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.
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.
China, Chekiang Province ReconstructionLoan of 1936, bond for 10 yuan, ornate border includes train, bridge, river, also Sun Yat Sen at top right, mauve, with coupons, VF. (1).
China, The 29th Year ReconstructionGold Loan of the Republic of China, (1940), bond for $5, ornate border incorporates trains and bridges, text in Chinese on face, English on reverse, blue and pale green, with coupons, has been folded, otherwise VF. (1).
China, 12 bonds, Nationalist Government (Kwangtung) 1928 ReconstructionLoan, bonds for 1, 10 and 50 yuan, Peking-Suiyuan-Railway 1934 Employee Loan, bonds for 50 and 100 yuan, and National Defence Kwangtung Strategic-Point 1932 Loan, 7 x bonds for 10 yuan, all with text in Chinese, various colours, F-VF. (12).
Great Britain, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 3 x certificates for 5% stock, ornate border, black & orange, stamped cancelled, all VF. (3).
China, Hupei Province ReconstructionLoan of 1935, bond for 100 yuan, vignette of Sun Yat Sen at top right, motor cars on country road at bottom, text in Chinese, green on pale orange, with coupons, VF. (1).
Great Britain, Sir James Laing and Sons Ltd., certificate for preference shares, 1899, very attractive design with vignette at left of early wooden 74 gun war ship under construction, large format, orange on yellow, neat ink cancellation through signatures, VF. (1).
China, The 23rd Year (1934) ReconstructionLoan of Hupeh Province, bond for 100 yuan, ornate design with vignette of Sun Yat Sen and flags at top, text in Chinese, mauve on pale green, with coupons, VF. (1).
China, Xin Jiang GovernmentConstructionLoan of 1941, bond for 1 yuan, small format design includes planes and tanks, red, main text in Chinese on reverse, VF. (1).
China, Xin Jiang GovernmentConstructionLoan of 1941, bond for 25 yuan, small format design includes planes and tanks, purple, main text in Chinese on reverse, VF. (1).
China, Ckekiang Province ReconstructionLoan of 1936, bond for 100 yuan, very ornate design incorporates the bridge across the Chien Tang and agricultural scenes, text in Chinese, black, green & blue, with coupons, VF. (1).
China, Hupei ReconstructionLoan of 1935, bond for 10 yuan, vignette of cars in countryside at bottom, Sun Yat Sen at top right, text in Chinese, black & green on yellow, with coupons, VF. (1).
China, The 29th Year ReconstructionGold Loan of the Republic of China (1940), bond No.656 for U.S. $5,000, vignettes of trains and bridges, text in Chinese with English on reverse, red, with coupons, scarce high denomination bond, VF. (1).
China, The 24th Year (1925) Local ConstructionLoan of Fukien Province, bond No.301 for 10 yuan, ornate border, text in Chinese, brown on pale blue, adhesive revenue stamp, with coupons, VF. (1).
China, The 25th Year (1936) ReconstructionLoan of Chekiang Province, second issue, bond for 100 yuan, ornate design incorporates, train, river bridge, and rural scenes, text in Chinese, mauve & blue on pale yellow, with coupons, VF. (1).
Peru, Republic del Peru, 7% GovernmentLoan for 100 soles, Lima 1871, loan used for various construction projects in the port of Arica, vignettes of Peruvian arms and seated Liberty, black & green, with coupons, minor aging to paper, otherwise VF. (1).
China, The 29th Year ReconstructionGold Loan of the Republic of China, (1940), bond no.2653 for $1,000, ornate design incorporates trains and bridges, text in Chinese on face, English on reverse, grey & pink, with coupons, VF. (1).
China, The 29th Year (1940) ReconstructionGold Loan of the Republic of China, bond No.1335 for £100, ornate border incorporating, train, hydro-electric dam and building under construction, text in Chinese on face and English on reverse, blue, with coupon
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