Hankow Race Club and Recreation Ground, First Mortgage debenture for $100, 1923, no.2203, black and red on buff paper, embossed seal depicts horse and jockey. Company registered in Hong Kong and became one of the best clubs in the world for horse racing, football, tennis and grand social events, GVF some ink marks show through from the reverse
Australia and South Africa (3) Australia, TasmaniaGovernment debenture for £100 sterling, 1867, issued bond, blue/black with GB Royal seal, a rare early Australian document, some light creases, Good Fine, South Africa (2), English and FrenchGold Mines Syndicate Limited, 1895, bearer warrant for 5 Shares of £1 sterling, blue/green and pink, slight discolouration on the top edge otherwise NVF. Transvalia Land Exploration and MiningCompany Limited, Pretoria, 1889, bearer bond for one share, text in three languages, English, French and Afrikaans, Good Fine with minor pencil annotation at the top left
GB - A Yorkshire-themed collection (33) includes pre-1900 (15) Leeds, Wakefield, Pontefract and GrimsbyRailway Junction Scrip certificate 1845 for Ten shares of £20 each, unissued VF with tear hole on left, The Bridlington Quay Public Rooms Association 1847 Share Certificate £3 and 10 Shillings, VF with staple holes at top left, Manchester and Leeds Railway Company 1846 share certificate for 6x £50 shares NVF with staple holes at top left, The Wharfedale Railway Company Share certificate for one £15 share, certificate number 20155 vignette of a large cow, the famous 'Craven Heifer' which made vast profits for its owner being exhibited around the country, black on pale blue, large red seal to lower right About VF with some spots and tape residue on the top edge. The Staithes Shipping Company Share Certificate for one share 1856 VF with small pinholes to the top left and tape residue at the top, The Whitby and Robin Hood's Steam Packet Company 1857 Share certificate for one share of £2 and 10 Shillings, GVF with tape residue on the top edge, Overend, Gurney and Company Limited 1865 share certificate for one share of £50 NVF with some foxing to the edges, Bray, Waddington and Company share certificate for one share of £50 EF, The Nidderdale Lead Mining Company Limited 1865 share certificate for 2 preference shares 7687 and 7688, vignette of Perseverance level, entrance to the mine, Pateley Bridge GVF with some tape residue to the top edge, The Drypool Workman's Club Company Limited 1878 share certificate for one share of £1 VF taped on the reverse at the top, The Leeds Mutual Supply Society Limited 1874 share certificate for one share of £1 Good Fine with some small pinholes and taped on the top edge, The Hull Botanic Garden Company Limited 1879 share certificate for one share of £5 VF, taped at the top edge, Reaney and Greaves Limited, Wine Merchants and Whisky blenders, 1899, Issue for 100 Mortgage Debentures of £100 each. The company became a subsidiary of the famous Tetley Brewers in 1904, the reverse with a typewritten label attached showing transfer of the debenture certificate to Francis Eric Tetley and Robert Francis Tetley in 1937 VF or near so with some small edge tears, an interesting document. The Macclesfield Brewery and Wine Company Limited share certificate 1867 NEF, The Leeds & County Unionist Club-House Co. Limited 1894 share certificate for 100 shares of £1 Fine with some folds and tape on the top edge. 1906-1971 issues (18) The Ravensthorpe Finishing Company Limited 1908 share certificate for 50 shares of £1 each, NVF with pencil annotations, The County Council of the West Riding of Yorkshire bond for £100 1906 NVF, Clarkson's Old Brewery Barmsley Limited Preference Share Certificate for 10 shares of £10 each NVF with some folds, The Effingham Steel Works Limited, Sheffield 1926 share certificate for 59 shares of £10 each VF with some pinholes, Dols & Co. Limited, Huddersfield 1928 share certificate for 3 shares of £1 each, GVF, Wallacve & Co. (Textiles) Limited 1932 share certificate for one share of £1 VF with some folds, Godfrey Sykes & Sons Limited 1940 share certificate for 100 shares of £1 each small pinhole at the top and two inked paragraphs written on the reverse, Fine. Wallace & Co.(Textiles) Limited 1947 share certificate for 2141 shares of £1 VF, General Refractories Limited 1936 share certificate for 32 shares of Ten Shillings each NEF with pencil annotation on the reverse, Timothy Whites & Taylors Limited (3) 1953, 1957 and 1960 VF, Thomas Ramsden & Son Limited (2) share certificates for 100 shares and 500 shares of 5 Shillings each VF both with pinholes at the top left, John Smith's Tadcaster Brewery Company, Limited share certificate for 128 shares of 5 Shillings each NVF with staple at top, John Smith's Tadcaster Brewery Company Limited certificate for 7.1% unsecured loan stock 1970 VF with staple at top, Kirkstall Forge Engineering Limited debenture certificate 1971 for 9 3/4% £800 stock VF with staple at top left
Australia and South Africa (3) Australia, TasmaniaGovernment debenture for £100 sterling, 1867, issued bond, blue/black with GB Royal seal, a rare early Australian document, some light creases, Good Fine, South Africa (2), English and FrenchGold Mines Syndicate Limited, 1895, bearer warrant for 5 Shares of £1 sterling, blue/green and pink, slight discolouration on the top edge otherwise NVF. Transvalia Land Exploration and MiningCompany Limited, Pretoria, 1889, bearer bond for one share, text in three languages, English, French and Afrikaans, Good Fine with minor pencil annotation at the top left
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)
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
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
Russia, 10 railway bonds, Kahetian 1912 Loan, bonds for £20 and £100, Kokand-Namangan 1910 Loan, bonds for £20 and £100, Troitzk 1910 Loan, bonds for £20 and £100, Wolmar 1910 Loan, bond for £20, Dvinsk-Vitebsk 1894 Loan, bond for £20, also Black-Sea-Kuban 1911 Loan, bonds for £20 and £100, all with coupons, mostly VF. (10).
Russia, 5 railway bonds, Kahetian Railway 1912 Loan, bond for £20, Troitzk Railway 1913 Loan, bond for £20, Armavir-Touapse 1909 Loan, bond for £100, and Black-Sea-Kuban Railway 1911 Loan, 2 x bonds for £20, various colours, all with coupons, F-VF. (5).
Great Britain, London and North Western Railway, share certificate, arched heading, black, stamped cancelled, also large seal has been cut away from bottom left of certificate otherwise VF. (1).
Great Britain, Leeds & Thirsk Railway Co., certificate No.42915 for one new extension share, 1848, ornate design, printed on linen, black, red seal, VF. (1).
Great Britain, Highgate Archway Co., certificate No.310 for one share, 1810, ornate design, printed on vellum, black, red seal depicting a fly wagon drawn by six horses about to enter the tunnel, in better condition than that usually seen for this piece, VF. (1).
China, Union Real Estate Company Ltd., certificate for 5,000 shares, 1947, very attractive design with many buildings at top, text in Chinese, heading and seal in English, black & blue, VF. (1).
U.S.A., Princeton and Kingston Branch Turnpike Company Reorganised, (NJ), company name hand written, certificate No.8 for capital stock made out to the Pennsylvaniarailroad 1895, vignette of train crossing bridge, black, embossed seal, hole and stamped cancelled, glued to counterfoil, AVF. (1).
Great Britain, Holt Fleet Bridge in the County of Worcester, proprietor?s certificate No.6 for one share, 1826, black printing on vellum, red wax seal, this was a single arch bridge built by Thomas Telford in 1828 crossing the River Severn, slight wrinkle to vellum, otherwise VF. (1).
Russia (9), ImperialRussianGovernment £20 bond 1894, no coupons. Black Sea Kuban Railway bonds 1911, £20 & £100 with coupons. City of Kieff Loan 1914 bonds £20 (5) & £100 (1). Generally about VF or better, Two with signs of having been framed.
Great Britain, London Meat Importation & Storage Co. Ltd., share certificate, 1879, central vignette of boats passing under a river bridge, two further vignettes in scrollwork at left, black, red seal, VF. (1).
Great Britain, Morecambe Winter Gardens Co. Ltd., certificate for preference shares, 1897, very attractive with vignettes of the exterior and interior of the Winter Gardens, black on pink, red seal, VF. (1).
China, Gen Yue Land Co., certificate for 500 shares, 1944, ornate border with underprint of building, text in Chinese, seal in English, black & green, VF. (1).
Great Britain, Carbrook Steel Works Ltd., Sheffield, certificate for ordinary shares, 1899, ornate heading, scrollwork at left, black, red seal, VF. (1).
China, American-Oriental Bank of Szechuen, certificate No.24 for five shares, 1929, ornate border incorporates vignette of ship and pagoda at top, text in Chinese, embossed seal in English, black & blue on pale orange, cancelled, VF. (1).
China, Chung Wai Bank Ltd, share certificate, circa 1920s, very ornate border, text in Chinese with bank name in English on embossed seal, black & brown with yellow underprint, VF. (1).
U.S.A. City and County of San Francisco, Board of Public Works, (CA), 5 x uncancelled $1,000 Montgomery Avenue Gold bonds, all 1873, vignettes of city view, figures representing agriculture and commerce, City seal at top, black on yellow, with coupons, central fold, otherwise, all VF. (5).
U.S.A., Danville Turnpike Road, (NH), certificate No.273 for one share, 1815, ornate border, small format, black, embossed seal, scarce, paper shows ageing, otherwise VF. (1).
U.S.A., Bedford & Stoystown Turnpike Road Co., (MA), certificate for one share, 1824, ornate border, small format, black, embossed seal, very clean condition for age, scarce, VF. (1).
U.S.A., Hartford Bridge Co., (CT), certificate No.541 for one share, 1809, scrollwork at left and top, small format, black, embossed seal clearly shows bridge, several endorsements on reverse, neatly marked cancelled in ink, scarce early item, VF. (1).
U.S.A., Lewisburg Bridge Co., (PA), certificate No.963 for one share, made out to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1818, company was formed to erect a bridge over the west branch of the Susquehanna at Lewisburg, ornate border, small format, black, embossed seal, VF. (1).
Argentina, River Plate Pressure Meat-Preserving Co. Ltd., 9 x certificates for one share, all 1872, ornate heading, black, large embossed seal, stamped ‘fully paid up share?, VF. (9)
U.S.A., Princeton and Kingston Branch Turnpike Company, Reorganized, company name is hand written, certificate No.7 for capital stock, 1895, vignette of train crossing bridge, black, embossed seal, hole cancelled through signatures, glued to counterfoil, VF. (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., 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., 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. 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).
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)
Great Britain, Vauxhall Bridge Co., certificate No.24 for five shares, 1809, printed on vellum, black, large copper seal at left depicting a Saxon warrior, as is usual, some foxing to vellum, otherwise VF. (1)
Russia, 13 railway bonds, Armavir-Touapse 1909 Loan, bond for £100, Kokand-Namangan 1910 Loan, bond for £20, and 7 x bonds for £100, Wolmar 1910 Loan, bond for £20, and Black-Sea-Kuban 1911 Loan, 3 x bonds for £20, all with coupons, mostly F-VF. (13).
Russia, Black-Sea-Kuban Railway 1911 Loan, bonds for £20, £100 and £500, ornate border, orange, blue and green respectively, with coupons, the £500 bond has some minor edge damage to right margin, otherwise AVF. (3).
Great Britain, Winchester Cemetery Co., certificate No.269 for one share, 1841, printed on vellum, black, red seal, a little discolouration to vellum at left, otherwise VF. (1)
Great Britain, Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co. Ltd., 12 x ordinary shares, dated 1918-1935, and 11 x new preference shares, dated 1892-1908, black and red respectively, seal depicts ship, all cancelled, mostly VF. (23)
Great Britain, West Indian Exploration Co. Ltd., share certificate, 1893, ornate design, black, also, West Cowes Sea-Bathing Co. Ltd., share certificate, 1870, printed on vellum, black, and Bath College Co. Ltd., debenture, 1895, all VF. (3).
U.S.A. 3 railroad bonds and 16 certificates, Utica and Black River Railroad Co., 3 x bonds, 1890, large vignette of passenger train, right margin uneven where coupons cut for payment, Boston and Albany Rail Road Co., 4 x certificates, 1915-37, West Jersey and Seashore Railroad Co., 4 x certificates, 1933-58, Chicago, Rock Island and PacificRailway Co., 2 x certificates, 1915, and Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co., 6 x certificates, two types, 1931-58, all with railway vignettes, all VF or better, (19).
Great Britain, London & BrightonRailway Co., certificate No.20001 for one share, 1837, ornate heading, black, embossed seal, stamped cancelled, scarce, pinholes at top left, paper slightly aged, otherwise AVF.
U.S.A., Camp Floyd SilverMining Co. Ltd., certificates for one share and five shares, both 1871, ornate design, black on pale olive, embossed seal, lot also contains two transfer certificates dated 1873, all VF. (4).
Ireland, Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway Co.certificateno. 35110 for one share of £20 to Sir John Doveton of Sussex Square, Hyde Park, K.C.B., dated 30th Jan. 1847, black, very attractive design with large coat of arms at top, black, with green seal, very fine.
Russia, 9 railway bonds, Consolidated 1880 issue, bonds for 125 roubles and 625 roubles, Nord Donetz 1908 Loan, bond for 500 francs, Black-Sea-Kuban 1911 Loan, bond for £20, Grand Russian 1861 issue, bond for £20, 1881 issue, bonds for £20 and £100, Nicolas 1867 Loan, bond for £20, and 1869 Loan, bond for £20, most with coupons, lot includes 4 Russian bank notes, F-VF. (9).
Great Britain, 2 mining certificates, Cornish Clay & Tin Works Co. Ltd., certificate for one share, 1864, black on blue, also PhoenixSilver Lead Mining Co. Ltd., certificate for one share, ornate design, black, purple seal, both VF. (2).
Peru, Republic del Peru, 7% GovernmentLoan for 100 soles, Lima 1871, loan used for various construction projects in the port of Arica, vignettes of Peruvian arms and seated Liberty, black & green, with coupons, minor aging to paper, otherwise VF. (1).
Great Britain, SalopFire Office Ltd., certificate No.4 for one share, dated 1909, certificate made out to Nathaniel Charles Rothschild and signed by him as a director, manuscript certificate heading, black, red seal, perforated cancelled, pin holes at top left, otherwise VF. (1).
U.S.A., State of Louisiana, bond No.3063 for $1,000, Criswell Cr.62E, Baton Rouge 1862, vignette of state seal at centre, black, with coupons, VF. (1).
Russia, 12 railway bonds, Black-Sea-Kuban Railway 1911 Loan, 9 x bonds for £100, Troitzk Railway 1910 Loan, bonds for £20 and £100, Chemin de Fer de Boukhara, provisional certificate for one bond, 1914, all with coupons, some damage, mostly F-AVF. (12).
Ireland, Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Railway Co., certificate No.231 for one share, 1846, printed on vellum, black, red seal depicting locomotive, VF. (1).
Great Britain, Wharfdale Railway Co., certificate No.20133 for one share, 1846, vignette of the famous ?Craven Heifer?, an extremely large cow which made vast profits for its owner being exhibited around the country, black on pale blue, large red seal, AVF. (1).
Great Britain, Leeds & Thirsk Railway Co., certificate No.42907 for one new extension share, 1848, printed on linen, ornate design, black with red seal, VF. (1).
Great Britain, Manx Northern Railway Co. Ltd., certificate No.53 for 5% preference shares, 1880, large coat of arms at top, black with embossed seal, VF. (1). Became part of the Isle of Man Railway under the 1904 Isle of Man Railway Act.
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