Share Certificates, Cheques and Ephemera a wide ranging group (28), comprising Share Certificates (3) Chicago, Burlington and Quinn RailroadCompany 1892 for 10 shares of $100 each, punch hole cancelled, The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company 100 Shares, Blue, 1955, GB 'The Loom Improvement Company Limited' for 1 Share, 1868, (EF with tiny pinhole), GB Postal Orders (3) 6 Shillings 1970, 10 Pence 1974 and 40 Pence 1994, Cheque Commercial Bank of Scotland 1916, Beith branch, Railwayana (7) Great Western Railway Company Statement of Dividends (2) 1946 and 1947, Railway Emphemera (4) Invoice from Great Central Railway 1900, London & North Eastern Railway Stationary - Train Delay Report sheet, G.W.R Stationary - 'Not For Public Use, 'Midland & Great Northern Railways 'Urgent Train Message' and London, Midland & Scottish Railway Stationary 1920s, these both unwritten, Ephemera (14) Receipt from Robinson & Co. Printers, Nottingham 1898, Letter from Thomas Goodliffe & Son, Bridlesmith Gate, Nottingham 1898, Letter from Kiveton Park Lime & Stone Works, Sheffield, 1896, Account Settlement letter with attached bankers instruction to The Crown Cork Company, Invoice to Armitage Bros. Knottingley, Yorkshire, 1918, Receipt from J.O. Moulson, Chemists, Bradford, 1896, Payment instruction Henderson & Glass Liverpool, 1900, Receipt, Thomas Rawson & Co. Ltd. 1915, The Imperial Cork Mfg. Co. Ltd. 1916, Letter, Wm. Wright & Son (Lincoln) Ltd, Builders and Contractors letter 1946, Letter to The Thornton-Scarth Automatic Lighting Synd. Ltd, Small Heath , Birmingham 1898, Receipt from E. Alexander & Son, Wine & Spirit Merchants, Bradford, 1896, Payment Instruction, Walker & Crawshaw, Stoneware, Rotherham, 1916, Receipt from John Cleminson, Merchant Maxborough, 1917, in mixed grades, an interesting selection
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
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 (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).
Great Britain, 9 certificates, dated 1864-79, all different, titles include, MerseyLoan & Discount Co. Ltd., 1873, Union Marine Insurance Co. Ltd., 1879, Common Fund Co. Ltd., 1869, Liverpool Marine Insurance Co. Ltd., 1869, Positive Government Security Life Assurance Co. Ltd., 1873, cancelled, Middle Class Dwellings Co. Ltd., unissued, lot also includes Ossett Gas Co., transfer certificate, 1879, and PhoenixFire Insurance Co., receipt for payment on shares, 1836, mostly F-VF. (11).
Great Britain, 5 Victorian certificates, Liverpool Cold Storage and Ice Co. Ltd. 1897, LeedsYork and Park Place Warehouse Co. Ltd. transfer certificate 1896, Tocopilla Copper Mining & Smelting Co. Ltd. 1887, Benson and Co. Ltd. 1877, and Amalgamated Water-Gas Companies Ltd. 1895, mostly VF. (5).
Great Britain, 5 cancelled railway certificates, Great Western Railway Co., 1881, Grand Junction Railway, date unclear, London and North Western Railway, date unclear, Waterford, Dungarvan and Lismore Railway Co., 1876, and Liverpool Overhead Railway Co., 1897, all cancelled by various methods, mostly F, some better. (5).
Great Britain, 3 railway certificates, Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle upon Tyne Junction Railway Co., 1846, coat of arms, large red seal, Tees Valley Railway Co., 1875, plain format, and New Romney Railway Co., 1866, coat of arms, two punch holes in top margin, otherwise all certificates VF. (3).
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