insertions, impressed duty stamps, vellum discoloured, fine and rare £200-300 This appointment entitled James Gee to collect all the taxes required under the Act within the county and remit the same to the Treasury in London.
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398 Exchequer Bill 1745, £100 bill, raised by the Act for Granting the duties on Malt etc., no.605, black on buff paper, scrollwork at right, date not completed and not registered by an Exchequer clerk, good very fine £300-400
399 A Treasury Warrant, 1762, requesting, on behalf of the Commissioners of H.M. Customs, Walter Ireland be appointed a ‘tidesman’, in place of Francis Farquhar, deceased, at Borrowstoness in Scotland, signed by three of the commissioners, with approval and warrant of the Treasury underneath, signed by Pelham-Holles, Ist Duke of Newcastle under Lyme, William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington and James Oswald, fine £80-100
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Thomas Pelham-Holles (1693 - 1768), Statesman. Prime Minister for two terms. William, 2nd Viscount Barrington (1717 - 1793), Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1761-62. James Oswald (1715 - 1769), MP. Lord of the Treasury.
400 A Power of Attorney, 1786, registering that Thomas Coutts, banker, will receive and disburse monies on behalf of ‘Lord Viscount Dalrymple’ whilst he continues his post as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia, signed by Dalrymple and witnesses, red wax seal, fine £60-80 John Dalrymple, 6th Earl of Stair (1749 - 1821) As captain served in the American War of Independence. Appointed minister plenipotentiary to Poland, 1782 and Berlin 1785 until 1788.
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 401 Tontine Annuity 1789, 1st Class, a vellum certificate for £100 and 5 shillings, 1790, in the name of the Zachary Bayley, paying an annual annuity of £4 3s- with the benefit of survivorship, black printing, on vellum, with receipts to 1831, some on attached vellum sheets sewn at the base, dirty surface, creased, fine and very rare £200-300
402 Five per Cent. Annuities, Consolidated July 6th 1785, inscribed stock receipt, dated 1791, black printing, bottom right corner missing due to the usual spiking, very fine and scarce £150-200
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403 A payment order dated 1793, addressed to Brook Watson, Commissary General asking him to pay the Quarter Masters of various regiments sums of money for Spirits for soldiers, signed on behalf of Frederick Duke of York by his secretary, handwritten, folio, sadly the page listing the regiments is no longer ‘annexed’, some toning and repair, fine £60-80 402
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405 Four per Cent Annuities, Consolidated April 6th 1780, inscribed stock receipt, dated 179[7], black printing, bottom right corner missing but has been neatly repaired, very fine £150-200
404 An Important Royal Warrant, 1794, instructing payment of £381.12s.3d to Lieutenant General William Picton, for costs relating to the establishment of the 12th Regiment of Foot, signed by King George III at the top, also signed by Sir George Yonge, slightly brittle but a fine signature of the King £800-1,000 The 12th Regiment of Foot (Suffolk regiment, arrived in Madas in 1797 and took part in the famous battle of Seringapatam in 1799. They remained in india until 1810. Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet, KCB, PC (1731 - 1812), Secretary at War (1782 - 1783 and 1793 - 1794). General Picton became well known for his part in the Siege of Gibraltar in 1782.
406 Consolidated £3 per Cent. Annuities, inscribed stock receipt dated 179[7], black printing, bottom left corner missing from spiking, very fine £100-150
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 407 A nice collection of inscribed stock receipts, comprising Consolidated £3 per Cent. Annuities, 180[4]; Reduced £3 per Cent. Annuities, 180[7]; Navy Five per Cent. Annuities, 181[8]; Four per Cent. Annuities, 182[1]; New Four per Cent. Annuities, 182[8]; New £3. 10s per Cent. Annuities, 183[1]; Consolidated Long Annuities, for Eighty Years, 18[39]; Three Pounds Ten Shillings per Cent. reduced Annuities, 184[3], and, £3:5s per Cent. Annuities, 184[7], generally printed in black or red & black but the second from last in blue, the last two without missing corners otherwise small pieces missing as usual from spiking, generally very fine (9) £100-120
409 Pay Warrant, 1818, a receipt for 61 days pay for Lieut General Lowry Cole and two Aides de Camp serving on the Continent, £289 4s 10d, according to a warrant issued by the Duke of Wellington, signed by General Lowry Cole, a printed form for ‘Staff on the Continent’ with manuscript insertions, some toning, very fine £60-80 Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole, GCB (1772 - 1842 ), Cornet in 1787, and served in the West Indies, Ireland, and Egypt. Served as Brigadier General in Sicily and commanded the 1st Brigade at the Battle of Maida in 1806. Major-General in 1806, Lieutenant-General in 1813 and full General in 1830; received the Army Gold Cross with four clasps. Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath on 2 January 1815. Member of Parliament for Enniskillen from 1797 to 1800, and represented Fermanagh in 1803. Governor of Mauritius from 1823 to 1828. Governor of the Cape Colony 1828 to 1833.
410 Equivalent Company, a dividend warrant for the 228th dividend being 1⁄ 2 per cent on £2000 of capital stock, 6th July 1819, payable at the Bank of England, issued to and signed by William Kops Coussmaker, small format, black, printed in London, single punch hole top left, ink cancel at top, very fine and the only type of paper seen of this important company £100-120 The Equivalent Company was the parent and founder of the Royal Bank of Scotland. It was formed by Act of Parliament in 1724 to incorporate the holders of ´Equivalent Debentures´, these being 5% bonds of uncertain redemption date issued to unlucky creditors of the Scottish national debt (soldiers, tradesmen etc) for whom there was insufficient cash in the ´Equivalent Fund´ created by England under the 1707 Act of Union. The Fund was granted to Scotland by the English Parliament and was intended to be ´equivalent´ to the additional duties the Scots were expected to pay as a result of the Union. The company´s authorised capital was the exact amount of the debentures - £248, 550.0s.91⁄ 2d. In 1727 the company obtained a Scottish charter to create a bank for banking in Scotland only (thus evading the Bank of England´s monopoly) with an initial capital of £111,000. This was the Royal Bank of Scotland. After this the Equivalent Company continued in existence in London, paying regular dividends, we assume with those shareholders who had chosen not to convert their shares into the Royal Bank. In 1835 the company distributed its Equivalent Stock to its shareholders.
408 Exchequer Bill, 1811, £100, paying two pence halfpenny interest per day, no.19 signed ‘Grenville’, brown print, scrollwork at each side, stamped Bank of England vertically on face as payees, embossed seal to right, repaired punch hole in centre, otherwise extremely fine £300-400
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411 War Loan, £4 10s per Cent, redeemable 19251945, a bond for £5 dated October 1915, no.107, facsimile signature of John Bradbury as secretary of the Treasury, coat of arms at top, red, with coupons from 1926, folds, about very fine and extremely rare £600-800
412 Anglo-French 15-25 Year 41⁄ 2 % External Loan, a specimen bond for $500 dated October 1915 and redeemable in 1940, facsimile signatures of the French Minister of Finance and John Bradbury, secretary to the Treasury, allegorical female on eagle at top, red and black, with coupons, printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., numbered B000000 in red, crease at top right, almost extremely fine and rare £400-500
Bearer bonds from British Government Loans are exceptionally rare as they are usually represented by inscribed stock certificates. These could be exchanged for bearer bonds at the holders request. We have seen a handful of cancelled bonds of other loans but nothing from this particular loan and this example has not been cancelled in any way.
413 Anglo-French 5 Year 5% External Loan, 1915, a specimen bond for $1000 from the American Bank Note Co. archive, facsimile signature of John Bradbury as secretary to the Treasury, Lady Justice at top with arms either side, ornate border, green and black, small hole cancels, with coupons, good very fine £200-300 WWW.SpiNK.Com
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414 Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 2-Year 5% Secured Loan, a specimen bond for $1000 dated September 1916, redeemable in September 1918, Britannia at top, coat of arms below, blue and black, printed by The American Bank Note Co., with coupons, overprinted SPECIMEN and numbered 00000 in red, light discolouration at top right, good very fine and extremely rare. No issued or cancelled bonds are known £300-400
416 South Sea Company, Annuities, Inscribed stock certificate for transfer of £1000, 173[8], in the name of Cath. Ray and Mr Rich. Ray. small format, black printing, light stain and discolouration, fine and rare £400-500
417 South Sea Company, Annuities, Inscribed stock certificate for transfer of £368, 173[8], in the name of Cath. Ray, Wm. and the Revd. Rich. Ray. small format, black printing, top left corner torn away but not affecting the text, fine and rare £300-400
415 Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 3-Year 51⁄ 2 % Secured Loan, a specimen bond for $10,000 dated November 1916, redeemable in November 1919, Neptune at top left, coat of arms below, mauve and black, printed by the American Bank Note Co., with coupons, overprinted SPECIMEN and numbered 00000 in red, light discolouration at top right, good very fine and extremely rare. No issued or cancelled bonds are known £300-400
418 New South-Sea Annuities, inscribed stock receipt for £2000 of stock, London 177[1], heading and ornate device printed in red, remainder of text in black, small piece missing top left from spiking, otherwise good very fine £350-400
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boNdS aNd Share CertifiCateS of the WorLd 419 1914 and the Closure of the Stock Exchange an original handwritten notice ‘The House will be closed until further notice’ etc., which was reputedly affixed to a door of the Stock Exchange in July 1914 due to the outbreak of the First World War, signed by Edward Satterthwaite as secretary of the Committee for General Purposes, has been mounted and now with paper loss at top and bottom left hand corners; together with 3 small receipts from the bank of England relating to various Government stock transactions, a printed yield table also for Government stock and an unissued £5 note of the Swaledale and Wensleydale Bank, circa 1820, all stuck down and glazed in one large frame £80-100
422 A small collection of British Certificates (33), comprising Penryn Granite Quarries Co. Ltd., 186[6], small vignette in centre; New Consols Tin & Arsenic Works Ltd., 1874; Minera Ragman Mining Co. Ltd., 18[63]; Morecambe (Regent Road West End) Pier Co. Ltd., 189[8]; Clevedon Hotel Co. Ltd., 187[6]; Llangollen Lime and Fluxing Stone Co. Ltd., 1881; Rossendale Union Foundry Co. Ltd., 186[1]; Crewe Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., 186[8], and, a set of 15 unissued certificates for Ardrossan Guaranteed Stock in the Glasgow and South Western Railway, 185-, attractive borders; other British railway certificates (10) and dividend documents (5), generally very fine to extremely fine (38) £150-200
Miscellaneous lots
423 An interesting group of British debentures, comprising P.S.Phillips Ltd., Tin plate manufacturers, £100 debentures, 1894 (7 examples); (New) Salisbury Club, 12 St. James’ Square, £10 debentures, 1888 (8 examples); Williams’s Isinglass Co. Ltd., £25, 1899 (3 examples); Atlantic Wharf Oil Storage Co. Ltd., £100 second debentures, 1894 (7 examples); London Land Association Ltd., £100 debenture, 1897 (7 examples); Army and Navy Provision Market Ltd., £50, 1881 (2 examples); Longton Hall Co. Ltd., £100, 1892 (2 examples); Crigglestone Coal Co. Ltd., near Wakefield, £100, 1904 (5 examples); Crown Collieries (1903) Ltd., £100, 1905 (4 examples); White & Pike Ltd., tinplate manufacturers, £100, 1898 (3 examples); Heins & Co. Ltd., £50, 1903; General Advertiser Ltd., A and B debentures for £100, 1897 and 1898; Irish Paper Mills Co. Ltd., £50 and £100, 1921, printed by Waterlow, and, Sandford Pottery Co. Ltd., £250, 1947 (3 examples), generally very fine and better (56) £250-300
420 A varied collection of British companies, mainly Gas and Water, comprising Appledore Gas Company Ltd., £5 share, 187[5]; Kineton Gas Light, Coal & Coke Co. Ltd., £2 share, 1863; Middleton and Dinsdale Gas Co. Ltd., £5 share, 187[2]; Moss Hall Coal Co. Ltd., £100 debenture, 198[9]; Twenty Well Stone & Brick Co. Ltd., 187[1]; London, Windsor & Greenwich Hotels Co. Ltd., 186[5]; Bray, Waddington & Co. Ltd., 1865; Hartlepool Gas and Water Co., 19[20]; British Honduras Co. Ltd., 18[64]; Tattershall and Coningsby Gas and Coke Co. Ltd., 18[66]; Rossendale Union Foundry Co. Ltd., 186[1]; Brompton, Chatham, Gillingham & Rochester Water Works Co., 1883; Felted Fabric Depot Ltd., 187[4], and London Monetary Advance & Life Assurance Co., 185[3], generally very fine and better (13) £60-80
421 A collection of British registered and a few Colonial certificates (42), including Lightning Automatic Totalisator Co. Ltd., preferred and deferred shares, both 1930; Oliver Typewriter Co. Ltd., 1926 (2 examples); De Forest Phonofilms Ltd., 1927; Anglo-Burma Oil Co. Ltd., 1922; Venezuela Central Railway Co. Ltd., 1925; Ind Coope and Co. Ltd., 1899; Sun Permanent Benefit Building Society, 1902; Lyceum Club (International) Ltd., 1906; Gamages (West End) Ltd., ordinary and preference shares, 1929, and Irish Paper Mills Co. Ltd., £100 debenture, 1921, signed by E.W.Guiness, some with edge tears but many very fine (42) £120-150
Canals 424 A small collection of Canal company certificates, comprising; Bridgewater Navigation Co. Ltd., ordinary shares, 1876, banker’s receipts for 5th and 6th instalment of dividends, and letter of voluntary liquidation; Birmingham Canal Navigations, 1 share, 185[7]; Sharpness New Docks and Gloucester & Birmingham Navigation Co., ordinary consolidated stock, 1[900]; Company of Proprietors of the Oxford Canal Navigation, £100 shares, 19[03], and Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Co., 41⁄ 2 % debenture stock and consolidated stock, [1914] and [1907] respectively, a few cancelled, mostly very fine (9) £100-120
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 425 Aire and Calder Navigation, Yorkshire, a group of manuscript documents mostly relating to the shareholding of Sir William Milner including a large Abstract of his title going back to 1704 but probably written at the end of the 18th century, also transfers 1805, 1806 and 1872, together with other documents (10), 1803 to 1882, most are extremely large format documents, on vellum, a very interesting lot worth more research, very fine and better (14) £100-150 The Aire and Calder Navigation commenced in 1704 when the two rivers were widened to connect Leeds and Wakefield. It linked to Goole on the coast which acquired the status of official port with its own customs facilities which then increased traffic considerably. The navigation was continually developed generally paying handsome dividends to shareholders until competition from the railways. Steam tugs were introduced in the 1850’s which enabled the canal to remain profitable and to carry huge amounts of coal which it did until the 1960’s and the general decline of the coal industry. Commercial traffic still uses the canal although leisure boats are now the largest users.
427 Manchester Ship Canal Company, a specimen 31⁄ 2 % Second Mortgage debenture for £100, 1891, from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archives, large format with vignette of ship at top, ornate border, black with yellow underprint, small hole cancels, light creases at bottom right corner, otherwise good very fine £100-120 Founded in 1882 by local industrialist Daniel Adamson, the canal opened in 1894, overseen by the renowned civil engineer Thomas Walker and having cost about £15m. The canal peaked in 1958 carrying nearly 20,000 tons of traffic, but declined gradually, and now faces a regeneration by a private company to continue its use.
428 Manchester Ship Canal Company, 4¼% mortgage debenture for £1000, 1952, specimen certificate from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archives, large format with ornate border and arms at top, green, small hole cancels in signature area, small mark to right edge, otherwise extremely fine £60-80
426 Canterbury Navigation and Sandwich Harbour Company, certificate for one share of £25, 182[6], no.516, lovely vignette of Cathedral with coats of arms in foreground, black, very light creases, good very fine and better than usual condition £250-300
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boNdS aNd Share CertifiCateS of the WorLd 431 Company of Proprietors of the Stratford-uponAvon Canal Navigation, bond for £400, paying a £40 annuity for works to ‘vary the course’ and ‘make a branch out of the said canal’, dated 18[15], black printing, stamped cancelled on face, bound together with three manuscript letters regarding transfers of the bond, dated 1818, 1825 and 1816, and grant of annuity with amendment of the amount to be paid, original date 18[15], amendment made 1874, fine but rare piece £120-150 Formed to build and maintain a canal from the existing Worcester and Birmingham canal into Stratford-uponAvon.
Railways 432 A small collection of Scottish Railways, comprising; Scottish Grand Junction Railway, 1845, £25 shares; Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway, 1854 and 1866, £10 shares, and two un-issued; Paisley Barrhead & Hurlet Railway, 184[6], £25 shares and two unissued; Crieff and Comrie Railway Co., dividend warrant for ordinary shares, 1895; and Edinburgh and Rathgate Railway, call sheets, 1855-1858, generally very fine or better (14) £80-100
429 Company of Proprietors of the Oakham Canal, one share of £130, 184[7], no.379, black printing, adhesive embossed stamp at bottom right, good very fine £100-120
430 Regents Canal Company, certificate for 1 share, 1817 over 1812, no.5372, black on vellum, light discolouration of the vellum but very fine and scarce £120-150 Work began in 1812 on this canal, to be named after the Prince Regent (later George IV), and it’s course was from the Thames at Limehouse, through the City and to North West London joining the Grand Junction Canal at Paddington.
433 A group of Railway Certificates from Devon and Cornwall, comprising; Bristol & Exeter Railway Co., £100 share, 183[6], seal removed as cancellation; Great Western, Bristol & Exeter, and South Devon Railway Companies, joint rent charge stock, 1871; Cornwall Railway, £50 shares, 1844, and two 184[6]; Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway Co., debenture stock, 18[76], and B debenture stock, 18[81], together with four maps of the Somerset and Dorset Railway Extension uniting the Midland Railway with the London and South Western Railway, several cancelled, fine to very fine (12) £150-180 434 A nice collection of Welsh Railway Certificates (18), including; Burry Port and Gwendreath Valley Railway Co., £100 share, 186[6]; Mid Wales Railway Co., £10 share, 18[63]; Brecon & Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway Co., consolidated stock, 186[4], and preference stock, 19[01]; Bala & Festiniog Railway Co., £10 shares, 18[79], and others; Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway Co.; Cambrian Railways Co., and Ely Valley Railway, many cancelled, many very fine, some better (18) £200-250
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 435 Abingdon Railway Co., two certificates for £10 shares, 1855, no.782 and 783, decorative title and scrollwork at left, black on blue paper, both cancelled, together with; Buckinghamshire Railway Co., £500 guaranteed stock, 186[1], swan in scrollwork frame at top, black; Royston & Hitchin Railway Co., un-issued £25 share, black; and Mellis & Eye Railway Co., unissued share, black, good very fine (5) £60-80
438 Channel Tubular Railway Preliminary Company Ltd., certificate for 5 founders shares, London 1892, very attractive piece with vignettes around border of English and French coast, ships with tube resting on seabed, black and yellow, text in English and French, about extremely fine £80-100
439 Channel Tubular Railway Preliminary Co. Ltd., a group of 4 certificates each for 5 shares, London 1892, lovely ornate border featuring the English Channel across the top, and a train in the tunnel beneath ships at the bottom, black with tan underprint, embossed company seal, good very fine or better (4) £300-400
436 Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Ltd., certificate for ordinary stock, fully paid, 19[44], no.1504, vignettes of passenger coach and goods wagon, black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, very fine £60-80 440 City Railway, five shares of £50, deposit paid of £2 per share, London 1836, no.484, blue print on vellum, very fine and scarce £150-200
441 Clarke, Sharp & Co. Ltd., ordinary shares of £1 and 6% cumulative preference shares, both 19[27], decorative title and column with vignette of wagon at left, blue and red respectively, together with other carriage builders including; North of England Railway Carriage and Iron Co. Ltd., 1866; Birmingham Wagon Co. Ltd., 1861; William Barningham and Co. Ltd., 1874; Railway Electric Engineering and Telegraph Works Co. Ltd., 1865; Railways and General Co. Ltd., 1890; and the North British Locomotive Co. Ltd., ordinary and preference stock, 1957 and 1961, very fine, some better (10) £80-100
437 Channel Tubular Railway Preliminary Company Ltd., certificate for 5 founders shares, no.8882688830, London 1892, very ornate piece with vignettes around border of English and French coast, English Channel across top and ships with tube resting on the seabed at bottom, black, yellow underprint, about extremely fine £80-100 97
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442 East Kent Light Railways Company, £1 shares, part paid, stamped fully paid, 191[2], Capital £240,000, no.224, vignettes of steam train and colliery buildings, dark blue, very fine £100-120 Incorporated 1911 under Light Railways Act and promoted by Arthur Burr who then controlled much of the coalfield, to develop communication between the collieries on the Kent coalfield. Mostly built by Colonel Stephens and finally opened in 1916.
443 East Lancashire Railway Co., certificate for a quarter share, 1847, no.113146, blue printing with scrollwork at left, embossed seal bottom right, together with a transfer certificate for 70 quarter shares, dated December 1850, blue, good very fine (2) £60-80 444 East London Railway Company, £20 share, 1865, no.53159, attractive black printing, red overprint fully paid, very fine and scarce £60-80 Opened in 1869 initially from New Cross Gate station to Wapping, crossing the Thames using Brunel’s tunnel. Later extended to Shoreditch. Became part of London Underground in 1933 and subsequently the Overground network.
445 East London Railway Co., scrip certificate for 5 shares of £20 each, 1865, no.2243, black on pink paper, together with Edgware, Highgate & London Railway Co., mortgage deed for £100, 18[65], no.57, green; West London Extension Railway Co., mortgage deed for £1000, 18[62], no.112, mauve; and a prospectus for the City and Surrey Railway, four pages, the mortgage bonds with stains, fine to very fine (4) £80-100
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446 Great Eastern Railway Company, an interesting collection of five pieces comprising; consolidated 4% irredeemable guaranteed stock, 18[78], no.297, decorative title and scrollwork, black; consolidated 5% extension stock no.1 guaranteed, 186[2], no.3127, black; 5% debenture stock 1867, 187[7], no.73888, fine border, red and blue; 61⁄ 2 % preference stock 1866, 186[7], no.109, green and red; preference stock 1884, scrip allotment of 1st and 2nd issues, large format, black and blue, fine to good very fine (5) £150-180 447 Golden Valley Railway Co., 10 ordinary shares of £10, 18[90], no.581-590, scrollwork at left, green, together with more Railways from Herefordshire and Shropshire including; Hereford, Ross & Gloucester Railway, £20 share, 1851; Tenbury Railway Co., £10 share, 186[1]; Leominster and Bromyard Railway Co., £10 share, 1880; Bishop’s Castle Railway Co., two mortgage deeds for £1000, 18[66]; and prospectus for the Wye Valley Railway Co., complete with application form, engineers report and map, the mortgage deeds with damage on creases, otherwise very fine (7) £100-120 448 Great Western Railway Company, certificate of quarter share of £25, 184[5], no.36622, black, red paper seal, together with Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Co., mortgage deed for £2500, 18[49], no.15, black on blue paper; Great Eastern Railway Co., 31⁄ 2 % preference stock, 1893, scrip allotment, green, and, Railway Steel & Plant Co. Ltd., 5 shares, 187[3], black, and other British companies including Ipswich Reform Club Co., 187[5]; Wey Manor Golf Club Ltd., 1915; Hertford Club Ltd., 1934, and Heins & Co. Ltd., 190[3], generally very fine, a couple slightly better (19) £120-150
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 449 Hull and Selby Railway Company, a pair of certificates, share for £12..10, 18[45], no.10050, floral design to left, black, together with £25 (or half) share, 184[5], no.16885, shields and floral scrolls to left, blue, both about extremely fine (2) £60-80
453 Milford Haven Railway & Estate Co. Ltd., a pair of certificates for £1 ordinary shares and £10 6% perpetual preference shares, both 188[2], both numbered 257, decorative title and scrollwork at left, blue and black respectively, good very fine (2) £80-100
The company was incorporated in 1836 and opened in 1840. It was sold to the York and North Midland and the Manchester and Leeds railway companies in 1846.
Leased the tiny Milford Haven Railway and ran it as a continuation of the Great Western Railway.
454 New Romney Railway Company, £10 share, 186[6], no.309, black, stamped paid in full, filing holes at top edge, together with; Stokes Bay Railway & Pier Co., mortgage deed for £500, no.5, 18[60], green; Bridport Railway Co., £10 share (2), 1855, one cancelled, and £10 preference shares, 18[61], hole cancelled; and Isle of Wight Railway Co. Ltd., specimen debenture certificate, 197[-], black and red, the 3rd and 4th with some staining, very fine and better (6) £80-100 450 Liverpool and Manchester Railway, £25 share, 1831, no.11584, black printing on vellum, embossed red paper seal at bottom right, almost extremely fine £200-300
455 North Eastern Railway, a small group of certificates comprising; £5 share, 188[2], black, several hand written notes on face; Berwick capital stock, £100, 185[5], red on blue paper; London & North Eastern Railway Co., deferred ordinary stock, 19[34], black on blue paper; hand written note from secretary’s office dated June 1856, and letter regarding consolidation of the preference stock dated Feb 1897, very fine (5) £60-80
The company was incorporated in 1826 with the aim of replacing the costly method of transportation of goods between the cities, which was limited to waterways. It met with much opposition initially and was eventually opened in 1834. The railway cost well over £1,000,000 once finished.
456 North Western and Midland District Auxilliary Railways Co. Ltd., £10 shares, 188[8], no.14, decorative title and scrollwork at left, black, together with; Staffordshire & Shropshire Junction Railway Co., 10 shares of £50, 1845, no.5121-5130, dark brown print; and Rugby, Derby & Manchester Railway, 5, 10 and 20 shares of £25, 1845, blue, maroon and dark brown respectively, all corner cut cancelled, generally very fine (5) £80-100
451 London & York Railway, £50 share, 1845, no.32, black printing on green paper, together with; Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway, £20 share, 185[4], no.3111, black; Spilsby and Firsby Railway Co., mortgage debenture for £100, 18[86], no.162, black; and Isle of Axholme, Gainsborough and Goole Railway Co (with extension to Selby), £25 shares, 1845, blue, the latter with repairs, edge tears and discolouration, otherwise very fine (4) £80-100
452 Mersey Railway Company, consolidated ordinary stock certificate, 19[11], no.2201, scrollwork at left, black, with related paperwork, small area of discolouration in centre, good very fine £60-80 Originally incorporated as the Mersey Pneumatic Railway Co. in 1866, name changed in 1868, to link Liverpool with Birkenhead by means of a tunnel under the River Mersey. Opened in 1886.
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460 Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway, certificate for [£100] ordinary stock, 189[0], no.543, scrollwork at left with vignette of company seal comprising early locomotive, black, embossed seal at bottom left, very fine £60-80 461 Vale of Neath Railway Company, £20 shares, 1846, no.5541, scrollwork at left, black on pale blue paper, red paper seal, extremely fine £50-60
457 Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Company, 8% loan, bond for £50, 18[74], no.21, ornate border, company logo at top, red, with coupons (detached), strike through cancelled faintly on face, very fine £100-120 Incorporated in 1873 the light railway opened in 1876 to passengers, continuing until 1908 when the line was closed. A conversion to 15 inch gauge by Bassett-Lowke and Proctor-Mitchell in 1915 saw the line open again, and it remains a tourist attraction today. 458 Sittingbourne and Sheerness Railway Co., £10 share, 1861, no.12198, ornate title with company seal below, black, and two transfer certificates, 18[60], blue, together with London Chatham & Dover Railway Co., £10 preferred share, 1864, and mortgage deed for £10,000, 18[86], cancelled (corner with seal removed), very fine (5) £80-100 459 South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway, £25 share, 1857, no.9939, ornate title, black, top edge a little nibbled, together with; Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway, £20 share, 185[4], no.1687; Northern Counties Union Railway Co., one share, 18[46], and receipt for certificate for 17 shares dated May 1847; North Eastern Railway, receipt for certificates dated May 1882, very fine (5) £80-100
Incorporated in 1846 to run from the South Wales Railway at Neath to Merthyr Tydfil. Opened in 1851. Amalgamated with the Swansea & Neath Railway in 1863. 462 Whitehaven & Furness Junction Railway Co., £10 preference share, 185[8], no.2108, brown, embossed seal at bottom, together with more Cumbrian Railways comprising; Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Co., one share, 1855, and ordinary stock, 18[65]; Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway Co., two certificates for consolidated stock, 188[3] and 18[94], these only fine and about very fine; Border Counties Railway Co., 5 shares of £20, 185[5], and un-issued £20 shares, 186[-]; and Maryport & Carlisle Railway, un-issued certificates for ordinary stock, 187[-], very fine and better unless stated (8) £120-150 463 Wiltshire Railway Co., £20 share, fully paid up, 1866, no.864, decorative title and scrollwork at left, black on pink paper, together with; West Somerset Mineral Railway Co., £10 share, class A, 185[7], no.1843, black; Swindon & Cheltenham Extension Railway Co., ordinary shares, 188[4], black with red paper seal, cancelled; and London, Newbury and Bath Direct Railway, letter advising of share allotment, dated October 1845, the third with large tear, otherwise very fine and better (4) £80-100
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 464 A large group of British railway company documents, including share certificates, dividend forms, plans, maps and many manuscript pieces, dates from the 1850’s onwards, a few later in the early 1900’s, railways include; Bala & Festiniog, Carmarthen and Cardigan, Brecon & Merthyr Tydfil Junction, Great North of England, North British, Great Western, Edinburgh and Glasgow, Caledonian and York, Newcastle and Berwick among others, range of conditions from fine to very fine at best (77) £150-200
Tramways & Buses 465 A group of British Tramway companies, comprising Hartlepools Steam Tramways Co. Ltd., £5 shares, 188[5], ornate border, pink; Dudley & Wolverhampton Tramways Ltd., £1 shares, 189[4], blue, corner missing at bottom; South Staffordshire Tramways Co., ordinary stock, 18[89], blue; Tramways Trust Co. Ltd., 18[81]; West Metropolitan Tramways Co., 18[90]; North London Tramways Co., 1888, and Ramsgate & Margate Tramways Co., 188[3], one with bottom corner missing, otherwise generally very fine (7) £120-150
467 Gas Traction Company, Ltd., £1 shares, 189[4], no.78, lovely piece with vignette of tramcar, Britannia in scrollwork at left, blue, printed by Waterlow & Sons, good very fine £80-100
468 Metropolitan Electric Tramways Ltd., £1 deferred shares, 190[2], brown, together with other British certificates including Motor Traction Co. 1905 Ltd., 190[6]; British & Benington’s Tea Trading Association Ltd., 189[902], attractive piece with vignette of building in centre, and Sulphides Reduction (New Process) Ltd., 1899, 1903 and 1904, and others (15), several are very fine, a few better (21) £80-100
466 Birkenhead Tramways Company, 6% preference shares of £10, 18[81], no.784, lovely vignette of the Woodside Ferry terminus with horse drawn tram waiting to depart, several ships at the dockside, red, good very fine and scarce £100-120
469 Metropolitan Saloon Omnibus Co. Ltd., one share, 20 shillings paid, 185[7], no.1288, horse drawn omnibus in centre with passengers inside and out, black, extremely fine £60-80
Formed in 1877 to purchase the existing Birkenhead Street Railway Company founded by George F. Train. In 1878 the company took over the Hoylake and Birkenhead Tramway company but later fell into financial trouble as was liquidated in 1888. The line was purchased by the Birkenhead United Tramways, Omnibus and Carriage Company.
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Shipping & Shipbuilding 470 A group of Shipbuilding and Dry Dock companies, some decorative, comprising; Cardiff Dry Docks Syndicate, 190[3], together with letter dated 1926; Port Glasgow Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., 19[27]; Prince of Wales Dry Dock Co. Swansea Ltd., 19[44]; Rapid Submersible Ship Cleaner Co. Ltd., 19[19]; Irvine’s Ship Building and Dry Docks Co. Ltd., 192[0]; Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Co. Ltd. (3); Northumberland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (3); Mersey Docks and Harbour Board (3); Port of London Authority (2); Eltringhams Ltd., and Lamport and Holt Ltd., generally about very fine (19) £80-100
471 An interesting collection of Steam Shipping certificates, including Steam Ship Tower Hill Co. Ltd., £100 shares, 18[81]; Great Ship Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 1859; Eastern Steam Navigation Co., £20 share, 185[1]; Australasian Pacific Mail Steam Packet Co., £20 share, 1852; European & American Steam Shipping Co. Ltd., £9 share, 1857; Oriental Inland Steam Co., 1860; Dundee, Perth and London Shipping Co., 18[68], 18[80] and 19[14]; Whitby and Robin Hood’s Bay Steam Packet Co (5); Staithes Shipping Co., 185[6]; Tankers Ltd., 19[28]; Elder Dempster and Co. Ltd., 19[24]; Lamport and Holt Ltd., 19[24], and Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., 19[23], fine to very fine (25) £120-150
472 A lovely collection of Shipping certificates, many decorative, comprising; West Coast Shipping Co. Ltd., 190[5]; Swanston Steamship Co. Ltd., 192[4]; Falconhurst Ship Co. Ltd., 188[3]; Lyndhurst Ship Co. Ltd., 188[7]; Liverpool & North Wales Steamship Co. Ltd., 189[1]; Liverpool Barge & Coaling Co. Ltd., 19[11]; “Carpasian” Ship Co. Ltd., 190[5]; “Fairfield” Steamship Co (1920) Ltd., 1920; Hazlewood Shipping Co. Ltd., 19[20]; Keighley Shipping Co. Ltd., 192[1]; Temperley Steam Shipping Co. Ltd., 19[23]; Steam Ship Tower Hill Co. Ltd., 18[81]; South of England Steamboat Co. Ltd., 19[05], and Keighly Steamship Co. Ltd., 19[29], a couple with filing holes and edge splits otherwise condition generally very fine (14) £150-200
473 A useful and varied collection of Shipping Companies, wide range of dates from 1850’s to 1920’s, comprising; Great Ship Company Ltd., 1859; European & American Steam Shipping Co. Ltd., 1857; Staithes Shipping Co., 185[6]; Whitby and Robin Hood’s Bay Steam Packet Co., various pieces; Dundee, Perth and London Shipping Co., 4 pieces, dates from 18[68] to 19[24]; Cunard Steam-Ship Co. Ltd., various pieces; White Star Line Ltd., 19[28] and 19[33]; Keighley Shipping Co. Ltd.; Hazelwood Shipping Co. Ltd.; Anglo-Celtic Shipping Co. Ltd., and Western Counties Shipping Co. Ltd., 4 pieces, many decorative, all very fine or thereabouts (26) £150-200
474 Cunard Steam-Ship Company Ltd., a group of 8 different certificates comprising; 5% cumulative preference stock (2), 19[17] and 19[28], red; ordinary stock (2), 19[17] and 19[40], blue; 5% cumulative preference stock (2), 19[45] and 19[60], orange, and 6% second cumulative preference stock (2), 19[24] and 19[60], brown, all with various capital structures, punch cancelled, fine to very fine (8) £60-80
475 Cunard Steam Ship Company Ltd., a group of certificates comprising; £1 ordinary shares, 19[18], capital £4, 500, 020 and 19[19], capital £6,000, 020, both blue; ordinary stock, 19[46], capital £8, 100, 020, 19[48], capital £14, 500, 020 and 19[54], capital £15, 500,000, blue-grey; 5% cumulative preference stock, 19[32] and 19[38], capital £8, 100, 020, red, and 19[46], 19[50] and 19[60], various capital amounts, orange, and 6% second cumulative preference stock, 5 pieces, dates from 19[25] to 19[59] and various capital amounts, brown, all cancelled, some scarce, generally very fine (15) £60-80
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476 Cunard Steam Ship Company Ltd., 41⁄ 2 % Mortgage Debenture stock, certificate for [£4000], 190[9], no.1225, attractive 4 funnel steamer at top, possibly the Lusitania, blue, together with 41⁄ 2 % mortgage debenture stock certificate for [£100], 19[12], no.2737, and two ordinary stock certificates, 19[48], capital £14,500,020 and 19[55], capital £15,500,000, ornate border, blue-grey and green respectively, both stamp cancelled, light creasing on all, very fine (4) £80-100
478 Orient Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., £10 5% cumulative Preference shares, 19[07], no.860, single funnel steamship in centre, ornate border, black, printed by Waterlow, Bros and Layton, heavy vertical centre fold but very fine £60-80
477 Elder Dempster and Co. Ltd., £1 preference shares, 19[12], no.2241, signed by Owen Phillips (later Lord Kylsant) as director, steamship in centre, green, together with another similar piece but dated 19[22], no.4880, red, and Lamport and Holt Ltd., £1 preference shares, 19[22], no.6417, steamship in centre, black and pink, very fine, the first rare (3) £80-100
479 Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, a group of certificates comprising; ordinary stock, 61⁄ 2 % cumulative preference stock, and 5% preference stock, 19[21] and 19[22], lilac, green and blue paper respectively; later issue of same 3 denominations, dated 19[35], 19[25] and 19[29], purple, green and blue respectively, and together with White Star Line Ltd., 2 certificates for 61⁄ 2 % cumulative preference shares of £1, 19[28], capital £9 million and 19[32], capital £11 million, both red, all very fine (8) £80-100
Owen Phillips, later Lord Kylsant. Also Chairman of Royal Mail Steam Packet Company from 1903. Started rapid expansion programme, acquiring among others White Star Line in 1927, which eventually led to his downfall and the very high profile prosecution in 1931 for issuing false balance sheets.
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Bridges, Piers, Docks & Harbours 480 Great Dover Street Trust, share transfer document for [£1000] capital stock, 18[41], black printing on thick paper, scrollwork at left, signatures of transferor and transferee, small tears on folds at right edge, toned, fine to very fine £60-80
481 Henley Bridge to Maidenhead Thicket Turnpike Road, a manuscript bond for £500, 1830, issued under Act ‘for more effectually repairing so much of the road’, 4 pages, signatures of 5 of the trustees, annotated with repayments of part of the principal in 1840 and 1841, blind impressed duty stamp for £4, folds but very fine and scarce £60-80
482 Herne Bay Pier Co. Ltd., £5 shares, 19[03], no.2365, decorative panel to left, black, together with Great Yarmouth Wellington Pier Co., £10 share, 18[54], no.895, black, and Needles and Alum Bay Pier Co. Ltd., debenture for £10, 190[3], no.3, black printing, red revenue stamp at top left, all good very fine (3) £80-100
484 Highgate Archway Company, certificate for one £50 share, no.1831, London 18[13], attractive early piece with orange seal at left within scrollwork, black on thick paper, good very fine £150-200 Formed to cut a tunnel through the steep hill at Highgate, North London, which collapsed when almost complete, forming the present cutting. The company then built the bridge across which was rebuilt at the turn of the 20th century.
483 Highgate Archway Company, £50 share, 18[10], no.317, attractive early piece with red paper seal affixed at left, black printing on vellum, good very fine and especially nice condition for this issue £200-250 Formed to cut a tunnel through the steep hill at Highgate, North London, which collapsed when almost complete, forming the present cutting. The company then built the bridge across, which was rebuilt at the turn of the century.
485 Royal Terrace Pier, Gravesend, certificate no.1 for £100 paying interest at 5%, 1845, beautiful vignette of the pier with a paddle steamer moored at the end, black on buff paper, good very fine and rare £300-400 Built in 1844, used by steamers from London. Now controlled by the Port of London Authority. WWW.SpiNK.Com
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486 Southwark Bridge Company, certificate for one share, [1814], no.677, orange paper seal at left, black printing on vellum, old tape marks on reverse which are now visible from the front, otherwise very fine £150-200 Built by John Rennie from cast iron, spanning 240 feet, joining London to Blackfriars. It was the largest bridge ever constructed of cast iron and it bankrupted the iron founders Walkers of Rotherham. Replaced between 1912 and 1921 by the present bridge.
488 Strand Bridge (Waterloo Bridge), a pair of transfer certificates for Annuities, Strand dated 1814 and Waterloo dated 1818, both are printed in black, on vellum, signed by the purchaser who, in both cases, is Fielder Jenkins, blue paper revenue stamps, the first with small split in vellum and both have mount marks on the reverse, very fine (2) £120-150
489 Eddystone Lighthouse, sale of one 32nd part or share in the lighthouse currently being built, to Samuel Hamersley, 1758, for the sum of £420 19s 7d, for a term of 99 years, a handwritten document on 4 pages, signed by the transferors, Ann Hoffshleger and John Betagh and two witnesses to their signatures, very fine condition £300-400
487 Strand Bridge Company, one share, 18[09], no.4677, attractive gold paper seal at left depicting the bridge, black printing on vellum, mount marks on the reverse otherwise very fine £150-200 Designed by John Rennie and built between 1811 and 1817. Its name was changed from Strand Bridge to Waterloo Bridge in 1816 following the defeat of Napoleon the previous year. Opened by the Prince Regent in 1817. This structure was demolished in 1936 to make way for the present bridge.
This certificate relating to the third lighthouse to be built on the Eddystone Rocks in Devon. The first two being destroyed by storm and fire, the third was to be influential in the design of lighthouses of the future. Designed by John Smeaton it was modelled on an Oak tree, and used a concrete base (using hydraulic lime which would set under water). It first operated in 1859, and remained until 1877 when the rocks beneath had become eroded. This lighthouse was removed and rebuilt in Plymouth as a memorial, and a fourth one stands in its place today. 105
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Motor Cars & Cycles
490 A. Darracq & Company (1905), Ltd., £1 ordinary shares, [1906], no.690, automobile at top, ornate border, brown/maroon, text in English and French, with coupons, pinholes and tear at top, heavy folds, fine to very fine £100-120 The company was financed in England from 1905 to 1920, cars being designed and built in France. In 1920 the British firms Sunbeam and Talbot, who had merged in 1919, joined with Darracq and became S.T.D. 491 A. Darracq & Company (1905) Ltd., bearer warrant for 5 ordinary shares of £1 each, [1906], no.1649, illustration of the Darracq Car under title, ornate border, brown, text in English and French, with coupons, very fine £150-200 492 Alldays & Onions Pneumatic Engineering Co. Ltd., £1 ordinary shares, 191[7], no.1341, and £1 6% cumulative and participating B preference shares, 191[9], no.1124, arms at left within ornate border, blue and green respectively, both good very fine (2) £80-100 This old Birmingham engineering company manufactured cycles and motorcycles and produced their first automobile, a small quadricycle, in 1898, followed by 7hp 4 seater model in 1900. Many more models were produced until the company merged in 1918 with Enfield which they had owned for some years.
493 Alldays & Onions Pneumatic Engineering Co. Ltd., 41⁄ 2 % Mortgage debenture for £100, no.310, 1898, large format piece with arms at top, ornate border, green and brown with green underprint, with coupons, repaired edge splits but very fine £80-100 494 Lu-Mi-Num Manufacturing Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 18[96], black, together with Lu-Mi Num Cycle Co. Ltd., ordinary and preference shares of £1, 18[98] and 18[99], blue and red respectively, all issued to the Earl of Norbury, all with scrollwork at left, the first with tears on centre fold, otherwise light creasing but very fine (3) £80-100 495 Singer & Co. Ltd., 2/6d ordinary shares, 190[3], no.1431, black, together with other motoring related certificates comprising Universal Weldless Steel Tubes Co (Ehrhardt’s Process) Ltd., 1898; Automobile Cooperative Association Ltd., 1906/09, 3 different types; Motor Petrol Association Ltd., 1915 and Tarless Fuel Syndicate Ltd., 1910, also includes Maskelyne British Typewriter Ltd., 1896 and New Guadalcazar Quicksilver Mines Ltd., 1896, others (5) and a group of defence Regulation certificates, all issued to the earl of Norbury, many very fine (13+) £60-80
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Aviation
Banks, Insurance & Finance
496 An interesting group of aviation companies, comprising Aircraft Manufacturing Co. Ltd., cumulative participating ‘B’ shares of £1 each, 19[20], no.3884, green; British Aerotechnical Co. Ltd., 2 shilling shares, 192[9] and another 19[30], black; Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Co. Ltd., option certificate 5 shilling shares, 1938, green and black, 3 examples; Westland Aircraft Ltd., 5 shilling shares, 19[62] and 19[68], and a later example for 25p shares, 1983; Fairey Company Ltd., 1960’s and two insurance certificates, generally about very fine (12) £80-100
498 British Insurance company certificates, a small group, mostly late 19th century, a few 1920’s and one later, comprising Brighton and Sussex Union Fire Insurance Co. Ltd., £10 share, 18[82]; Imperial Marine Insurance Co. Ltd., £10 shares, 187[7] and 187[9]; City of London Re-Insurance Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 19[20]; First National Reinsurance Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 19[20]; Traders and General Insurance Association Ltd., £1 shares, 19[20]; Essex Union Insurance Co. Ltd., 19[20]; Port of Manchester Marine Insurance Co (1919) Ltd., 19[20]; Consolidated Assurance Co. Ltd., 19[23]; Mer Insurance Co. Ltd., 19[42]; Liverpool Marine Insurance Co. Ltd., 186[9]; Liverpool Mortgage Insurance Co. Ltd., 18[92], and Union Marine Insurance Co. Ltd., 4 examples, generally very fine (16) £80-100
499 A good collection of Investment and Finance companies, all different, including Stock Conversion and Investment Trust Ltd., 1 shilling shares, 18[91], brown; Thames Trust Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 19[12], blue-black; New Central Investment Corporation Ltd., £1 shares, 189[8], black; Associated Financial Corporation Ltd., 10 shilling preference shares, 190[0]; British America Corporation Ltd., £1 shares, 189[9]; London & Globe Finance Corporation Ltd., £1 shares, 189[7]; Mersey Loan & Discount Co. Ltd., £5 share, 18[70]; Northern Counties Reversionary Interest & Investment Co. Ltd., 18[76] and 18[87]; Northern Investment & Discount Co. Ltd, 1866, and others, fine to very fine at best (15) £80-100
497 Whitehead Aircraft (1917) Limited, 1/- deferred ordinary shares, 19(18), signed by John Whitehead as director, vignette of airfield flanked by small biplanes, underprint of biplane below, yellow and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, together with an option certificate for shares in hawker Siddeley Aircraft Co. Ltd., very fine (2) £100-120
500 A small group of Banking companies, comprising Bank of Egypt Ltd., £25 shares, 190[2], black; Banque Continentale de Paris Ltd., £4 shares, 1903; Cheque Bank Ltd., founders shares, 189[6], and £100 bond, 1876; National Bank Ltd., £5 shares (over written with £1), 19[50], and Anglo-South American Bank Ltd., £10 shares, 19[09] and another 19[34], and £1 ‘B’ shares, 19[30], all very fine or thereabouts (8) £80-100
Founded by John Whitehead in 1915 but reorganised in 1917 when given a large contract to build Sopwith and Farman aircraft under licence. Liquidated in 1919 when their War contracts ceased. John Whitehead made moves in 1920 to manufacture the Whitehead-Thanet motor car but this also came to nothing.
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501 Alliance British & Foreign Life & Fire Assurance Co., £100 shares, London 184[6], no.4729, together with Alliance Marine Assurance Co., £100 consolidated shares, London 18[63], no.431, both signed by Moses Montefiore, black and red printing, good very fine and about very fine (2) £120-150 Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, 1st Baronet, FRS (1784 -1885), financier and banker. Brother in law to Nathan M Rothschild and acted as his stockbroker. A great philanthropist, donating huge sums to promote development of the Levant (Israel). President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews. Promoted many companies in the 1820’s notably the Alliance companies represented here along with Nathan Rothschild. High Sheriff of London in 1837 and knighted in the same year. Created a baronet in 1846. 502 British Shares Investment Corporation Ltd., a group of specimen certificates from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, comprising ordinary share warrants (6), green; preference shares (9), blue; and deferred shares (10), pink, all different showing the complete run of denominations and the numbering sequence, but the 5 and 10 ordinary shares numbered between A315 and A824 are missing, all with ornate borders, with coupons and counterfoil, extremely fine (25) £120-150 503 Charles Lafitte & Co. Ltd., a group of 100 certificates for one £20 share, 1866, fully issued with all signatures and with embossed seal, scrollwork at left, black, text in English and French, very fine to extremely fine (100) £200-250 504 Liverpool Colquitt Street Tontine, certificate of one share, 180[7], no.55 black printing, on vellum, ink cancelled, slightly yellowed vellum, good very fine £60-80 Early life insurance piece with benefits going to the last surviving member.
505 London City & Midland Bank Ltd, £12 shares, 19[17], capital £28,200,000, together with London Joint City & Midland Bank Ltd., a pair of certificates for £2 10s shares, 19[19], capital £41,450,000, and 19[20], capital £45,200,000, all with ornate border and arms at left, black with red seal and blue with blue seal respectively, good very fine and a scarce group (3) £100-120
506 Provident Institution for Life Insurance and Annuities, a group of 4 certificates for one share, 180[7], no.1819-1822, black printing, hand written transfer details at bottom left, very fine (4) £100-150 Name changed in 1813 to Provident Life. Acquired by Alliance Insurance, now Sun Alliance. 507 Provident Institution for Life Insurance and Annuities, a group of 3 certificates for shares of original capital stock, 18[47], 18[56] and 18[57], together with transfer documents, black printing, all on vellum, the first on extra large sheet showing plate impression, first and last with ink cancellation through signatures, all very fine and more scarce than the paper issues of 1807 (3) £120-150
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Mining
Sport and Entertainment
508 A small collection of British mining companies, including Brandley Mining Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 188[8], no.46, black; East Pool and Agar Ltd., 5 shilling shares, 19[28], and 5 shilling shares, [1931], capital amended to £300,000 from £250,000, both red; Pearson and Knowles Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., 6% ‘B’ non-cumulative preference shares of 10 shillings each, 19[29], black, and others, some very small nicks, some with pin holes, about very fine throughout.(10) £60-80
512 A small collection of Gramophone Companies (7), comprising; Orchorsol Sound Reproduction Ltd., 1 shilling shares, 1930, child’s head logo in underprint, black on yellow paper; Orchorsol Gramophones Ltd, one shilling shares, 19[29], black on blue paper; Victoria Gramophones Ltd, 1 shilling shares, 19[28], orange-brown; Duophone and Unbreakable Record Co. Ltd., 10 shilling cumulative participating preference shares, 192[8], black on pink paper; Dominion Gramophone Records Ltd., 1 shilling deferred shares, 1928, black and purple; Symphony Gramophone & Radio Co. Ltd., 2 shilling shares, 19[28], black; and Worldecho Records Ltd., 2 shilling shares, 19[28], purple, generally very fine, some better (7)
509 Hurst’s Mines Ltd., a group of 5% debentures for £100 each (6), of only 250 issued, 1896, no’s.59-61 and 151, 153 and 154, fine intricate border, black printing, red revenue stamps at top left, embossed seal bottom right, slightly rough edges but all better than very fine (6) £80-100
£60-80 513 A group of British theatre companies, early 20th century mainly, a few earlier, mostly share certificates but some debentures comprising; Theatre Royal (Peterborough) Ltd., 19[14], No. 1; Theatre Securities Ltd., 19[28]; Tivoli, Manchester Ltd., 189[6]; Alhambra (Blackpool) Ltd., 189[9], with attractive vignette of the theatre; Palaces Liverpool Ltd., 190[2]; National Drama Company Ltd., [1900]; Morecambe Theatre Company Ltd., 190[1]; Lyceum Theatre Ltd., [1899]; Liverpool Repertory Theatre Ltd., 1921; Lyceum Liverpool, 19[47]; Liverpool Lyceum, 1[902]; General Theatre Corporation Ltd., 19[52]; Dominion Theatre Ltd., 19[28], and Associated County Halls & Theatres Ltd., 19[12], 2 examples, fine to very fine (15) £140-180
Registered in 1896 to acquire leasehold Copper mines in Dolgelly, North Wales. In 1898 the name was changed to Glasdir Copper Mines Ltd.
510 Penryn Granite Quarries Co. Ltd., £20 share, 186[6], no.432, small vignette of ship at dock, black printing, scrollwork at left, together with; Clevedon Hotel Co. Ltd., £10 share, 187[6], black, red seal; and Nidderdale Lead Mining Co. Ltd., 2 preference shares of £1, 186[5], vignette of horse drawn goods trains and bridge, black, very fine to extremely fine (3) £60-80
514 An interesting collection of Cinema and Film companies (25), most from the 1920’s and 30’s, some later, comprising; Bournemouth Electric Theatre Co. Ltd., 19[17]; Western Sound Cinemas Ltd., 19[30]; United Electric Theatres Ltd., 19[18]; Standard Kinematograph Co. Ltd., 19[26]; Record-oFilm Ltd., 19[30] (2); Leamington Picture House Ltd., 19[21]; Irish Cinemas Ltd., 19[35]; Moviecolor Ltd., 19[29]; New Era National Pictures Ltd., 19[28] and 19[30]; Picture Palace (West Bromwich) Ltd., 192[0]; Provincial Cinematograph Theatres Ltd., 192[0]; Gaumont-British Picture Corporation Ltd., 4 examples; Hepworth Picture Plays (1922) Ltd., 192[3], 2 examples; Coliseum Cinema (Southport) Ltd., 19[28]; British Lion Film Corp. Ltd., 19[46] and 19[47]; British and Foreign Films Ltd., 19[28], and Whitehall Films Ltd., 192[8], 2 examples, condition ranging from fine to very fine, nothing with major damage (25) £150-200
511 The Cornish Tin Mining Manual, by H. A. H. Russell, London 1907, 72 page, pocket-size volume, original cloth binding remains beneath new hard cover, scarce. The book, published by Effingham Wilson and printed by Waterlow & Sons, details 25 of the Tin mines still working in Cornwall at this period, fold out map at front, advertisements to the rear, fine condition £70-90
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515 Alpine Sports Ltd., £1 preferred ordinary shares, 19[10], no.73, signed by Sir Henry S. Lunn as director, ornate border, blue, edge tears but about very fine and rare £60-80 Sir Henry Simpson Lunn (1859-1939), founder of one of the UK’s largest travel agencies Lunn Poly. Organised Educational tours where Church leaders would meet and his later tours to Switzerland soon became popular with British visitors to combine religion, health and winter sports. This company was formed in 1908 which soon opened up many new resorts in Switzerland. Founded the Alpine Ski Club in 1908.
517 Blackpool Gigantic Wheel Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 18[96], no.313, decorative title, black, red embossed seal at bottom, good very fine £80-100 The 220ft wheel was built in 1896 in the Blackpool Winter Gardens, to rival the huge Blackpool Tower. Sadly it was short lived, not becoming as successful as the Tower, and was demolished in 1929 by the Tower Company who had taken over the Winter Gardens Company the year prior.
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 519 Crystal Palace Company, a group of four certificates comprising; Second (1898) Debenture Stock, no.360, scrollwork at left, black on pink paper; ordinary capital ‘A’ stock of £1, 18[79], no.1992, red; and ordinary capital ‘B’ redeemable stock of £4, 18[79], no.1792, blue, and a transfer certificate for 20 shares, 185[4], fine to very fine (4) £120-150 520 Gaumont-British Picture Corporation Ltd., 51⁄ 2 % cumulative first preference shares of £1, 19[33], red, together with 10 shilling ordinary shares, 19[28] and 19[29], the latter with capital overprinted from £2,750,000 to £3,750,000, green and black, these printed by Waterlow & Sons, all with ornate border, very fine (3) £60-80 This company was the British branch of the French film company Gaumont. Gained independance in 1922 following Isidore Ostrer’s acquisition of the majority of shares. The company’s Lime Grove Studios produced Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 version of The 39 Steps, and The Lady Vanishes in 1938. Acquired by the Rank Organisation in 1941.
518 Bristol Institution for the Advancement of Science, Literature and the Arts, certificate for one share, 1825, no.488, impressive frieze of crowned figure with Neptune, Britannia and others at top, black printing on vellum, endorsements to 1855 on the reverse, very fine £650-750
521 Liverpool Racquet Club, certificate for one share, no.405, no date, circa 1880, small format with decorative title, black, together with several more sport and recreation companies comprising; Tooting Bec Golf Co. Ltd., two certificates for A and B shares of 1 shilling each, both 19[05], mauve and black respectively; Liverpool Masonic Bowling Club Ltd., one share, 193[9], black; Handsworth Wood Bowling Club Ltd., £1 shares, 1901; Olympic Bowling Club Co. Ltd., Walton, £1 shares, 1[905], and Horley Bowling & Sports Club Ltd., £1 shares, 19[32], generally very fine (7) £100-120
Founded in 1823, designed by Sir Charles Cockerell, later to complete the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. The Institution was a predecessor of the Natural History Museums in London, Oxford and Cambridge, with the discovery of the first complete plesiosaur credited to one of it’s geologists William D. Conybeare. It was taken over by the Bristol City Council in 1894.
522 National Sporting Club Ltd., 6% cumulative redeemable participating preference shares of £1, 19[37], black and red, together with more sporting and associated companies comprising Trackless Hare Ltd., £1 ‘A’ shares, 19[27]; Harringay Arena Ltd., 5 shilling shares, 19[44]; Southern Canine Racing Stadium (Founders’ Syndicate) Ltd., £5 shares, 19[27], with good vignette of a greyhound but sadly with pieces missing at right side; Northolt Park Ltd., £1 shares, 19[47]; Greyhound Investments Ltd., 1 shilling shares, 19[46]; Greyhound Racing and Breeding Association Ltd. (3), 19[28], and Greyhound Racing Association Trust Ltd., 19[44] and 19[56] (2), fine to very fine (12) £80-100
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525 Sunderland Athenaeum, certificate for one share, 1843, no.91, small format piece on vellum, black printing, very fine £120-150 523 Palace Theatre Ltd., £1 preference shares, fully paid, 189[3], no.1049, signed by George de Reuter as director, vignette of the theatre at top, black on pink paper, very fine and scarce £60-80 The theatre was commissioned by D’Oyly Carte and was opened in 1891 as the Royal English Opera House. It still stands, much unaltered and dominates Cambridge Circus in central London. Sold to this company in 1893 as a Variety Theatre and also screened films from 1897. Had a succession of owners including, more recently, Andrew Lloyd Webber, since 1983. Les Miserables was performed there from 1985 to 2004. Lloyd Webber sold to Nimax Theatres in 2012.
Opened by the Literary and Philosphical Society and housed a museum of pieces from the city’s first library.
526 Sunderland Theatres Ltd., a group of 131 first mortgage 5% debentures for £100, 1896, large format, black with red paper seal, blue cancellation through signatures, only 160 issued, good very fine (131) £400-500 Registered 1895 to acquire the Avenue Theatre and Theatre Royal, Sunderland. Liquidated 1907.
524 Royal Panopticon of Science and Art, certificate for one share, 185[1], no.3989, issued to Daniel Mildred, partner in the private Bank of Mastermans in London, very ornate border with small vignettes of allegorical figures, names of famous scientists in medallions such as Newton, Watt, Faraday and Davy, black, mauve embossed seal, good very fine £80-100 A large and impressive structure in Moorish style, erected in Leicester Square, to hold scientific exhibitions. The building opened in 1854 just before the outbreak of the Crimean War and the company failed within 2 years. Sold and turned into the Alhambra. The Odeon cinema now stands on the site.
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527 527 Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, a large indenture, 1793, certifying the subscription of Houghton James of Grosvenor Place to share no.197 in the theatre, signed by Albany Wallis, Richard Ford and Thomas Hammersley as trustees, large folio document, on vellum, huge and impressive vignette, 5” x 14” of the new theatre at the top, a very fine and very clean clean copy £3,500-4,000 This theatre was rebuilt on a large scale by Irish playright and poet, Richard Brinsley Sheridan in 1793 and opened in 1794. The finances were divided into 300 shares. It was burnt down in 1809 and was such a huge loss to Sheridan that the House of Commons adjourned as a mark of sympathy. Rebuilt again by 1812 by a new joint stock company. 113
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Commercial & Industrial
528 Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, certificate for 1 share, 181[2], no.1086, large plan of the theatre at top left, title to right, black on thick paper, paper seal at bottom right, some surface dirt and trifolded but otherwise very fine £200-300 The company was formed following the disastrous fire of 1809 that destroyed the previous structure. The new theatre, designed by Benjamin Wyatt opened in 1812. A restoration project announced in 2013 by Andrew LloydWebber’s Really Useful Theatres group who own the theatre.
529 An interesting group of Cemetery and Right of Burial certificates, comprising; Edinburgh & Leith Cemetery Co, 18[61], attractive piece with allegorical figures and view of cemetery at top, brown printing on blue paper; Sighthill Cemetery, 18[73], vignette of cemetery entrance at top, black, on vellum; Gartsherrie Church, 18[47], 4 pages, black; Toxteth Park Cemetery, 187[2], black and blue print, and Edinburgh Cemetery at Warriston, 18[75], two examples, view over cemetery at top, black, very fine or thereabouts (6) £80-100 530 A large and varied collection of British Publishing companies, late 19th century to 1960’s, a few earlier, including; Hansard Publishing Union Ltd., ordinary shares and preference shares, 1889/90; Soulby’s Ulverston Advertiser Co., £10 debenture (2), 189[7]; General Newspapers Ltd., £1 shares, 19[30]; Daily Mail Trust Ltd., Associated Newspapers Ltd., Cosmopolitan Publications Ltd., Phoenix Press Ltd., News of the World Ltd., Daily Mail and General Trust Ltd. (numerous), and others, some duplication, many very fine, some better (51) £150-200
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 531 A lovely group of British water and gas company certificates, mid 19th to very early 20th century, comprising; West Melton Water Works Co. Ltd., £1 share, 18[84]; Kendal Union Gas and Water Co., 18[46] and 18[78]; Hampton Court Gas Co., £10 share, 186[8]; Matlock Consumers Gas Light & Coke Co. Ltd., £1 share (6 examples), 1865-66; Warrington Gas-light & Coke Co., 18[48]; Briton Ferry Gas and Coke Consumers Co. Ltd., 186[1]; Bucks & Oxon District Gas & Coke Co. Ltd., 1907; Matlock Bath Water Works Co., 186[7]; Shoreham and District Waterworks Co., 18[70]; East London Water Works Co., 185[8] and 18[60]; South Lincolnshire Water Co., 19[09], and Manchester and Salford Water Works, transfer note dated 18[22], on vellum, fine to very fine (20) £150-200
533 British Aluminium Company Ltd., a collection of specimen certificates from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archives dating from the 1920’s to the 1940’s comprising; debenture to bearer for £100, and registered debenture for £100, both with vignette of factory, ornate border, blue & peach and green respectively; ordinary shares, 6% cumulative preference shares (2, in different colours), 6% cumulative preference stock and 3% mortgage debenture stock, all with ornate border, various capital amounts, some with red circular Bradbruy stamp, others stamped ‘specimen’, about extremely fine (7) £100-120
534 Carl Hentschel Ltd., 10/- ordinary shares, 19[12], no.516, signed by Carl Hentschel as director, attractive piece with vignettes in scrollwork at left of Fleet Street and the company logo, black, good very fine and scarce £60-80 Carl Hentschel (1864-1930), born in Poland but came to London with his family in 1869. Set up this business in 1887 producing photo engraved illustrations, acquiring factories in Fleet Street. By 1894 the company had become the largest of its kind in England and also claimed to be the largest in the world. His friend Jerome K. Jerome used Hentschel as the character Harris in the novels ‘Three Men in a Boat’ and ‘Three Men on the Brummel’. 532 British Aluminium Company Ltd., a group of specimen certificates from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archives dating from the 1920’s to the 1940’s comprising; registered debenture for £100, vignette of factory at top, green and black, small hole cancel; ordinary shares, 6% cumulative preference stock, 6% cumulative preference shares and 3% mortgage debenture stock, all with ornate border, orange, mauve, brown and blue-black respectively, some with red circular Bradbury stamp, others stamped ‘specimen’, about extremely fine (5) £80-100 115
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boNdS aNd Share CertifiCateS of the WorLd 535 Colour Snapshots (Foreign) Ltd., a group of 10 certificates for 2 shilling shares with capital of £325,000, brown, and Colour Snapshots (1928) Ltd., 4 shilling shares, capital £350,000, blue (10), all 19[29], ornate borders, embossed seal at bottom, generally good very fine (20) £60-80 Set up in 1928 to provide countries of the World (except the British Empire, U.S.A., Japan and China) with the first method of producing colour printed photographs using a standard camera.
536 Domo Remedies Ltd., three certificates, founders shares of 1 shilling, and 7% preference shares of 4 shillings, 19[37], and founders shares of 1 shilling, 19[39], all issued to the Earl of Norbury, the first two with simple printing, blue and red respectively, the latter with ornate border (template certificate), blue-grey, all very fine (3) £60-80 Produced an ointment called Domolene, ‘The Miracle Ointment’, a multi-purpose cream that claimed it “stops boils, carbuncles, pimples, sores, cuts and skin troubles usually at night.”
537 Eastbourne College Ltd., one ‘class A’ share, 1903, black printing on pink paper, together with Eastbourne College (Incorporated), foundation certificate allowing the holder the right to nominate one pupil for admission, 191[2], blue printing; Metropolitan Academy of Music Ltd., £1 cumulative preference shares, 2 examples dated 192[2] and 192[4], ornate border, red printing, very fine, one with tear on fold (4) £60-80
538 First Gloucestershire (Bristol) Rifles Head Quarters Company Ltd., three certificates for £5 shares, all 186[3], no.1099, 1100 and 1102, decorative title, scrollwork at left, green, embossed seal bottom right, together with related paperwork (4), light creases and negligable foxing on all, very fine (7) £60-80
539 George Lee and Sons Ltd., a group of 4% debenture bonds of £100 each, 1886, scrollwork at left, black, impressed red revenue stamp, mostly near extremely fine (48) £150-180
540 Howe Machine Company S.A., 100 franc share, Brussels 1889, no.18067, the company’s Glasgow factory at bottom, sewing machine and cyclist at left and right, Elias Howe, the inventor, medallion at top, brown and green, with all coupons, about extremely fine £60-80 Elias Howe patented the lock stitch sewing machine in 1846 and founded the company in 1865 with partners the Stockwell brothers. Expanded to offices in London, and later Scotland. Like many such businesses started to manufacture bicycles during the boom period. The medallion seen on the certificate was the company trade mark and was embedded into every machine they produced.
541 Humber & Goddard Ltd., a pair of certificates, £1 shares, 18[96], no.2, and £1 preference shares, 18[98], no.67, decorative title and scrollwork at left side with ‘the Nelson trade mark’ inset, black and blue respectively, both good very fine (2) £60-80 Manufacturers of cycles under the Nelson brand at Beeston, Nottinghamshire.
Spinners and dyers of knitted woolen goods in Wakefield, Yorkshire, established in 1830.
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 546 Stamp Distribution Syndicate Ltd., £1 shares, fully paid up, 189[-], no.145, decorative title and scrollwork at left, black, pin holes at top left, otherwise good very fine £60-80 The Stamp Distribution Syndicate, Ltd. were granted permission by the Postmaster General to issue stamp booklets from vending machines. Post Office records indicate that some 160,000 booklets were sold between 2nd May and 6th August 1891. However due to numerous technical difficulties the Postmaster General decided to withdraw their permission in May 1892.
542 Liverpool Hide, Skin and Fat Market Company, un-issued certificate for one share of £5, 1849, black printing on waxed paper, together with a certificate of provisional registration, January 184[9] under the Act of 1844 and a Limited Company certificate of Incorporation, November 185[6], very fine (3) £60-80
543 Low Moor Company Ltd., a group of 20 6% First Mortgage debentures each for £100, 1888 (11), reissue, 1901 (1 only) and re-issue 1914 (8), large format pieces, black printing, 4 pages, together with Robert Heath and Low Moor Ltd., one certificate for £1 shares, 19[21], ornate border, green, and a group of debentures for £20 (1), £50 (3) and £100 (7), all 19[20], ornate border, green, blue and brown respectively, printed by Waterlow & Sons, 4 pages, very fine, some better (31) £120-150 Robert Heath and Low Moor Ltd. was a combination of Robert Heath and Sons, owners of the Norton Ironworks at Stoke-on-Trent and the Low Moor Company of Bradford, owning numerous coal and ironstone mines in Yorkshire and Staffordshire. Heath also built numerous steam locomotives between 1888 and 1926. Collapsed in 1928.
544 Montague Burton Ltd., collection of five certificates; fully paid ordinary shares of 10 shillings (2), 19[35], black, another with print variety, 19[38], black; 7% cumulative preference shares of £1, 19[38], red and black; 10 shilling ordinary shares, 19[50], ornate border, black; and ‘A’ non-voting ordinary shares of 10 shillings, 1957, ornate border, purple, all have embossed seal, all cancelled, very fine (5) £60-80
547 Vickers Sons & Maxim Ltd., a specimen certificate for 25 shares of £1, from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, 19[—], printer’s annotation for 1907, very attractive piece with vignettes of warship, naval gun, and field gun, green and black, stamped specimen in no. box and signature area, annotation at top left, good very fine and rare £350-400
545 North of England Industrial Iron & Coal Co. Ltd., a group of 17 certificates for one share of £10, first issue, [1870], scrollwork at left, black on pink paper, adhesive revenue stamp, printed in Wakefield, Yorkshire, very fine to extremely fine although the last piece has some discolouration and a tear through the seal (17) £100-150
Formed originally in 1828 as a steel foundry, the company went on to produce many items for the Royal Navy from the “Naval Construction Yard” at Barrow, having acquired The Barrow Shipbuilding Company in 1897, along with the Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunitions Company. The company later moved into producing armaments such as the Maxim machine gun, and various aircraft for the Royal Air Force. 117
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IRELAND 548 Belfast & County Down Railway Co., 3% debenture stock, 19[26], no.1818, and 19[48], no.2389, both blue, and 4% debenture stock, 19[48], no.3428, red, all have embossed seal, good very fine (3) £60-80
549 Cork & Waterford Railway, ten shares of £25, 1845, no.18836-18845, orange-red, together with four more Irish Railways comprising; Waterford, Dungarvan and Lismore Railway Co., £10 shares, 187[5], ornate border, lilac; Southern Railway Co., £100 debenture B stock, [1881], black; Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway Co., transfer certificate for 5% preference shares, 187[5], red; and blank cheque from the Ulster Railway Co., 18[—], no.1061, red, very fine (5) £80-100
551 Limavady & Dungiven Railway Co., ordinary £10 shares, fully paid, 1882, no.8, plain border, black, embossed seal, printed in Belfast, good very fine £60-80
552 Limavady & Dungiven Railway Co., £10 shares, 1882 together with other Irish railways comprising Strabane Raphoe and Convoy Railway Co., £10 shares, un-issued (2); Belfast & County Down Railway Co., ordinary stock, 19[46]; Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours Co., guaranteed preference stock, 19[38]; Waterford and Tramore Railway Co., un-issued £10 shares, 185-, and a blank cheque from the Ulster Railway Co., very fine and better (7) £80-100
550 Finn Valley Railway Co., one £10 share, 18[63], no.3408, decorative title and scrollwork at left, blue, not signed by Secretary, some light foxing, very fine £60-80
553 Newry & Enniskillen Railway Co., £50 share, 18[53], no.10084, black, embossed seal, together with; Enniskillen, Bundoran & Sligo Railway Co., £10 shares, 186[2], black with brown underprint, title amended from Enniskillen and Bundoran Railway, this folded separated and repaired; Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Co., 5% preference shares for £10, 1858, blue, seal removed; and transfer certificate from the Enniskillen, Bundoran and Sligo Railway Co., very fine (4) £100-120
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557 City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, transfer certificate for £100 capital stock, 18[35], scrollwork at left, black, very fine £60-80
554 Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Railway Co., one share, 1846, no.1261, black printing, on waxed paper, red paper seal at bottom depicting steam locomotive, printed in Belfast, about extremely fine £80-100
555 Waterford & Limerick Railway Co., £50 share, 1845, no.3709, attractive coat of arms within medallion top centre, blue, pink embossed seal, edge tear at right, good very fine £60-80
556 Castlederg & Victoria Bridge Tramway Company, certificate for £10 shares, 18[917], decorative title and scrollwork at left, red, and four separate hand written notes concerning the line, some from William Irwin as Secretary and Manager, together with Dublin & Lucan Steam Tramway Co., cumulative preference shares, 1[922], red, and Belfast Omnibus Co. Ltd., £1 ordinary shares, 19[32], nice vignette of motor bus, black, pale blue underprint, fine to very fine (3) £80-100
558 Derry City Football and Athletic Club Ltd., ordinary shares of 5 shillings each, 19[39], no.245, scrollwork at left, blue printing, very fine £60-80 559 A good collection of Irish Mining certificates, comprising; Carberry West Mining Company of Ireland, 10 shares of 10 shillings each, not dated, blue printing on linen; Carysfort Mining Co. Ltd., £2.10s shares, 186[4], black and green; Connorree Mining Co. Ltd., 5 shares of £1, 18[59], black, with a transfer certificate dated 1865; Coosheen Minerals Ltd., 5 shilling shares, 19[06], black; Duneen Bay Mineral Co. Ltd., £10 shares, 188[3], black; Holyford Copper Mining Co. Ltd., 5 shares of £1, 186[4]; Holyford Mining Co. Ltd., £10 shares, 18[67]; Victoria Slate Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 18[92]; West Cork Mining Co., £50 share, [1836]; Youghall Mining Co., one share, 1848, generally fine to very fine, a few better, several rare (11) £180-220 119
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boNdS aNd Share CertifiCateS of the WorLd 560 Holyford Copper Mining Co. Ltd., a group of 41 certificates each for 5 shares of £1, 186[4], scrollwork at left, black, embossed seal depicts harp, generally good very fine and better £200-300
564 An interesting and varied collection of Irish certificates, including; Official Co-operative Society (Ltd.) Dublin, £5 shares, 18[74]; Electric Telegraph Company of Ireland, 5 shares of £1 each, 185[2]; Bagnalstown Gas Co. Ltd., £1 preference shares, 19[06]; Kehoe, Donnelly & Pakenham Ltd., £5 preference shares, 18[91]; Belfast Banking Co., transfer certificate, 187[8] and letter of allotment, 1901; J. H. Hunter & Co. Ltd., £5 preference shares, 18[94]; Powell & Mooney Ltd., ordinary and preference shares, both 189[7], and preference shares 19[09]; Pile Ltd., preference and ordinary shares, 189[6], together with a proof on card; Pile, Powell & Mooney Ltd., un-issued piece for preference shares, printed on card; with a group of receipts and billheads from saddle makers, drapers, jewellers, hotels etc, and others, condition varies from fine to very fine at best (57) £180-220
Literature
561 Theatre Royal, Belfast, a debenture, 1871, certifying that James Kennedy of Belfast may have free admission to the theatre at any time, signed by Joseph Frederick Warden as Manager of the theatre, black printing on vellum, cancelled, notes of probate at bottom in red, good very fine £60-80 562 Theatre Royal, Belfast, two debentures, each allowing the holder free admission to the theatre, and permission to grant admission to others, both 1871, large format, black printing on vellum, blue adhesive embossed revenue stamp at top left, very fine (2) £150-180 563 A small group of 10 Irish certificates, comprising; Waterford and Limerick Railway Co., £50 shares, 184[5], company seal at top, blue; Connemara Mining Co. of Ireland, 5 shares of £1, London 1852, blue (2); Glenaulin & Carivilleen Mining Co. of Ireland, 5 shares of 10 shillings, London 1852, black (2); Electric Telegraph Co. of Ireland, 5 shares of £1, 185[2], black; Holyford Copper Mining Co. Ltd., 5 shares of £1, 186[4], black, and Waterford, Dungarvan and Lismore Railway Co., 5% guaranteed preferred shares of £10 each, 187[6] (2) and 18[86] (this one damaged where mounted previously), a couple with very light marking, otherwise good very fine, last three very fine and fine (as noted) (10) £150-200
565 The Stock Exchange Year-Book 1912, by Thomas Skinner, LII + 2098pp + L plus adverts, original embossed cloth covered boards, gilt lettering, a little rubbed, small split on spine, completely disbound but otherwise in good condition £100-150 566 The Stock Exchange Year-Book 1919, by Thomas Skinner, LIV + 2096pp plus adverts, original embossed cloth covered boards, gilt lettering, a little rubbed, completely disbound but otherwise in good condition £80-120 567 The Stock Exchange Official Intelligence 1928, Vol. XLVI, edited by the Secretary of the Share & Loan Department of the Stock Exchange, CLX + 2082pp plus adverts, black cloth covers, gilt lettering, contents mounted on front, completely disbound but otherwise good condition £60-80 568 The Stock Exchange Official Intelligence 1936, Vol. XLVI, by Thomas Skinner, CCXX + 3488pp plus adverts, black cloth covers, gilt lettering, contents mounted on front, sides include tabs denoting various sections, completely disbound but contents in good condition, binding fair £60-80
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AUSTRIA
569 A group of European Railway companies, mainly Spanish, comprising Cia. del Ferro-Carril de Palencia á Ponferrada Noroeste de España, 1900 reales (500 francs) bond, 1862, lovely scrollwork border and steam engine at bottom, black on buff; Cia. de los Caminos de Hierro Sur de España, 500 peseta share, 1910, ornate border with steam train at bottom, port and factory scenes and coats of arms, green and black; Cia. de los Ferrocarriles Economicos de Villena á Alcoy y Yecla, 475 peseta bond, 1902, winged female to left, steam train bottom right, blue and pink; S.A. Tranvia á Vapor de Madrid á Colmenar Viejo y Ramal á Chamartin de la Rosa, 500 peseta mortgage bond, 1898; Cia. del Ferro Carril de Madrid a Villa del Prado, 300 peseta bond; Compagnie des Mines et Chemins de Fer Bacares-Almeria et Extensions, 500 franc share; Cia. del Ferrocarril de Zafra á Huelva, 500 peseta bond; Cia. Anonima de los Ferro-Carriles Sevilla-Jerez-Cadiz, 1900 reale share, and Cia. de los Ferrocarriles Oeste de España, 500 peseta share, all good very fine, the first few almost extremely fine (9) £80-100
AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE 571 Austrian Government International Loan, 1930, 7% Sterling Bond for £100, no.18256, allegorical female at top, ornate border, green and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd., with coupons, overprinted in red on face noting British ownership in 1938, good very fine £80-100
572 Galican Standard Oil Mining Co. Ltd., 8% participating preference shares of £1 each, 19[13], no.1062, and Galican Oil Lands & Royalties Trust Ltd., 8% participating preference shares of £1 each, 19[14], no.6578, both with oilfield and refinery scene within title, ornate border, brown and blue, and red and purple respectively, together with Ratoczyn Extended Oilfields Ltd., 1 shilling ordinary shares, and £1 7% preference shares, both 191[4], blue and red respectively, some creasing, the latter two with small tears, fine to very fine (4) £80-100
570 Maritime Association of Ragusa, certificate for 200 florin share, Ragusa [1870], no.1900, beautiful piece with ornate border including allegorical figures at sides, Pope surrounded by scrollwork at bottom, and shipping scenes, black with buff underprint, stamped ANNULATO, slight ink bleed through at right side, otherwise good very fine £100-120
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573 Wolford Aktiengesellschaft, 100 schilling share, 1995, no.3678, full colour and gold printed vignette of painting with figures of Greek Goddess Athene and Egyptian Goddess, originally by Gustav Klimt, with all coupons, extremely fine or better £60-80
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Manufacturer of hosiery and lingerie founded in 1949.
BELGIUM 574 Brussels Motor Cab Co. Ltd., a pair of certificates for 5 and 10 participating preferred ordinary shares of £1, 19[10], no.6563 and no.1146, both with facsimile signature of Davison Dalziel, ornate border, blue and green respectively, both with coupons, good very fine (2) £60-80 Davison Alexander Dalziel, 1st Baron Dalziel of Wooler (17 October 1852 – 18 April 1928), in 1890 formed, Dalziel’s News Agency, acquiring controlling stakes in the Standard and Evening Standard newspapers in 1910. He sold off his newspaper interests to concentrate on the taxi cab industry, setting up several companies including General Motor Cab Company Ltd, the Pullman Car Company and the International Sleeping Car Share Trust Ltd. His interests spread to numerous taxi companies in the major cities of Europe.
575 Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits et des Grands Express Europeens S.A., 51⁄ 2 % bond for 500 francs, Brussels 1919, no.39484, signed by Rene Nagelmackers as one of the administrators, lovely art nouveau style border with express train at bottom, red, without coupons, rough edge where coupons removed, otherwise extremely fine £60-80
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 577 La Belgique Prévoyante, bond for 500 francs, Brussels 19[30], no.32611, lovely piece presented in book, vignette of family under tree, farming and industrial scenes, ornate border, blue with pink underprint, tear along crease at left, otherwise very fine £60-80
576 Kursaal de Lille S.A., 100 franc share, Lille 190[2], no.3011, colourful piece with allegorical females at each side, purple and tan with pale green underprint, with coupons, single vertical fold, otherwise good very fine £80-100
578 S.A. de la Compagnie Continentale d’Incandescence, certificate for 5 shares, Brussels 1896, no.45346-350, very pretty piece with ornate border incorporating allegorical females at each side, lights at bottom, brown with green underprint, with coupons, good very fine, and a very rare piece £80-100
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580 579 Trust Colonial S.A., a group of 49 certificates for 100 franc share, Brussels 1899, ornate border with allegorical females at bottom, red, stamped endorsement on face, with coupons, very fine and better (49) £150-200
BULGARIA 580 Kingdom of Bulgaria, 7% Settlement Loan, 1926, bond for £500, no.00646, of only 868 issued, large format piece with vignette of peasants in field, ornate border, green and black, printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., with coupons, near extremely fine and rare £120-150
581 Kingdom of Bulgaria, 7% Settlement Loan, 1926, bond for £1000, no.00020, of only 467 issued, large format piece with vignette of peasants in field, ornate border, blue and black, printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., with coupons, extremely fine and rare £150-200 581 WWW.SpiNK.Com
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 582 Kingdom of Bulgaria, 71⁄ 2 % Stabilisation Loan, 1928, bond for £500, no.00959, of only 847 issued, large format piece with vignette of allegorical figure, ornate border, green and black, printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., with coupons, good very fine and rare £120-150
583 Kingdom of Bulgaria, 71⁄ 2 % Stabilisation Loan, 1928, bond for £1000, no.00228, of only 408 issued, large format piece with vignette of allegorical figure, ornate border, blue and black, printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., with coupons, very fine and rare £150-200
582
584 “Astra” S.A. pour l’Industrie de Chaussures, 100 leva share, Sofia 1912, no.1355, attractive piece with ornate border, underprint of cog and shoe, brown and blue, with coupons, extremely fine £60-80
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585 Banque de Rose, 100 leva share, Sofia 1917, no.11837 large ornate piece with vignettes of peasants, picking crops, distillery and river scenes, blue with salmon pink underprint, adhesive revenue stamp, no coupons, good very fine £60-80
586 Brewing Company, Bulgaria, 10 shares of 500 lev, (5000 lev), 1921, no.10861-70, attractive piece with vignettes of the brewery at bottom, art nouveau style borders, black, grey and buff, small hole cancelled, good very fine £80-100
588 Société Anonyme par Actions “Aeroplane” Plovdiv, 50 leva share, Plovdiv 1912, large format piece with three vignettes of monoplane, airfield and pilot sitting in cockpit, text in Bulgarian and French, blue and brown, with coupons, small cancellation holes, heavy centre fold, very fine £200-300
589 Société Centrale de Construction “Sredetz”, 100 leva share, Sofia 1917, no.07819, allegorical female on plinth in centre, ornate border, red and black with buff underprint, text in Bulgarian and French, with coupons, good very fine £60-80
587 “Napredak” Bank, 100 leva share, 1918, no.61273, vignette of bank building at top, allegorical female at each side, pink, olive green and black, with coupons, together with Union of Volksbank, 100 leva share, 1946, no.1775, bold art nouveau border, underprint vignette of bank building, green, both good very fine (2) £60-80
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CZECHOSLOVAKIA
590 “Isis”, 5 shares of 200 kr, 1920, no.31831-35, ornate border, brown and black with decorative blue underprint, with coupons, slight discolouration at corners, otherwise good very fine £60-80
593 “Lux”, Electric Filament Factory, Prague, 1000 koruna share, 1920, no.730, nice piece with border of lightbulbs, brown and black, with coupons, almost extremely fine £60-80
DANZIG
591 Jugoslav-American Navigation Company Ltd., warrant to bearer for 50 shares of 25 dinars each, Split 1924, no.47201-250, lovely piece with scenes of port and shipping at top, ornate border with scrollwork, red and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with coupons, Jugoslav Lloyd Ltd. overprinted across face in red, good very fine £80-100
592 Krapinaer Kohlengewerkschaft, ‘kux-schein’, Agram 1902, no.749, fine border, black printing, 4 pages, good very fine £60-80
594 Municipality of Danzig, 7% Mortgage Loan of 1925, bond for £100, no.B3457, large format piece, city view at top, ornate border, orange and black, printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., with coupons, good very fine and scarce £220-250 127
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DENMARK
ESTONIA
595 Danish Producers Loan Fund Committee Guaranteed 5% Loan, 1928, a group of specimen bonds for $1000, from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, varying dates due from 1 July 1934 to 1 July 1940, large format pieces with allegorical female at top with field of wheat to left and fishermen at right, green and black, all with coupons, small hole cancels, extremely fine (6) £80-100
596 Republic of Estonia (Banking & Currency Reform), 7% Loan, 1927, bond for £500, no.B065, of only 100 issued, vignette of city and river scene, green and black, printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., with coupons, signs of some handling but almost extremely fine and very rare £150-200
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599 Republic of Finland, 7% External Loan Sinking Fund Gold Bond, specimen certificate for $1000 from the American Bank Note Co. archive, 1925, allegorical figures flanking coat of arms at top, ornate border, dark blue and black, small hole cancels, with coupons, good very fine £120-150
597 Republic of Estonia (Banking & Currency Reform), 7% Loan, 1927, bond for £1000, no.C074, of only 100 issued, vignette of city and river scene, mauve and black, printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., with coupons, talon torn but good very fine and very rare £250-300 598 Aktsiaselts “Laferme” Tallinna, a set of 3 certificates for 1, 10, and 20 shares of 50 krooni each, 1921, “Laferme” monogram at top, ornate borders, mauve, red and brown respectively, with coupons, extremely fine (3) £60-80 This tobacco company was set up in Tallinn just after Estonia had obtained its independence from Russia by the owners of the then Russian “La Ferme” company. Tobacco production continued on this coastal resort until 1960.
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600 Borga Angfartygs Aktiebolag, 500 mark share, Borga 1928, no.707, attractive piece with steam ship at top and ornate border, black and buff, 4 pages, adhesive revenue stamps on face, extremely fine £60-80 601 Marja Osakeyhtiö, 10 shares of 400 marks, Parola [1952], no.11291-11300, pretty art nouveau border and berries on vine decorating title, red, green and buff, with coupons, together with Ita-Savon Maakuntahotelli Oy Osakekirja, 1000 mark share, 1988, no.1488, vignette of fortress surrounded by water at top, marble effect border, red, grey and black, with coupons, both extremely fine (2) £60-80
602 Mikkelin Konepaja Osakeyhtiö, certificate for 1000 Finnish marks, Mikkelissa 1922, no.143, vignette of factory under title, bold border, black, brown and buff, with coupons, extremely fine £80-100
603 Banque Continentale de Paris Ltd., warrant to bearer for 1 share of £4, London 189[9], no.A454, lovely piece with ornate scrolled border, blue and black, with coupons, printed by Waterlow & Sons, stain at left side, otherwise very fine £80-100
604 Banque Franco-Americaine S.A., 100 franc share, 1905, no.13629, statue of Liberty at bottom with steam train and allegorical female, blue, capital overprint in red, with coupons, extremely fine £60-80
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608 605 Banque Populaire de Cençay, un-issued certificate for 100 franc shares, 190[-], large format piece with art nouveau border, red and blue, some water damage to right side, very fine £60-80
606 Brasserie Coopérative du Tilleul, 25 franc share, Tourcoing 190[7], no.1485, ornate art nouveau border, underprint of bundle of wheat, green and buff, numerous hand stamps on face, some holes worn on creases, about very fine £60-80 609 Compagnie Franco-Tunisienne de Navigation, 100 franc share, Marseille 190[0], no.01944, very attractive piece with cityscape and port scenes at bottom, architectural border, black with olive green underprint, with coupons, very fine £150-180
607 Chambre Syndicale des Débitants de Vins, unissued 1000 franc share, circa 1909, no.249, large format piece, border of grape vines and underprinted silhouette of grape vine, grey-green, with coupons, very fine £60-80
608 Compagnie des Grands Express Aèriens S.A., 500 franc share, Paris 192[2], no.0505, ornate border including coats of arms and landmark buildings, underprint vignette of aeroplane, blue and green, with coupons, about extremely fine £100-120 Pioneering French airline formed in 1919 and operating until 1923 when it was merged with Compagnie des Messageries Aeriennes, forming Air Union. The company used converted bombers as passenger aircraft from Le Bourget in Paris to Croydon Aerodrome in London.
610 Compagnie “Les Assurances Réunies”, 100 franc share, Paris 190[4], no.00457, attractive piece with very ornate border including vignettes of firefighters at burning building and sinking ship, black, brown ‘100’ underprinted, with coupons, about extremely fine £60-80 131
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611 Compagnie Parisienne des Voitures Électriques, 100 franc share, Paris 1900, no.2476, ornate border with motor cars down left side, brown on buff, together with Taxis-Citroën S.A., 100 franc share, 1924, no.11830, ornate border with motor car at top, brown and yellow, both with coupons, good very fine (2) £80-100
613 Grand Garage de la Motte Picquet S.A., 500 franc share, Paris 1928, no.3987, vignette of the large garage building at top, border of wheels, underprint vignette of the Eiffel Tower, red, with coupons, extremely fine £80-100
614 Hélice Mobile, dividend share, Paris 1863, no.2412, allegorical figures at top, ornate border with river dock scene at bottom, blue, with coupons, very fine £80-100
612 Etablissements Lèon Volterra et Thèatre Marigny, 100 franc share, Paris 1927, no.62885, theatrical figures play instruments and dance at bottom, blue and yellow, with coupons, good very fine £80-100
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617 La Vigne, a group of 88 certificates for one bond of 500 francs, Toulouse [1892], ornate border of vines and grapes, coats of arms at top and bottom, green, with coupons, mostly extremely fine or better (88) £200-250
615 La Cigale Théatre-Concert S.A., 100 franc share, Paris 1900, no.04378, ornate border, allegorical females with music score at bottom, mauve and green, with coupons, about extremely fine £80-100 Originally built in 1887 but remodelled in 1894 and commenced its golden years of entertainment. By 1920 the theatre was used for operettas and music hall (Vaudeville). Continuing its decline the theatre was converted to a cinema in 1940, later showing x-rated films. Starting in 1981 when the hall was classified as a national monument the theatre has been refurbished and modernised and is now home to many music and arts performances.
618 Le Grand Globe Céleste de Paris, Ltd., bearer warrant for 5 shares of £1, London 1899, signed by the Duke of Beaufort as Director, vignette of the huge globe built at the Quai d’Orsay, along the Seine, ornate border, blue, text in English and French, good very fine £60-80
616 La Rebecquoise Laiterie et Fromagerie, 500 franc share, 1887, no.95, vignette to left of milkmaid with cattle behind, black printing, good very fine and a rare piece £60-80
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619 Montgolfier, Bechetoille, Duret & Cie., certificate for 5000 franc share, 1828, no.102, attractive piece with vignette of the paper mill at top and ornate border, black nice condition, good very fine £300-400 Paper manufacturers based in Tielly, Loire, France.
620 S.A. du Journal “L’Eclair”, 500 franc share, Paris 189[1], no.1339, lovely piece with architectural border, allegorical figures with printing press at bottom, blue and peach, with coupons, overstamped in red with reduction to capital in 1897, good very fine £80-100 An independent political journal which ceased publication in August 1944.
621 S.A. Francaise des Etablissements Emringer & Marchand, 500 franc share, Paris 1899, no.3309, attractive piece with border of allegorical females, factory buildings at top, blue and green, with coupons, good very fine £60-80 Manufacturers of equipment for soda and mineral water production, syphon heads etc.
622 Soc. Francaise d’Armes Automatiques de St.Etienne (Bernardon & Cie), 100 franc share, st.Etienne 190[8], no.00310, ornate border with industrial scenes at bottom, allegorical figures at either side, brown and black, with coupons, extremely fine £60-80 Automatic handgun manufacturer, later to become Bernardon Martin. A conventional weapon of which few were made apart from a flurry of activity in 1908 and 1909 when this company was operating the factory. They used the trade name of ‘Hermetic’ which was stamped on the guns.
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623 Société de Fabrique de Choucroute et de Conserves d’Oseille de l’Est, 50 franc share, 190[3], no.318, ornate border of scrollwork, art nouveau style ladies at either side, blue-black with yellow underprint, with coupons, good very fine £60-80
626 Société Française des Plaques & Produits Photographiques du Dr. E. Clément, 100 franc share, Paris 1906, no.6595, lovely art nouveau style piece with ornate border and allegorical females at left and top, blue, green and red, with coupons, good very fine £60-80
624 Société Etablissements Honoré Picon, 250 franc share, Bordeaux 1919, no.4915, pretty piece with woman picking apples to right, dock to left and large steam ship at bottom, brown and red with yellow underprint, together with Comptoir Franco-Anglais d’Exportation, 200 franc share, Paris [1923], no.7113, lovely vignette of port with horse-drawn carts and boats being loaded with goods, brown and buff, both with coupons, very fine (2) £60-80
625 Société Foncière et Immobilière de Saint Jean, unissued certificate for 500 francs, 1928, colourful piece with vignettes of men playing various sports, green, black and red mainly, with coupons, together with Union Fraternelle La Langroise, 50 franc share, 1928, no.386, sketched border including allegorical figure to right and gymnast to left, red and black, extremely fine and good very fine respectively (2) £60-80
627 Société Immobilière du Théatre des ChampsÉlysées, ordinary share, Paris 192[2], not numbered, interesting piece with architectural border and views of inside the Theatre at the top, green, with coupons, extremely fine £100-120
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boNdS aNd Share CertifiCateS of the WorLd 630 St.Etienne Brewery Co. Ltd., (Brasserie Nationale de St.Etienne), a group of 26 debentures for £100 each, 1891, large format piece with ornate border, black, 4 pages, very fine to extremely fine (26) £80-100 One of the many breweries that were acquired by British capital in the late 19th century. This brewery was bankrupt by 1893 and an auction was held to dispose of much of its assets apart from brewing machinery which we assume was sold elsewhere. The Brasseries Nationale was still brewing well in to the 1920’s but under different ownership.
628 Société Générale des Cinématographes Éclipse S.A., a pair of certificates, founders share and 100 franc share, Paris 190[7] and 190[8], lovely design with London’s Tower Bridge, Notre Dame, Sphinx, Indochine scene and allegorical female, orange and blue respectively, both with coupons, good very fine (2) £60-80
631 Transports et Matériel Agricole de la Limagne, 500 franc share, Brioude [1922], no.733, vignettes of bus and car at top, agricultural machinery at bottom, ornate border, blue, with coupons, very fine £60-80
629 Société la Brasserie Viennoise de Maxéville, 1000 franc share, 1869, no.1116, lovely piece with architectural border incorporating coats of arms and grapevines, black with pale green underprint, with coupons, very fine £80-100
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632 City of Cologne, 6% Sterling Loan, 1928, bond for £20, a specimen certificate from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archives, vignette of Cologne Cathedral, ornate border, blue and black, overprinted with modified terms of settlement in 1953 and ‘specimen’ in red, with coupons, extremely fine £60-80 633 City of Dresden, 51⁄ 2 % Sterling Loan of 1927, bond for £100, Dresden 1927, no.1291, ornate border, green and black, with coupons, good very fine £80-100 634 City of Dresden, 51⁄ 2 % Sterling Loan of 1927, £100 bond, no.1727, ornate border with scrollwork at corners, green and black, with coupons, slight creasing to top left corner, otherwise near extremely fine £80-100 635 Actien-Brauerei Neustadt-Magdeburg, 200 thaler share, series 1, 1872, no.628, red endorsement revaluing the share at 400 RM, very pretty piece with huge brewery building atop hillside, architectural borders, orange and brown with pale green underprint, about extremely fine £80-100
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boNdS aNd Share CertifiCateS of the WorLd 636 Actien-Brauerei Neustadt-Magdeburg, 200 thaler share, series B, 1873, no.5557, red endorsement revaluing the share at 400 RM, very pretty piece with huge brewery building atop hillside, architectural borders, orange and brown with pale green underprint, good very fine £80-100
638 Cologne Mining Company, 5 shares of £1 each, 1853, no.3721, coat of arms of Prussia and Britain at top, text in German and English, black, filing holes at left, good very fine £250-300 Incorporated in England with a capital of £120,000 (800,000 thalers). The company was formed to mine copper, lead and other minerals in the Prussian Rhineland.
639 Compagnie Immobiliere de Dusseldorf S.A., a group of 89 certificates of one preference share, Paris 1905, attractive border with lions head at top, shield at bottom, red with blue underprint, with coupons, generally about extremely fine (89) £300-400
637 Bremer Strassenbahn, one share of 1,200 marks, Bremen 1895, no.562, vignette of early electric tram at top, ornate border, black with pale green underprint, good very fine £150-200
640 Deutsche Schiffbau Aktiengesellschaft Berlin, 1000 mark share, Berlin 1922, no.1916, bold piece with ornate borders, black and red, underprint of ‘1000’, about extremely fine £60-80
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641 Gewerkschaft Sachsenwald zu Gotha, Kux, Berlin 1906, no.205, vignette of miners at work at top, ornate border, brown with green underprint, about extremely fine £80-100 642 Glückstädter Heringsfischerei Aktiengesellschaft, 500 reichsmark share, 1934, no.19, one of only 15 found in the Reichsbank hoard, interesting piece with ships at top and swastika symbol in underprint, bold black font, black and brown, small hole cancel in seal, good very fine £500-600
642 644 J.G. Farbeninduftrie A.G., Frankfurt, a group of 34 certificates for 1000 Reichsmark share, December 1925, ornate border with logo’s of merged Chemical companies, blue and black, extremely fine (34) £100-150 A famous amalgamation of 9 businesses in the chemical industry including Friedrich Beyer & Co and BASF. Infamous for it’s involvement with Nazi operations during WWII.
643 Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt A-G, a nice lot of 100 certificates for 1 share of 100 Reichsmarks, Hamburg 1936, numbers 73801-73900, ornate border with HAPAG logo at left, green and black, extremely fine (100) £500-600 139
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boNdS aNd Share CertifiCateS of the WorLd 645 J.G. Farbeninduftrie A.G., Frankfurt, a group of 76 certificates for 1000 Reichsmark share, September 1926, ornate border with logo’s of merged Chemical companies, blue and black, extremely fine (76) £200-300
646 Lippische Werkstätten Aktiengesellschaft Detmold, a pair of certificates for 1000 marks, Detmold 1921, no.07470 and 07471, bold border with steel/iron workers at bottom corners, brown, green and yellow, both with coupons, good very fine (2) £80-100
647 Magdeburger Lebensversicherungs-Gesellschaft, 500 taler share, 1856, no.1506, overstamped with revaluation of 100 RM, ornate border incorporating females with thread, coat of arms bottom right, brown and black, very fine £100-120
648 Menzenberg Mining Company Ltd., certificate for £5 5s shares, London 187[1], no.584, scrollwork at left, black on green paper, embossed seal at bottom right, tear on crease at top, small edge nicks elsewhere, fine to very fine £80-100 A British company operating a mine at Bad Honnef, North Rhine-Westphalia.
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 649 Neu-Westend, A-G fur Grundstucksverwertung, a large group of 560 certificates for one share of 1000 marks, Lit B, Charlottenburg 1923, ornate border, brown and green, very fine and better (560) £2,500-3,000
651 Stettiner Speicher-Verein, certificate for 200 thaler share, 1872, no.403, one of only 12 found in the Reichsbank hoard, ornate scrollwork border with vignettes of buildings to sides and bottom, black with buff underprint, water damage to right side but has been restored, fine £350-400
650 Sinalco Aktiengesellschaft Detmold, 10,000 mark share, 1923, not numbered, possibly a specimen, extremely colourful piece with ornate border and the company’s factory at bottom, underprint vignette of glass and butterflies, brown, green and yellow, with coupons, extremely fine but with a few edge nicks £60-80 Producer of soft drinks formed in 1902 by Eduard Bilz and Franz Hartmann. The company now has headquarters in Duisburg, Germany, and it’s familiar red circle trademark created in 1937.
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652 Greek 4% Loan, 1887, bond for £20, no.7231, ornate border with Greek coat of arms at top, black with buff underprint, text in Greek, French and English, acceptance certificate attached to reverse, rough edges where coupons removed, tear at bottom, some small nicks but very fine £60-80
653 Greek 4% Loan, 1887, bond for £20, no.11093, ornate border with Greek coat of arms at top, black with buff underprint, text in Greek, French and English, acceptance certificate attached to reverse, rough edges where coupons removed, small nicks but very fine £60-80
654 Greek 5% Gold Loan, 1890, for the Piraeus Larissa Railway, bond for £20, no.6656, series A, very large format piece with Greek arms at top, allegorical females at either side, red-brown and black with green underprint, text in Greek, English, German and French, heavy centre fold and slight edge damage, fine to very fine £60-80
655 Kingdom of Greece, Greek Government 7% Refugee Loan of 1924, bond for $1000, no.M07739, ornate border, vignette of refugees at top, green and black, printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., with coupons, with certificate of assent (printed by the American Bank Note Co.) attached to front, edge tears, fine but scarce £80-100
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 656 Kingdom of Greece, Greek Government 7% Refugee Loan of 1924, bond for $1000, no.M01178, ornate border, vignette of refugees at top, green and black, printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., with coupons and certificate of assent (printed by the American Bank Note Co.) attached to front, edge tears, about very fine £80-100
659 American Film Company, 100 drachma share, 1923, no.0809, very attractive piece with vignette of auditorium at bottom, borders comprise classical scenes and stage curtains, black, green and blue, adhesive revenue stamps, with coupons, small tear at top edge, about extremely fine £80-100
657 Thessaly Railway, certificate for 5 shares of 200 drachma (1000dr), 1920, no.03391-03395, ornate traditional style border, steam train rounding hillside at top, black with peach underprint, with coupon, some edge damage and worn into hole on centre fold, otherwise very fine £60-80 Absorbed by the Hellenic State Railways in 1955.
660 Banque Amar S.A., 5 shares of 100 drachma, 1920, no.2206-2210, vignette of busy port at bottom, castle at top, green and black, one coupon remaining, extremely fine and scarce £60-80 658 Thessaly Railway, certificate for 5 shares of 200 drachma (1000dr), 1920, no.03381-03385, ornate border, steam train rounding hillside at top, black with peach underprint, with coupon, some edge damage and worn into hole on centre fold, otherwise very fine £60-80 Absorbed by the Hellenic State Railways in 1955.
661 Banque d’Industrie S.A., a group of 3 certificates each for 5 shares of 250 drachma, 1918, capital 15,000,000 drachma, 1925, capital 20,000,000 drachma and 1925, capital 30,000,000 drachma, allegorical figures at top, text in Greek and French, green and pink, adhesive duty stamps, with coupons, very fine and better (3) £120-150 659 143
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662 Banque d’Industrie S.A., a group of 5 certificates for 5 shares (2) and 25 shares (3) of 250DR each, different issues but all 1925, colourful piece with allegorical figures at top, green with peach underprint, and blue and yellow with peach underprint respectively, all with coupons, very fine or thereabouts but the last with a tape repair (5) £150-200
665 Macedonian Company, 5 shares of 100 drachma, 1918, no.00516-00520, allegorical females at bottom with ancient building and seascape in background, large underprint map of Greece, blue-green, text all in Greek, adhesive duty stamp, small tear at right edge, with coupons, good very fine £60-80
663 Crédit Athénien S.A., 25 shares of 100 drachma each, Athens 1925, bold traditional style border, coin face in centre, blue and buff, together with Banque d’Industrie S.A., 5 shares of 250 drachma each, 1925, ornate border with allegorical figures at top, green and peach, with coupons, both very fine (2) £60-80
666 S.A. de Minoterie “Evrotas”, a set of 3 certificates for 5, 25 and 100 shares of 100 drachma, 1926, vignette in centre of the flour mill, ornate border with architectural columns at sides, orange-brown and blue, text in French and Greek, adhesive revenue stamps, with coupons, the last with small tear at right edge, extremely fine (3) £80-100
664 EPIA Nouvelle Société Anonyme Hellénique de Draps de Naoussa, Salonique, certificates for 1 and 100 shares of 100 drachma, 1922, capital 10,000,000 drachma, together with 1 share of 100 drachma, 1925, capital 15,000,000 drachma, attractive pieces with vignette of woman at spinning wheel, ornate border, brown, adhesive duty stamps, with coupons, very fine to extremely fine, the second rare (3) £80-120
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669 “Yphanet” Société Anonyme d’Industrie de Tissus, £1 share, Salonique 1926, no.04325, large vignette of woman weaving on loom in centre, ornate border, brown and black, text in Greek and French, with coupons, some hand annotation on face, good very fine £60-80
667 Société Athenienne d’Automobiles ‘Athena’ S.A., a group of four certificates for 1, 5 and 10 shares of 100 drachma, 1920, capital 2,000,000 drachma, and 25, shares of 100 drachma, 1929, capital 10,000,000 drachma, interesting pieces with motor cars and “Athena” at top, bold border with motorcycle and plane, brown and black printing with pink, dark green, yellow and light green underprint respectively, all with coupons, two with slight edge/corner damage, otherwise all very fine (4) £100-150
HUNGARY
668 Société Hellénique de Vins et Spiritueux., 5 shares of 100 drachma, Athens 1928, large format piece with ornate borders with allegorical figures, cherubs holding grapes, a grape press and a distillery, text in Greek and French, yellow & black, with coupons, near extremely fine £60-80 670 Angol-Magyar Bank Részvénytársaság (British and Hungarian bank Limited), 71⁄ 2 % 35-Year Sinking Fund Mortgage Sterling Gold Loan, a specimen bond for £500 from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archives, large format piece with ornate border, text in English, green and black, red circular Bradbury specimen stamp, with coupons, extremely fine £60-80
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boNdS aNd Share CertifiCateS of the WorLd 671 Hungarian Central Mutual Credit Institute, 7% Land Mortgage Sinking Fund Gold loan, 1927, $1000 bonds (3), building at top flanked by agricultural scenes, green and black, no coupons remain; together with other European certificates including City of Perm, 5% Loan of 1914, scrip certificate for £100; City of Cologne, 6% Sterling Loan of 1928, £20 (4), £100 and £500, all assented to plan of repayment, and £100, unassented, all hole cancelled, and others from Russia, Roumania, Poland and Hungary ( 33), much duplication, mixed condition, some very fine (44) £150-200 674 “Pannonia” Magyar Viszontbiztositó Intézet, 600 korona share, Budapest 1911, no.0838, allegorical female with sword and scrollwork at bottom, black with buff underprint, 4 pages, good very fine £60-80
672 “Hungaria” S.A. Hongroise pour la Fabrication et le Raffinage d’Huiles Végétales, 200 kr share, Fiume 1907, no.2395, vignette of shipping port at bottom, black with green underprint, text in Hungarian and French, with coupons, good very fine £60-80 675 Temesvar -Modoser Local Eisenbahn A-G, a large group of 100 preferred shares (genuss-schein), Budapest 1[906], attractive border with winged wheel at top, blue and black, text in Hungarian and German, 4 pages, very fine to extremely fine (100) £400-500
673 Lonjathalbahn A.G., a group of 76 certificates for 200 gulden/400 kronen shares, Budapest, 1896, ornate border, winged wheel in centre and each corner, text in Hungarian with Czech and German on the reverse, blue-black, with coupons, extremely fine (76) £250-300 WWW.SpiNK.Com
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676 Banca Agricola Cacciaguerra, 20 lire share, Russia [1916], no.193, very pretty piece with allegorical female at top, trees bordering each side and inset vignettes of tools, black and peach, 4 pages, some discolouration otherwise very fine, and rare £120-150
678 Banca Italiana di Sconto S.A., Roma, bond for 500 lire, Rome 1918, no.55034, interesting decoration with classical border and the huge monument to Victor Emmanuel II at top, brown, with coupons, good very fine £60-80
677 Banca del Popolo in Firenze, certificate for 1 share of 50 lire, 1868, 36th series, ornate border, black and red on cream paper, fine to very fine £60-80
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681 Societa Eritrea per le Miniere D’Oro, 5 shares of 25 lire, 1906, no.04220, allegorical figure at left, females with camel, and mine buildings at bottom, blue and black, with coupons, small pin holes at both sides, about extremely fine £80-100
679 Chemins de Fer Économiques et Tramways de la Ligurie, 300 franc share, Brussels 1892, no.2173, ornate scrollwork border with vignettes of steam trains, and coat of arms at top and bottom, brown with green underprint, with coupons, good very fine £60-80
682 Societa Eritrea per le Miniere D’Oro, 10 shares of 25 lire, 1906, no.06759, allegorical figure at left, females with camel, and mine buildings at bottom, pink and black, with coupons, small pin holes at both sides, about extremely fine £80-100
680 Les Transports de Savone, a group of 100 certificates for 250 franc shares, Brussels 1910, ornate border with arms in each corner, brown, with coupons, generally extremely fine (100) £250-300
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685 Lithuanian Liberty Loan, 1919, specimen bond for $50 printed by the American Bank Note Co., stylised horseman in full armour at top, orange and black, text in English and Lithuanian, issued by the Lithuanian Mission to America, with coupons, extremely fine £220-250
683 Societa Italiana Segnalatore Automatico, one share of 100 lire, Rome 1911, no.483, motor car speeds along road with headlight beaming in centre, greygreen, with coupons, better than very fine £120-150
The country was gradually annexed by the Russian Empire during the 18th century, but achieved a short period of renewed independence at the close of WW1. The country was again occupied during WWII and then became part of the Soviet Union. The first state to break with the Soviet Union and declare independence again in 1990.
NETHERLANDS
684 Societa Romana di Vetture, certificate for one share of 100 lire, Rome 1886, no.198, lovely piece with ornate border comprising of tiny inset vignette at top depicting cherubs with bird and dog, horses heads at either side and allegorical female with carriages at bottom, black with pale green underprint, some foxing/discolouration, but very fine and a rare piece £150-200
686 Scheldebank, a pair of certificates; 200 franc shares, no.601, and founder share without par value, no.2926, 1923, large industrial vignette at top, Neptune with city scene in background to left and right, very ornate border with smaller vignettes, blue and yellow, and blue respectively, with coupons, both better than very fine (2) £60-80 149
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NORWAY
POLAND
687 City of Bergen, Municipal External Loan of 1920, 25yr 8% sinking fund gold bond for $1000, a specimen certificate printed by the American Bank Note Co., allegorical females with ships and coat of arms at top, ornate border, green and black, with coupons, small hole cancels in signature area, good very fine ÂŁ120-150
689 Republic of Poland, 7% External Sinking Fund Gold Bond Stabilisation Loan, 1927, bond for $100, no.C4351, ornate border, eagle at top, orange and black, printed by the American Bank Note Co., with coupons, endorsement extending the loan period to 1968 on face, good very fine ÂŁ80-100
688 No lot
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PORTUGAL AND COLONIES 690 A small group of Portuguese certificates, comprising; Companhia Agricola Ultramarina, 100 escudo share, 19[19], photographic vignettes; Companhia de Adubos Cataliticos (2), 50 escudo shares, 1920; Companhia Productora de Malte e Cerveja Portugalia, 1946; Companhia Metalurgica do Norte, 1920; O Alentejo Companhia de Seguros, 19[45]; Companhia Continental de Fosforos, 19[28]; and Companhia Geral de Angola, 1937, generally very fine, the first only fine (8) £150-200
692 Companhia “A Gaduana” Empresa de Pesca de Bacalhau, 5 shares of 100 escudos each, Porto 1922, no.3913-3917, very attractive piece with fishermen and sailing boats at top, border of fish, green, turquoise and black-brown, with coupons, large printing of fish on reverse, very light foxing in places, otherwise good very fine and a rare piece £250-300
691 Republica Portugueza 5% Mortgage Bond of 1917, a specimen bond for 400 escudos from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archives, Lisbon 19[—], attractive piece with ornate border including coat of arms at top, vignette at top depicting a Colonial agricultural scene, blue and black, with coupons, small hole cancels at bottom, some light creasing at edges, about extremely fine and rare £80-100
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693 Companhia de Creação e Comercio de Gados, one share of 80 escudos, circa 1920, no.13559, nice piece with bold art nouveau style border and cattle at bottom, black and brown, 4 pages, good very fine £150-200
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694 Mozambique: Companhia do Luabo, 5 shares of 4.5 reis with the equivalent in francs and £ sterling, Lisbon 1910, no.8636-40, lovely piece with herd of elephants at bottom, natives at work at sides and river scenes at top, blue with buff underprint, with coupons, about extremely fine £100-120
695 Companhia dos Vinhos Espumosos, one share of 100 escudos, Porto 1920, no.660, lovely piece with sun rising over river scene at top, allegorical female with scrollwork to left, ornate border, red and black, with coupons, good very fine £120-150
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 696 Compagnie du Caoutchouc, Monopole du Portugal S.A., one ordinary share without par value, 1898, no.3406, bold art nouveau style piece with female figure at left, brown and buff, with coupons, good very fine £80-100
697 Companhia Portugueza das Minas de Plasenzuela, certificate for 45 milreis shares, Lisbon 188[2], no.3435, large format piece with ornate border, vignette under title of seated figure in front of mine workers, black and blue, with coupons, almost extremely fine £60-80
696
698 Portuguese Guinea: Empreza Insular da Guine, 5 shares of 100 escudos each, Lisbon 192[3], no.1737117375, lovely piece with vignette of coastline at top, allegorical figures to left and scrollwork, green, with coupons, very slight foxing at bottom right, good very fine £100-120
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699 Estabelecimentos Silva & Companhia, one share of 100 escudos, Lisbon 1933, no.1924, very attractive fishing piece with fisherman and allegorical female watching fishing boats in the bay, border consists of rope, fishing line and caught fish, blue-green, 4 pages, good very fine £150-200
702 Nova Cia. do Grande Hotel das Caldas da Felgueira, 10 shares of 20 escudos each, Lisbon 19[18], no.2561-2570, made out to ‘bearer’, attractive piece with vignette of hotel within title, ornate border, brown with pale green underprint, seal removed as cancellation, good very fine £60-80
700 ‘Latina’ Companhia de Seguros Luso-Fluminense, certificate for 1 share of 20 escudos, Lisbon 191[8], no.19791, bold architectural border, blue-green and yellow, a few minor edge nicks, otherwise good very fine £80-100
703 Sociedade de Agricultura Colonial, 10 shares of 100 escudos, Lisbon 1954, no.56811-56820, map at top, fine border, green and beige, together with Companhia Geral dos Algodoes de Angola, Cotonang, unissued certificate for 1 share of 100 escudos, series 1, 1926, not numbered, ornate border including cotton plantations and workers, loaded trucks and ships at top, green and black, both with coupons, both about extremely fine (2) £60-80
701 Lisbon Steam Tramways Company Ltd., a group of 20 mortgage debentures for £100, 1873, large format pieces with ornate border, heavy scrollwork at left, black, with coupons, printed by Waterlow & Sons, some ink bleed through from stamp on reverse, otherwise about extremely fine (20) £120-150
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706 Bank of Serbia, a group of 15 certificates for 500 dinar preference bond, 1921, very attractive piece with allegorical female with children, arms at lower right, blue and black, with coupons, extremely fine (15) £80-100
704 Sociedade Portuguesa de Administrações, certificate for 1 share of 100 escudos, Lisbon 192[0], no.01120, attractive piece with architectural border and cherubs holding coat of arms at top, green-brown, better than very fine £80-100
707 Temerini Takarékpénztár Részvény-Társaság, Temerin, 100 korona share, Temerin 1908, no.1289, attractive piece with vignettes each side of female figures, cherubs and scrollwork at bottom, black with green underprint, with coupons (detached), slight foxing at edges, otherwise good very fine £60-80
705 ‘TAP’, Transportes Aereos Portugueses, one share of 1000 escudos, Lisbon 1970, no.260657, extremely colourful piece with world map under text, compass style points at corners creating grid over it, turquoise and tan with red and black text, 4 pages, extremely fine and rare £150-200 Founded in 1945 and provided commercial services from Lisbon to Madrid. It quickly introduced a route with 12 colonial locations including Luanda and Angola. The company was privatised in 1953 and the airline was flying to destinations in Europe and Africa, with the USA added in the late 1960’s. The company became nationalised in 1975 and remains that way today.
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709
708 Spanish Government, 4% Internal Loan, a specimen bond for 5000 pesetas, from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, series C, Madrid 1908, large format piece with ornate borders, black and blue, vignette of King Alfonso XIII, full face, in military uniform at top, coupons either side, small hole cancels, good very fine and rare £60-80
709 Deuda Perpetua Interior con Interes del 4% anual (4% Internal Loan), a specimen bond from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archives, capital not specified, Madrid 19[—], ornate border with arms at top, allegorical figures flanking title, brown and black, underprint of coat of arms, small hole cancels at bottom, about extremely fine £60-80
710 Spanish Government, 4% Internal Loan, a specimen bond for 5000 pesetas, from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, series C, Madrid 1919, large format piece with ornate borders, blue, vignette of King Alfonso XIII at top, coupons running down each side, small hole cancels, good very fine and rare £60-80 WWW.SpiNK.Com
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713 Alumbrado de Poblaciones, Sucesores de José Piñol y Cia., Francisco Estaper y Cia, 500 peseta 5% bond, Barcelona 1902, no.264, very attractive piece with allegorical figures and generator at top, street lights form borders, black and buff, small hole cancels, without coupons, amateur repairs to right edge, otherwise about very fine £60-80
711 Spanish Government, 4% External Loan, a specimen bond for 100 pesetas, from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, series G, Madrid 1924, large format piece with ornate borders, mauve, vignette of King Alfonso XIII at top, coupons either side, small hole cancels, good very fine and rare £60-80
714 Compañia Española de los Procedimientos W.A. Loth, S.A., bearer share for 500 pesetas, Madrid 1929, no.456, ornate border, compass, anchor and wing logos at top, blue-black with buff underprint, with coupons, extremely fine £60-80
†712 Spanish 3% Interior Loan, 1928, a specimen bond for 250,000 pestetas, printed by Thomas de la Rue, large format piece with portrait of King Alfonso XIII, mauve, coupons at each side, numbered 000000, small hole cancels, has been removed from frame and thus a little faded and toned, tape remains in all four corners, very fine £60-80
715 El Monte Carmelo, Construcciones y Otros Negocios, 500 peseta share, series B, Santander 1910, no.0364, St Carmen at top left, large building at bottom right and tile style border, brown, red and blue with pale yellow underprint, single centre fold, otherwise good very fine £100-120 157
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boNdS aNd Share CertifiCateS of the WorLd 716 Electra Albacetense S.A., 500 peseta share, Albacete 1929, no.6582, winged female in centre, ornate border, lime green and brown, with coupons, good very fine £60-80
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717 Gran Fabrica de Barajas de Don Pedro Corvajal, one quarter share, San Sebastian 1885, no.148, interesting piece with vignette of town at top, ornate border of scrollwork and art nouveau style female heads flanking title, red, green and brown on brown waxed paper, extremely fine £80-100
718 Huelva Central Copper Mining Co. Ltd., a group of 12 certificates for 10 shares of £1 each, London 1900 (date omitted in error), no.15412-423, miners at top, ornate border, blue and black with pink underprint, with coupons, impressed red duty stamp, some with slight crease to top edge, otherwise extremely fine (12) £60-80
719 J. Miró Trepat Construcciones S.A., 500 peseta share, Barcelona 194[6], no.1076, bold piece with brick style border and underprint of building under construction, red, peach and black, with coupons, extremely fine £60-80
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721 La Hispano Suiza Fabrica de Automóviles S.A., 500 peseta share, 7th issue, Barcelona 1918, no.16894, full length vignette of female in ‘art nouveau’ style, motor car in background, black, dark green and red, coupons removed from right edge, good very fine £150-200
720 La Hispano Suiza Fabrica de Automóviles S.A., 500 peseta share, 3rd issue, Barcelona 1906, no.1007, attractive Art Nouveau design with elegant lady in flowing dress, motor car in background, blue, black and red, no coupons remaining as usual, good edge at right, 3000 issued, about extremely fine £140-180 A collaboration between J. Castro and Swiss engineer Marc Birkigt the company built top quality motor cars and aircraft engines. It sold off its automotive division in 1946 concentrating on engines and armaments.
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boNdS aNd Share CertifiCateS of the WorLd 724 Rincon Silver Lead Mine Ltd., 3 certificates for £1 ordinary shares, fully paid, 1[901], no.157-159, ornate border and title, grey-green, together with more British mining companies in Spain and Portugal comprising; Linares Lead Mining Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 19[15], no.4, decorative title and scrollwork, black on blue paper; Portuguese Mining and Exploration Syndicate Ltd., 1 shilling founders shares, 19[03], no.4, red; Mondego Tin Dredging Co. Ltd., 5 shilling shares, 19[27], no.904, green; Mondego Valley Tin Syndicate Ltd., 1 shilling shares, 19[24], no.331, black, and Tigon Mining and Finance Corporation Ltd., 5 shilling shares, 19[29], no.4437, black, all very fine, no damage but some with pin holes (8) £60-80
722 Hispano Suiza Fábrica de Automóviles S.A., 500 peseta share, 8th issue, Barcelona 1940, no.021745, full length vignette of female in ‘art nouveau’ style, motor car behind, black, brown and red, no coupons remain, good very fine £80-100
725 Sociedad General del Puerto de Pasajes, dividend share, San Sebastian 1885, no.2967, large format piece with panoramic vignette of shipping and port, very ornate border with arms at top, black and green, with coupons, very fine £60-80
723 La Salvadora, Compania de Securos Maritimos, Avales y Subvenciones, 10 shares of 5000 reales, Barcelona 1857, no.338, lovely ornate border comprising of allegorical figures, shipping scenes, coat or arms at top, and anchor, sail and barrel at bottom, black printing, with coupons, good very fine £300-350 WWW.SpiNK.Com
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 726 Sociedad Minera Titulada La Feliz Primera, Naufragio, Gerona District, certificate for one share, no.386, Barcelona 1851, ornate border with vignettes of mining landscape and tools, black, together with Sociedad Minera Titulada Desconfianza, share no.195, Barcelona 1850, ornate border with mine header at top, tools and landscape at bottom, black with light green underprint, both extremely fine (2) £60-80
728 A good trio of Spanish mining certificates, comprising Sociedad Minera ‘Desconfianza’, no.139, ‘Dudosa’, no.148 and ‘Desengano’, no.159, all dated Barcelona 1850, attractive pieces with ornate border including mining tools and buildings, vignette at bottom of mine workers with ships and building in background, black with underprint in green, pink and yellow respectively, all about extremely fine (3) £100-150
SWEDEN 727 A small collection of Spanish Mines from the Gerona District, including Sociedad Minera Titulada La Casualidad Segunda, Catalina, no.247; La Casualidad Primera, Perrotina, no.252; La Feliz Primera Naufragio, no.148; La Feliz Segunda, Carrolina, no.204; and La Feliz Tercera, Trementina, no.32, all dated Barcelona 1851, attractive pieces with ornate border, mining tools and scenes on each, black, all extremely fine (5) £150-200
729 Hanefors Kraftaktiebolag, 100 kronor share, Ingelstad 19[20], no.2521, lovely piece with vignettes around border depicting river scenes from different towns, black and pale blue, with coupons, extremely fine £60-80
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SWITZERLAND
730 Banque de St.Maurice (Succ. de Ch. Stockalper), a group of 100 certificates for 1 preference share of 100 francs, 1921, of only 850 issued, ornate border, blue, with all coupons, extremely fine (100) £500-600
732 Holzschuhfabriken A.G. in Lotzwil, 5% Mortgage Loan, 1929, a group of 1000 franc bonds (96), series B, of only 250 issued, ornate border, blue and black, small hole cancels in signature area, single fold, very fine to extremely fine (96) £400-500
UKRAINE 731 Bodensee-Toggenburgbahn-Gesellschaft, 500 franc share, St. Gallen 1907, no.024166, very attractive piece with ornate border, inset vignettes of the town of St. Gallen at top and bottom, black and turquoise, with coupons, good very fine £40-50
733 Sub Carpathian Bank, 500 kopek share, 1920, no.76, very ornate design with large peasant either side, cherubs with shield at top, multicoloured, with coupons, good very fine £80-100 WWW.SpiNK.Com
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ARGENTINA
734 A small collection of South American gold and silver mines (21), the majority from the 1880’s and 90’s, comprising; Tesoro Gold Mines Ltd., £1 shares, 1890, 2 examples; La Yesca Gold & Silver Mines Ltd., £1 shares, 18[95] and 189[7]; Yuruari Co. Ltd., 2s 6d shares, 188[8] and 18[91]; Palmarejo Mining Co. Ltd., £1 preference shares, 18[93]; Tetuan Gold Mines Ltd., £1 shares, 188[9]; New Chile Gold Mining Co. Ltd., £1 shares (capital £500,000), 188[6], 2 examples, and £1 shares (capital £1,000,000), 188[8]; Loma Gold Mines Ltd., £1 shares, 1890 and 189[1]; Don Pedro North Del Rey Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 186[8]; Costa Rica Mining Co. Ltd., A shares, 18[90], 2 examples, and 18[92]; Copaquire Copper Sulphate Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 19[02], and Caylloma Silver Mining Co. Ltd., £2 shares, 189[4], 189[7] and [1900], many about very fine, some with very minor damage (21) £150-200
735 A collection of British Companies Mining in South America, comprising Purissima Mining & Exploration Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 18[89], no.200, black; Concordia Consolidated Mines Co. Ltd., set of certificates for £1 priority shares, part paid, 189[6], no.1125, purple, £1 priority shares, fully paid, 189[6], pink, and ordinary shares, [1900], blue; Victory Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 5 shilling shares, circa 1890, brown; Aarons Reefs Ltd., 5 shilling shares, circa 1890, blue; Abangares Mining Syndicate Ltd., £100 shares, 1897, black; San Carlos Gold Mine Ltd., 5 shilling shares, 190[7], brown; Macate Mining Co. Ltd., 189[5]; Leopoldina Syndicate Ltd., 1[901]; Inambari Gold Dredging Concessions Ltd., 190[9]; Leopoldina Terminal Co. Ltd., 19[47] and 19[48], and Famatina Development Corporation Ltd., 6 pieces 190[5] to 19[12], slightly mixed condition, fine to very fine, earlier pieces better (19) £150-200
736 Argentine Republic, 5% Interior Loan, 1907, pair of bonds for $100 and $500 pesos, specimen certificates from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archives, large formate pieces, ornate border and arms at top, green and blue respectively, English, French and German on reverse, with coupons, both good very fine £150-200
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boNdS aNd Share CertifiCateS of the WorLd 737 Santa Fé, 7% State Loan 1874, a specimen bond for £100 from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archives, ornate border, black with mauve underprint, with coupons, hole cancels in signature area, about extremely fine and very rare £100-120
738 Santa Fé, 7% State Loan 1874, bond for £200, a specimen certificate from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archives, ornate border, black with green underprint, with coupons, small hole cancels in signature area, good very fine £100-120
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739 Compañia del Ferro Carril del Oeste, Buenos Ayres, 2500 peso share, Buenos Ayres 18[57], no.2235, lovely vignette of early steam train with driver on open platform, coal tender and stoker and a single carriage full of passengers, black, repaired tear at top edge, otherwise very fine and rare £80-100 The first railway to be built in Argentina, incorporated in 1857. It was heavily financed by the province of Buenos Aires which was at that time an independent state, the province becoming sole owner of the line in 1863. However due to the State’s debts later in the century, it was sold to British company The Buenos Aires Western Railway Ltd. in 1890.
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740 Astilleros Escandinavo Argentinos S.A., one share of 100 pesos, 2nd series, Buenos Aires 19[19], no.0077, Scandinavian style sailboat in centre, ornate border, black and blue with buff underprint, extremely fine £60-80
742 La Platense Flotilla Co. Ltd., bearer warrant for £10 share, Glasgow 1886, no.827, architectural border with vignettes of river scenes at top, black and brown with yellow underprint, together with more South American certificates comprising; Callao & Lima, & Pacific Coast Railway Co., 5 shares of £10 (2), circa 1845, blue with mauve underprint; Mexico North Western Railway Co., 5% 50yr first mortgage bond for £100, 1909, steam train at top, blue; Buenos Ayres Lacroze Tramways Co., 5% consolidated mortgage debenture for £100, 1914, Federico Lacroze with tram cars at top, olive green and black; Compania Minera Nacional Anonima El Callao, 10 shares of 125 bolivares each (2), 1887, miners at top, black, and others (3), first 3 extremely fine, remainder very fine or better, one latter piece with filing holes (10) £100-120
741 Banco Popular de Corrientes S.A., preference shares of 10 pesos each, Corrientes 19[13], no.5236, attractive piece with allegorical figures at left, ornate border with coat of arms at top, black and brown, together with River Plate, Compania Internacional de Seguros Generales y Construcciones, 1 share of 100 pesos, Buenos Aires 191[0], vignette of allegorical figures with steam train, ship and building behind, black and brown with green underprint, both very fine (2) £80-120
743 River Paraná Steam Ship Co. Ltd., £20 shares, 187[2], no.60, ornate border, decorative title on scroll with Argentinian coat of arms and flags below, black, embossed seal bottom left, pin holes in top left corner, about very fine and rare £60-80 Provided passenger and freight services from Liverpool to Rosario (port of the Central Argentine Railway) via Bordeaux, Monte Video and Buenos Ayres. The company’s first passage was made in 1871, and two years later the company lost a cargo steamer, the ‘Clan Alpine’ and 13 of its staff in an accident at Lizard Point, Cornwall on its journey back to Liverpool. 165
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744 Potosi, La Paz & Peruvian Mining Association, certificate for 1 share, London 1827, no.3245, engine turned decoration at left with vignette of mountain inset, black printing on vellum, good very fine £280-300 English company founded in 1825 in London to mine gold and silver in Bolivia.
BRAZIL 745 Brazilian 4% Loan of 1889, a specimen bond for £100 from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archives, ornate border, green and black, small hole cancels, large part of lower left corner cut away, with coupons, about very fine £60-80
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746 United States of Brazil, Western of Minas Railroad Co., 5% Guaranteed Loan of 1893, a specimen bond for £100, from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, large format piece with ornate borders, Brazilian arms at top, green and black, with coupons, about extremely fine £80-100
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 747 United States of Brazil, Railway Guarantees Rescission 4% Loan, 1902, a specimen bond for £100, from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, large format piece with ornate borders, Brazilian arms at top, green and black, with coupons, extremely fine £100-120
748 United States of Brazil, 5% Loan of 1913, a specimen bond for £500 from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, large format piece with ornate border, coat of arms in underprint, orange and black, with coupons, about extremely fine and rare £80-100
747
749 United States of Brazil, 61⁄ 2 % Loan of 1927, a specimen bond for £1000, from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, small coat of arms at top, ornate border, mauve and black, red circular specimen stamp at bottom, extremely fine and rare £120-150
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750 State of Alagoas, 5% Gold Loan, 1906, pair of specimen bonds for £50 and £100, part of £500,000 loan, dated London 1909, ornate scrollwork at sides, coat of arms at top, blue and green respectively, perforated CANCELLED and stamped with file location on face, with all coupons, together with coloured map of the State, light toning, very fine and rare (2) £150-200
751
751 State of Minas Geraes, 61⁄ 2 % 30yr External Sterling Loan of 1928, a specimen bond for £500 from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, large format piece with State coat of arms at top, green and black, with coupons, small hole cancels in signature area, good very fine £100-120
752 State of Minas Geraes, 6% 30yr External Sterling Loan of 1928, a specimen bond for £1000 from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archives, large format piece with State coat of arms at top, blue and black, with coupons, red circular Bradbury specimen stamp at bottom, good very fine £100-120
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753 Bahia Tramway Light & Power Company, First Mortgage gold debentures, 1905, 3 certificates for $100, Thor at top, ornate border, blue and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, two with coupons, one without, very fine or better (3) £60-80
754 Brazil Great Southern Railway Co. Ltd., a 7% bond for £500, 1891, no.18, one of only 20 issued, large format, plain black printing, good very fine and very rare £60-80
754
Company formed in 1883 by Jose Candido Gomes and English investors. The railway line ran 186 miles in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, and merged with the state network in 1905, becoming owned by the government in 1919
755 Brazil Great Southern Railway Co. Ltd., a group of 43 6% mortgage debentures 1893, £100 each, 28 from the first issue, 1894 and 1895, and 15 from the second issue dated 1898 through to 1905, ornate border, large £100 in underprint, blue and green, all with coupons, majority with rough edges where coupons removed, fine to very fine (43) £180-220
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757 Banco de Credito Real do Brazil, 5% mortgage bond for £11.5.0, Rio de Janeiro 18[83], no.14813, small format piece with vignette of allegorical females at top, ornate border, red and green, with coupons, discolouration to top right edge, good very fine £60-80
756 Mogyana Railways and Navigation Company, First Mortgage 5% Sterling Loan, 1914, a specimen bond for £100 from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, large format piece with ornate border, green and black, all text in English, with coupons, small hole cancels in signature area, about extremely fine £80-100
758 Bank of the State of San Paulo, 6% Guaranteed Sterling Mortgage Bonds, series A, 1928, a specimen bond for £500 from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, ornate border, red and black, perforated cancelled, printers annotation in top margin, about extremely fine £80-100
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759 Bank of the State of San Paulo, 6% Guaranteed Sterling Mortgage Bonds, series C, 1929, a specimen bond for £500 from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, ornate border, green and black, red circular Bradbury specimen stamp at bottom, small edge tear at right, good very fine £80-100
760 Banque de Crédit Hypothécaire & Agricole de l’État de Bahia, bond for 500 francs, series A, Paris 1913, no.479, attractive piece with allegorical female seated under archway forming border, buff and black, with coupons, very fine £60-80
761 City of San Paulo Improvements and Freehold Land Company Ltd., a specimen bearer warrant for 1 share of £1, from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, 19—, annotation for 1921, view of the City at bottom, very ornate border, orange-red and black, text in English and French, with coupons, extremely fine £60-80
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boNdS aNd Share CertifiCateS of the WorLd 764 British Guiana Government, a group of specimen registered debentures 61/4% for $10,000 (2) and $50,000 (3), blue and pink respectively, and 61⁄ 2 % debentures for $50,000, $10,000, $5,000, $1,000, $500, $100 and $50, yellow, from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, large format pieces, arms of the colony at top, black printing with coloured underprint, overprinted specimen in red, generally extremely fine (18) £200-300
BRITISH HONDURAS
762 Sociedade Editora do Brasil, founders share for 500 francs, Paris 190[9], no.01378, vignettes of Rio-deJaneiro and Lisbonne at either side, green, with coupons, small spike hole to left side, otherwise extremely fine £60-80
765 British Honduras Company Ltd., group of 20 certificates for one £5 share each, 8 dated 18[60], with a printer’s imprint C & A Doubble, and the rest 18[64], without printer’s imprint, black, embossed seal at bottom left, generally good very fine, one earlier example with water damage (20) £200-300
CHILE
BRITISH GUIANA
763 British Guiana Government, 1959, 6% Bearer Debentures, a set of 4 specimen certificates for $100, $1,000, $5,000 and $50,000, from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, large format pieces, arms of the colony at top, printed in black with pink underprint, with coupons, overprinted specimen in red, the latter with printers annotations in bottom margin, good very fine and better (4) £60-80
766 Chilian 5% Loan of 1892, a specimen bond for £100 from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, lovely ornate border and Chilean coat of arms at top, black and green, text all in English, small hole cancels in signature area, with coupons, about extremely fine £80-100
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767 Chilian Government 5% State Loan of 1911, a specimen bond for £20 from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, large format piece with condor at top within star, brown and black with large coat of arms in underprint, text in English and German, with coupons, about extremely fine £80-100
768 Chilian Government 5% State Loan of 1911, a specimen bond for £100 from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, large format piece with condor at top within star, green and black with large coat of arms in underprint, text in English and German, with coupons, about extremely fine £80-100
769 Banco Francés de Chile, a group of 23 founders shares, Santiago 1917, ornate border, brown and pink, text in Spanish and French, with coupons, generally extremely fine (23) £80-100
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COLOMBIA
COSTA RICA
770 Republic of Colombia, 6% Loan, general mortgage bond for £100, London 1824, no.2402, signed by Manuel Jose Hurtado, ornate engine turned border with Columbian coat of arms at top, black, text in English only, with coupons, slight foxing and damage to top and left edges, otherwise very fine £400-500 The Republic of Colombia was formed following independence from Spain and included the present territory of Ecuador Venezuela and Panama, but had collapsed by 1830 when Venezuela and Ecuador withdrew. The Republic of New Granada emerged (see lots 784 and 785) and lasted until 1863 with the formation of the United States of Colombia.
771 Republic of Costa Rica, 5% Sterling Funding bond of 1933, £20 bond, no.B07988, ornate border, brown and black, with coupons, together with Costa Rica Railway Co. Ltd., a group of 3 certificates comprising; 6% first mortgage debenture for £100, 188[6], no.1141, and 6% second debenture for £100, 188[9], no.8851, both with vignette of Bernardo Soto at top, ornate border, black, and 5% prior mortgage debenture for £100, 19[03], no.4698, ornate border, green, printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd., with coupons, ink stain on the first otherwise very fine (4) £60-80
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CUBA
773 S.A. L’Almendares, Fabrique de Ciments Portland, a la Havane, 100 franc preference share, Brussels 1899, no.13147, very attractive piece with busy dockside at bottom, palm trees at left, red with pale green underprint, with coupons, fold at extreme right otherwise extremely fine £80-100 772 Compagnie Francaise de Tabacs, Manufacture Royale la Honradez, 500 franc share, Paris 1870, no.17101, lovely piece with vignettes of factories, coats of arms and machinery within border, red and buff, with coupons, very small spike hole in bottom left corner, otherwise good very fine £80-100 The company apparently owned factories in Cuba, Spain and Portugal.
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ECUADOR
MEXICO
774 El Banco Territorial, 8% bond, 500 sucres, series B, Guayaquil, circa 1910, a specimen certificate from the American Bank Note Co. archive, vignettes of allegorical female at top, cattle by riverside at bottom, grey-blue and black, stamped specimen in red, with coupons, good very fine ÂŁ60-80
775 Republic of Mexico, 1858 internal 10% Loan, bond for 100 pesos, dated 18[59], no.1622, eagle at top, scrollwork border, black and red on blue-grey paper, with coupons, cut cancelled, good very fine ÂŁ60-80
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776 City of Oaxaca de Juarez, a group of 5% bonds for 500 pesos (5), Oaxaca 1910, no.1538-1542, of only 800 issued, ornate border, council seal at top, green and black, with coupons, printed by the American Bank Note Co., all good very fine (5) £100-150
777 City of Oaxaca de Juarez, 5% Loan, 1910, a group of bonds for 200 pesos (13) and 1000 pesos (13), city seal at top, ornate border, brown and orange respectively, all but one of the 1000 pesos with coupons, very fine and better (26) £400-500 778 City of Puebla de Zaragoza, 1907 5% Loan, three bonds each for 500 pesos, coat of arms at top, ornate border, green and black, text in French, English and Spanish, with coupons, one has top left corner torn away otherwise very fine (3) £80-100
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Lots 779 to 781 are being sold on behalf of Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (in Administration)
779 National Railways of Mexico (Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico), a group of First Preferred stock certificates comprising 10 shares, [1909], Morton Trust Company (40), 10 shares, [1910] to [1923], Guaranty Trust Company (45), Less than 100 shares, [1909], Morton Trust Company (8), all with portrait of Diaz in centre, olive green, with coupons, the last group only fine to very fine, the rest mixed but most very fine and better (93) £600-800
780 National Railways of Mexico (Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico), a group of Second Preferred Nominative stock certificates comprising 10 shares, [1909], Morton Trust Company (22), [1910], overprinted Guaranty Trust Company (5), and [1910], Guaranty Trust Company (22), all with portrait of Diaz in centre, green, with coupons, most very fine and better (49) £400-500
781 National Railways of Mexico (Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico), a group of Second Preferred Nominative stock certificates, all [1909], Morton Trust Company, for ‘less than 100 shares’, printed ‘two shares’ (10) and ‘four shares’ (60), with portrait of Diaz in centre, green, with coupons, generally very fine and better (70) £400-500
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782 Banco de Durango, S.A., $100 share, Durango 1904, no.13492, attractive piece with the bank buildings in centre, ornate border, brown and black, with coupons, impressed revenue stamp at bottom, extremely fine £80-100
783 Compañia Guayulera Mexicana S.A., 100 peso share, Mexico 1906, no.2474, vignette of native landscape with palm trees, river and dwelling, ornate border, blue and light green, with coupons, stamped with a reduction in capital from $800,000 to $475,000, good very fine £60-80
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NEW GRANADA
784 Republic of New Granada, 1845 Loan, bond for £100, letter A, no.229, countersigned Baring Brothers & Co., engine turned scrollwork to left and right, coat of arms at top, black, printed by Perkins, Bacon & Petch, with coupons, pin holes top left, rough edge where coupons removed, very fine £120-150
785 Republic of New Granada, 1845 Deferred Loan, bond for £100, letter A, no.7386, countersigned Baring Brothers & Co., engine turned scrollwork to left and right, coat of arms at top, blue, printed by Perkins, Bacon & Petch, with coupons, good very fine and rare issue £120-150
Issued in exchange for its share of the Colombian loans of 1822 and 1824 which were in default. Colombia gained its independence from Spain in 1819 and covered the present areas of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Panama. When the State collapsed in 1830, Ecuador and Venezuela gained their own independence and the Republic of New Granada was formed of the present areas of Colombia and Panama.
Issued in exchange for its share of the Colombian loans of 1822 and 1824 which were in default. Colombia gained its independence from Spain in 1819 and covered the present areas of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Panama. When the State collapsed in 1830, Ecuador and Venezuela gained their own independence and the Republic of New Granada was formed of the present areas of Colombia and Panama.
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PANAMA
786 Panama: Gold Mines of Cana, a group of 6 certificates for $100 shares, New York, 187[8], attractive piece with vignette of miners working above ground, black, gold seal, all very fine and scarce (6) £120-150 An American company owning property at Cana, Panama, United States of Colombia. Panama was a department of Colombia from it’s independence from Spain and was separated in 1903 with the formation of the Republic of Panama. 788
PERU 787 Callao & Lima, & Pacific Coast Railway Co., a set of three certificates for 20, 10 and 5 shares of £10 each, £1 paid per share, no’s.42, 333 and 313, not dated but circa 1845, scrollwork at left, green, black and blue respectively, all with mauve underprint, very slight crease to corner of second, otherwise extremely fine (3) £60-80
788 National Pisco To Yca Railway Company, 7%/5% Guaranteed Loan, a pair of bonds for £20/100 soles and £100/500 soles, London 1869, steam engine and coat of arms in centre, ornate border, blue and red respectively, both with coupons, good very fine (2) £120-150
789 Peruvian Mining Company, certificate for one share, London 1825, no.4590, issued to David Barclay Chapman, Banker, ornate scrollwork at left, black printing, slight foxing, about extremely fine £80-100
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POYAIS
790 Poyais, General Mortgage Loan of £200,000, £100 special bond, 1823, no.342, signed by Major William John Richardson, MacGregor’s Charge d’Affaires in London, large format, black and blue printing by Whiting with classic scrollwork design at top, coupons at either side, folds with small holes/edge tears, very fine £150-180
791 Poyais, General Mortgage Loan of £200,000, £100 special bond, 1823, no.386, large format, black and blue printing by Whiting with classic scrollwork design at top, coupons at either side, very fine £120-150
Poyais, Honduras, was given to Gregor MacGregor by the native ruler in 1820 and MacGregor proceeded to try to settle the land by financial enticements. Several loans were floated on the Stock Exchange to raise money for ships and infrastructure but all eventually failed.
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URUGUAY
793 Palacio Sarandi S.A., 100 peso preference share, Montevideo 192[6], no.0147, an interesting piece with allegorical female at spinning wheel, very ornate border with dragon at top left, black with pale blue underprint, slight foxing and pin holes at top, very fine £60-80
794 Compania Minera Nacional Anonima El Callao, a lot 0f 96 certificates for 1 share of 125 bolivares, Cuidad Bolivar 1887, very attractive piece with miners at top, coats of arms at left and right, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with coupons, generally extremely fine (96) £500-600
792 Republic of Uruguay, 1919, 5% External Gold Loan, bond for £20, no.15841, dated 1920, large format piece with coat of arms at top, ornate border, red and black, text in English and Spanish, printed by Waterlow & Sons, stamped ‘ASSENTED BOND’ on face, hole cancelled, with 1 coupon (detached), repairs to right edge but about very fine and rare £80-100
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RUSSIA Miscellaneous lot 795 A small collection of Russian certificates, comprising; Oranian Sawmills, 100 rouble share, no.0951, ornate border, blue; Imperial Russian Cotton & Jute Factory Ltd., 10 shares of £5, 18[97], ornate border, black with pale blue underprint; City of Warsaw, bond for 100 roubles, 1903, black, brown and yellow; VIII Loan of the City of St. Petersburg, 41⁄ 2 % bonds for £20 (189 roubles) and £100 (945 roubles), 1913, both with colourful ornate borders; Nerchinsk Gold Co. Ltd., 19[09]; Anglo-Maikop Corporation Ltd., 19[11]; Australian Maikop Oil Co. Ltd., fully paid and part paid shares, both [1910]; Spies Petroleum Co. Ltd., 19[18]; Premier Oil Co. Ltd., 19[19]; Oil Trust Ltd., 19[24], and Premier Oil & Finance Co. Ltd., 192[4], light creasing and some with rough edges but generally very fine or thereabouts (13) £100-120
State Loans
797 An interesting specimen British Exchequer Bond, for £100,000, dated 1915, in favour of the Imperial Russian Government, payable in gold at the Bank of England in 1920, facsimile signature of John Bradbury as secretary of the Treasury, scrollwork border, black, on Bank of England watermarked paper, overprinted SPECIMEN, manuscript alterations to the text for another issue, good very fine and rare £800-1,000 Sold for £1300 by Spink in 2010.
796 1822 5% ‘Rothschild’ Loan, bond for 960 roubles/£148 sterling, handsigned by Nathan Rothschild, two headed eagle at top, black printing, text in Russian on face, English and French on reverse, heavy creasing with edge tears, fine £60-80
798 Russian Imperial Government, a small group of short term 5% treasury bills for 1000 roubles, January 1917 (2), February 1917 and March 1917; 5000 roubles, January 1917 (2), March 1917 (5), July 1917 (2) and August 1917; 10,000 roubles, July 1917, scrollwork at left, black text with brown, orange and red printing respectively, very fine and better, the last scarce (15) £120-150
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799 Imperial Russian Government, Short Term Treasury Bill, £10,000, no.055, dated 1st February 1917, redeemable 31st January 1918 at Baring Brothers & Co. Ltd., scrollwork at left, green, signed by the Russian Charge d’Affaires in London, red impressed duty stamp, a couple of centre folds, very fine to extremely fine and rare £400-500
801 Holy Synod of the Empire of Russia, 7% Sterling Loan, a certificate for £[10,000], 1916, no.34, issued by Glyn, Mills, Currie & Co. as agents for the loan, black, text in English, numerous overprints regarding repayment of capital as late as 1955, edge splits, fine to very fine, scarce and interesting £80-100
City Loans
800 Russian Government, Short Term Treasury Bill, £500,000, no.05, dated 1st May 1917, redeemable 30th April 1918 at Baring Brothers & Co. Ltd., scrollwork at left, black, signed by the Russian Charge d’Affaires in London, red impressed duty stamp, a couple of centre folds, very fine to extremely fine and very rare £600-800
802 City of Elisabethgrad, 61⁄ 2 % Loan, 1918, bond for 50 roubles, coat of arms for city at top, oriental scrollwork at bottom, black with yellow underprint, text only in Russian, good very fine £100-200
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Railways 804 Imperial Russian Government, 4% Dvinsk-Vitebsk Railroad Loan, 1894, a group of 42 bonds for £20 sterling (or 125 roubles/500 francs), ornate border, black and red, text in Russian on face, English and French on reverse, all with coupons, very fine and better, some rough edges and small tears (42) £100-150
803 City of Kieff (Kiev), 5% XXIII Loan, 1914, bond for £500, city coat of arms at top centre, ornate border, brown, green and black, text in Russian, English and French, with coupons, good very fine and a rare piece £650-750 The loan was to be issued mainly in London but a small part in Russia. Scrip certificates were issued but not replace by definitive bonds due to the outbreak of war. A small number of bonds have been on the market but this is the first time that we have offered a £500 denomination.
805 Kursk-Charkov-Azov Railway Company, 4% Loan, 1888, bond for £500, no.009, of only 111 issued, ornate border, blue and black, text in Russian, German and English, with coupons, heavy folds, fine and very rare £300-400 This is the first time the cataloguer has offered this denomination and to our knowledge only one or two have been on the market in the last 20 years.
806 Koursk-Kharkof-Azof Railway, group of 4% bonds for 500 marks (10), and 1000 marks (3), St. Petersburg 1889, large format piece with ornate border, black with blue and black with red respectively, text in Russian, French and German, all with coupons, some with slight edge damage, otherwise extremely fine and rare thus (13) £80-100
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807 Koursk-Kiew Railway Company, 5 shares of £20 each, 1881, ornate border, Tsarist coat of arms at top, black with pale green underprint, text in Russian, English, German and French, pin holes at top, otherwise good very fine £180-200 809 Moscow-Windau-Rybinsk Railway Company, 4% Loan of 1899, bond for £500, St. Petersburg 1899, no.1204, ornate border, red and black, together with Imperial Government of Russia, Consolidated 4% Railroad bonds, series 1 and 2, both the scarce high denomination of 3125 roubles; Moskau-KiewWoronesch Railway (3), Moscow 1909; KurskCharkow-Asow Railway, St. Petersburg 1889 (4); Russian 41⁄ 2 % State Loan of 1909; and City of Moscow Loan of 1908, £20, all with coupons, some with slight edge damage otherwise about very fine (12) £100-120
810 Imperial Government of Russia, Nicolas Railroad 4% Loan, 1867, a group of certificates, one bond for £20 or 125 roubles/500 francs (5), black and brown, and five bonds for £20 (3), black and green, together with Kahetian Railway Company 41⁄ 2 % Loan of 1912, bond for £20 sterling (14), brown, and bond for £100 sterling (5), blue, all with coupons, generally about very fine, some of the latter slightly better (27) £100-150
808 Moskau-Smolensk Railway, 4% Loan, a set of three bonds for 1,000 dutch gulden, 500 and 1,000 thalers, all 1869, ornate border, coat of arms at top and underprint vignette of steam locomotive at bottom, red, blue and mauve respectively, text in Russian, German and Dutch, all with coupons (detached), some slight discolouration, but generally very fine (3) £80-100
811 Troitzk Railway Company, 4% Loan of 1910, group of 15 bonds for £100 (945 rubles), ornate border, blue, underprint of £100, text in Russian and English, all with coupons, better than extremely fine (15) £100-120
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813 x812 Troitzk Railway Company, 41⁄ 2 % Loan, 1910, bond for £500, no.C12553, of only 100 issued, ornate border, red and black, text in English and Russian, with coupons, some edge tears but the body about very fine, rare £300-400
x813 Troitzk Railway Company, 41⁄ 2 % Loan, 1910, bond for £500, no.C12513, of only 100 issued, ornate border, red and black, text in English and Russian, with coupons, some edge tears at right and top but the body about very fine, rare £300-400
x814 Troitzk Railway Company, 41⁄ 2 % Loan, 1910, a pair of bonds for £500, no.C12511 and C12581, of only 100 issued, ornate border, red and black, text in English and Russian, with coupons, both with edge damage and some paper loss, fine (2) £200-300
815 Wladikawkas Railway Company, 4% Loan, 1900, bond for US$1000, St.Petersburg, no.6523, ornate border, red and black, with coupons, text in English and Russian, edge tears on centre fold, fine to very fine and scarce £80-100 WWW.SpiNK.Com
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Banks
818 Middle Asia Credit Bank, certificate for 100 shares of 100 roubles each, Taschkent 1924, ornate oriental design, brown and black, text in Russian and Arabic, with coupons, adhesive revenue stamps on reverse, about extremely fine £300-350
816 Don Mortgage Bank, Taganrog, 41⁄ 2 % Loan, bond for 10,000 roubles, ornate printing in brown and black, text mainly in Russian, French, English and German in border and on reverse, with coupons, extremely fine and a rare high denomination £150-200
817 Banque Revolutionnaire Internationale, un-issued subscription form for up to 10,000 roubles to be invested in the fund, 1870, text mainly in Russian, a small amount of French and German on reverse, black with green underprint on pink paper, extremely fine £120-150
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boNdS aNd Share CertifiCateS of the WorLd The following 3 lots are all related in that they were owned and controlled by the English Anglo-Russian Cotton Factories Ltd. and the Hubbard family. William Hubbard settled in St.Petersburg in 1769 and some years later was a member of the giant Russia Company. He and his sons carried on a general trading business but in the 1840’s built a large cotton spinning and weaving factory in the Alexandroff district. A company was formed in 1851 (lot 819) which was very successful operating over 1200 looms during the Crimean War. In 1866 the Hubbards bought the derelict Schlusselburg Calico Printing Works and re-equipped it with modern machinery (lot 820) and then acquired the Spassky Mill (lot 821) which had over 800 employees in the 1870’s. John Hubbard, head of the firm, was created Baron Addington in 1887 and was also a Governor of the Bank of England.
Commercial & Industrial
819 St.Petersburg Cotton Mill Co., certificate for one share of 1000 roubles, 1851, no.150, ornate border, black, handstamps on front and back showing dividends paid from 1852 through to 1915/16, endorsement on reverse noting the ownership of the share by the Anglo Russian Cotton factories Ltd., tiny nick at left, extremely fine and rare £800-1,000
820 Schlusselbourg Calico Printing Company, 1000 rouble share, 1869, no.300, 4 pages, inside shows dividends paid until 1915/16, also shows ownership of Anglo-Russian Cotton Factories with signature of Evelyn Hubbard, about extremely fine and rare £600-800
821 Spassky Cotton Spinning and Weaving Co., 1000 rouble share, 1871, no.165, issued to and signed by W.E.Hubbard as director, ornate border with scrollwork in each corner, grey and green, 4 pages, the reverse showing dividends paid to 1915/16, near extremely fine £600-800
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824 Gesellschaft der Oryszewer Zucker-Fabrik, 500 ruble share, Warsaw 1877, no.283, ornate border with scrollwork, tools and other items at top, black and blue, text in Russian and Polish on face, German on reverse, good very fine £800-1,000
822 Glukhoozersk Portland Cement Company, 100 rouble share, St.Petersburg 1914, no.73283, ornate borders, brown and black, with coupons, about extremely fine £60-80
825 Hotel d’Europe, 10 shares of 100 roubles, 1873, no.3471-3480, attractive vignette of Hotel at top, ornate border, black with pink underprint, with coupons, about extremely fine and rare £800-1,000 823 ‘Chleboproduct’ Joint Stock Co., Trading in Corn & Other Rural Productions, 4,000 rouble share, Moscow 1923, lovely ornate design, brown and black, text in Russian, English and French, with coupons, extremely fine £250-300 191
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826 “I. Got” Rope Factory, one share of 5000 roubles, St.Petersburg 1904, no.172, of only 360 issued, ornate border, mauve and black, with coupons, good very fine and rare £300-400
828 Societé des Fabriques de Soieries “C. Giraud Fils”, 25 shares of 200 roubles, Moscow 1912, no.2990129925, ornate border, blue with pink and pale blue underprint, with coupons, good very fine and rare £100-120
British Companies 829 A group of Russian Mining certificates, all British companies, comprising Russian Goldfields Ltd., £1 ordinary shares, 191[6], brown; Orsk Goldfields Ltd., £1 shares, 19[23], blue and pink; Troitzk Goldfields Ltd., £1 shares, 190[7], red; Nerchinsk Gold Co. Ltd., 19[06]; Russian Mining Corporation Ltd., 19[17]; Spassky Copper Mine Ltd., 19[13], 2 examples; Caucasus Copper Co. Ltd., 19[19], and Russo-Asiatic Consolidated Ltd., 19[29], 19[44] and a third 19[51], mixed condition but several very fine (11) £80-100
827 Sociéte des Conduits D’Eau a Kiew, a group of 13 certificates for 100 rouble share, Kiev 1906, ornate border, green and black, with coupons, all with damp staining at bottom right and split along fold, otherwise almost extremely fine £400-500
830 A varied group of British companies operating in Russia, comprising Imperial Russian Cotton and Jute Factory Ltd., £3 shares, 19[04], blue; Troitzk Goldfields Ltd., £1 shares, 190[7], red and black; Spassky Copper Mine Ltd., £1 shares, 19[12] and 19[39]; Anglo-Russian Trust Ltd., £1 shares, 19[12], 2 examples; International Russian Oilfields Ltd., 5 shilling shares (2), 19[13]; West Caucasian Oilfields Ltd., 10 shilling shares (2), 191[4]; Nerchinsk Gold Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 19[03]; Russian Petroleum & Liquid Fuel Co. Ltd., 19[03]; Spies Petroleum Co. Ltd., 3 pieces, and Russo-Asiatic Consolidated Ltd., 2s6d shares, 4 examples with capital of £2,800,000, 1920’s and 30’s, 7 pieces with capital of £2,789,425.15, 1940’s and 50’s, fine to very fine (26) £200-300
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 831 A collection of Russian Oil companies, all British registered, including Anglo-Terek Petroleum Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 19[12], oilfield at top; Russian Petroleum & Liquid Fuel Co. Ltd., ordinary and preference shares of £1, 19[01] and 19[04]; West Caucasian Oilfields Ltd., 10s shares, 191[5]; North Caucasian Oil Fields Ltd., 25 shares of 10 shillings, 191[4]; Caucasian (Tchermoeff) Oilfields Ltd., 10 shilling shares, 1914 and 1919; International Russian Oilfields Ltd., 5 shilling shares, 3 examples; Spies Petroleum Co. Ltd., 10 shilling shares, 19[15]; Maikop Spies Co. Ltd., 19[14] and 19[36]; Maikop Pipeline and Transportation Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 2 examples; Maikop Standard Oil Fields Ltd., 191[0]; Maikop Midland Oilfields Ltd., 191[0]; International Maikop Ltd., 19[10], and various others, many decorative, fine to very fine (25) £300-400
834
French & Belgian Companies 835 Ateliers de Construction, Forges & Fonderies de Khartsisk (Donetz), pair of certificates for 250 franc share and dividend share, both 1898, attractive architectural border with vignettes of the company’s iron products, brown and green respectively, with coupons, both good very fine (2) £60-80
832 Anglo-Terek Petroleum Co. Ltd., certificate for £1 shares, fully paid, 19[10], no.131, vignette of oil wells at top, scrollwork at left, black, good very fine £80-100 Incorporated in 1901. Held two 27-acre oil fields in the area of Grozny, near the Caspian Sea. 833 Russian Tobacco Co., a set of bearer certificates for 1, 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 shares of £1 each, 19[15], allegorical figure at top, ornate borders, blue, mauve, red, green, brown and dark green respectively, printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd., with coupons, generally extremely fine or better (6) £60-80 834 Singer Cycle Company (Russia) Ltd., £1 shares, 189[7], no.3, issued to the Earl of Norbury and signed by him as a director, scrollwork at left, decorative title, blue, very fine and a rare piece £60-80
836 La Linière de Witebsk, 500 franc share, Brussels 1898, no.6422, large full height vignette of allegorical female standing on plinth with factory behind, green and pink, with coupons, extremely fine £60-80 193
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Miscellaneous lots
837 Métal Déployé S.A. Russo-Belge, 250 franc ordinary share, 1896, no.1433, vignette of lathe at bottom, arms of Russia and Belgium at top, architectural border, brown, yellow underprint, with coupons, extremely fine £60-80
838 American mining certificates, all issued to the Earl of Norbury, comprising Western American Company, capital stock shares, 2 examples dated 189[9], ornate border, black; Hawthorne Silver & Iron Mines Ltd., $1 shares, 19[10] and 3 more 19[11], attractive piece with mining scenes at top, brown and black; Gold Hill Mines Co., capital stock, 19[24], American Eagle at top, green and black, together with letter regarding purchase; Dixie Gold Mining Co., 5 cent shares, 19[33]; Bay City Gold Mines Inc., 2 pieces, 1 cent shares, 19[34]; Oil Empire Inc., 2 pieces 19[38]; Arriba Gold Fields Ltd., 19[29]; London Mountain Gold Mining Co., 4 pieces dated 19[32]-19[35]; Goldfield Deep Mines Co. of Nevada, 19[20] and 4 dated 19[27]; Mining Investment Co., 19[32]; Wayside Placer Co., 19[38]; Gold Producers Inc., 19[37]; National Boston Montana Mines Corporation, 19[34]; International Reduction Co., 19[25]; Bruce Consolidated Mining Co., capital stock shares (4), 19[34] and 19[36], and class A capital stock (5), 19[37] and 19[38]; B. E. Walter Oil & Gas Co., 19[36]; Virginia Iron and Railway Co., 189[2], and Kercheval Production Co., $1 shares, units of beneficial interests of $1 each, and 5yr gold bond for $100, all 19[27], many pieces with American Eagle at top and ornate borders, a couple with very slight tears on folds, otherwise generally very fine or thereabouts (41) £100-150 839 Large collection of certificates from the USA, mainly railroad companies, some un-issued, a little duplication, early to modern, including Confederate States of America, 6% Loan, 1864, bond for $500, Washington on horseback at top, black and orange, some with filing holes, generally very fine or thereabouts (approx 100) £200-300
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Confederate States
State Loans
841 Territory of Florida, Bank of Pensacola, 6% bond for $1000, 1835, series B no.93, plain black printing with pink paper seal attached, with coupon sheet and certificate for obtaining interest in London, a couple of nicks to edges, very fine £150-200 840 7% Cotton Loan, 1863, a set of 4 bonds for £1000, £500, £200 and £100, no.426, 472, 1143 and 1830, large format with vignette of Confederacy holding flag next to bales of cotton, black, all with coupons on both sides, (Ball 156-159, Criswell 116-119), all very fine (4) £600-800
842 Territory of Florida, 6% Loan, 1838, $1000 bond, no.2175, lovely piece with several vignettes including early steam train, woman gathering wheat and farmer picking crops, black, signed by R.K. Call as Governor, together with separate divident warrants for getting interest paid in London, heavy centre fold and very light staining, otherwise very fine £200-300
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boNdS aNd Share CertifiCateS of the WorLd 843 Territory of Florida, 6% Loan, 1838, $1000 bond, no.2174, lovely piece with several vignettes including early steam train, woman gathering wheat and farmer picking crops, black, signed by R.K. Call as Governor, together with separate divident warrants for getting interest paid in London, slight damage along folds and light staining, otherwise very fine £200-300
844 State of Georgia, 7% Loan, 1870, bond for $1000, no.251, signed by Governor Rufus B. Bullock, attractive piece with vignettes of the Georgia arch of Constitution, allegorical females, sailors and men loading wagon, green and black, with coupons, very fine and scarce £150-200
845 State of North Carolina, Act of December 18 1868, $1000 bond, no.2737, and Act of January 29 1869, $1000 bond, no.6716, both in aid of the Western North Carolina Railroad, and 1869, $1000 bond, no.2494, in aid of the Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford Railroad Co., vignette of state capital at top, allegorical figures in top corners, black and blue, with coupons, together with; State of South Carolina, Sterling Funded Debt, 6% bonds for £100 (2), Columbia 1871, one issued and one unissued, cotton plant at top, allegorical figures at bottom, black and pink, cancelled, with coupons, and Military Defence of the State of South Carolina, un-issued 7% bond, Charleston 186[-], black, fine to very fine, some with heavy creasing and damage to coupons where cancelled (6) £120-150
846 Republic of Texas, 10% Consolidated Fund, bond for $500, Austin 18[40], signed by J. W. Simmons as comptroller and Charles De Morse as stock commissioner, attractive piece with vignettes of allegorical figures, 5 pointed star below, printed by Southern Bank Note Co., with coupons, cut cancelled, very fine but toned £120-150 James Wright Simmons (1790-1858), born in Charleston, South Carolina, educated at Harvard University. Served as comptroller of the Republic of Texas from 1839 to 1840, and then as treasurer from 1840 until November, 1841. Charles DeMorse (18161887), born in Leicester, Massachusetts, moving to Texas in the 1830’s to assist in their fight for independence. Stock commissioner under President Mirabeau B. Lamar. Founded the Clarksville Northern Standard in 1842 and remained its publisher and editor until his death. During the Civil War, DeMorse organized and served as Colonel of the 29th Texas Cavalry, a unit that fought in Arkansas and the Indian Territory. He was the commanding officer of the force at the battle of Poison Springs, near Camden, Arkansas, where an attempted Union advance was repulsed. Following the war, DeMorse was active in state politics, helped organize the Texas Veterans Association, and was a director of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now Texas A & M University).
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Railroads 849 International Rail Road Company of Texas (TX), 8% Convertible Bond for $1000, 1872, no.605, signed by Galsusha Grow as trustee on reverse, attractive piece with steam locomotive at top, ornate border, green and black, underprint of $1000, green adhesive company seal at bottom, with coupons, good very fine £80-100
847 American Palace Car Co (ME), $100 shares, 19[06], no.1161, lovely vignette of steam train, brown and black, with related paperwork including a cheque from the shareholder, drawn on the London & Westminster Bank in London in payment of the shares; together with Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Co (CO & UT), 10 shares, 1909, vignette of Canyon, and Wabash Railroad, 1904, fine to very fine (3) £60-80 850 Montclair and Greenwood Lake Railway Co (NJ), 7% mortgage bond for $100, 1875, no.225B, lovely piece with vignette of steam train within title, ornate border, black, gold and red, with coupons, slight nicks to edge and small holes worn on creases, otherwise very fine £100-120
848 Florida Central Railroad Co (FL), 7% First Mortgage bond for $1000, 1877, no.227, attractive piece with steam train in centre and another at lower right, black, buff underprint and green ‘$1000’ in centre, with coupons, good very fine £60-80 851 St. Louis, Lawrence and Denver Rail Road Co (KS), first mortgage bond for $1000, 1871, no.30, attractive piece with vignette of steam trains on meandering track, ornate border, black and orange, with coupons, good very fine £60-80
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boNdS aNd Share CertifiCateS of the WorLd 854 Worcester Railroad Company (MD & VA), 6% First Mortgage Gold Bond for $500, 1876, no.42, vignettes of steam boat on busy river and steam train crossing bridge, brown and black, with coupons, stamped cancelled, small split on fold at top edge, otherwise good very fine £60-80
Railroad Literature
852 Selma, Rome, and Dalton Railroad Co., (AL/GA), 7% mortgage bond for $1000, 1867, no.2535, vignette of agricultural scene with steam train at top, ornate border, black and green, with coupons, very fine £60-80
855 Manual of the Railroads of the United States, 1883, by Henry V. Poor, 80 pages adverts + contents, cviii introduction, 1055 pp plus 135 pages adverts at the rear, with maps and plans, bound in green cloth, good condition £150-200 856 Manual of the Railroads of the United States, 1889, by Henry V. Poor, 130 pages adverts + contents, xxvii introduction, 1064 pp plus 293 pages appendix & adverts at the rear, with maps and plans, bound in green cloth, good condition £150-200 857 Poor’s Manual of Railroads, 1919, xvi adverts, 68 + 12 +32 pages index + contents, cviii introduction, 2088 pp, with maps and plans, bound in green cloth, good condition £100-120
Commercial & Industrial
853 Wilmington and Manchester Railroad Company (NC & SC), First Preferred Mortgage Bond for $500, 1862, no.86, lovely vignette of steam locomotive at top, pink underprint of $500, green paper company seal, some small stains at top edge, otherwise very fine £60-80
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858 American Express Company, $500 shares, 186[5], no.1596, capital 6,000 shares, overprinted 10,000, signed by Henry Wells as President, William G. Fargo as Secretary and Alexander Holland as Treasurer, dog in centre, railway terminus and dockside behind, black, together with American Merchants Union Express Company, $100 shares, 186[9], no.4712, signed by William Fargo as President, loaded wagon speeds away from dockside, dog logo at top left, black, both with usual discolouration, very fine (2) £250-350 WWW.SpiNK.Com
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859 Central Appalachian Company Ltd., a group of 4 certificates for one preference share of 500 francs, Brussels 1892, large format pieces, steam train at bottom, vignettes of allegorical figures at sides and top, green and black, with coupons, good very fine (4) £60-80
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This Belgian company owned land and mines in Kentucky, U.S.A. Although no printers imprint the central vignette is the same as used on the Staffordshire Mines Drainage certificates which are printed by Waterlow & Sons. 860 Copper Metals Company (AZ), a group of 114 6% 20-year Gold bonds of $100, 1910, decorative title and ornate border with scrollwork, orange and black, all with coupons, generally very fine and better (114) £100-150 861 Corona Queen Mining Company (NM Terr.), a group of 83 certificates for $5 shares, 19[08], allegorical female at top left, green and black with gold seal, a handful have condition problems, otherwise very fine and better (83) £200-250
864 Great Southern Lumber and Railway Supply Co (NY), first mortgage 6% bond for $50, 1882, no.1121, large format piece with vignette of steam train in centre, green and black, with coupons, good very fine £60-80 Formed in New York in 1881, holding 13,000 acres of pine forest in Baldwin County, Alabama.
The mine was in Lincoln County, New Mexico, about 100 miles from Albuquerque. 862 Cosmopolitan Electric Underground Telegraph, Telephone, and Electric Light Co (NJ), certificate for shares of capital stock, Camden, N.J. 18[84], no.613, vignette of female figure with cherubs in centre holding wires, ornate border, black printing on blue paper, very fine £60-80
865 Gyro Air Lines Inc. (AZ), class ‘A’ capital stock, 193[4], no.A2992, red and black, together with American Gyro Company (CO), three certificates for class ‘A’ capital stock, two 19[33] and another 19[34], no.13850, 177424 and 20559 respectively, company logo with American Eagle at top, ornate border, brown and black, and Crusader Aircraft Corporation (AZ), class ‘A’ capital stock, 193[7], no.A8178, knight on horseback and aircraft at top, brown and black, all issued to the Earl of Norbury, generally very fine (5) £100-150
863 Custer and Maud Mining Company (SD), group of six 6% first mortgage bonds for $500, 1892, vignette of seal at top, ornate border, brown and black, all with coupons, good very fine (6) £120-150 199
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866 International Safety Razor Corporation (NJ), a group of 89 certificates for less than 100 shares, class B, [1929], factory at top, ornate border, mauve and black, Central Banknote Co., cancelled, very fine and better (89) £120-150 Incorporated in Virginia in 1919, and later in New Jersey. They manufactured safety razor blades using the trade names “Liberty”, “Dime”, “Fax”, “Sha-ve-zee”, “Bond”, “Speedway” and “Bob”. The second-largest producer, after Gillette by the late 1920’s.
868 869 Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America, a group of 6 certificates for ‘less than 100 shares’ of $5, all 19[12], no.04289, 04290 and 05551-54, ornate border, vignette at top of Lady Justice between two globes, blue and black, good very fine (6) £100-120 Italian physicist Guglielmo Marconi’s new invention was patented in England in 1896. Following this Marconi formed the Wireless Telegraph and Signal Company with the help of his cousin Jameson Davis, and this was later renamed the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company in 1900. Being a British owned company much of their work was initially based in England and Europe, but Marconi's radio-telegraphy system became more widely recognised following the America’s Cup in 1899 where his system was used to communicate between ships and the newspapers in New York City on the progress of the yacht race. This sparked worldwide interest and lead to the formation of the subsidiary, the American Marconi Company.
867 Kansas Waterworks and Irrigation Company Loan (KS), a group of 12 First Mortgage 6% gold bonds for $500 or £103, 1889, large format piece with decorative title, farmland with livestock beneath, black and green, with coupons, good very fine (12) £150-200 868 Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., a specimen certificate for $.10c shares, circa 1988, from the offices of Lehman Brothers, vignette of city of Montgomery in oval frame at top, founders in bottom corners, green, uncirculated, framed and glazed £2,000-2,500 Formed in 1850 this investment bank had a glorious career, rising to be the 4th largest in the USA before declaring bankruptcy in 2008. This piece is thought to have come from one of their offices.
870 Merchants Union Express Co (NY), $100 shares, $35 paid, Auburn N.Y. 186[7], no.805, vignette of loaded wagon leaving railway goods yard, black, green underprint, creased with light discolouration as usual, about very fine £60-80
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November 28, 2014 - LoNdoN 871 Mission Development Company (DE), a group of 100 certificates for less than 100 shares, and a group of 100 certificates each for 100 shares, all dated in the 1950’s, all with facsimile signature of J.Paul Getty as President, allegorical female at top, brown and blue respectively, all perforated cancelled, mostly very fine to extremely fine (200) £80-120
874 Springfield Gas Light Company (MA), a group of 99 certificates for $25 shares, variously dated 1920’s and 30’s, gas tank in centre, black, embossed seal, most with small hole cancels and stamped cancelled, various printings, generally very fine (99) £200-250
872 North American Land Company, certificate for [five] shares, 179[5], no.134, signed by Robert Morris as President, black printing with scrollwork at left, slight damage at top and right edges, good clear signature, good very fine £200-300
875 United States Land and Investment Company (NY), 6% First Mortgage Convertible Land bond for $1000, New York 1884, no.146, large format piece with lovely ornate border, State Capitol in centre, black, green $1000 underprint, orange print on reverse, very fine £60-80
873 North American Land Company, certificate for [one] share, 179[5], no.1309, signed by Robert Morris as President, black printing with scrollwork at left, some ink burning on signature and top edge, otherwise almost extremely fine £300-400
876 Vanderbilt Newspapers, Inc (DE), a pair of certificates for preferred stock and common stock, 192[4], both no.5728, both signed by Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. as president, ornate borders, green with green seal and brown with brown seal respectively, very fine (2) £60-80 Cornelius Vanderbilt IV (1898-1974), great grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt. Worked for the New York Herald and the New York Times often writing under the name of Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., and went on to launch his own newspapers including the Los Angeles Illustrated Daily News, San Francisco Illustrated Daily Herald, and the Miami Tab. The publications proved unsuccessful and made Vanderbilt a loss of nearly $6 million. He went on to write numerous books and made the documentary ‘Hitler’s Reign of Terror’.
Robert Morris (1734-1806), a wealthy merchant who also signed the Declaration of Independence and financed the Bank of North America, founded the North American Land Company with partners James Greenleaf and John Nicholson. The company held 6,000,000 acres of real estate in Pennsylvania, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia and Kentucky, and was formed to sell stock secured by the land in order to repay the founders debts. The company failed as the land market collapsed, and Morris and his partners were ruined, each ending up in Debtors Prison. 201
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boNdS aNd Share CertifiCateS of the WorLd 877 Vanderbilt Newspapers, Inc (DE), a pair of certificates for preferred stock and common stock, 192[4], both no.5727, both signed by Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. as president, ornate borders, green with green seal and brown with brown seal respectively, very fine (2) £60-80
British Companies 878 An interesting group of British companies mining in North America (9), comprising; Silver Peak Mining Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 18[81]; Sam Christian Gold Hydraulic Ltd., £1 shares, 188[8]; Black Hills Syndicate Ltd, £1 shares, 1[909] and debenture for £20, 1909, this with attractive vignette of the mining region; Tuolumne Gold Mining Co. Ltd., warrant for £2 shares, 18[70]; Ray Copper Mines Ltd., £1 shares, 18[99]; Parkes’ Gold & Silver Ores Smelting Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 18[87]; Denver Gold Co. Ltd., 5 shilling shares, 1888, and Astor Alliance Mines Ltd., £1 shares, 18[87], all very fine or better (9) £120-150
879 British mining companies operating in the USA, a group of certificates comprising Alturas Gold Ltd., £1 shares (2), both 188[8], black; Elmore Gold Ltd., 5 shilling shares, 18[91], purple; Idaho Exploring Co. Ltd., ordinary and preference shares of 5 shillings each, 189[7], purple and orange; Dickens Custer Mines Ltd., £1 shares, 189[8], brown; La Plata Mines Ltd., 5 shilling shares, 18[95], black; Holcomb Valley Co. Ltd., 1 shilling shares, 189[5], pink; Eberhardt Co. Ltd., 3 pieces all 18[81]; Pittsburgh Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd., 188[7]; Esmeralda Ltd., 1889; New Russell Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 188[8] and 189[0]; Wendigo Copper Co. Ltd., 18[91]; Comstock Mining Co. Ltd., 18[88] (this one good very fine), and Montana Mining Co. Ltd., 2 pieces both 189[4], a few with filing holes, one torn, heavy creasing to some but generally about very fine unless stated (19) £150-200
880 Newhouse Tunnel Co. Ltd., certificate for ‘B’ shares of £500 each, [1896], no.81, ornate border and scrollwork at left, red printing on waxed paper, embossed seal at bottom, very fine and rare £60-80 A mine drainage tunnel servicing all the major gold mines in Idaho Springs and Central City, Colorado. It was named after mining magnate Samuel Newhouse, and was started in 1893, not being completed until 1910 when it had been renamed the Argo Tunnel. 881 Old Lout Mining Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 188[8], no.203, ornate border, brown, with paperwork, together with 2 more British companies operating in America comprising Sapphire and Ruby Company of Montana Ltd., founders share, 189[2], no.097, ornate title and scrollwork at left, green, and Montana Mining Company Ltd., £1 shares, 189[3], no.171, ornate border, blue, all three issued to the Earl of Norbury, first and last with small edge nicks, the second better, very fine and good very fine (3) £60-80 882 Victorine Gold Mining Company Ltd., 10% mortgage bonds, group of 8 certificates for 10 bonds of £1, 1881, large format, plain black printing, 4 pages, all with coupons, creasing on several, mostly very fine (8) £60-80 Registered 1881 to acquire the Victoria and Morning Star mines at Kingstown, Nevada.
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Your Responsibility You are responsible for satisfying yourself as to the condition of the goods and the matters referred to in the catalogue description.
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Extensions – Stamps only 3.4.1 If you wish to obtain an expert opinion or Certificate of Authenticity on any Lot (other than a mixed Lot or Lot containing undescribed stamps) you must notify us in writing not less than forty-eight hours before the time fixed for the commencement of the first session of the sale. If accepted by us, such request shall have the same effect as notice of an intention to question the genuineness or description of the Lot for the purposes of clause 5.13 (Refund in the case of Forgery) of these Terms and Conditions and the provisions of clause 5.13 (Refund in the case of Forgery) shall apply accordingly. 3.4.2 Notice of a request for an expert opinion or Certificate of Authenticity must give the reason why such opinion is required and specify the identity of your proposed expert which will be subject to agreement by us. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to refuse a request for an expert opinion or Certificate of Authenticity including (without limitation) where the proposed expert is not known to us.
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On-line Bidding We offer internet services as a convenience to our clients. We will not be responsible for errors or failures to execute bids placed on the internet, including, without limitation, errors or failures caused by (i) a loss of internet connection by either party for whatever reason; (ii) a breakdown or problems with the online bidding software and/or (iii) a breakdown or problems with your internet connection, computer or system. Execution of on-line internet bids on www.spink.com and Spink Live is a free service undertaken subject to other commitments at the time of the auction and we do not accept liability for failing to execute an online internet bid or for errors or omissions in connection with this activity. Buyers who acquire lots on the-saleroom.com will have a fee of 3% on the hammer price added to their invoice for using this facility.
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Telephone Bids If you make arrangements with us not less than 24 hours before the sale, we shall use reasonable endeavours to contact you to enable you to participate in bidding by telephone, but in no circumstances will we be liable to either the Seller or you as a result of failure to do so.
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Currency Converter At some auctions, a currency converter will be operated, based on the one month forward rates of exchange quoted to us by Barclays Bank Plc or any other appropriate rate determined by us, at opening on the date of the auction. Bidding will take place in a currency determined by us, which is usually sterling for auctions held in London. The currency converter is not always reliable, and errors may occur beyond our control either in the accuracy of the Lot number displayed on the converter, or the foreign currency equivalent of sterling bids. We shall not be liable to you for any loss suffered as a result of you following the currency converter.
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Video images At some auctions there will be a video screen. Mistakes may occur in its operation, and we cannot be liable to you regarding either the correspondence of the image to the Lot being sold or the quality of the image as a reproduction of the original.
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Bidding Increments Bidding generally opens below the low estimate and advances in the following order although the auctioneer may vary the bidding increments during the course of the auction. The normal bidding increments are: Up to £100 by £5 £100 to £300 by £10 £300 to £600 £320-£350-£380-£400 etc. £600 to £1,000 by £50 £1,000 to £3,000 by £100 £3,000 to £6,000 £3,200-£3,500-£3,800-£4,000 etc. £6,000 to £20,000 by £500 £20,000 and up Auctioneer’s discretion
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4.10 Bidding by Spink 4.10.1 We reserve the right to bid on Lots on the Seller’s behalf up to the amount of the Reserve (if any), which will never be above the low estimate printed in the auction catalogue. 4.10.2 The Spink Group reserves the right to bid on and purchase Lots as principal. 4.11 The Auctioneer’s Discretion The auctioneer has the right at his absolute discretion to refuse any bid to advance the bidding in such manner as he may decide to withdraw or divide any Lot, to combine any two or more Lots and, in the case of error or dispute, to put an item up for bidding again. 4.12 Successful Bid Subject to the auctioneer’s discretion, the striking of his hammer marks the acceptance of the highest bid, provided always that such bid is higher than the Reserve (where applicable), and the conclusion of a contract for sale between you and the Seller. 4.13 After Sale Arrangements If you enter into any private sale agreements for any Lot with the Seller within 60 days of the auction, we, as exclusive agents of the Seller reserve the right to charge you the applicable Buyer’s Premium in accordance with these Terms and Conditions, and the Seller a commission in accordance with the terms of the Seller’s agreement. 4.14 Return of Lot 4.14.1 Once your bid has been accepted for a Lot then you are liable to pay for that Lot in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. If there are any problems with a Lot then you must notify us within 7 days of receipt of the Lot, specifying the nature of the problem. We may then request that the Lot is returned to us for inspection. Save as set out in clause 5.13, the cancellation of the sale of any Lot and the refund of the corresponding purchase price is entirely at our sole discretion. We will not normally exercise that discretion if the Lot is not received by us in the same condition that it was in at the auction date. 4.14.2 No lot may be returned on account of condition if the condition was stated by a third party grading company (including, but not limited to PCGS, NGC, ANACS, ICG, PMG, WBG). 5
AFTER THE AUCTION 5.1 Buyer’s Premium and other charges In addition to the Hammer Price, you must pay us the Buyer’s Premium at a rate of 20% of the final Hammer price of each lot, a fee of 3% on the hammer price total for using the-saleroom.com and a surcharge for paying by credit card.
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Value Added Tax Other than in respect of Zero-rated Lots (o) VAT is chargeable on the Hammer price and the Buyer’s premium of daggered (†) and (Ω) lots at the standard rate (currently 20%), and on lots marked (x) at the reduced rate (currently 5% on the Hammer price and 20% on the Buyer’s premium). VAT on Margin scheme lots (identified by the absence of any VAT symbol next to the lot number) is payable at 20% on the Buyer’s premium only. VAT Refunds General 5.3.1 As we remain liable to account for VAT on all Lots unless they have been exported outside the EU within 3 months of the date of sale, you will generally be asked to deposit all amounts of VAT invoiced. However, if a Spink nominated shipper is instructed, then any refundable VAT will not be collected. In all other cases credits will be made when proof of export is provided. If you export the Lot yourself you must obtain shipping documents from the Shipping Department for which a charge of £50 will be made. 5.3.2 If you export the Lot you must return the valid proof of export certificate to us within 3 months of the date of sale. If you fail to return the proof of export certificate to us within such period and you have not already accounted to us for the VAT, you will be liable to us for the full amount of the VAT due on such Lot and we shall be entitled to invoice you for this sum. 5.3.3 To apply for a refund of any VAT paid, the proof of export certificate must be sent to our Shipping Department clearly marked ‘VAT Refund’ within 3 months of the date of sale. No payment will be made where the total amount of VAT refundable is less than £50 and Spink will charge £50 for each refund processed. VAT Refunds - Buyers from within the EU 5.3.4 VAT refunds are available on the Hammer Price and Buyer’s Premium of Daggered (†) and Investment Gold (g) Lots. You must certify that you are registered for VAT in another EU country and that the Lot is to be removed from the United Kingdom within 3 months of the date of sale. 5.3.5 Where an EU buyer purchases a Lot on which import VAT has been charged, no refund of VAT is available from us. It may be possible to apply directly for a refund on form VAT 65 to HM Revenue & Customs Overeseas Repayment Section, Londonderry. VAT Refunds – Buyers from outside the EU 5.3.6 Where a Lot is included within the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme and evidence of export from the EU is produced within 3 months of the date of sale, the VAT on Buyer’s Premium may be refunded. 5.3.7 Where the Lot is marked as a Daggered (†) or Investment Gold (g) Lot the VAT charged on the Hammer Price may be refunded where evidence of export from the EU is produced within 3 months of the date of sale. A refund of VAT charged on the Buyer’s Premium can also be made on receipt of proof of business as a collectibles dealer. 5.3.8 Where the Lot is marked as an Omega (Ω) Lot or an Import VAT (x) Lot and evidence of export from the EU is produced within 3 months of the date of sale, the VAT charged on both the Hammer Price and Buyer’s Premium may be refunded. Where required, we can advise you on how to export such Lots as a specific form of export evidence is required. Where we advise you on the export of the Lots, please be aware that the ultimate responsibility in respect of obtaining a valid proof of export certificate will lie with you and we will not be responsible for your failure to obtain such certificate. Payment 5.4.1 You must provide us with your full name and permanent address and, if so requested, details of the bank from which any payments to us will be made. You must pay the full amount due (comprising the Hammer Price, the Buyer’s Premium and any applicable VAT) within seven days after the date of the sale. This applies even if you wish to export the Lot and an export licence is (or may be) required. 5.4.2 You will not acquire title to the Lot until all amounts due have been paid in full. This includes instances where special arrangements were made for release of Lot prior to full settlement. 5.4.3 Payment should be made in sterling by one of the following methods: II(i) Direct bank transfer to our account details of which are set out on the invoice. All bank charges shall be met by you. Please ensure that your client number is noted on the transfer. i(ii) By cheque or bank draft made payable to Spink and Son Ltd and sent to Spink at 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET. Please note that the processing charges for payments made by cheques or bank drafts drawn on a non-U.K bank shall be met by you. Please ensure that the remittance slip printed at the bottom of the invoice is enclosed with your payment. (iii) By Visa or Mastercard. A charge of 2% will be applied. Payments exceeding £5,000 can normally only be made by the card holder in person whilst on our premises. 5.4.4 Payments should be made by the registered buyer and not by third parties, unless it has been agreed at the time of registration that you are acting as an agent on behalf of a third party.
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Invoices Invoices may consist of one or more pages and will show: Zero rated Lots (o); no symbol Lots sold under the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme; Lots marked (g) special scheme Investment Gold; Daggered Lots (†), imported Lots marked (x) and (Ω), (e) Lots with Zero rated hammer for EU VAT registered buyers. 5.6 Collection of Purchases 5.6.1 Unless specifically agreed to the contrary, we shall retain lots purchased until all amounts due to us, or to the Spink Group, have been paid in full. Buyers will be required to pay for their lots when they wish to take possession of the same, which must be within 7 days of the date of the sale, unless prior arrangements have been made with Spink. Without prior agreement, lots will not be released until cleared funds are received with regard to payments made by cheque. 5.6.2 Unless we notify you to the contrary, items retained by us will be covered in accordance with our policy which is available for inspection at our offices from the date of sale for a period of seven days or until the time of collection, whichever is sooner. After seven days or from the time of collection, whichever is the earlier, the Lot will be entirely at your risk. 5.6.3 Our policy will not cover and we are unable to accept responsibility for damage caused by woodworm, changes in atmospheric conditions or acts of terrorism. 5.7 Notification We are not able to notify successful bidders by telephone. While Invoices are sent out by mail after the auction we do not accept responsibility for notifying you of the result of your bid. You are requested to contact us by telephone or in person as soon as possible after the auction to obtain details of the outcome of your bids to avoid incurring charges for late payment. 5.8 Packing and handling 5.8.1 We shall use all reasonable endeavours to take care when handling and packing a purchased Lot but remind you that after seven days or from the time of collection, whichever is sooner, the Lot is entirely at your risk. Our postage charges are set out at the back of the catalogue. 5.8.2 It is the responsibility of the Buyer to be aware of any Import Duties that may be incurred upon importation to the final destination. Spink will not accept return of any package in order to avoid these duties. The onus is also on the Buyer to be aware of any Customs import restrictions that prohibit the importation of certain collectibles. Spink will not accept return of the Lot(s) under these circumstances. Spink will not accept responsibility for Lot(s) seized or destroyed by Customs. 5.8.3 If the Buyer requires delivery of the Lot to an address other than the invoice address this will be carried out at the discretion of Spink. 5.9 Recommended packers and shippers If required our shipping department may arrange shipment as your agent. Although we may suggest carriers if specifically requested, our suggestions are made on the basis of our general experience of such parties in the past and we are not responsible to any person to whom we have made a recommendation for the acts or omissions of the third parties concerned. 5.10 Remedies for non-payment or failure to collect purchases 5.10.1 If you fail to make payment within seven days of your stipulated payment date set out in your invoice, we shall be entitled to exercise one or more of the following rights or remedies: 5.10.1.1 to charge interest at the rate of 2% per month compound interest, calculated on a daily basis, from the date the full amount is due; 5.10.1.2 to set off against any amounts which the Spink Group may owe you in any other transaction the outstanding amount remaining unpaid by you; 5.10.1.3 we may keep hold of all or some of your Lots or other property in the possession of the Spink Group until you have paid all the amounts you owe us or the Spink Group, even if the unpaid amounts do not relate to those Lots or other property. Following fourteen days’ notice to you of the amount outstanding and remaining unpaid, the Spink Group shall have the right to arrange the sale of such Lots or other property. We shall apply the proceeds in discharge of the amount outstanding to us or the Spink Group, and pay any balance to you; 5.10.1.4 where several amounts are owed by you to the Spink Group in respect of different transactions, to apply any amount paid to discharge any amount owed in respect of any particular transaction, whether or not you so direct; 5.10.1.5 to reject at any future auction any bids made by you or on your behalf or obtain a deposit from you before accepting any bids. 5.10.2 If you fail to make payment within thirty-five days, we shall in addition be entitled: 5.10.2.1 to cancel the sale of the Lot or any other item sold to you at the same or any other auction; 5.10.2.2 to arrange a resale of the Lot, publicly or privately, and, if this results in a lower price being obtained, claim the balance from you together with all reasonable costs including a 20% seller’s commission, expenses, damages, legal fees, commissions and premiums of whatever kind associated with both sales or otherwise, incurred in connection with your failure to make payment;
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5.10.2.3 when reselling the Lot, place a notice in our catalogue stating that you successfully purchased the Lot at auction but have subsequently failed to pay the Hammer Price of the Lot; or 5.10.2.4 take any other appropriate action as we deem fit. 5.10.3 If you fail to collect within fourteen days after the sale, whether or not payment has been made, you will be required 5.10.3.1 to pay a storage charge of £2 per item per day plus any additional handling cost that may apply. 5.10.3.2 you will not be entitled to collect the Lot until all outstanding charges are met, together with payment of all other amounts due to us. 5.11 Uses of default information If you fail to make payment for a Lot in accordance with these Terms and Conditions: 5.11.1 We reserve the right to refuse you the right to make bids for any future auction irrespective of whether previous defaults have been settled; and 5.11.2 You consent to us disclosing details of such default to other auctioneers and live bidding platforms, which will include your name, address, nature of the default and the date of the default. Auctioneers or live bidding platforms who receive details of the default may rely on such information when deciding whether to enter into a transaction with you in the future. 5.12 Export Licence 5.12.1 If required we can, at our discretion, advise you on the detailed provisions of the export licensing regulations. Where we advise you in relation to export licensing regulations the ultimate responsibility in respect of any export will lie with you and we will not be responsible for your failure to apply for any necessary licences. 5.12.2 If the Lot is going to be hand carried by you, you may be required to produce a valid export licence to us or sign a waiver document stating that a licence will be applied for. 5.12.3 You should always check whether an export licence is required before exporting. Export licences are usually obtained within two or three weeks but delays can occur. 5.12.4 Unless otherwise agreed by us in writing, the fact that you wish to apply for an export licence does not affect your obligation to make payment within seven days nor our right to charge interest on late payment. 5.12.5 If you request that we apply for an export licence on your behalf, we shall be entitled to recover from you our disbursements and out of pocket expenses in relation to such application, together with any relevant VAT. 5.12.6 We will not be obliged to rescind a sale nor to refund any interest or other expenses incurred by you where payment is made by you despite the fact that an export licence is required. 5.13 Refund in the case of Forgery 5.13.1 A sale will be cancelled, and the amount paid refunded to you if a Lot (other than a miscellaneous item not described in the catalogue) sold by us proves to have been a Forgery. We shall not however be obliged to refund any amounts if either (a) the catalogue description or saleroom notice at the auction date corresponded to the generally accepted opinion of scholars or experts at that time, or fairly indicated that there was a conflict of opinions, or (b) it can be demonstrated that the Lot is a Forgery only by means of either a scientific process not generally accepted for use until after publication of the catalogue or a process which at the date of the auction was unreasonably expensive or impracticable or likely to have caused damage to the Lot. Furthermore, you should note that this refund can be obtained only if the following conditions are met: 5.13.1.1 you must notify us in writing, within seven days of the receipt of the Lot(s), that in your view the Lot concerned is a Forgery; 5.13.1.2 you must then return the item to us within fourteen days from receipt of the Lot(s), in the same condition as at the auction date; and 5.13.1.3 as soon as possible following return of the Lot, you must produce evidence satisfactory to us that the Lot is a Forgery and that you are able to transfer good title to us, free from any third party claims. 5.13.1.4 you must provide to us all evidence obtained by you that a Lot is a Forgery no later than 7 days after you receive such evidence. 5.13.2 In no circumstances shall we be required to pay you any more than the amount paid by you for the Lot concerned and you shall have no claim for interest. 5.13.3 The benefit of this guarantee is not capable of being transferred, and is solely for the benefit of the person to whom the original invoice was made out by us in respect of the Lot when sold and who, since the sale, has remained the owner of the Lot without disposing of any interest in it to any third party. 5.13.4 We shall be entitled to rely on any scientific or other process to establish that the Lot is not a Forgery, whether or not such process was used or in use at the date of the auction. 6
LIABILITY Nothing in these Terms and Conditions limits or excludes our liability for: 6.1 death or personal injury resulting from negligence; or 6.2 any damage or liability incurred by you as a result of our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
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USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION 7.1 We will use the personal information you provide to us to: 7.1.1 process the bids you make on Lots (whether successful or otherwise) and other auction related services we provide; 7.1.2 process your payment relating to a successful purchase of a Lot; 7.1.3 arrange for delivery of any Lot you purchase, which will include passing your details to shipping providers and, on overseas deliveries, to customs where they make enquiries regarding the Lot; 7.1.4 inform you about similar products or services that we provide, but you may stop receiving these at any time by contacting us. 7.2 In accordance with clause 4.2, you agree that we may pass your information to credit reference agencies and that they may keep a record of any search that they do. 7.3 In accordance with clause 5.11, you agree that where you default on making payment for a Lot in accordance with these terms and conditions we may disclose details of such default to other auctioneers and live bidding platforms. 7.4 We are also working closely with third parties (including, for example, other auctioneers and live bidding platforms) and may receive information about you from them. COPYRIGHT 8.1 We shall have the right (on a non-exclusive basis) to photograph, video or otherwise produce an image of the Lot. All rights in such an image will belong to us, and we shall have the right to use it in whatever way we see fit. 8.2 The copyright in all images, illustrations and written material relating to a Lot is and shall remain at all times our property and we shall have the right to use it in whatever way we see fit. You shall not use or allow anyone else to use such images, illustrations or written material without our prior written consent. VAT You shall give us all relevant information about your VAT status and that of the Lot to ensure that the correct information is printed in the catalogues. Once printed, the information cannot be changed. If we incur any unforeseen cost or expense as a result of the information being incorrect, you will reimburse to us on demand the full amount incurred.
10 NOTICES All notices given under these Terms and Conditions may be served personally, sent by 1st class post, or faxed to the address given to the sender by the other party. Any notice sent by post will be deemed to have been received on the second working day after posting or, if the addressee is overseas, on the fifth working day after posting. Any notice sent by fax or served personally will be deemed to be delivered on the first working day following despatch. 11 ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS The following provisions of this clause 10 shall apply only if you are acting for the purposes of your business. 11.1 Limitation of Liability Subject to clause 6, we shall not be liable, whether in tort (including for negligence) or breach of statutory duty, contract, misrepresentation or otherwise for any: 11.1.1 loss of profits, loss of business, depletion of goodwill and/or similar losses, loss of anticipated savings, loss of goods, loss of contract, loss of use, loss of corruption of data or information; or 11.1.2 any special, indirect, consequential or pure economic loss, costs, damages, charges or expenses. 11.2 Severability If any part of these Terms and Condition is found by any court to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that part may be discounted and the rest of the conditions shall continue to be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law. 11.3 Force majeure We shall have no liability to you if we are prevented from, or delayed in performing, our obligations under these Terms and Conditions or from carrying on our business by acts, events, omissions or accidents beyond our reasonable control, including (without limitation) strikes, lock-outs or other industrial disputes (whether involving our workforce or the workforce of any other party), failure of a utility service or transport network, act of God, war, riot, civil commotion, malicious damage, compliance with any law or governmental order, rule, regulation or direction, accident, breakdown of plant or machinery, fire, flood, storm or default of suppliers or subcontractors. 11.4 Waiver 11.4.1 A waiver of any right under these Terms and Conditions is only effective if it is in writing and it applies only to the circumstances for which it is given. No failure or delay by a party in exercising any right or remedy under these Terms and Conditions or by law shall constitute a waiver of that (or any other) right or remedy, nor preclude or restrict its further exercise. No single or partial exercise of such right or remedy shall preclude or restrict the further exercise of that (or any other) right or remedy. 11.4.2 Unless specifically provided otherwise, rights arising under these Terms and Conditions are cumulative and do not exclude rights provided by law.
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11.5 Law and Jurisdiction 11.5.1 These Terms and Conditions and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of England and Wales. 11.5.2 The parties irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim that arises out of, or in connection with, Terms and Conditions or their subject matter.
Postal Charges Prices for books (items sent by this method are not covered by insurance) Weight
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Prices for all other items including postage and packaging Invoice Value
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Shipments of more than 2kg or volumetric measurement of more than 2kg have to be sent by courier. Certain countries may incur extra charge when courier services are required by our insurance policy. For lots sent by courier please contact Auctionteam@spink.com for calculation of any further relevant cost in addition to the above charges. Value Added Tax (VAT) Charging of (VAT) at Auction The information shown on this page sets out the way in which Spink intends to account for VAT. i.
Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme 1. Where possible, we will offer Lots for sale under the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme. Such Lots can be identified by the absence of any VAT symbol next to the Lot number in the catalogue and will not be subject to VAT on the Hammer Price. 2. Where Lots are sold using the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme to UK VAT–registered businesses, the VAT on Buyers’ Premium is not recoverable as input tax. Upon request on sale day, we will issue invoices that show VAT separately on both the Hammer Price and the Buyer’s Premium. This will enable VAT-registered businesses to recover the VAT charged as input tax, subject to the normal rules for recovering input tax.
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Zero-Rated Lots Limited Categories of goods, such as books, are Zero-rated (o) for VAT in the United Kingdom. Such Lots are offered under the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme. In these circumstances no VAT will be added to the Buyer’s premium.
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Daggered Lots Lots which are Daggered (†) in the catalogue are subject to VAT at 20% on both the Hammer Price and the Buyer’s Premium.
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Imported and Omega Lots Lots which are marked (x) in the catalogue are subject to VAT at 5% on the Hammer price plus 20% on the Buyer’s premium. Lots which bear the Omega symbol (Ω) are subject to VAT at 20% on the Hammer Price and on the Buyer’s Premium. This VAT is payable on items imported from outside the EU. In these cases we have used a temporary importation procedure, which in effect means that the point of importation is deferred until the Lot has been sold. At this point the Buyer is treated as the importer and is liable to pay the import VAT due. We will collect the VAT from you and pay it to HM Customs and Excise on your behalf.
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Investment Gold Lots Lots marked (g) in the catalogue are exempt from VAT on the Hammer Price and are subject to VAT at 20% on the Buyer’s Premium. A refund of VAT charged on the Buyer’s Premium can also be made on receipt of proof of business as a collectibles dealer outside of the EU.
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GROUP CHAIRMAN AND CEO Olivier D. Stocker YOUR SPECIALISTS STAMPS UK - Tim Hirsch Guy Croton Fernando Martínez David Parsons Nick Startup Neill Granger Paul Mathews Dominic Savastano Tom Smith Ian Shapiro (Consultant) USA - George Eveleth Richard Debney EUROPE - Guido Craveri Fernando Martínez CHINA - Anna Lee Tommy Chau COINS UK - Mike Veissid Richard Bishop Eleanor Charlotte Dix Tim Robson Edouard Wyngaard Jon Mann Barbara Mears John Pett USA - Stephen Goldsmith (Special Consultant) Greg Cole Luke Mitchell CHINA - Kin Choi Cheung BANKNOTES, BONDS & SHARES UK - Barnaby Faull Mike Veissid Andrew Pattison Monica Kruber USA - Stephen Goldsmith (Special Consultant) EUROPE - Peter Christen CHINA - Paul Pei Po Chow Kelvin Cheung ORDERS, DECORATIONS, MEDALS & MILITARIA
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The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale Speciallised Great Britain Stamps and Postal History The Leeward Islands, Bahamas and Turks Islands from the Vestey Collection David Tett’s Collection of Prisoner of War Mail in East Asia and Dutch East Indies Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale The Federico Borromeo Collection of Nevis Stamps and Postal History The “Robert Wallace” Collection of Great Britain Line Engraved East Africa from the Vestey Collection The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale, including Latin America and Europe The “Lionheart” Collection of Great Britain and British Empire – Part IV Rhodesia Double Head Issue from the Vestey Collection The Neville Polakow FRPSL Collection of Northern Rhodesia The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale Western Australia from the Vestey Collection Specialised Great Britain Stamps and Postal History The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale Stamps and Covers of South East Asia Sale during the International Exhibition
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COINS UK - Mark Quayle Oliver Pepys John Hayward BOOKS UK - Philip Skingley Jennifer Mulholland AUTOGRAPHS USA - Stephen Goldsmith (Special Consultant) WINES CHINA - Vincent Cleme Anna Lee Guillaume Willk-Fabia YOUR EUROPE TEAM (LONDON - LUGANO) Chairman’s Office Charles Blane Directors Tim Hirsch Anthony Spink Auction & Client Management Team Miroslava Adusei-Poku Edward Rivers Luca Borgo Rita Ariete Dora Szigeti John Winchcombe María Martínez Maurizio Schenini Finance Alison Bennet Marco Fiori Mina Bhagat Dennis Muriu Hemel Thakore James Mayo IT & Administration Berdia Qamarauli Leszek Woronowicz Liz Cones Curlene Spencer Tom Robinson Cristina Dugoni Giacomo Canzi YOUR AMERICA TEAM (NEW YORK) Auction Administration and Marketing & Design Sonia Alves Madison Lang Finance & Administration Aleena Nieves Auctioneers Stephen Goldsmith Luke Mitchell Madison Lang YOUR ASIA TEAM (HONG KONG - SINGAPORE) Vice Chairman Anna Lee Administration Angie Ihlofung Newton Tsang Sue Pui Arthur Chan Gary Tan
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