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 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
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
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
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
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 (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
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
World (37) includes BrazilRailways 1911 (4), Cuba Railways 1927 & 1928 (2), Mexico (20) bank, mining, petroleum, tramways including 12 x The Mexican Eagle Oil Co. Ltd bearer certificates 1949, Netherlandstobacco1925, Peru mining & railway 1878, Russia 1917 bonds (5), small format, SpainBarcelona Traction, Light & Power 1932 and Islas del Guadalquivir 1926 (2), Zambia, Roan Antelope Copper Mines 1946 & 1948 (2). Generally VF or better. (37)
Canada (168) titles include: British Controlled Oilfields 1931, Dominion Coal Co.1930's, International Nickel Co. 1930-1960, Swanson Bay Forests 1911, together with other land, mining, power and railroadcompanies. Some duplication. Generally GVF. (168).
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).
U.S.A., Moulton Mining Co., certificate for 100 shares capital stock, 1885, vignette of miners working underground at top, miner at bottom, signed by William Andrew Clark, known as one of the three ‘copper kings', blue, hole cancellation through signatures, VF. (1).
U.S.A., Massachusetts and New MexicoMining Co., 2 x certificates of capital stock, both 1879, small vignette of miner at top, black, red & gold, ink cancellation through signatures, a little glue residue at left, otherwise both VF. (2).
U.S.A., Portland Consolidated Mining Co., 3 x certificates of capital stock, Clinton, Iowa 1881, mines located in Lawrence County, Dakota, plain format, black, VF. (3).
Collection (14), Africa Anglo American Corp. of South Africa 1918 (2), CanadaBritishColumbia Power Corp. 1954 (2), Congo, Etat Independent Du Congo 1888, Germany 100 R.mark 1925, G.B. Chalmers' Anti-Vibrator Co. Ltd. 1900, Panama, Panama Canal 1888. U.S.A., British Butte Mining Co. 1907 (3), Commonwealth & Southern Corp. 1936 (2), Victoria Belle Mining Co. 1913. Generally VF or better. (14).
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, Marke Valley Consolidated Copper and Tin Mining Co., certificate No.47 for one £10 share, 1842, ornate heading, black, conditions printed on reverse of certificate, excellent condition, AEF. (1).
Great Britain, Marke Valley Consolidated Copper and Tin Mining Co., certificate No.141 for one share, 1844, ‘one share of £10' printed in red, ornate heading, different design to previous lot, black, conditions printed on reverse of certificate, excellent condition, VF. (1).
Collection: (24) bonds and share certificates mainly South America and Mexico dated 1871-1952, titles include Bolivian GovernmentLoan of 1872, Peru Banco la Providencia 1871, Peru, Peruvian External Debt bond 1893, Cerdito Publico Deuda Consolidada 1875 (3), Bank de Londres y Mexico 1905, Esperanza Ltd. (2) 1922 & 1923, Victorine GoldMining Ltd. 1881, United Mexico Mining Association transfer certificate 1828, mostly very fine. (24).
Great Britain (8) Welsh related companies Brynymoor Steamship Co. 1937, Dolywern Temperence Hotel Co. Ltd. 1944, Duffield Iron Corp. Ltd. 1937, Lindley Duffield & Co. (Metallurgical & Finance) Ltd. 1933, Pantymwyn Mining Co. Ltd. 1923, South Wales Fuel Co. Ltd. 1920, together with two Flintshire Oil and Cannel Co. Ltd. call receipts for 1866, mostly AVF to VF. (8).
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)
Australia, Peel River Land & Mineral Co. Ltd., certificate for one share, 1857, mining interests in South Australia, ornate design, black on grey, VF. (1).
China, Pin Xiang (Kiangsi Province) Mining Co. Ltd., loan of 1,000 taels, dated 1907, ornate border, text in Chinese, very early Chinese item, VF. (1).
China, Central China Mining Industry Co. Ltd., certificate for 1,000 shares, 1940, ornate border with logo at top, black & red, two punch holes in top margin, VF. (1).
Mexico National Railroad Co. Gold Bond 1902 for $1000., framed. Together with 13 U.S. A. framed certificates of Investment, Mining, Navigation & RailwayCompanies from 1880's. (14).
South Africa, Republic GoldMining Syndicate Ltd., De Kaap Gold Fields, 5 x share certificates, all 1887, ornate heading, two are signed on the reverse by Herman Hirsche, black, mostly VF. (5).
Great Britain, Nidderdale Lead Mining Co. Ltd., certificate for two preference shares, 1865, vignette of entrance to mine at Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire, black on pink, minor damage to right edge, otherwise VF. (1).
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, 12 certificates from the 1930s, 3 x Middle Witwatersrand (Western Areas) Ltd., all 1936, 5 x Ashanti Kotoko Mining Co. Ltd., all 1935, 4 x Klerksdorp Consolidated Goldfields Ltd, bearer option certificates, all 1934, mostly VF. (12).
Great Britain, 24 certificates, dated 1920-1929, titles include, Deanscales Mining Co. Ltd., 1923, South LeicestershireColliery Co. Ltd., 1926, United States Debenture Corporation Ltd., 1925, Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Co. Ltd., 1927, West Springs Ltd., 1924, Northumberland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., 3 x certificates, all 1920, Blue Bird Petrol (Foreign) Ltd., 1929, minor duplication, mostly VF. (24).
China, 5 bonds and certificates, ChineseEngineering and Mining Co. Ltd., issued bearer warrant for ten shares, London 1912, and unissued bearer warrant for two shares, both with vignette of allegorical figure holding shield and lamp, standing over miner with pick, orange and brown respectively, Skoda Loan of 1925, bond for £10, Boxer Loan of 1925, bond for $50, and Emprunt Chinois 5% Or 1903, bond for 500 francs dated 1905, all with coupons, mostly VF. (5).
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).
Great Britain, East Wheal Brothers Copper, Tin, Lead, & SilverMining Co., certificate No.1066 for one share, 1835, printed on vellum, orange, conditions and regulations printed on reverse of certificate, VF. (1).
Australia, British ColonialMining Corporation Ltd., certificate for ordinary shares, 1896, and certificate for founders? shares, 1898, both with ornate heading, black on white and black on pink respectively, VF and AVF. (2).
U.S.A., 17 bonds and certificates, dated 1879-1944, titles include, Missouri, Kansas and TexasRailway Co., 1879, Massachusetts and New Mexico Consolidated Mining Co., 1881, Chicago and Eastern IllinoisRailroad Co., 1898, Isabella Gold Mining Co., 1899, Vixen Alluvial Gold Mining Co., 1895, City of Jersey City, 1905, Lehigh Valley Railroad, 1944, sixteen with vignettes, mostly F-VF. (17).
Great Britain, Mendip Hills Mining Co. Ltd., 6 x certificates for one share, all 1856, small format, dull orange, very small piece missing from top right corner of one certificate, otherwise, all VF. (6).
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).
Great Britain, 13 unissued certificates, Jewish Times Ltd., 2 x certificates, Consett Waterworks Co., 4 x certificates, Disley Golf Club Ltd., Edouard Boughton Robert Smith & Co. Ltd., William Doxford and Sons Ltd., 2 types, 4 x certificates, and South-Eastern GoldMining Co. Ltd., all VF. (13).
China, 5 bonds and certificates, ChineseEngineering and Mining Co. Ltd., issued bearer warrant for ten shares, London 1912, and unissued bearer warrant for two shares, both with vignette of allegorical figure holding shield and lamp, standing over miner with pick, orange and brown respectively, Skoda Loan of 1925, bond for £10, Boxer Loan of 1925, bond for $50, and Emprunt Chinois 5% Or 1903, bond for 500 francs dated 1905, all with coupons, mostly VF. (5).
Great Britain, 8 bearer share warrants, Pena Copper Mines Ltd., 1905, FlintshireSilver Lead Mines and Spelter Works Co. Ltd., 1908, Consolidated Goldfields of the Ivory Coast Ltd., 1903, Para (Marajo) Islands Rubber Estates Ltd., 1911, Ferghana Oil Fields Ltd., 1911, Lagunas Nitrate Co. Ltd., 1897, Buffelsdoorn Estate & Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 1899, and Juga (Nigeria) Tin and Power Co. Ltd., 1911, four with vignettes, all with coupons, F-VF. (8).
South Africa, 3 certificates, Republic GoldMining Syndicate Ltd., 1888, made out to Alfred Beit, poor, Sutherland Reed Ltd., 1892, and Aarons Reefs Ltd., 1893, poor-VF. (3).
Great Britain, Nidderdale Lead Mining Co. Ltd., certificates for two ordinary shares dated 1860 and two preference shares dated 1867, both with vignette of entrance to mine at Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire, black on pink, both VF. (2)
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