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
Bonds and Shares 1930s to 1980s issues (11) a wide variety includes The Grand Union Company - 8 Shares, The New York Central Railroad Company (3) 100 Shares, 50 Shares and 10 Shares, The Penn Central Corporation - 400 Shares, The Leigh Coal and Navigation Company - 100 Shares, United Board & Carton Corporation - 10 Shares, Baker International Corporation - 100 Shares, Eurofund, Inc. - 100 Shares, and a Greece issue for 10 Shares. Debenture Certificate 9% Pennsylvania Company in mixed condition
China (2) The 27th Year Gold Loan of the Republic of China (1938) $5 US, Blue with red/orange panel at top left, some folds, Near VF with 12 coupons, The 29th Year Gold Loan of the Republic of China (1940) $5 US, Blue with red panel at top left, VF with 38 coupons
China (3) Chinese Government Vickers Loan 1919 £100 Green NVF, ImperialChinese Government 1908 Gold Loan, bond for £20, Banque de l’Indo-Chine issue, with vignette of walled city, black & green, right and bottom margins uneven where coupons have been cut for payment, no coupons remain, Fine, Banque Industrelle de Chine 1919/1920 bond for 500 Francs yellow/orange and black GVF with coupons
China (4) Republic of China, Lung Tsing U Hai Railway 8% bond 1920, 500 franc, orange/brown, Belgium issue. Unissued with all coupons present EF, Lung Tsing U Hai Railway 8% bond 1921 green and black, Belgium issue, Unissued with all but two coupons present, EF Lung Tsing U Hai Railway 8% Loan 1923, bond for 500 Francs, unissued with all coupons present EF, China Lung Tsing U Hai Railway 8% Loan 1920 Netherlands issue bond for 1000Fl. Netherlands Courant VF
China, Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway 5% Gold Loan 1913, bonds for £20, Unissued, prefix B (2) ornate border, blue & green, with all coupons present, both EF and seldom seen in this high grade
China: 1913 Province of Petchili 5½% Gold Loan bond for £20, Antwerp, #14767, text in French and English, red chop at bottom, ornate border, vignette at top of Chineseshipping scene, brown and black, with all but one coupon present, the last coupon taped, GVF and pleasing
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
Honduras, Poyais General Mortgage Bond of £200,000, Special Bond for £100 sterling, 1823, number E313, signed by Major William John Richardson, large format, Black and Blue printing by Whiting, Lombard Street, scrollwork design at top, VF with a few small spots, with all but two coupons, an unusual item
Malaya, Galang Besar Rubber Plantations Ltd., bearer warrants (6) for twenty five shares of 2 Shillings each, 5 dated 1937 and one dated 1935, vignette of plantation being worked, text in English & French, black & green, with coupons, all VF
Russia (4) Kokand-Namangan RailwayCompany 4 1/2% Gold Loan 1910, bond for £20, brown and black Fine, with 6 coupons, 4/12% Gold Loan 1910, bond for £100, blue and black, Fin, with 6 coupons, City of St. Petersburg 4 1/2% Loan 1901 Fine with some coupons, St. Petersburg Electric Lighting Company 1897 green and pale orange, bond for 250 Francs Good Fine, and GB The Chester Race Company Limited 1919 Certificate for One Share, Fine
Sweden Kreuger & Toll share certificates for one share (20) 1928, 19 pieces dated Stockholm 1/7/1928 and one piece dated Stockholm 15/6/1928 Fine to VF with coupons
USA (8) USA National Union Bank, Philadelphia 1866 Share Certificate for 6 shares of $50 each, VF with some folds, USA Railway shares and scrip certificates (7) Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company Share Certificate 10 shares of $100 each 1890 Vignette of Cattle at watering hole at top, VF with two cancellation punch holes. Utica, Clinton and Binghamton Rail Road Co. 1927, Share Certificate for 36 shares, cancelled, small tears and pinholes otherwise around VF. The Cincinnati, Washington and BaltimoreRailroad Company 1883 Third Mortgage Bond Scrip Certificate for $105, small central hole, otherwise VF. Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad Company 1929 Share Certificate for 5 shares, orange, vignette of steam train at the top, VF with cancellation punch holes. Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad Company 1928 Share Certificate, preferred stock, Series A, 7 per cent, for 7 shares, brown, vignette of steam train at the top, cancelled with punch holes, Near VF with some foxing and a small pencil annotation at the top right corner. Dubuque and Pacific Railroad Company, State of Iowa 185- (unissued) share certificate for $100 EF. Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway Company share certificate for 10 Shares, shares $100 each, green with round vignette of steam train at the right, signed but unissued 18-- (1899) GVF
USA, Bank of the United States of America certificate number 5972 of capital stock, 30 shares, Philadelphia 16th August 1937, issued to Baring Brothers, London, and signed by Nicholas Biddle as president, vignette of standing allegorical female, with shield and eagle, and ship sailing behind, VF with clear and bold signature, we note that a similar example is in the American Museum of Finance, we have seen no recent transactions of this item
USA, South and Central America (3) Cuba, Empresa del Ferro-Carril de Guantanamo, certificate for one share, 1882, vignettes of train at top, allegorical female at bottom, black, stamped cancelled, some tears in the centre from writing on the reverse, otherwise Good Fine. BrazilRailwayCompany 500 Francs or £19/17/5 60 Year Gold Bond 4 1/2%, black and green with ornate border, with vignette of train crossing a bridge. VF USA, Insurance Policy, The Social Insurance Company, for the cover of a schooner on a voyage from Manchester to Wilmington, North Carolina, Salem 1810, (date inked on the reverse, some folds, Good Fine, an interesting early document
Five Pounds PeppiattLondon 1935 A/159 80380 Operation Bernhard VF top right corner missing, 5 - 500 Euro note collectors "SPECIMEN" set, as part of a larger group mostly recent issues from circulation including £120 face of Scottish (lot)
One PoundBradburyT1 issued 1914 series A.568538, perhaps VF for overall wear but with a central brown stain both sides where once taped together over a tear
One PoundBradbury First Issue T3.3 Black Six-digit serial number Dot in No. type 1914 series E/3 001520 original and relatively crisp VF/GVF with a tear stretching from just beneath the 5 in the serial number to the bottom edge and one tiny pin hole a Scarce and pleasing early note
Ten Shillings BradburyT13.1 issued 1915, series T/7 037284, portrait of King George V at top left, (Pick348a), approaching VF with a few pinholes and a scarce issue
Ten Shillings Bradbury Third Issue T20 Red Dash in number, 1918 serial number B100 445580 an attractive and crisp about AU with some faint stains and a scarce issue
Ten Shillings Warren Fisher (2) T26 1919 number dash D/85 889289 about Fine with a small nick at the top and T30 issued 1922 series N/86 854265, portrait of King George V at right, (Pick358), VF some light dirt and stains
Ten Shillings Fisher Second issue (2) red serial numbers, with the word No. now omitted, T30. Serial numbers P/31 037750 and P/31 037751 a consecutive pair GVF consecutives of the early Treasury issues seldom seen
Ten Shillings Fisher Second issue (3) red serial numbers, with the word No. now omitted, T30. R/10 497629, R/46 651590 with two staple holes, R/70 352444 Fine to VF, along with Bank of England (10) One PoundPeppiatt Blue B249 U69E 184398 Fine, One Pound PageB337B02 860371 UNC, and One Pound SomersetB341 (8) AU40 389166 UNC , and BX47 735065 to 735071 (7 consecutives) UNC
Ten Shillings Fisher Second issue (5) red serial numbers, with the word No. now omitted, T30. L/67 997089, P/43 915036, P/81 080339, P/98 239389 and P/99 061897, Fine to VF the third with a pinhole in the centre
Ten Shillings Fisher Second issue (6) red serial numbers, with the word No. now omitted, T30. O1/19 700459, O/47 883392, O/92 093124, N/39 983444, N/62 538397 and N/74 108703 Fine to VF
One PoundFisherT31 (5) Control Note Z1/27 359017, and serial numbers K1/58 964924, N1/42 298881, N1/53 203186 and P1/1 994193 Fine to VF one with staple holes
One PoundFisherT31 (5) Serial Numbers G1/35 690353, G1/50 369908, G1 75 098679, J1/93 274437, L/1 472417 Fine to VF the last with an inked number below the top serial number
One PoundFisherT31 (5) Serial Numbers M1/16 750651, with two pencil annotations, M1/28 101072, M1/37 682997, M1/53 444651 with two staple holes, M1/89 023924 Fine to VF
Ten Shillings Fisher Third issue, Northern Ireland in titles, red serial numbers (4) U/44 778670 with two pinholes, and a group of last series W/3 980071, W/10 459240 (inked annotation on obverse) and W/72 420503 Fine to VF
One PoundFisher, Third issue, Northern Ireland in titles, round dot in prefix T34 (3) U1/90 249017, U1/100 137769, X1/49 167353, last series, Fisher Northern Ireland in titles, square dot in prefix T35 X1/14 921933 last series Good Fine with a pencil annotation on the reverse Fine to VF
One Pounds CatternsB225 Green Britannia medallion issues 1930 serial number O16 873366 Unc or near so and scarce in this high grade along with Five Pounds O'Brien B277 Helmeted Britannia issued 1957 prefix D60, UNC or near so
One Pounds Peppiatt Blue Shades (2), Peppiatt Green prefix E49B and Beale prefix E23C. Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve (1), Beale B266 first series Z98Z 713999 (VF), O'Brien B271 Z06X prefix these generally F-VF along with 10/- Seated Britannia type O'Brien (1) Fforde (4) these VF-Unc and Five Pounds Bailey JE73 prefix Unc
Five Pounds PeppiattWhite Note B255 Thick Paper Metal Thread dated 22 Sept 1944 serial number E18 035091 LONDON branch about UNC - UNC and rarely seen in this high grade
Ten Shillings BealeB266 prefix H70Z AU, O'Brien B271 prefix A85Z AU, E27Y AU, E63Y AU and Z51X EF smaller 1961 issue prefix B87 Unc and C35 VF. HollomB294 first series K94 425665 EF and Z04 prefix Unc, B295 (4) one Unc others VF-EF, FfordeB309 and B310 (5) generally AU-Unc
One Pound O'Brien 1955 B273 (3) consecutive numbers D07K 0000169, 170 and 171 Unc or near so along with B284 (2) consecutives B55N 308195 and 196 AU-Unc, One Pounds HollomB290replacement (2) consecutives 62M 318329 and 330 AU-Unc, FfordeB303 (2) consecutives K85Z 953123 and 124 AU. Ten Shillings Hollom B293 (3) consecutives Z91 147853 - 855 Unc, Hollom B295 (3) consecutives 90A 293955 - 957 AU
Five Pounds O'Brien Lion and Key B277 last series E33 680991 EF, Five Pounds Somerset 1980 B343 LW69 prefix VF, One Pounds Peppiatt Blues 1940 B249 (6) F-VF including some consecutives, Ten Shillings O'Brien and Hollom (5) from circulation along with a modern group from circulation (18). Italy 1000 Lire Pick 101 AU, British Isles One Pounds (13), B of E £10 Bailey, US Dollars (2)
One Pound O'Brien B281 (6) with some consecutive Unc, B281 last series Z24 AU, HollomB288 (2), FfordeB301 (1) and B305 (1), PageB322 (13) ten being consecutives, Isaac NewtonB337 A01 054069, SomersetB341 (1) these all high grades generally AU-Unc along with O'Brien B281 Unc with penned number and Isaac Newton reverse from circulation (19) but many EF
Bank of England 1997 Hong Kong Handover Limited World Edition of only 10,000 minisheets of 12 uncutKentfield £5 B364 notes issued C122b, series prefix HK97, serial numbers as follows: First Column - 243944, 233944, 223944 & 213944, Second Column - 143944, 133944, 123944 & 113944 & Third Column - 043944, 033944, 023944 & 013944, UNC with certificate and in the original folder
Five Pounds Kentfield 1993 B364uncut set of 8 all with number 003082 and with prefixes BH25, BH26, BH28, BH28, BH33, BH34, BH35 and BH36 Unc as issued, along with Bank of England presentation pack C122a, Hong Kong takeover special edition Kentfield £5 B364 serial HK97 916218, UNC
Twenty Pounds KentfieldB375 1994 Faraday (50) a mint run AE36 379501 - AE36 379550 the first and last with a stain from a string or band the remaining 48 Unc
ERROR - One PoundCatternsB225 (3) consecutive numbers T35 7112639,40 and 41 all with a "tear" or narrow strip of missing paper from when issued the 712639 and 712641 with the missing strip which is 4 centimetres long descending from the top through the serial number in exactly the same position with the 712640 having the missing strip in the bottom left but going through the serial number at the bottom in exactly the same place, the missing strip being the same shape and dimensions on all three notes EF and most unseal
Aberystwyth & Tregaron Bank, Cardiganshire £2 dated 1814, No.6887 for Evans, Jones, Davies & Co., (Black Sheep Bank), Grant 12, VG with a section of the note missing to right corner so A of Aberystwyth missing, a scarce denomination, Outing 14c
Bristol Bank 5 Pounds cut-cancelled across signature dated 17th December 1807 number D896 for Miles, Vaughan, Miles, Baugh and Birch where Birch has been struck off, manuscript signatures for Entered Wm. Holmes and the other cut-cancelled (Outing 305b, Grant 468K), perhaps VF for wear and rare thus and with three small central holes
Cardigan One Guinea dated 18xx (1830-90) an unissued remainder, printer Johnston & Co, Bristol, (Outing 427b), Fine with some fire damage top right corner along with Old Bristol Bank cheque June 7th 1823 for £20/1/10 Very Good
Haverfordwest Union Bank Five Guineas dated 24 January 1814 series No. 731 for Mathias, Lloyd & Bowen, pleasing and bold Fine with pinholes, Outing and Grant only list a One Guinea denomination for the Union Bank so this a previously unlisted denomination and rare thus
Haverfordwest Union Bank One Guinea dated 1813 series No.S388 for Mathias, Lloyd & Bowen (Outing 913), pleasing and bold Fine with pinholes, rare in this higher grade
Haverfordwest Union Bank One Guinea, One Pound One Shilling dated 24 August 1813 series No.89 for Mathias, Lloyd & Bowen (Outing 913a), Fine with some pinholes
Swansea Old Bank One Pound Joseph Gibbons and Robert Eaton date a little unclear perhaps 16.1.1828 No 318 strong VG with pinholes. Outing 2121c and rare
AustraliaCommonwealth Bank of Australia 10 Pounds Pick 32a 1960-1965 signature title Governor, Commonwealth Bank of Australia signatures Coombs & Wilson serial number WA/07 785594. The note in red and black on multicolour underprint featuring Portrait of Governor Phillip at left and Coat of Arms at upper centre on obverse and reverse in red featuring Symbols of Science, Industry and Law at centre and seated Allegorical woman holding pair of compasses. . About EF - EF and Scarcer earlier issue
Belgium (37) from a retired dealers retail stock many pre war with issues dating back to 1917, some duplication, circulated grades, retail price ticket over £300
Canada20 Dollars signed Beatty and Rasminsky (2) 1954 series Pick 80 F-VF and 1969 Pick 89 EF, along with 1954 Beatty and Rasminsky signatures $10 GVF inked number obverse, $2 aVF, Dollar Fine
Egypt - Central Bank of Egypt (7) a group of Royal issues all with serial number 0000004 as follows: Two Hundred Pounds 2009 issue Pick 69a (Signature 22) dated 2009/7/27 a small crease on the left of the top edge, otherwise UNC, One Hundred Pounds 2009 issue (Signature 22) dated 2009/11/30 Pick 67 counting flicks on the top edge otherwise UNC, Fifty Pounds 2009 issue (Signature 22) Pick 66 dated 2009/9/14 UNC, Twenty Pounds 2009 issue (Signature 22) Pick 65 dated 2009/8/13 UNC, Ten Pounds 2009 issue (Signature 22) Pick 64 dated 2009/4/29 Five Pounds 2008 issue (Signature 22) Pick 63 dated 2008/9/4 a small crease on the top edge otherwise UNC, One Pound 2017 issue Pick 71 (signature 24) dated 2017/11/28 UNC
Egypt Five Piastres Colour Trial (undated, 1940) an uncut 2x2 sheet of four notes Obverse and Reverse, with no serial numbers or signature, orange and yellow on white background, UNC
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