Nevada-Goldfield Lease Company Stock Certificates (4) each for 50 shares of $1 each, dated 19th Feb. 1908, each Fine to VF with folds, with some tears along the folds
Ephemera a varied group, comprising Share Certificates (2) Southern Spain - Islas Del Guadalquivir S.A, Vignette of allegorical man and woman with spider's web behind, farmers working in the background. Dated 25 October, 1926 with all 40 coupons both VF, a Train platform ticket from Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch from 1965, a banknote album, Stamps (8) Penny Reds (4) on a small envelope postmarked FE25 1855, 1½d 1937 with MOROCCO AGENCIES 15 CENTIMES Overprint (4) unused, Wireless telegraphy Receiving License certificates (14) 1926-1954, Cheques (8) a group from 1906-1954 Martins Bank Limited (5), Midland Bank Limited, Wilts & DorsetBankingCompany Limited and Union of London & Smith's Bank, all written, Overseas Club printed Certificates (7) 1915 Christmas Day Gifts (2), Empire Day 1915 (2), Empire Day 1916 (2), Empire Day 1941, these in excellent condition, a fascinating insight into the war effort in World War I and World War II, Receipts for the purchases of a piano (1913) and a Gramophone (1913), First Day Cover 1970 '892 Squadron Phantom Official Flown Cover' with 5p stamp on a commemorative envelope, imitation cheque 'Bank of Good Fortune' made out for 365 Happy days, A New Year card 1925 with photo of minister Robertson Ballard, signed, a gun licence certificate, date stamp worn, Photograph taken of Broadway, Worcestershire, in a folder with typewritten note containing details of radio transmissions and technical data, a written receipt with details of a holiday stay in 1938 (£3-19-8), Promotional leaflet introducing the New £10 Banknote with Charles Darwin design, and a handwritten letter with seal, in mixed condition, an interesting and varied group
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
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
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.
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
GB and World bonds and shares (11) USA (5) Pan American World Airways, Inc. 1973, red and black, share certificate for 100 shares, with punched cancellation holed, NEF with some staple holes, UV Industries Inc. Share certificate for 100 shares, 1979, EF with punched cancellation holes, The Grand Union Company 1975, share certificate for 100 shares, blue and black, EF with punched cancellation holes, Bond Stores, Incorporated 1965 share certificate for 100 shares, blue and black, NEF with some ink marks, with punched cancellation holes, American Brands Inc. 1973, Share Certificate for 100 shares, orange and black, NEF with punched cancellation holes and some staple holes, Belgium (2) Transports Electricité et Gaz, 1929, bond for 250 Francs, Blue and black, VF with some coupons, Le Grand Bazaar de la Place Saint-Lambert, Liege, 1944, brown and green, GVF with coupons 70-80 attached, GB, (Russia, Azerbaijan) Baku Consolidated Oilfields Limited, share certificate for 'B' ordinary shares, green and black, unissued, GVF, France (2), Societe Des Petroles Milano, 1920 bond for 500 Francs, red on yellow/white, NEF with all coupons, Charles Laffitte & Company Limited, Share Certificate 1866, One share of £20, unissued, EF with holes at the left. The company was extremely short lived having been created during the investment boom of the mid 1860's, primarily to facilitate trade of cotton within the OttomanEmpire. Merged with the Ottoman Financial Association in 1866 and disappeared soon after. Charles Lafitte was a Nephew of French banker Jacques Lafitte, Colombia, The Colombian National Railway Company, 1903 Debenture for £100 pale blue and dark blue, NVF
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
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
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
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
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
Bonds and Shares a small collection (8) comprising China (3) ChineseGovernment 5% Hukuang Railways Sinking Fund Gold Loan bond 1911 for £20,Deutsche-Asiatische issue, large format with steam train at top, printed by Waterlow's with 35 coupons, About VF, China, Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway 5% Gold Loan 1913, bond for £20, ornate border, blue & green, with all coupons, GVF, China, 6% Shanghai Hangchow Ningpo Completion Loan 1936, bond for £50, vignette of Sun Yat Sen, green, with 47 coupons, VF with light central fold, Ethiopia Chemins de Fer Ethiopians, 500 franc share, 1899, with large vignette of king on horseback waiting for a passing train VF with a full set of 48 coupons, German States - Saxony 6% Sterling Loan of 1927, bond for £20 (2000 issued), orange, VF with 15 coupons, USA (3) Colorado - The Acacia Gold MiningCompany 1899, certificate for 500 Shares, cancelled, NVF, Philadelphia - Loan of the City of Philadelphia 1866 6% Loan 1866 Fine with cancellation holes, The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company 1887 certificate for 100 shares, cancelled, Good Fine
China - ChineseGovernment 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan 1913, bonds for 505 Francs or £20, vignettes of Mercury and Chinese Scenes, black and brown, all with coupons (5 bonds) Fine to Good Fine, Canada, Lake Superior Iron & Chemical Company 1911 (6) - Certificates for 10 Shares (2), green VF, Certificate for 5 Shares, orange (1), Certificates for 1 Share, orange (3) Good Fine to NVF, USA Monterey Railway 1909 (2) Certificates for 10 Shares, olive, Fine, and 5 Shares, green, Fine, Argentine Railway Company Share Certificates 1912 (4) comprising certificates for 10 Shares (3) and 1 Share (1) Fine to Good Fine
China (2), ImperialChineseGovernment Tientsin-Pukow RailwayLoan, Bond for £100, London 1908, large format, black & orange, GVF with coupons, China, Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway £20 Bond 1913 blue and black with coupons, NVF, USAKentucky and Great Eastern Railway Company 1872 $1000 7% Gold Bond certificate VF with coupons, with tape on edges from previous mounting
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
Chinese Government 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan 1913 Bond for £20 red/brown with coupons, Good Fine, Chinese Government Tientsin-Pukow 5% Railway Loan 1908 Bond for £100 Red-Orange Fine with coupons (2), Chinese Government 5% Gold Loan 1912 Bond for £100 Green with some coupons, Good Fine, Chinese Government 5% Gold Loan 1912 Bond for £500 brown with coupons, Chinese Government Gold Loan 1908 Bond for £100 mauve, Chinese Government Gold Loan 1908 Bond for £20 green, Near Fine, Chinese Imperial Government 4 1/2% Gold Loan 1898 Bonds for £100 (2) red/brown Fine with some coupons, Chinese Government Loan 1912 8% Bond for £100 mauve on green VF with coupons, Chinese Government Loan 1912 8% Bond for £50 green on blue VF with coupons, Chinese Government Loan 1912 8% Bond for £10 mauve on blue VF with coupons, Chinese Government 5 1/2% Gold Loan - Province of Petchili 1913 (2) Fine with coupons, Chinese Government Treasury Note 1925/1929 8% 10 Year Sterling Bond for £500 blue with coupons, Chinese Government Treasury Note 1925/1929 8% 10 Year Sterling Bond for £100 green with coupons, Chinese Imperial Railway 5% Gold Loan 1898 Fine with pencil annotations, with some coupons, Government of the Chinese Republic Treasury Bill 1918 8% Bond for £100 Sterling, About Fine with coupons, Republique Chinoise 5% Gold Bond 1925 brown,NVF with some coupons, Republique de Chine 5% Gold Loan 1914 Paris issue, Fine with coupons, Chinese Imperial Railway 5% Gold Loan Canton-Kowloon Railway Bond for £100 red Good Fine with coupons, Imperial Chinese Government 5% Sinking Fund Gold LOan Hukuang Railways Bond for £20 (2) green with coupons, Chinese Government 6% Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo Railway Completion Loan 1936 Good Fine with coupons, Chinese Imperial Railway 5% Gold Loan Shanghai-Nanking Railway Bond 1907 for £100 red Good Fine, Chinese Government Treasury 8% Bond 1921 Chemin de Fer Lung Tsing-U-Hai Brussels 500 Francs Green with coupons VF, Chinese Government Treasury Bond 8% Bond 1923 Chemin de Fer Lung Tsing-U-Hai Brussel 500 Francs brown, trimmed Fine with coupons, Government of the Chinese Republic Railway Equipment Loan of 1922 £20 Treasury Blue (2) Good Fine with coupons, Government of the Chinese Republic 8% LOan 1920 Chemin de Fer Lung Tsin-U-Hai red-orange VF with coupons, Gouvernement Imperial de Chine 1903 5% Gold Loan 500 Francs, red-orange Fine with 2 coupons, along with USA Share Certificates (11) BritishColumbia Goldfields, The DiamondMining Investment Company Limited, United States Corporation, The International Nickel Company, The Briggs National Bank and Trust Co. New York, Lisbon Valley Uranium Company, Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation, International Resistance Company, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, J.P.Clark Co.INC. Roger A. Halvorsen D.N.M. Ltd, Presidio Motrion Pictures Corporation, in mixed grades and Rhodesia - The Beatrice (Rhodesia) Company Limited, Fine
Russia Railway bonds (5) The Russian South-Eastern Railway Company 1914, 4 1/2% bonds (3) £500 red, £100 blue and £20 brown with some coupons, GF to NVF the £500 with some tears and folds, Troitzk Railway Co. 1913 Loan issue bond for £500, 4725 Roubles, black on red with ornate border, with UK revenue stamp and with coupons, Near VF, 1909 D'Eisk Railway 4 1/2% loan for 100 Roubles, brown, VF or better with two coupons
Russia - ImperialGovernment of Russia - Nicolas Railroad 125 Rouble, 500 Francs, £20 Sterling, 600,000 bond issue 1867 (46), Russia - Imperial Government of Russia - Nicolas Railroad 125 Rouble, 500 Francs, £20 Sterling 555,000 Bond issue 1869 (40), VG to Fine with coupons detached, The Russian South Eastern RailwayCompany Bond of £100 4 1/2% Bond Loan, Petrograd 1914 (5) Good Fine with coupons, along with Chinese Government Canton-Kowloon Railway 5% Gold Loan 1907 Fractional Scrip certificate for one-third of a Funding Bond for £11-0-0 (6) VF with folds
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 - 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
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
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.
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)
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
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)
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
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 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
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 (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
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
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).
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
U.S.A., Boston and AlbanyRailwaycompany Terminal Bond for $1000 1901, unissued (7), Boston and Albany Railway company share certificates c1950's (11), Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul and PacificRailroad Co. share certificate c1930's (20), Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Co. 1950's (7), St Louis Alton and Terre Haute188- unissued stock certificates (67) assorted railway certificates. West Shore Railroad Co. $1000 bond 1917 (8). Together with 91 other assorted railway certificates (some duplication). Generally VF or better. (212)
Russia, Nicolas RailwayCompany £20 bonds of 1867 (9), with coupons, ImperialGovernmentGold Loan, 125r., 2nd issue 1890 with coupons, Imperial Government Railroad bond, series 2 1889 with coupons. Together with 14 other world certificates. Fair & better.
World (47)includes BulgariaGold Loan 1907, Canada La Compagnie de Construction La Fontaine 1909 (9, two types), Saguenay Pulp and Power Co. 1922, USA, Idaho Copper Company 1926, France Societe Industrielle des Schistes et Derives - unissued. Some duplication. Generally GVF.
Russia, RussianTobaccoCompany Ltd. bearer warrants for 50 brown (17) and 100 green (4) shares, dated 1915 &1916, with coupons, some creased generally VF. (21).
China, Shanghai yuyuan market Limited Company Stock Certificates 1987, text in Chinese with vignette of buildings, mauve (6). Nationalist Governmentloan for 500 yuan, brown & red. U.S.A. Town of JeffersonWaterworks and Sewer Reserve Bond of 1959 with coupons. AEF.
Russia, The Russian General Oil Corporation (Societe Generale Naphthifere Russ) Ltd. bearer certificates for 25 shares 1913, red & black with coupons, printed by Waterlow, VF (2). Brazil, Brazil RailwayCompany 60 year Gold bond 1909, green & black with vignette of train crossing bridge. Large format, printed by Waterlow, no coupons remain. VF. (1)
U.S.A. railway certificates (7), Chicago and Iowa rail Co. unissued 187-, Columbus & Indiana Central railway Co. 1867, Kittanning & Leechburg Railways Co. 1919, Middleport & Northeastern Railway Co. 1927, North and West Branch Railway Company 1897, Oil Creek & Allegheny River Co. 1875, Steubenville Union Terminal Co. 1927, Most certificates cut or ink cancelled. GVF. (7).
Great Britain, East LondonWater Works share certificate 1808, on vellum with set company seal, together with a transfer certificate 1822, this stained. VF and better (2)
World (21) Canada, Inverness Railway & Coal CompanyGold bond 1902 & stock certificate 1902 both with coupons, France Les Affreteurs Reunis certificates for 100f 1902 (9), G.B. Associated Newspapers share certificates (6, three different types), The Stockton & Middlesborough Waterworks Co. share certificate no,. 494, 1860 black on pink. U,S.A. Maderia-Mamore Railway Company share certificates 1922 (3), VF or better (21).
U.S.A. (6), Alaska Mexican Gold Mining Co. 1908 with coupons, British Bute Mining Co. 1901, Magma Copper Company 1925, New York, Chicago and St Louis Railroad Co. 1956, Western Maryland Railway Co. 1956 & 1959. GVF, some with punch cancellation holes. Together with a RussianGold Loan of 1891 for 500 francs, no coupons remain. (7).
Great Britain, York City and County BankingCompany, certificate for one share, 1869, attractive vignettes of York Cathedral and two of the City's medieval gates, black, AVF. (1).
Collection (10), titles include China Banque Industrielle de Chine 1920 share cert. with coupons, Ireland South Down Metal, Chemical and Brick Co. Ltd £50 share 1888, Mexico, The California (Mexico) Land Company share for 10 Hectares 1888 (2), U.S. Le Nouveau Monde bearer certs. 1851 (2). Peru, Banco La Providencia 1871 share cert. Togerther with two Indian Cotton & Spinning Coys. and 6 Indian 3% stock certificates. Generally AVF or better.
Great Britain, Insurance Policy, Alliance Marine Assurance Company, policy on ship ‘Emerald' sailed from London to St. Vincent, 1838, plain format, black, AVF. (1).
Great Britain (7) Bishops Waltham Water Co. Ltd. 1865, East London Water Works Co. transfer certs (2) 1842 & 1872, Fluid Meter Company 1870, Liverpool Sewage Utilization Co. 1868, London and Suburban Freehold Land Society 1854, . Pwllheli Gas Co.185-, unissued. VF or better (7).
Great Britain, Insurance Policy, North British Insurance Company, fire policy, 1841, large vignette of ST Andrew, beasts and arms, black, some discolouration, F. (1).
Australia, Midland RailwayCompany of Western Australia Ltd., certificate of debenture stock, 1948, vignette of steam locomotive, black & green, VF. (1).
Burma, Burma Corporation Ltd share certificate 1937 (6) brown & black, includes vignettes of elephant, peacock, dragon & tunnel. India, Singtom Tea Company (1946) Ltd. Share certificate 1946 (13) with India revenue stamps. VF some with cancelled stamps.
Great Britain, Insurance Policy, Imperial Insurance Company, unissued fire policy, printed 1858, very large vignette of coat of arms, crown and allegorical females, black, VF. (1).
Brazil, Brazil RailwayCompany, bonds for £20, £100 and 500 francs, all 1909, all with large vignette of train crossing bridge, various colours, no coupons remain, mostly VF. (3).
Great Britain, Insurance policies, collection of 12 policies, Lancashire Insurance Company, 1900, National Mutual, 1933, Royal Insurance, 1907, 4 x 1927, 1928, 1933, Lloyd's Fire policy, 2 x 1921, and Equity & Law, 1966, mostly VF. (12).
Great Britain, Insurance Policy, Pelican Life Insurance Company, life policy, 1809, large vignette of six Roman style allegorical figures, black, minor repairs to splits at edge of folds, AVF. (1).
Great Britain, Insurance Policy, Caledonian Fire Insurance Company, fire policy, 1818, vignette of allegorical female with spear and shield, black, AVF. (1).
Great Britain, Insurance Policy, AberdeenFire and Life Assurance Company, life annuity policy, 1838, vignette of allegorical female with children, black, repairs to weakness at folds, otherwise AVF. (1).
Great Britain, Insurance Policy, Imperial Insurance Company, fire policy, 1819, large vignette of Britannia with children, ship and burning building in background, black, VF. (1).
Great Britain, Insurance Policy, Boiler Insurance and Steam Power Company Ltd., insurance against explosions, 1883, very large vignette of damaged building flanked by coal mine and canal scene, black, VF. (1).
Great Britain, Insurance Policy, York & London Assurance Company, fire policy, 1840, very large vignette of Britannia with St. Paul?s Cathedral and York Minster in background, black, VF. (1).
Great Britain, Insurance policies, collection of 11 fire policies, County Fire Office, 2 x 1864, West of England Fire and Life, 1865, Northern Assurance, 1849, 1859, 1862 and 1874, Anchor Assurance Company, 2 x 1853, Imperial Insurance Company, 1863 and Western Insurance Company, 1866, seven with vignettes, mostly VF. (11).
Australia, Land Company of Australasia Ltd., Head Office, Sydney, N.S.W., certificate for ordinary shares, 1891, very attractive circular vignette depicting building and commercial and agricultural scenes, black, VF. (1).
Great Britain (16), titles include European and American Steam Co 1857, New Brewery Carlisle 1879, Peninsular Company 1864, Wallsend Slipway (x2) together with middle Witwatersrand 1936 and Klerksdopp Goldfields 1934 generally GVF
U.S.A., Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Co., certificate of common stock, 1935, vignette of allegorical male with company trade mark underneath, black & green, VF. (1).
RussianTobaccoCompany, bearer share warrants for, 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, and 100 shares, 1915, vignette of allegorical female and tobacco field, various colours, all with coupons, F-VF. (6).
Great Britain, Insurance Policy, Phoenix Assurance Company of London, fire policy, 1817, large vignette of allegorical female with shield flanked by men fighting fire and building being reconstructed, black, VF. (1).
Great Britain, Insurance Policy, Phoenix Assurance Company of London, fire policy, 1810, large vignette of allegorical female with shield flanked by men fighting fire and building being reconstructed, black, VF. (1).
Great Britain, Insurance Policy, Phoenix Assurance Company of London, fire policy, 1800, large vignette of allegorical female with shield flanked by men fighting fire and building being reconstructed, black, VF. (1).
Insurance Policy, Mechanics Insurance Company, ships policy, New Bedford 1835, covering the ship Richmond on a whaling voyage in the Pacific Ocean, plain format, black, F. (1).
Great Britain, Rolls Razor Ltd., certificates for deferred and ordinary shares, 1962/64, different designs, the deferred certificate incorporates the company trade mark, both red, AVF. (2)
China (5) 1919 Treasury Note (Vickers Loan) £100 bond, black & green, Bank of China 500 franc 1914 bond, Bank Industrielle de Chine 500 franc bonds (2), ChineseEngineering & MiningCompany share certificate 1930, black & green with revenue stamps. AVF or better (5).
Great Britain, Mount's Bay Steam-Ship Co. Ltd., certificate No.303 for one share, 1881, company based at Penzance, Cornwall, black, very minor damage to left edge, folds, otherwise AVF. (1).
Russia, RussianTobaccoCompany, set of six bearer share warrants, for 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, and 100 shares, 1915-16, very attractive Waterlow printed certificates with vignette of allegorical female in tobacco field, various colours, all with coupons, all VF. (6).
Great Britain, (24) titles include Darlington Iron Company 1873, Duffield Iron Company 1938, Norfolk Estury Co. Ltd. £50 share 1847 (11) Nuera Art-Silk Co. Ltd. 1928 (2), Bank Stock receipts (2) and PhoenixFireInsurance Co. receipt 1836. Generally VF.
Great Britain (3), Great Northern RailwayCompany £25 share 1846 GVF, The Forcett Railway Company £20 share 1876, black on pink. Small tear at top left corner & creased, The Liverpool Overhead Railway Company share cert.1897, red, with cancelled stamp and ring binder holes.(3).
Brazil, Brazil RailwayCompany, bond for £100, dated 1909, large vignette of train crossing bridge, large format, black & blue, right margin uneven from removal of coupons, otherwise VF. (1).
Great Britain (25), Charles Rowley & Company share certificates 1874, black with attractive title. Small holes top left otherwise AEF. Together with a Voluntary Liquidation letter dated 1910.
Great Britain (16) certificates, titles include Associated Greyhound Racecourses Ltd. 1928, Associated Newspapers Ltd.1954, Beecham Group Ltd. 1954, Becker and Co Ltd. 1923, BritishElectric Traction Co. Ltd. 1959, Components Ltd. 1911, Imperial Continental Gas 1974-76 (3), London Wollen Company Ltd. 1912, Nuera Art-Silk Company Ltd. 1928, Premier Oil Ltd. 1920, Santa Feland Co. 1910, Septimus Parsonage & Co. Ltd. 1900, H & G Simonds Ltd. 1939, Tustabnovice Petroleum Ltd. 1907, mostly F to VF.(16).
Great Britain (6) WaterCompany certificates Bishops Waltham Water Company Ltd. 1865, East London Water Works Co. 1872 transfer certificate (2), Norfolk Estuary Co. £50 share 1847 (2), mostly GVF. (6).
Great Britain, Anglo Argentine Company Ltd. Share Warrant (Scrip)certificate for 5 x £1 shares 1868, a goldmining company at Gualilacn (San Juan) near the Chile border, stained otherwise Fair. (1).
India (13) from 1883-1952, mining, manufacturing and textilecompanies including Ahmedabad Jupiter Spinning Weaving and Manuf. Co. Ltd. 1920 (2), Bengal Baragunda Copper Company 1883, India Jute Company 1934 (2), Megna Mills Co. 1946, Suburban Land Devpt. Co. 193-. AVF. (13)
Great Britain, Great North of EnglandRailway Co., certificate for one share, 1836, ornate design with chain at left with links showing places on railway route, this certificate is made out to William Alexander Brooks who was the engineer of the Tees Navigation Company and involved with this railway, black, VF. (1).
China, Tientsin City Investment Company Ltd., specimen first investment trust certificates of 1951, certificates for 100,000 yuan, 500,000 yuan and 1,000,000 yuan, all the same design showing factories, train, tram and vehicle, text in Chinese, various colours, all EF. (3).
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).
China, Asia Realty Company of Shanghai, incorporated in the U.S.A., debenture for 1,000 taels, vignette of eagle on rock at top, black & brown, with coupons, central fold, otherwise VF. (1).
Collection, 10 bonds and certificates relating to South and Central American railways, dated 1906-32, all different, titles include, BrazilRailway Co., 1912, Buenos Ayres Lacroze Tramways Co., 1913, Colombian National Railway Co. Ltd., 1906, Colombia Railways & Navigation Co. Ltd., 1932, Company General of Central America, 2 types, both 1909, mostly VF. (10).
Great Britain, 5 certificates, Bishops Waltham Water Co. Ltd., 1865, ChichesterOlympia Ltd., 1912, New Brewery Company, Carlisle, Ltd., 1879, and Bournemouth Coffee Tavern Co. Ltd., 2 x transfer certificates, transferor and transferee, both 1885, VF. (5).
Canada, 26 certificates, dated 1910-58, titles include, Dome Mines Co., 1918, Grand Trunk RailwayCompany of Canada, 4 x stock certificates, 1914-20, International Nickel Company of Canada Ltd., 2 types, 1930-31, Minnesota and Ontario Power Co., 1913, San Antonio Land and Irrigation Co. Ltd., 2 types, 1911-13, lot also includes an Act for a loan for the Quebec?Halifax Railway, mostly VF. (27).
Ottoman, Ottoman Company Ltd., certificate for one share, 1865, very attractive certificate with large vignette at left of Arab gentleman, camel and palm tree, black, EF. (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).
China, Yung Ziang Press Ltd., share certificate, 1947, very attractive design includes horse drawn carriages, text in Chinese, company logo in English, brown, VF. (1).
Great Britain, The Drummond Chemical Company shares & related ephemera. Certificates nos. 5 & 7, each for 300 x £1 shares, dated 1930, in the name of ArthurGilliat, Chemical Merchant; black on white with attractive border. Summary of share capital & shares for 1929, Annual return for 1930, share transfer sheets and other company papers. Superb leather bound "Applications and Allotments, Register of Members and Share Ledger" etc. printed by A.H.Atkins Fetter Lane London.
Roumania, Kingdom of Roumania Monopolies InstituteLoan of 1929 £100 bond with view of castle at top, blue & black, printed by Waterlow's, with coupons. Brazil, Brazil RailwayCompany £20 Gold bond, 1909, with steam train on bridge, green & black, printed by Waterlow's, no coupons remain, tear to bottom right VF. (2).
Ottoman, Ottoman Company Ltd., certificate for one share, 1865, very attractive certificate with large vignette at left of Arab gentleman, camel and palm tree, black, EF. (1).
Great Britain, London Cemetery Company's Cemetery of St James at Highgate, grave certificate 1928, vignette of Highgate graveyard, burial site of Karl Marx, only one known, pin hole, VF
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).
China, Chinese Cigarette Company Ltd., certificate for 100 shares, Shanghai 1941, ornate border incorporates, tobacco plants, ship and factory, text in Chinese, black & blue, has been folded at some stage, otherwise 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).
Great Britain, A Sears Holdings collection of 37 certificates, Sears Holdings was the vehicle of Sir Charles Clore (1904-79), parent company of Selfridges and British Shoe Corporation. Clore was a major benefactor of the arts, (Clore Gallery at Tate Britain, Turner collection) and of Jewish charities. Certificates in lot are, J Sears & Co. (True Form Boot Co.), Ltd., 6 x certificates, four types, 1929-53, Sears Holdings Ltd., 10 x certificates, five types, 1955-58, all except one with ink facsimile signature of Charles Clore, 12 x certificates, 3 types, 1959-62, all with printed facsimile signature of Charles Clore, 8 x certificates, three types, 1971-74, and British Shoe Corporation Ltd., loan stock certificate 1974, various colours, some cancelled, mostly VF. (37).
Great Britain, Forcett RailwayCompany, certificate for £20 share, 1876, black on pink paper, the 5 1/2 mile Forcett Valley branch from the Darlington & Barnard Castle Railway kept its identity until merged into the LNER in 1921, creased, otherwise?AVF. (1).
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).
Great Britain, 11 certificates of private investment companies, 8 titles, dated 1934-36, all company names either hand written or typed, certificates are numbered 2 to 6, all with embossed seals showing company name, mostly VF. (11).
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).
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).
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, Plymouth, Devonport, and Stonehouse Cemetery Company, scrip certificate for four £25 shares, 1846, small format, brown on cream, scarce, only one known, AVF. (1).
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.
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