China (5), ImperialChineseGovernment 1911 Tientsin-Pukow Railway supplementary Loan, bond for £100 issued by Chinese Central Railways Ltd., London 1911, ornate design, large format, black & green (4) each with four coupons, Fine with some creases, one with some red ink staining, all with attached drawing receipts, China, Kaiserlich Chinesische Tientsin-Pukow Staatseisenbahn Erganzungs-Anleihe von 1910 Bond for £100 red and green with ornate border, with 5 coupons, Deutsche-Asiatische bank issue About Fine with some tears to the edges
China, Chinese Government, Tientsin-Pukow Railway 1908 and 1910 (London Issues) 5% Loan 1938 Fractional Scrip certificates for one-third of a funding bond, £11-10-0, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the reverses with details of the announcements in 'The Times' by the Chinese ambassador on February 25th 1936, March 30th 1936, and September 6th 1938, blue (111) VF to GVF includes many consecutive issues, China, Chinese Government, Tientsin-Pukow Railway 1908 and 1910 (London Issues) 5% Loan 1938 Fractional Scrip certificates for one-third of a funding bond, £12-0-0, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the reverses with details of the announcements in 'The Times' by the Chinese ambassador on February 25th 1936, March 30th 1936, and September 6th 1938, red (30) VF to GVF includes many consecutive issues, along with Banking Ephemera items, most are Chinese bond and shares related, (15) Midland Bank Tonbridge branch (10), Walham Green branch (1), Heathfield Branch (1) comes with envelope with two red seals, with 2 1/2d blue stamps (2) and a 1d red stamp, in mixed condition
China, ImperialChineseGovernment Hukuang Railways 1911 Gold Loan, bond for £100, issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, red and black with vignette of speeding train, (5) all with some coupons About Fine to Good Fine, some with tears, comes with additional documentation showing : Designation of bonds, Amount, Name of customer, Folio and Dividends Due, stamped HEATHFIELD 31339, two showing details of when drawn for payment
China, ImperialChineseGovernment Tientsin-Pukow RailwayLoan, for £100, London 1908, large format, black & orange, (11) 9 bonds have all coupons, the remaining two have all but three coupons, Fine to Near VF, some with tears where staples and pins have been removed, one with additional documentation showing : Designation of bonds, Amount, Name of customer, Folio and Dividends Due, stamped HEATHFIELD 31339, and receipt of when drawn for payment, some others showing the receipt and details of when drawn
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
Confederate States of America 8% Loan Certificate for 100 Dollars dated January 1, 1868 with coupons, About Fine, mounted in a glass frame, Confederate States of America 8% Loan Certificate for 100 Dollars dated January 1 1861, to run until September 1 1871, vignette at top of two seated female figures with ships and factory in background (2), the first VG or better, folded with some foxing, with 14 coupons, the second Fine, both mounted in glass photo frames, Confederate States of America 8% Loan Certificate for 500 Dollars, with 13 coupons, 1 May 1861 VG, the paper with some signs of damp, mounted in a glass photo frame, Confederate States of America 8% Loan Certificate for 1000 Dollars dated July1, 1861, vignette at top of four boys, (Ball 47) around Fine with 5 coupons, mounted in a glass photoframe, Confederate State of America 8% Loan Certificate for 100 Dollars dated 1st May 1861 with 13 coupons, mounted in a glass photo frame, Confederate Sates of America 8% Loan Certificate for 500 Dollars March 2nd 1863, Large format, Fine, mounted on card in a glass photo frame, The National Avenue Company, State of Ohio, County of Montgomery, unissued share certificate 188-, mounted by the corners in a card surround, EF with some light foxing, possibly removable with care, collection from our offices only, NO POSTAL
Great Britain (21) The Kinetic Company Limited, 1910 issue for £3500 First debentures, each for £10 (18) VF to GVF, East LondonWater Works Transfer certificate, No. 2170, dated 19th January 1822, printed on vellum, Fine with some light folds, Insurance Policy Provident Life Office , dated August 15th 1841, some folds, Good Fine, The Victoria Palace Limited, 1929, Share Certificate for 210 shares, red/brown with a picture of the Victoria Palace incorporated into the title heading. The Victoria Palace was situated in Victoria Street, London, was built for Sir Alfred Butt who introduced Pavlova to London, a statue of the ballerina was placed on top of the theatre, maroon, red ink cancellation and paper clip mark on the top edge, Good Fine
Great Britain, Liverpool Conquitt Street Tontine Share Certificate, No.76, dated January 1807, printed on vellum, ink cross across text, lightly soiled as normal , an early certificate, Fine or better
Russia (2) Consolidated Rente 4% 1901 issue, bond for 937 Roubles 50 Kopeks/ 2500 Francs, Series 30, green and black, NVF with a small tear at the top, Consolidated Rente 1901 issue, bond for 187 Roubles, 50 Kopeks/500 Francs, Series 5, beige and black, Good Fine with some small edge tears
USA (5) The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company (3) 100 Shares 1930 Green (2), 100 Shares 1955 Blue, National Tea Company 1927 Yellow, all punch-hole cancelled, NVF to VF, all but one with staple or pinholes
USA, of Historical Railway interest - Yosemite Short line Railway Company 40 Year First Mortgage Sinking Fund 4 1/2% Gold Bond, 1905, green, with coupons, GVF. Note: The Yosemite Short Line Railway was a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge railway constructed in the Yosemite region of California. The plan was to construct a railway 60 miles long, serving logging interests and tourists visiting the Yosemite National Park. Construction commenced in 1905 but construction was abandoned due to the financial crisis caused by the 1906 San Franciscoearthquake, with only 8.5 miles (14 km) constructed. The railway was abandoned by 1917. Locomotive power was provided by two Porter 0-4-0T steam locomotives.
Bank of England ( 15) including £10 J.B. Page (2 ) consecutive pair prefix K71 both near EF , £5 Pale Blue - reverse Duke of Wellington (4) cashiers - J.P Page (2) Somerset (1 ) , Gill (1) , VF to EF , £5 (1) Gill- Crown top right , £1 (7) J.P page (1 ) Somerset (7) including 2 consecutive pair EF to UNC and Ten Shilling J Fforde VF
Waterlow & Sons Ltd Banknote Advertising/Promotional Note, portrait of Sir Philip Waterlow at the centre, blue, (c.1950s) reverse inverted, and Waterlow & Sons advertising/promotional note, green/brown, upright format with ship and steam train at a dockyard in a vignette at the top, the reverse with the companies factory and works in 7 vignettes on the reverse, the two items joined in the centre, (stitched ?) 140mm x 213mm, VF trimmed at the lower left edge
One PoundBradbury First Issue T3.3 Black Six-digit serial number Dot in No. 1914 series A/14 004852 probably Fine for wear but has been repaired (re-joined) with tape reverse and with another tear almost as deep as the note and with pencilled annotations reverse
Ten Shillings BradburyT9 De la Rue r No. in ornate font Six digit serial F 1914, A/2 738971 GVF with faint number 31 top right, rare in these higher grades
Ten Shillings BradburyT9 First issue Dash in No. ornate font and 6 digit serial issued 1914 serial number A/1 240550, Fine pencilled annotation reverse
Ten Shillings BradburyT17 issued 1918 black serial A/22 023090, No. with dot, (Pick350a), VF or better small crack in the paper at centre where light shines through, a rare issue
One PoundWarren Fisher 1919 T24 W/61 283333 better than Fine with some small holes around George V portrait. Five Pounds Page 1971 B324 (2) one AU the other VF. One Pounds Catterns N52 547518 Fine, Peppiatt Blue Y77D 503986 VF, Beale B25C 124674 Fine. Ten Shillings seated Britannia at left O'Brien W63Y 694924 VF small brown stain right edge
Ten Shillings Warren FisherT33 last series W/72 699550 issued 1927, Northern Ireland issue, EF for wear but with a small (4mm) tear at the top and pencilled annotations reverse
One PoundWarren FisherT34 issued 1927, series T1/81 931303, No. with dot, portrait King George V at right, Northern Ireland Issue, (Pick361a), GVF some faint brown stains above the portrait
One PoundWarren FisherT34 issued 1927, series X1/28 91922, No. with dot, portrait King George V at right, Northern Ireland Issue, (Pick361a), VF or better and with pencilled annotations reverse
Five Pounds Gill RJ29 prefix AU. One Pounds Peppiatt 1934 B239 K90A prefix VF and Blue A12D prefix EF both with pencilled annotations reverse. Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve Z01D EF with pencilled annotations reverse, Peppiatt B236 last series 38O 500281 VF, Hollom Britannia in Medallion (2) VF
One PoundPeppiatt Blue prefix K16H VF, O' Brien B282 69H prefix (4 consecutives), HollomB288 D04X prefix (3 consecutives), FfordeB305 N01D prefix (4 consecutives), PageB320 X69K prefix (10 consecutives). Isaac Newton A04 000420, SomersetB343 (5 consecutives). Ten Shillings Hollom B295 61D prefix (3 consecutives). The Royal Bank of Scotland 1 Pound 13.12.1988 (2 consecutives), 8.12.1992 (1), 1.10.2001 (4 being 2 x 2 consecutives) AU-Unc apart from the Peppiatt blue
One PoundPeppiatt Facsimile German Propaganda Note dropped on North Africa 1942 similar design to B249 Peppiatt Second Period Emergency issue series H86D 729630. Rommel Arabic text on reverse Fine
One PoundPeppiatt Fourth Period 1948-49 B260 (2) prefix T52A and Z04A AU, along with One Pounds Somerset Isaac Newton (2) consecutives DX47 898099 and 898100 Unc in Campbell's Great British Shareout presentation wallet and British Museum post card Threadneedle Street in Danger
One PoundHollom 1963 B288 (20) being two consecutive number runs of 10 prefix B10R and D01S AU-Unc. PageB322 BW80 prefix (2 consecutives) AU along with Page and Fforde Britannia in medallion Pounds from circulation (12)
Twenty Pounds (16) a high grade collectionPage to John includes Shakespeare reverse (4) Page prefix A17, Somerset prefixes E58 and 22J, Gill 32S the Page Unc the Somersets EF the Gill Unc others mostly AU-Unc
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