China - Shanghai Union Mobiliere Société Francoise De Banque Ed De Placements Cert. d 'Actions Nom. De $20 forming date 22nd February 1926 at the French Consulate-General in Shanghai. Average Fine to VF, strongly folded in 3/4 places and some with small marginal nicks/tears and still presentable and fairly clean and crisp. Uniface in black, orange and brown and all issued to a Mr Edwin Arthur of Nottingham with various issue dates including 160 shares on 1st July 1944 No. 1561 and 80 Shares (2) on 16th February 1935 No. 0864 and 15th October 1943 No. 1303. Issue dates and various signatures manuscript filled at bottom, company embossed stamps at lower centre and lower far left. Two liquidation hand stamps at upper left on the reverses of each and manuscript signed for liquidators, the first stamp dated 25th April 1946 for 160 US Dollars and the second dated 9th January 1947 for US 80 Dollars on the 160 Shares and 80 US Dollars and 40 US Dollars for the 80 Shares. Scarce and rarely seen
China, ChineseGovernment 1912 5% Gold Loan, bond for £20, ornate design, black and blue with coupons GVF with pencil annotations at the top on either side
China, ChineseGovernmentShanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo Railway Completion Loan of 1936, bond for £50 blue/green, large format with vignette of Sun Yat Sen at top right, with 47 coupons, About EF
China, ChineseImperialGovernment 1898 Gold Loan, bonds for £50, (66) Deutsch-Asiatische Bank issue, orange, large format with coupons VG to Fine some with tears. China, Chinese Imperial Government 1898 Gold Loan, bonds for £25, (68) Deutsch-Asiatische Bank issue, red, large format with coupons VG to Fine many with tears (134 bonds in lot)
China, ChineseImperialGovernment 1898 Gold Loan, Deutsche-Asiatische Bank issue, bonds for £50 (3) orange on white, and bonds for £25 (4) red on white, around Fine with some coupons, some with annotations
China, ChineseImperialRailwayGold Loan, Imperial Railways of North China, bond for £100, London 1899, large format, brown on pale blue, with five coupons, minor edge damage, otherwise approaching VF
Great Britain, Sunderland, Sir James Laing and Sons Limited Preference Share Certificate for 100 shares at £10 (shares number 101 to 200) issued 21st January 1899, Number 2, red and orange, to Sir James Laing of Thorncliffe (son of the founder Phillip Laing 1770-1854), and Ordinary Share Certificate for 100 shares at £10 (numbered 1308-1407) 21st January 1899, green and yellow, to Mr. Arthur Laing, this cross cancelled by hand 9th September 1904. Both certificates About UNC and unique items. James Laing took over the business from his father Phillip Laing in 1843 aged just 20 . The business prospered and subsequently became the first shipyard on the Wear to build iron ships, the first the 'Amity' being launched in 1853. The most famous ship, built in Deptford, was the Torrens in 1875. The novelist Joseph Conrad sailed on this ship as the second mate between 1891 and 1893. James Laing went on the be knighted in 1897, the following year the company was renamed Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. Comes with copies of images the shipyard and of Phillip Laing, the founder, and of Sir James Laing. A most interesting group of great interest to shipping enthusiasts.
Russia (3) City of Nikolaef 1912 Loan, first issue, blue bond for 945 Roubles/£100 sterling EF with 10 coupons, City of Nikolaef 1912 Loan, first issue, brown bond for 189 Roubles/£20 sterling EF both with traces of tape residue, Troitzk RailwayCompany 1910 4% Loan bond of 945 Roubles/£100 sterling, blue, EF with 6 coupons
USAMining Share Certificates, Cripple Creek Colorado (2) The Doctor Jack Pot Mining Company certificate for 2000 shares, issued September 11th 1905, The Anaconda Mining Company certificate for 1000 shares, issued November 12th 1900 both punch cancelled, both around VF with pencil annotations
Russia City of Nikolaef 1912 Loan, first issue, blue, bonds for £100, 945 Roubles, with coupons, VF (4), Russia, Petrograd, Tchoodovsky Cement Works 500 Roubles blue (2) both VF, Russia Black SeaRailwayCompany 1913 4 1/2% Loan, 187 Roubles 50 Kopeks, green with ornate patterned border, VF with 9 coupons (6 items in lot)
China (12) Chinese Government 1913 Reorganisation Gold Loan, bond for £100 Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank issue, vignettes of Mercury and Chinese scenes, black & blue, Good Fine with coupons and a small pencil annotation at the top. Banque Industrielle de Chine Action Ordinaire for 500 France Yellow and black. VF with coupons. Chinese Government Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway Bond for £20 1913 Blue and Black, GVF with coupons. Chinese Imperial Railway Gold Loan Bond for £100 sterling 5%, 1899, Brown and pale blue, Fine with 5 coupons with pencil annotation at the top, Chinese Government Province of Petchili Gold Loan, Bond for £20 sterling 1913 Brown and black with some coupons. VF. Chinese Government 8% Sterling Treasury Note (Vickers Loan) 1919 Dockside Vignette, Green and Black with coupons VF. Chinese Imperial Railway Bond Shanghai-Nanking Railway for £100 2 1/2% 1904, red and black with coupons, some pencil annotations, Good Fine. Chinese Government Loan £100 Sterling 1925, small format with ornate border, lilac and pale blue with green £100 adhesive stamp, Good Fine with coupons and a small pencil annotation. Imperial Chinese Government Hukuang Railways Sinking Fund Gold Loan 1911 Bond for £100, Fine with some coupons. Chinese Imperial Government Gold Loan 1898 Bond for £50 Deutsche-Asiatische Bank issue 4 1/2%, with ornate orange border, Fine with some coupons. Chinese Imperial Government Gold Loan 1898 Bond for £100 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank issue 4 1/2%, with ornate brown border, Fine with some coupons, plus China an additional 100 Yuan bond Small format, Brown and Green with red oval shaped ornate reverse all Chinese text other than issue number, Good Fine
China, ChineseGovernment 1913 Reorganisation Gold Loan, 10 x bonds for £100 Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank issues, vignettes of Mercury and Chinese scenes, black & blue, with coupons. Generally Fine to Good Fine with pencil annotations, most with pinholes, one with a small hole at the top left and on the top left coupon
China, The Government of the Chinese Republic Treasury Bills, 8% Marconi Loan 1918 (3) £1000 Near Fine with some tears, £500 VG with some tape over the folds, and £100 Fine or better all with coupons
Russia (7) Troitz RailwayCompany £100 sterling 4 1/2% Bond Loan 1913, Kahetian Railway Company £100 sterling 4 1/2% Bond Loan 1912, Kokand Namagan Railway Company £20 sterling 4 1/2% Bond Loan 1910, Troitz Railway Company £20 sterling 4 1/2% Bond Loan 1910, Black Sea Kuban Railway Company £20 sterling 4 1/2% Bond Loan 1911, Black Sea Kuban Railway Company £100 sterling 4 1/2% Bond Loan 1911, Russia City of Kieff 22nd Loan 1914 ornate border, with City Arms at top, each with some or all coupons, mostly VF to GVF
Share Certificates a wide ranging group (14), as follows:- United Airlines, Quaker State Oil Refining Company, New York Central Railroad Company, J.J.Newberry Co.,Paramount Pictures Corporation, Chas. Pfizer & Co. Inc., King's Department Stores Inc.Admiral Corporation, The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, Phillips Van Heusen Corporation, The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company, Marquette Cement Manufacturing Company, Woodward Iron Company, and E.J.Korvette Inc.1920s to 1970 issues VF to EF
China, ChineseGovernment 1913 Reorganisation Gold Loan, 1 x bonds for £20, Banque de l'Indo-Chine a Paris and 1 x bond for 189.40 Roubles, Russian issue, both with vignettes of Mercury and Chinese scenes, black and brown with coupons Fine to Good Fine, China, Chinese ImperialRailway, Canton-Kowloon Railway, bond for £100, London 1907, for the British and Chinese Corporation Limited, ornate design, black & red, with coupons, Fine, Banque Industrielle de Chine 500 Francs (6) Yellow and black, ornate Chinese-style borders, traditional Chinese rooftops, two dragons at topcentre, Temple of Heaven at centre in underprint, black Chinese and French text, Good VF,
China, Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway 1913 5% Gold Loan, Bonds for £20 (2) large format, black & blue, with coupons VF with coupons 1939-1961 stapled, Russia 4 1/2% State Loan of 1905 green and lilac, 2000 Reichsmarks VF with pencil annotation at the top right corner
Germany 1920s ,1930s and 1940s issues (94) includes many NaziTreasury Bills and Nazi Loan types 1935-1937, 100000 Reichsmarks to 12 Reichsmarks 50 Reichspfennigs the majority EF
The Channel Islands Telegraph Company Limited Share Certificates (5) Blue on White dated 18th June 1858 made out to Peter Harvey of Jersey. All consecutive numbers 1485 to 1489 and in mixed grades to VF
Bonds and Shares a large group (5459), comprising Austria-Hungary Bank Mortgage 4% Bank Bond 5000 Gulden/5000 Forint 1889 (33), Austria-Hungary Bank Mortgage 4% Bank Bond 1000 Gulden/1000 Forint 1893 (89), Austria-Hungary Bank Mortgage 4% Bank Bond 100 Gulden/100 Forint 1899 (18), Austria 1892 4% Debenture Certificates 2000 Kronen (around 200), Austria 1892 4% Debenture Certificates 1000 Kronen (around 400), Austria 1892 4% Debenture Certificates 200 Kronen (around 1300), Austria 1892 4% Debenture Certificates 100 Kronen (134), generally in high grades some items with pencil marks or ink stamps, Reichsgau Salzburg, a group of around 1180 comprising 4% Schuldverschreibung 1000 Reichsmark, Salzburg 1 Jui 1940 Gruppe C (around 745), 500 Reichsmark, Gruppe B (around 215), 100 Reichsmark Gruppe A (around 220) VF to EF, The Reichsgau Salzburg (Gau Salzburg) was an administrative division of NaziGermany in Salzburg. It existed between 1938 and 1945. This bond of 11.2 million Reichmark was issued according to the ordonnance from 14. June 1940 on interest-reduction and the change of currency, and was replacing the loan of 1937. Quoted at the Vienna exchange. Print signature of NSDAP-Gauleiter Friedrich Rainer (1903-1947) as Reichsstatthalter of Salzburg. (In Yugoslavia, he was found guilty of crimes against the people and sentenced to death in 1947.) EBG Oberösterreichische Elektro-Bau (around 975) comprising a mix of Vorzugsaktien and Stammaktie types 25 Vorzugsaktien, 25 x 100 Schilling, 12 November 1937 (around 125), 1 x 100 Schilling a mix of Vorzugsaktien and Stammaktie types (around 850) VF to EF. This electrotechnical company was founded in 1922 in Linz. In 1937, capital was increased by 400,000 Schilling. Today VA Tech Elin EBG. Compagne Des Tramways Electriques, from Limoges to Aixe - Action of 100 Francs (around 100) EF all with the majority of coupons, France General Society for the Sanitation of Cities and Towns (around 60) EF most with the majority of coupons, General Motors Corporation Share Certificates, $1 2/3 blue, (around 100) around VF, The Arro Expansion Bolt Company 1963 Blue stock Certificates (40) About EF some with pencil marks, Spain - Minas Del Centenillo, Sociedad Share Certificates 500 Pesetas 1921 (36) with coupons Fine to VF, Spain - Electrade Viesgo , Bilbao Share Certificates 1000 Pesetas 1956 (11) VF to GVF, USA Ronson Corporation 100 Shares (4) VF to EF, American Brands Inc. Stock Certificates (2) 100 Shares 1977 and 1 Share 1979 $2.67 VF, USA Clevite Corporation Share Certificate 1965 NEF, USA Brandywine Sports Inc. Share Certificate 1977 Fine, USA General Computing Machines Corporation 100 Shares certificate 1953 (3) VF to EF, USA The Hobartt Manufacturing Company 100 Shares certificate 1971 Fine, USA The Glen Alden Corporation $1000 Debenture certificate 1971 VF, USA Columbia Technical Corporation 100 Share certificate 1975 VF (Large Lot, over 75 Kilos)
Oil, Refining and Petroleum related (10) USATexas Duke Oil Company, Tarrant County, Fort Worth, Texas, 1919, for 100 Shares of $1, black and green with mining vignette, NVF, USA The United Crude Oil Company, Bakersfield, California, 1908, for 100 shares of $1, black and brown/green reverse, with mining vignettes, VF, USA Continental Asphalt and Petroleum Company Delaware, 15 Shares of $10, female portrait vignette About VF with two folds, Cuban-American Petroleum Company, Arizona, 200 Shares of $1, black and green with oilfield vignette, Fine, USA Palmer Union Oil Company, California 1911, for 625 shares of $1, Black and blue, Fine, USA Corona Oil and Refining Co., Inc. Delaware 1910, unissued, Black and brown, Fine, USA, Universal Oil Products Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1968 green and black, for 100 shares of $1, VF with pencil annotation on the top right, USA , Tribune Oil Company, 1963, Blue, for 100 shares of 50 Cents (2), Fine and VF, Canada, Calgary, Beaver Oils Limited, Calgary, Alberta, 1914, for 50 shares of 25 Cents each, two fols, otherwise better than Fine
USA (13) Homestake MiningCompany, Dakota, 1885, for 10 shares of $100, vignette of two Indians overlooking landscape, NVF with cancellation stamps and holes, as part of a group of 13 Mining and Related these mostly early 20th Century types includes Magma Copper Company 1950, Parrot Silver and Copper Company (3) 1909 (2), 1910 (1), Syndicate Hydraulic Mines Inc.1926, Tuolumne Copper Mining Company, Arizona 1922, High Divide Mining Company, Nevada 1919, the Golden Cycle Mining and Reduction Company, West Virginia 1915, in mixed grades Fine to NVF, along with 4 blank certificates
USA (14) a mixed subject group includes Faberge 1972 (2), Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company 1933, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, 1976, Gritman Drainage Battery Co. 1928-1929 (2), Universal Lock-up Company, Massachusetts 1925, and Kemper Radio Corporation Company Ltd 1929-1931 (7) in mixed grades Fine to VF
USA (2), New York Central PetroleumCompany, New York, 1866 Certificate for 200 Shares, red with mining scene vignette Fine with some small spots and holes along the line of the ink signature, The Volcanic Oil Coal Company, West Virginia 1865, 100 Shares, sepia with mining scene vignette, around Fine with some folds and small edge tears
USA and World a wide ranging group (34) includes an American Express receipt Wells, Fargo and Butterrfield stage, to Grand Rapids, Michigan, Fine as part of a number of subjects such as Banking, Railways, Aircraft, Banknotes, Theatre, and more, mostly 1920s to 1950s, a few earlier, in mixed grades
USA Oil Creek and Cherry Run Oil Company, Pennsylvania 1865, Certificate for 100 shares of $1, Black with oil refining scene vignette, threelight folds, better than Fine
Australia Scrip Certificates (16) The Extended Crown Cross Reef Quartz MiningCompany Limited, Stawell Capital £20,000 (3), The Extended Crown Cross Reef Quartz Mining Company Limited, Stawell, Victoria, Capital £40,000 (4), Victoria Scrip Certificate, The West Scotchman's No.2 Quartz Mining Company Limited (2), The Lorne Quartz Mining Company Limited, Stawell, Victoria (2), 7,8 and 9 North Scotchman's Quartz Mining Company Limited, Stawell, Victoria (2), The Mainstay Quartz Mining Company Limited, Stawell, Victoria (2) , Parkins Reef Quartz Mining Association, Parkins Reef Tarrangower, VF, along with Australia (3), very early date old cheques, 1830, 1837 & 1839, including Hobart Town branch, various conditions, need viewing
USA (3) Lewis American Airways Inc. Colorado, 1938, 100 Shares, VF, Chiapas Henequen Company, Kansas City, Missouri, 1905, One Quarter share of $100, with plant and horse rider vignette, VF, Escrow Certificate for the San Francisco Motion Pictire Corporation San Farncisco, California, one share of common stock, Fine, stapled at top right, and with other staple holes, with accompanying letter from 1925
Great Britain, Celtic (plc.) Formerly The Celtic Football and Athletic Company Ltd., share certificates (2) dated 1999, background vintage photograph of team players GVF. (2).
Russia, Grand RussianRailway Co., 3% bonds for 125 roubles (metallic), third issue 1881, ornate border with city and industrial views, black on green paper, with talons. Some creased otherwise GVF. (30).
China(4), Chinese Government Reorganisation Gold Loan bond for £100 Deutshe-Asiatische bank issue, VF, Chinese Government 1913 Reorganisation Gold Loan, bonds for £20, Deutsch-Asiatische Bank issues (3), vignettes of Mercury and Chinese scenes, (3) with coupons. NVF folded, RussiaBlack Sea Kuban RailwayCompany 4 1/2% bond loan of 1911 Fine, with some coupons, these repaired, Russia Armavir-Touapsec Railway Company 4 1/2% Bond Loan of 1909 Good Fine with 3 coupons
China (3) Chinese Government 1913 Reorganisation Gold Loan, Bond for £20, Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank issue, vignettes of Mercury and Chinese scenes, black & brown with coupons. VF, Chinese Government 1913 Reorganisation Gold Loan, Bonds for £100 Deutsch-Asiatische Bank issue, vignettes of Mercury and Chinese scenes, black & blue, with coupons. VF, Banque Industrial de Chine, dated 1920, very ornate with dragons, pagoda and town view, with coupons VF
World & British bank cheques (800+), most modern UK, some older 19th Century noted, a large cheque book with some unused cheques Parr's Bank Limited, Charing Cross Branch, a few postal orders & lottery tickets, some other general bankingephemera, needs viewing
World (3) Russia, St. Petersburg Land and Mortgage Co. Ltd., £100 debenture, 1912, large panoramic view of St. Petersburg, ornate border, black & blue, with coupons, Fine or better, Estonia, Republic of Estonia 1927 Loan, bond for £100 type ‘A’, vignette of view of Tallinn at top, black & blue, with some coupons, VF, Roumania, Kingdom of Roumania Monopolies Institute Stabilisation and Development Loan 1929, £100 bond, view of Bran Castle, blue & black, with coupons, GVF
A group of 42 bonds and share certificates mainly from Brazil, Mexico, Russia, U.S.A. and ColonialAfrica. Noted are Brazil Railway, 1910 and 1911; National Railways of Mexico; Russian Public Loan, 1917 (2 – used as currency), Forestiere Franco-Australienne, 1921; Soc. Coloniale Agricole et Miniere SCAM, 1938 and Soc. Generale des Comptoirs Franco-Africains, 1925, some modern, mostly VF and better (42)
China: 1913 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan, a group of 3 bonds for £20, issued by Banque de L’Indo-Chine and 3 bonds for £100, issued by HSBC, brown and blue respectively, with coupons, mixed condition, fair to about VF (6)
An accumulation of Russian bonds comprising City of Perm, 1914, scrip certificates for £100 (6), City of Moscow, 1912, £100 (2), Kahetian Railway, 1912, £100, Russian South Eastern Railway, 1914, £20 bonds (5), Kiev, 1914, scrip certificates for £100(2) and £20 (15) and a rare prospectus for the Russian South Eastern Railway loan, 1914, 4 pages, very mixed condition, Poor to VF (32) £60-80
China/Russia: 1902 4% “Boxer” Loan, bonds for 1000 marks (10), 2000 marks (7) and 5000 marks (5), all multi-coloured with Chinese dragons and Russian eagle at top, all without coupons or talon, F-VF (22) £80-100
Russian Bank for Foreign Trade, 1 share (20) and 10 shares (3), all 4th issue, 1902, with coupons; together with mostly Russian Railway bonds including Riasan-Koslow, 1886, 500 marks (27), 1000 marks (47) and 2000 marks (3), Sud-Ost, 1000 marks, 1901 (44) and Moskau-Rjasan, 1885, 500 marks (13) and 1000 marks (25), most with coupons, mixed condition, many VF (approx. 180) £250-350
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