Australia, Melbourne & Suburban Railway Co., certificate for one share, 1859, vignette of steam train about to cross a bridge flanked by a surveyor and a navvy, also plan of route, black, VF. (1).
Canada, Province of Nova Scotia, bonds for £100, £500 and £1,000, large format with coat of arms at top, various colours, all with coupons, stamped cancelled, 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).
Costa Rica, Costa Rica Railway Co. Ltd., unissued £100 mortgage bond, 1901, very ornate design, black & green, printed by Waterlow, with coupons, VF. (1).
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 (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).
Great Britain, Direct London and ExeterRailway, with extension to Falmouth and Penzance, scrip certificate for twenty shares, 1845, green, some creasing to paper, otherwise AVF. (1).
Great Britain, National Provincial Bank Ltd., share certificate, 1959, attractive vignette of Bank's Bishopsgate offices, green, also Westminster Bank Ltd., share certificate, 1962, Bank's coat of arms at top, black & blue, both VF. (2).
Greece, Piraeus-Athens and Peloponnesus Railways, unissued certificate for ten shares, 1906, plus bond for £20 dated 1912, both with large vignettes of steam locomotives, also Banque Nationale de Grece, 3 x bonds for 100 drachma, all with coupons, all VF. (5).
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)
Italy, Banque du Tavoliere de Foggia 1835 bond for 500 ducats or 2,200 francs, Naples 1835, ornate border, large format, text in French, black, with coupons, central fold otherwise AVF. (1).
Malaya, Galang Besar Rubber Plantations Ltd., 6 x bearer warrants for twenty five shares, all 1937, vignette of plantation being worked, text in English & French, black & green, with coupons, all VF. (6).
New Zealand, United New Zealand Exploration Ltd., share certificate, 1896, owned property in the Hauraki District, very ornate design, blue, printed by Waterlow, VF. (1).
Portugal, Companhia Nacional de Caminhos de Ferro ao Sul de Tejo, certificate for one share, 1858, with attractive vignette of train at centre, black, GVF.
Russia, 5 City bonds, City of St-Petersburg, 1913, bonds for £20 and £100, City of Baku, 1910, bond for £20, and City of Moscow, 1908 issue, bond for £20 plus 1912 issue bond for £20, all with coupons, mostly VF. (5).
Russia, 7 railway bonds, Russian South-Eastern Railway, 1914, bonds for £20 and 2 x £100, Wolmar Railway, 1910, bond for £20, Kahetian Railway, 1912, bond for £20, Troitzk Railway, 1913, bond for £100, and Société des Embranchements de Chemins de Fer, 1913, bond for 500 francs, all with coupons, mostly VF. (7).
Spain (9) certificates including Real Junta Directiva del Camino de Burgos a Berceda 1830, Banco Regional de Igualada, two types 1881, Conservation of Spanish Passive Debt 1867, nos 158-161 text in English, Catalana General de Credito 1908, Panificadora Popular Madrilena 1916, many with attractive vignettes, mostly VF. (9)
States of the Island of Jersey, bond for £5 bearing interest of one Half Penny per week, 1840, banknote format, coat of arms at top, ink cancelled through signatures. VF. (1).
U.S.A., Indiana Coal and Railway Co., first mortgage bond for $500 or £100, dated 1881, vignette of train passing mine entrance, black, with coupons, VF. (1).
U.S.A., Kentucky and Great Easton Railway Co., unissued $1,000 gold bond, 1872, very attractive vignette of 'Boone being rescued by Kenton', black & green, with coupons, VF. (1).
U.S.A., Loan of the City of Philadelphia, $1,000 bond, 1857, very attractive with ten separate vignettes including train and dockside scene, black, hole cancelled through signatures, VF. (1).
U.S.A., State of Louisiana, act of 1880, 5 x uncut sheets of 4 notes of $5 each, Criswell Cr80A, all with vignette of child's head, two of the strips have the serial numbers printed in red, and three strips printed in green, all with coupons, all VF. (5 uncut strips).
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).
Collection: 20 bonds and certificates, Antenior (Matabele) Gold Mines Ltd., 8 x certificates, capital £120,000, all 1899, and 2 x certificates, capital £150,000, 1902/3, Anleiheablosungsschuld des Deutschen Reichs, six pieces, various denominations, 1925, Lena Goldfields Ltd., 1939, Victoria Gramophones Ltd., 1928, Sabiwa Gold Mines Ltd., 1925, and Abbaye Consolidated Ltd., 1930, also 11 stock transfer forms, F-VF. (Lot).
Treasury £1 Bradbury (2) T5.4 serial B/17 0030844 taped repairs Good and T5.3a issued 1914 serial D/25 007154, small repaired tear at top centre, light centre crease EF
Treasury 10 shillings BradburyT8 issued 1914 serial T/21 016662 pinholes & small edge nicks Fine also Beale 10/- & £1, O'Brien 10/- & £1 these VF or better
Treasury 10 shillings Warren FisherT30 issued 1922 series M20 808872 Fine+, also 10/- Peppiatt mauve N86D gFine and 10/- O'Brien B271 U60Y 370101 about EF
Bank of England (27) face value £38.50 includes mauve 10/- (3) Fine, blue Peppiatt £1 (3) VF to EF, a range of green £1's from Britannia O'Briens to Somerset, some replacements noted, average Fine to VF, some better
Bank of England (29) face value £63.50 includes £5 Britannia (2), Hollom £10, Fforde £10 & Page £10, Britannia 10/- Peppiatt 75t & 16H, average Fine-VF some better
Bank of England group (22) interesting group of better notes from Mahon £1 F36 to modern, many replacements & better prefixes, mauve 10/- Z58E GEF, Fforde 10/- last series replacement M80, Page £20 C01 UNC, Bealewhite £5 1952 gFine, face value £101.50, needs viewing
ERRORTen Pounds Page. B326. Error. Very rare. Virtually the whole of the back is offset on the front. It is excessively rare to see errors like this on a Ten Pounds banknote, this being the most striking we have seen and perhaps the mot spectacular error of any type we have seen UNC.
Fifty Pounds Kentfield E01 000001 this being the first Kentfield £50 printed excessively rare thus, and offers an almost unique opportunity to acquire a first issued note. UNC.
Five Pounds BealeWhite 24 Sept 1949 in a glass frame so difficult to grade (looks VF- EF, but bought as seen), no postal service room buyers or collection only
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