China, ChineseImperialGovernment 1898 Goldloan bonds for £50 (blue) and £25 (brown) Deutsch-Asiatische Bank issue, no coupons remain, both with cancellation holes. AVF.
China, Compagnie Generale de Chermins de Fer et de Tramways en Chine, certificate for 1900with vignettes of bridge and rural scenes, with coupons, Bruxelles, single cancellation hole through signature. EF (25)
China, ImperialChineseGovernment 1908 Gold Loan bond for £20, French issue, with vignette of walled city, green, right and bottom margins uneven from where coupons cut off for payment, no coupons remain. AVF (1).
China, ImperialChineseGovernment Hukuang Railways 1911 Gold Loan, bonds for £20 and £100, both Hongkong and Shanghai Bank issue, vignette of train, black & green and black & red respectively, both with coupons, both VF. (2).
China, Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway 1913 Gold Loan, 20 x unissued bonds for £20, ornate border, large format, black & blue, with full coupon sheet, all EF. (20).
China, Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway 1921 Loan, 30 x bonds for 500 francs, ornate border, black & green, with coupons, some fixed with tape mostly VF. (30).
China, Republic of China Secured Sinking Fund Bonds of 1937, (also known as Pacific Development Loan, bond No.M4051 for $1,000, attractive vignette of pagoda, black & blue, with coupons, VF. (1).
China, Republic of China Two Year 1919 Gold LoanTreasury Notes, bond No.1728 for $1,000, attractive vignette of pagoda, black & orange, with coupons and scrip certificate, VF. (1).
France, Etablissements Vve. Garres & de Penanros Fils, 10 x certificates, Bordeaux 1925, vignette of pea pods, black & red on yellow, with coupons, mostly VF. (10).
Great Britain, 6 certificates all health related, Parke?s Drug Stores Ltd., 1920, First Aid Services Ltd., 1937, London Stereoscopic Co. Ltd., 1920, Taylors (Cash Chemists) Trust Ltd., 1933, London Clinic & Nursing Home Ltd., 1929, and Hospital Enterprises Ltd., 1935, VF. (6).
Great Britain, 6 certificates relating to Cornwall, Central Cornwall China Clay Co. Ltd., 1919, East Pool and Agar Ltd., 1918, Wheal Reeth Tin Ltd., 1936, Dolcoath Mine Ltd., 1927, Great Work Tin Mines Ltd., 1935, and Wheal kitty Tin Ltd., 1926, mostly VF. (6).
Great Britain, Consett Spanish Ore Co. Ltd., 9 x certificates for one share, all 1873, ornate heading, black, also transfer certificate dated 1889, all certificates have a little staining and creasing to right hand margin, otherwise VF. (10).
Great Britain, Fellows Magneto Co. Ltd., 2 x certificates for ordinary shares and 3 x certificates for preferred shares, 1918-19, ornate design, various colours, mostly VF. (5).
Great Britain, London Cemetery Company's Cemetery of St James at Highgate, grave certificate 1928, vignette of Highgate graveyard, burial sithe of Karl marx, only one known, pin hole, VF
Great Britain, Lottery Tickets (3) Thornton's Royal Botanical Lottery ticket 1811, Second Lottery ticket 1811 for 1/16th part and Third Lottery ticket 1812 for 1/16th part. GVF+
Great Britain, Macclesfield Canal Navigation, manuscript transfer for two shares, 1826, bottom right corner has been cut away, (perhaps to remove duty stamp), folded, otherwise AVF. (1).
Great Britain, Manchester Ship Canal Co., £100 registered redeemable debenture, 1927, attractive design with vignette of ship at top, blue on buff, printed by Bradbury Wilkinson, UK revenue stamp, VF. (1).
Great Britain, Nidderdale Lead Mining Co. Ltd., certificate for two preference shares, 1865, vignette of entrance to mine at Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire, black on pink, minor damage to right edge, otherwise VF. (1).
Great Britain, Plymouth, Devonport, and Stonehouse Cemetery Company, scrip certificate for four £25 shares, 1846, small format, brown on cream, scarce, only one known, AVF. (1).
Great Britain, Provident Institution for Life Insurance & Annuities 4 x share certificates 1807 &1810, large format, two ink cancelled through signatures, on heavy paper, Company acquired in 1906 by the?Rothschilds' Alliance Assurance Company, now Royal Sun Alliance, mostly VF.(4).
Great Britain, Provident Institution for Life Insurance & Annuities 5 x share certificates 1852 & 1857, on vellum, four with transfer certificates, black, Company acquired in 1906 by the?Rothschilds' Alliance Assurance Company, now Royal Sun Alliance, mostly VF. (5).
Italy, Société Anonyme for the Sale of State Domains of the Kingdom of Italy, coupons de jouissance to bearer, series K and series D, both 1865, both ornate with Italian arms at top, also S.p.A. Silos di Genova, 2 x certificates, both 1953, and Societa della Ferrovia Sicula Occidentale Palermo-Marsala-Trapani, unissued, Rome 1930, all VF. (5).
Mexico, 60 x National Railways of Mexico certificates for 10 shares, 1909-1913, green. Together with a torn Panama Canal Cartificate and Polberro Tin Mine certificate 1939.
Mexico, Mexico North Western Railway Co., bond for £100, dated 1909, vignette of speeding passenger train, ornate border, black & blue, UK revenue stamp, with coupons, VF. (1).
Norway, Dunderland Iron Ore Co. Ltd., 2 x certificates for ordinary shares and 2 x certificates for preference shares, 1902-22, ornate design, black and green respectively, mostly VF. (4).
Peru, Compania Nacional del Ferrocarril Mineral de Pasco, bond for 500 soles, Lima 1872, very attractive vignette of train crossing bridge with cattle in foreground, black & blue, with coupons, VF. (1).
Russia, Russian 1822 RothschildLoan, bond No.21549 for £148 or 960 roubles, double headed eagle at top, hand signed by Nathan Meyer Rothschild as contractor in margin, black, with talon, usual weakness at folds, F. (1).
South Africa, Mashonaland Consolidated (1912) Ltd., 2 x certificates for ordinary shares and 2 x certificates for deferred shares, all 1919, ornate design, green and brown respectively, all VF. (4).
South Africa, Republic GoldMining Syndicate Ltd., De Kaap Gold Fields, 5 x share certificates, all 1887, ornate heading, two are signed on the reverse by Herman Hirsche, black, mostly VF. (5).
U.S.A. City and County of San Francisco, Board of Public Works, (CA), uncancelled $1,000 Montgomery Avenue Gold bond, 1873, vignettes of city view, figures representing agriculture and commerce, City seal at top, black on yellow, with coupons, central fold, otherwise, VF. (1).
U.S.A., 17 unissued railway certificates, titles include, Kaaterskill Railroad, 18--, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad, 190-, Minneapolis, St. Louis & Canadian Railroad, 19--, Dolgeville & SalisburyRailway, 19--, Canon City & Royal Gorge Railroad, 19--, Union Railway, 1890, Republican Valley and Wyoming Railroad, 188-, eight have vignettes, F-VF. (17).
U.S.A., American Express Co., capital 10,000 shares, certificate No.537 for ten shares, New York, 1866, vignette of dogs head at centre flanked by dockside scene, signed by Henry Wells, William Fargo and Alexander Holland, black with blue border, a nice clean example, VF. (1).
U.S.A., Centre Turnpike Road, leading from Reading to Sunbury, certificate for one share, dated 1821, share held by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, scrollwork at left, small format, black, embossed seal depicts gate, very clean condition for age, VF. (1).
U.S.A., Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Co., certificate for preferred stock, 1908, vignette of miners digging with mountains in background, black & orange on yellow, UK revenue stamp, AVF. (1).
U.S.A., Robbstown and Mountpleasant Turnpike Road, certificate No.185 for one share, dated 1826, share held by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, very small format, black, feint embossed seal, some edge damage which affects one of the signatures, otherwise AVF, scarce. (1).
U.S.A., Susquehanna Bridge Company, Mc Call?s Ferry, certificate No.357 for one share, dated 1814, made out to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the companies object was to erect a permanent bridge over the Susquehanna River at or near Mc Call?s ferry, ornate border, black, embossed seal, very clean condition for age, VF. (1).
U.S.A.,American Express Co., capital 2,000 shares, certificate No.657 for five shares, New York, 1860, vignette of dogs head at centre flanked by dockside scene, signed by Henry Wells, William Fargo and Alexander Holland, black, as is usual with this issue, discolouration to paper, otherwise AVF. (1).
US Ephemera - Texas Civil War Treasury Warrant for Military Service 1861 giving 10% per annum interest. Otsego County Bank, Coppertown cheque for $8.82 cents dated 1842 and signed by Fennimore Cooper (famous American writer). Three Pence note, Hartford 1777. Good very fine, all ex Stanley Gibbons auctions.
Collection (10) India, Bank of Bengal share certificates 1893 & 1903, Port of Para Green (4) & red (1) dated 1914. Rodez Coal Company Debenture 1912. Together with Huraki Gold Mines Application form for shares 1900 & BahiaRailway Interest voucher 1935.
Bulgaria, Kingdom of Bulgaria 1928 Stabilisation Loan, 7 x bonds for £100, vignette of allegorical female with rural scenes in background, black & red, with coupons, mostly
China, 10 certificates, Banque Industrial de Chine, 3 x certificates dated 1913, and 2 x certificates dated 1920, all very ornate with dragons, pagoda and town view, Société Belge d?Entreprises en Chine, 1924, Compagnie Générale de Chemins de Fer en Chine, unissued, Compagnie Financière Belgo-Chinoise, 1926, issued and unissued, also Compagnie Générale de Chemins de Fer et de Tramways en Chine, 1920, all with coupons, all VF or better. (10).
China, ChineseGovernment 23rd Year (1934) 6% Sterling Indemnity Loan, bond No.6062 for £1,000, vignette of Sun Yat Sen at top, black, red & blue, with coupons, VF. (1).
China, ChineseGovernmentTreasury Notes, dated 1919, (Vickers Loan), bond No.9937 for £1,000, vignette of river scene, black & brown, with coupons, AVF. (1).
China, ImperialChineseGovernment Hukuang Railways 1911 Gold Loan, 2 x bonds for £20, German issue and French issue, vignette of train, black & green, also Chinese Imperial Government 1898 Gold Loan, bond for £50, uncancelled German issue, orange, all with coupons, all VF. (3).
China, Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway 1913 Gold Loan, 30 x unissued bonds for £20, ornate border, large format, black & blue, with full coupon sheet, all EF. (30).
China, Republic of China Secured Sinking Fund Bonds of 1937, (also known as Pacific Development Loan), bond No.M4052 for $1,000, attractive vignette of pagoda, black & blue, with coupons, VF. (1)
China, Republic of China Two Year 1919 Gold LoanTreasury Notes, bond No.1756 for $1,000, attractive vignette of pagoda, black & orange, with coupons and scrip certificate, VF. (1).
Ethopia, Chemins de Fer Ethiopiens, certificate for 500 francs share, Paris 1899, large vignette of King and entourage awaiting approaching train, brown & yellow, with coupons, VF. (1).
Great Britain, 36 railway dividend counterfoils, dated 1857-1906, 11 different railways, no duplication of dates, titles include, North Eastern, LondonBrighton and South Coast, North British, London and South Western, Great Eastern, Buckinghamshire, Midland, Metropolitan, mostly VF. (36).
Great Britain, British & CommonwealthShipping Co. Ltd., certificate for preference shares, 1956, very attractive multicoloured border, incorporating flags, crown, anchor, thistles and roses, VF. (1).
Great Britain, English & French Bank Ltd., bearer share warrant for one share, 1881, vignette of allegorical figures with train and ship in background, black, UK revenue stamp, with coupons, VF. (1).
Great Britain, Grainger & Smith Ltd., 8 x certificates, three types, all 1898, all with vignette of Dudley Castle and ornate border incorporating coats of arms, various colours, all cancelled with red endorsement, otherwise all VF. (8).
Great Britain, Rank Organisation Ltd, 19 x certificates, dated 1960-1977, eight different types, four have the ink stamp signature of Lord Rank (J.Arthur Rank, founder of Rank Films), all have large underprint of the Rank trade mark of a wrestler in a loincloth striking a large gong as used in the opening frames to all Rank movies, various colours, F-VF. (19).
Great Britain, Rugby, Derby & ManchesterRailway, 4 x certificates for five shares, and 4 x certificates for ten shares, all 1845, ornate heading, blue and brown respectively, all have top right hand corner cut away to cancel, mostly F-AVF. (8).
Great Britain, Vickers Ltd., 3 x stock certificates, 1940-1954, two types, all with Vickers trade mark at left, black on green and black on pink, F-VF. (3).
Italy, Genoa and District Water Works Co. Ltd., £20 debenture, 1913, very attractive vignette of Genoa harbour with many ships, text in English and Italian, black & red, with coupons, VF. (1).
Mexico, City Council of Oaxaca, 3 x bonds for 1,000 pesos, all 1910, ornate with vignette of females head, black & orange, will coupons, also National Railways of Mexico, certificate dated 1910 and bond dated 1907, mostly VF. (5).
Palestine, Palestine-British Bank Ltd., 15 x bearer certificates for ten shares, all 1963, ornate border, black & green, all with UK revenue stamp, all with coupons, all AEF. (15).
Peru, Compania del Ferrocarril de la Oroya y Mineral de Pasco, certificate for £100 share, Lima 1878, very attractive with vignettes including, train, Indian, llamas, and miners, black & brown, red seal, AEF. (1)
Russia, Companie du Chemin de Fer de Moscou-Windau-Rybinsk, 5 x bonds for 500 francs, all 1903, ornate border, black & green, all with coupons, all VF. (5).
Russia, State Loan of 1906, 5 x bonds for 500 francs, 6 x bonds for 2,500 francs, and bond for 5,000 francs, ornate border, various colours, with coupons, mostly VF. (12).
Spain, Compania del Ferro-Carril Trasversal del Principado de Cataluna, 23 x titulo de fundacion al portador, all Barcelona 1883, very ornate design incorporates, figures, columns, town, train on bridge, black on yellow, with coupons, mostly VF or better. (23).
Spain, Valencia and Liria Railway Co. Ltd., 11 x bearer warrants for one share, all 1888, attractive design with ornate border, text in English, French and Spanish, brown on cream, UK revenues stamp, with coupons, all VF. or better. (11).
U.S.A., 25 Philadelphia streetcar certificates, Continental Passenger Railway Co., of Philadelphia, 5 x certificates, 1890-91, all signed by William L Elkins, Philadelphia Rapid Traction Co., 5 x certificates, green 1905, Philadelphia Traction Co., 5 x certificates, 1898, Second & Third Street Passenger Railway Co., of Philadelphia, 5 x certificates, 1870-72, all issued and cancelled, plus Navy Yard, Broad St. and Fairmount Railway Co., 5 x unissued certificates. All certificates in lot with vignettes, mostly VF. (25). *William L Elkins. 1832-1903, oil promoter. Refined the first gasoline. With Widener, see previous lot, built a greater streetcar mileage than anyone else - in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Chicago.
U.S.A., American Express Co., capital 10,000 shares, certificate No.1365 for four shares, New York 1865, vignette of dog?s head at centre flanked by dockside scene, signed by Henry Wells, William Fargo and Alexander Holland, black, as is usual with this issue some discolouration to paper, otherwise VF. (1)
Bank and Private Cheques, Bonds and Documents (46) GB, Scotland and USA (12) World (34) 19th and 20th Century includes Bonds (12) Compania Mexicana De Petroleo 'El Aguila' (2), the Gula-Kalumpog-Rubber Estates Limited 1925, Societe Miniere Anonyme Ottomane De Carassou 1910, Lindsay Consolidated Mines Limited, Anglo-Russian Trust Limited, Charles Laffite and Company Limited, plus others in mixed grades
BOOK: Bradshaw's Railway Manual, Shareholders Guide and Directory 1871, attractive red card covers, gilt embossed. Tear to first map otherwise good second hand condition & scarce.
Brazil, Brazil Railway Co., 3 x first mortgagegold bonds 1909 large vignette of train crossing bridge, black & blue, right margin uneven where coupons cut for payment, NVF. (3).
China, ChineseGovernment 1912 Gold Loan, bond for £20, and 3 x bonds for £100, ornate design, black & blue and black & green respectively, all with coupons, F-VF. (4).
China, ChineseGovernment 8% Skoda Loan II, dated 1925, bonds for £1,000, £100, £50 and £10, ornate border, various colours, all with coupons, VF-EF. (4).
China, ChineseGovernmentShanghai_Hanchow Ningpo Railway Completion Loan of 1936, bonds for £50 and £100, both large format with vignette of Sun Yat Sen at top right, various colours, with coupons, VF. (2).
China, ChineseGovernmentTreasury Notes, dated 1919, (Vickers Loan), 15 x bonds for £100, vignette of river scene, black & green, with coupons, mostly VF. (5)
China, ChineseGovernmentTreasury Notes, dated 1919, (Vickers Loan), 15 x bonds for £100, vignette of river scene, black & green, with coupons, mostly VF. (5)
China, ChineseGovernmentTreasury Notes, dated 1919, (Vickers Loan), 9 x bonds for £100, vignette of river scene, black & green, all with coupons, F-VF. (9).
China, ChineseGovernmentTreasury Notes, dated 1919, (Vickers Loan), bond No.9590 for £500, vignette of river scene, black & blue, this bond has the original coupons and as such is a scarce variety, the bond should have been submitted for stamping and then returned with a new coupon sheet, (Kuhlmann reference 501OC), VF. (1).
China, ChineseImperialGovernment 1898 Gold Loan, 2 x bonds for £25, 1 x bond for £50 and 1 x bond for £100, all Deutsch-Asiatische Bank issue, various colours, all with coupons, all uncancelled, these were large format working documents and as such show signs of usage, mostly F-VF. (4).
China, ChineseImperialRailwayGold Loan, Imperial Railways of North China, bond for £100, London 1899, large format, brown on pale blue, with coupons, better condition than that usually seen for this issue, VF. (1).
China, ImperialChineseGovernment 1908 Gold Loan, 3 bonds for £20, all Banque de L'Indo-Chinese issue, all with vignette of walled city, green and green, right and bottom margins uneven where coupons cut for payment, no coupons remain, mostly VF. (3).
China, ImperialChineseGovernment 1908 Gold Loan, bond for £20, French issue and bond for £100, British issue, both with vignette of walled city, green and mauve respectively, right and bottom margins uneven where coupons cut for payment, no coupons remain, both AVF. (2).
China, ImperialChineseGovernment Tientsin-Pukow RailwayLoan, 2 x bonds for £100, London 1908, ornate design, black & orange, both with fractional scrip certificates and coupon receipts, also Vickers Loan of 1919, bond for £100, all with coupons, all VF. (3).
China, Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway 1913 Gold Loan, 30 x unissued bonds for £20, ornate border, large format, black & blue, with full coupon sheet, all EF. (30).
Collection, 7 bonds, Kingdom of Bulgaria 1928 Stabilisation Loan, 5 x bonds for £100, Kingdom of Roumania 1922 External Loan, bond for £100, and State of Oaxaca, Mexico, 1910 Loan, bond for 1,000 pesos, all with vignettes, all with coupons, mostly VF. (7).
Cuba, Empresa del Ferro-Carril de Guantanamo, certificate for one share, 1882, vignettes of train at top, allegorical female at bottom, black, stamped cancelled, AVF. (1).
Egypt, 4 certificates, Tramways d?Alexandrie (Egypte), 1899, Chemins de Fer de la Basse-Egypte, 1912, Alexandria & Ramleh Railway Co. Ltd., 1903, and Aboukir Land Co., 1961, mostly VF. (4).
Egypt, Jardins & Vignobles d?Egypt, bearer certificate for five shares, 1947, very attractive design with large borders incorporating grapes, palm trees and other fruits, black on bright blue, with coupons, VF. (1).
Germany, City of Dresden 1927 Sterling Loan, 5 x bonds for £100, ornate border, black on green, all with coupons, one bond damaged, otherwise F-VF. (5).
Germany, Conversion Office for German Foreign Debts, 5 x bonds for $1,000, dated 1936, vignette of figures representing agriculture and industry, black & orange, with coupons, all AEF. (5).
Germany, Conversion Office for German Foreign Debts, 5 x bonds for $100, dated 1936, vignette of figures representing agriculture and industry, black & blue, with coupons, all AEF. (5).
Great Britain, 12 certificates from the 1930s, 3 x Middle Witwatersrand (Western Areas) Ltd., all 1936, 5 x Ashanti Kotoko Mining Co. Ltd., all 1935, 4 x Klerksdorp Consolidated Goldfields Ltd, bearer option certificates, all 1934, mostly VF. (12).
Great Britain, 5 Victorian certificates, Liverpool Cold Storage and Ice Co. Ltd. 1897, LeedsYork and Park Place Warehouse Co. Ltd. transfer certificate 1896, Tocopilla Copper Mining & Smelting Co. Ltd. 1887, Benson and Co. Ltd. 1877, and Amalgamated Water-Gas Companies Ltd. 1895, mostly VF. (5).
Great Britain, bonds of DudleyNorth (1639-1668), politician & author. six, regarding money lending in the City of London. On vellum & paper, some suffering slight damage, dated 1639, 1640 & 1667. Sold with further details of the loans. A most interesting and early collection.
Great Britain, Church of England Life & Fire Assurance, Trust & Annuity Institution, 7 x certificates for five shares, all 1840, ornate design, black, F-AVF. (7)
Great Britain, Great Northern Railway Co., 5 x certificates for one share, all 1846, coat of arms at top, black on pink, two have very small piece missing from top right hand corner, otherwise VF. (5)
Great Britain, Intercontinental Railway Co. Ltd., bearer certificates for five and ten shares, both 1905, was formed to take over the Channel Bridge and Railway Company and planned to use ferryboats between Calais and Dover, ornate design, text in English and French, black & blue and black & red respectively, UK revenue stamps, both VF. (2)
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