Australia, 7 inscribed stocks, New South Wales 4% stock, 1928, New South Wales 4.5% stock, 1928, New South Wales Government 5.75% stock, 1928, New South Wales 6.5% stock, 2 types, 1920 & 1928, Queensland 4.5% stock, 1920, and Queensland 3.5% stock 1922, various colours, all VF. (7).
Australia, Associated Financial Corporation, 2 x certificates, both 1901, capital £300,000, and certificate dated 1903, capital £1million, red and black respectively, also Commonwealth Oil Corporation Ltd., certificate for preferred ordinary shares, 1919, red, F-VF. (4).
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).
Belgium, International Mineral Water Co. Ltd., bearer warrant for one share, 1902, very ornate border incorporating river scenes, black & blue, with coupons, VF. (1).
Brazil, Brazil Ra+D864ilway Co., 5% convertible debentures, bonds for £100, £200, and £500, all 1912, all with vignette of train flanked by cattle, various colours, all with coupons, hole cancelled through signatures, VF. (3).
China, 10 bonds, Vickers Loan, 1919, bond for £100, Marconi Loan, 1918, bond for £100, Emprunt Industriel Loan, 1914, bond for 500 francs, Province de Petchili Loan, 1913, bond for £20, Railway Equipment Loan, 1922, bond for £20, Tientsin-Pukow Railway Loan, 1908, German issue, bonds for £20 and £100, also German Supplementary Loan, 1910, bonds for £20 and £100, plus Reorganisation Gold Loan, 1913, bond for £20, top binding is missing from this bond, all with coupons, mixed condition, mostly F-VF. (10).
China, 20 bonds and certificates, titles include, Banque Industriel de Chine, 2 x certificates, different capitals, 1913 & 1920, very attractive, Compagnie Financière Belgo-Chinoise, 2 types, both 1926, Tramways & d?Eclairage de Tientsin, 2 x certificates, both 1919, Military Loan of 1917, bond for 100 yuan, United Nationalist Loan of 1936, bond for 100 yuan, Kwangtung Second Military Supply Loan of 1931, bonds for 5 and 10 yuan, one certificate is unissued, mostly VF. (20).
China, 3 bonds, Hukuang Railways 1911 Gold Loan, bond for £100, Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank issue, Railway Equipment Loan of 1922, bond for £20, and Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway 1913 Gold Loan, bond for £20, all with coupons, all VF. (3).
China, 4 bonds, ChineseImperialRailwayGold Loan, (Imperial Railways of North China), bond for £100, London 1899, Tientsin-Pukow Railway Loan, bond for £100, London 1908, and Emprunt Chinois 5% Or 1903, 2 x bonds for 500 francs, dated 1905 and 1907, all with coupons, mostly VF. (4).
China, 5 unissued bonds, Lung Tsing-U-Hai Railway, 1913 Loan, bond for £20, 1920 Loan, 1921 Loan, and 1923 Loan, bonds for 500 francs, also Railway Equipment Loan of 1922, bond for £20, all with coupons, all VF or better, (5).
China, 7 bonds, Chinese 1912 Gold Loan, 2 x bonds for £100, Boxer Loan of 1925, bond for $50, Emprunt Industriel 1914 Loan, bond for 500 francs, Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway 1920 Loan, 2 x bond for 500 francs, and 1921 Loan bond for 500 francs, lot also includes Pekin Syndicate prospectus dated 1900, and Tientsin Pukow Railway fractional scrip certificate dated 1938, all bonds with coupons, mostly VF. (7).
China, ChineseGovernment 1912 Gold Loan, bond No.721 for £1,000, ornate design, black & red, with coupons, small split at central fold, otherwise VF. (1).
China, ChineseGovernment 1913 Reorganisation Gold Loan bond for 409 marks and bonds for £20 and £100, vignettes of Mercury and Chinese scenes, black & brown and black & blue respectively, all with coupons, F-VF. (3).
China, ChineseGovernment 1913 Reorganisation Gold Loan, bonds for, 189.40 roubles, black & green, 189.40 roubles, black & brown, (Belgian issue), 505 francs, black & brown, and £100, black & blue, all with vignettes of Mercury and Chinese scenes, all with coupons, all VF. (4).
China, ChineseGovernment 8% Skoda Loan II, dated 1925, bonds for £1,000, £500, £50 and £10, ornate border, various colours, all with coupons, all VF. (4).
China, ChineseGovernmentShanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo Railway Completion Loan of 1936, bond for £50 and £100, both large format with vignette of Sun Yat Sen at top right, various colours, both with coupons, VF. (2).
China, ChineseImperialGovernmentGold Loan of 1898, Deutsch-Asiatische issue, 10 x bonds for £50, and 10 x bonds for £100, orange and brown respectively, with coupons, hole cancelled, these were large format working documents and as such show signs of usage, mostly VF. (20).
China, ChineseImperialGovernmentGold Loan of 1898, Deutsch-Asiatische issue, 5 x bonds for £50, and 5 x bonds for £100, orange and brown respectively, with coupons, hole cancelled, these were large format working documents and as such show signs of usage, F-VF. (10).
China, ChineseImperialGovernmentGold Loan of 1898, Deutsch-Asiatische issue, 5 x bonds for £50, and 5 x bonds for £100, orange and brown respectively, with coupons, hole cancelled, these were large format working documents and as such show signs of usage, mostly VF. (10).
China, ChineseImperialRailwayGold Loan, Shanghai-Nanking Railway, 2 x bonds for £100, dated 1904, and bond for £100, dated 1907, large format, black & pink, all with coupons, also 5 x net profit sub-certificates, mostly VF. (8).
China, ImperialChineseGovernment Hukuang Railways 1911 Gold Loan, bonds for £20 and £100, German issue, also bonds for £20 and £100, French issue, vignette of train, black & green and black & red respectively, all with coupons, mostly VF. (4).
China, Lung Tsing-U-Hai Railway, 6 different bonds, Dutch loans of 1920 and 1923, Belgian loans of 1920, 1921 and 1923, also French loan of 1925, all with coupons, all VF. (6).
China, Republic Chinoise Gold Bond of 1928, (Belgian Boxer), bond for 100 U.S.A gold dollars, blue on pale green, also Gold Bond of 1925, (Boxer Loan), bond for 50 U.S.A. gold dollars, both with coupons, both VF. (2).
Collection, 49 bonds and certificates, dated 1887-1956, titles include, Colombian National Railway Co. Ltd. 1903, S.A. Bulgare de Carrieres 1924, Cairo Electric Railways and Heliopolis Oases Co. 1907, Comp. General de Minas y Sondeos 1901, Mines de Balia-Karaidin 1925, Daggafontein Mines Ltd. 1936, Armavir-Touapse Railway 1909 Loan, Costa Rica Railway Co. Ltd. 1887, copies of unissued bonds bearing the portrait of King Farouk of Egypt 6 types, Electricity and Ice Supply Co. 1929, mostly European, a little duplication, F-VF. (49).
Collection, 5 bonds, ChineseGovernment 1912 Gold Loan, bond for £20, Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway 1925 Loan, bond for 500 francs, Tientsin Pukow Railway, German 1908 issue, bond for £100, Russian Riga Dvinsk Railway 1894 Loan, bond for 125 roubles, and Nicholas Railroad 1867 Loan, bond for £20, the first two with coupons, mostly VF. (5).
Collection, 6 bonds and certificates, Samos Electric Co. 1927, Transports Maritimes & Fluviaux de L?Indochine 1949, LouisianaBaby Bond act of 1880, Compagnie Générale des Tabacs 1927, Société Fermiere des Casinos de Nice 1910, Republica Mexicana bond for £250 or $1,250 Mexico 1885 small piece missing from bottom left corner, all with vignettes, all with coupons, F-VF. (6).
France, 6 cinema related certificates, all issued in Paris, Phonographes & Cinematographes ‘Lux?, 1906, Cinema-Banque S.A., 1909, Société des Films Eclipse, 2 types, 1907 and 1918, Société des Etablissements Gaumont, 1927, and Société de l?Apollo et des Cinemas Nantais, 1922, five with vignettes, all with coupons, F-VF. (6).
France, La Vinicole Forezienne S.A., share certificate, Saint-Etienne 1899, very decorative design includes bottles, barrels, vines, vineyard, buildings, cherubs, dull mauve, with coupons, AVF. (1).
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).
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, 26 certificates dated 1950-1972 titles include F.W. Woolworth & Co. Ltd. 1950, National Provincial Bank Ltd. 1957, British Oil & Cake Mills Ltd. 1955, Unilever Ltd. 1954, Daily Mail and General Trust Ltd. 1954, Associated Newspapers Ltd. 1952, De La Rue Co. Ltd. 1959, Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. 1958, Royal Exchange Assurance 1960, minor duplication, mostly VF. (26).
Great Britain, 3 colliery certificates, Brynlloi Colliery Co. Ltd., certificate for one share 1874 black with coupons, Bettws Llantwit Colliery Ltd. certificate for one share 1873 black with coupons, also Snowdown Colliery Ltd. Kent certificate for preferred ordinary shares 1912 vignette of colliery, red, all VF. (3).
Great Britain, 7 certificates, St. Leonards-on-Sea Grand Hotel Co. Ltd., 1883, Land Securities Ltd., 2 x certificates, 1867 & 1871, Navan & Kingscourt Railway Co., 1871, Great Northern Railway Co., 1846, Common Fund Co. Ltd., scrip, 1869, and Metcalfe?s Hydropathic Establishment Hastings Ltd., mostly VF. (7).
Great Britain, 9 insurance policies, Law Union, 1888, Atlas, 1887, Sun Fire Office, 1842, Guardian, 1860, North British and Mercantile, 1907, Caledonian, 1903, Kent Fire, 1907, Union, 1888, and Royal Exchange, 1851, all with vignettes, also Sun Fire receipt 1845 and Prudential war bond policy certificate, 1919, mostly F-VF. (9).
Great Britain, Anglican Smelting, Reduction & Coal Co. Ltd., book containing 100 unissued certificates for ten shares, all 1858, ornate heading, black on white, mostly EF. (100).
Great Britain, Caledonian Railway Co., certificate for preference stock, 1871, ornate heading, black, plus 12 financial papers relating to the railway, lot also includes Great Eastern Railway, certificate for ordinary stock, 1890, and London, Newbury and Bath Direct Railway in conjunction with the Kennet and Avon Canal, allotment letter for 4 shares, 1845, mostly VF. (Lot).
Great Britain, CornwallRailway, certificate No. 6634 for one £50 share, and certificate No.7152 for one £25 share, both 1846, black on green and black on white respectively, both VF. (2).
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).
Great Britain, European & American Steam Shipping Co. Ltd., 10 x certificates for one share of nine pounds each, all dated 1857, ornate heading, black, all VF. (10).
Great Britain, Manchester and SalfordWater Works, memorial No.196 in respect of a transfer of ten shares, dated 1819, printed on vellum, black, VF. (1).
Great Britain, Marine & General Acoustic Co.Ltd.,certificate for 50 £1 shares,1937, green. Creased at folds. Together with a prospectus stating company's intention to acquire Watamps Company (concerned with the development of an advanced system of Wireless Control and Relay capable of meeting the special requirements of the British Admiralty).
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, Schultze Gunpowder Co. Ltd., certificate for ordinary shares, 1905, vignette of fist holding lightening bolts, printed by Waterlow, black & orange, VF. (1).
Great Britain, Shrewsbury and HerefordRailway Co., certificate No.24744 for one share, 1846, vignette of rural scene with castle in background, black, VF. (1).
India, Baugparah Tea Estates Company of Assam Ltd., share certificate, 1864, vignette of tiger under palm tree with plantation in background, black, VF. (1).
Ireland, Waterford and Limerick RailwayCompany Share Certificate for one share of £50 to John Pullien of Dublin dated 19th November 1845.Extremely fine.
Ireland, Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway Co.certificateno. 35110 for one share of £20 to Sir John Doveton of Sussex Square, Hyde Park, K.C.B., dated 30th Jan. 1847, black, very attractive design with large coat of arms at top, black, with green seal, very fine.
Italy, Genoa and District Water Works Co. Ltd., debenture for £20, dated 1913, attractive vignette of Genoa harbour with many ships, text in English and Italian, black & red, with coupons, VF. (1).
Italy, Société Anonyme for the Sale of State Domains of the Kingdom of Italy, coupons de jouissance to bearer, series K and series D, both 1865, both ornate with Italian arms at top, also S.p.A. Silos di Genova, 2 x certificates, both 1953, and Societa della Ferrovia Sicula Occidentale Palermo-Marsala-Trapani, unissued, Rome 1930, all VF. (5).
Rumania, Tramways of Bucharest, 15 certificates for 20 shares of 500 Lei, purple & black, dated 1943, very attractive with vignette of tram & bus at bottom. Coupons attached. Extremely fine
Russia, 10 railway bonds, Orel-Vitebsk 1894 Loan, bond for 125 roubles, Tambov Saratov 1882 Loan, bond for 125 roubles, Moscow Kazan 1909 Loan, bonds for 500 marks and 2,000 marks, 1911 Loan, bond for 500 marks, Moscow Windau Rybinsk 1898 Loan, bonds for 1,000 marks and 2,000 marks, and Podolische 1911 Loan, bond for 500 marks, 1,000 marks and 2,000 marks, all with coupons, mostly VF. (10).
Russia, 11 railway bonds, Kursk-Kiev 1887 Loan, bonds for 500 marks, 1,000 marks and 2,000 marks, Rybinsk 1895 Loan, bonds for 500 marks, 1,000 marks and 2,000 marks, South West 1885 Loan, bond for 125 roubles, Orel Graisi 1887 Loan, bond for 600 marks, Moscow-Riasan 1885 Loan, bond for 2,000 marks, Kursk Charkov Azov 1888 Loan, bond for 600 marks, and Wladicaucase 1885 Loan, bond for 125 roubles, all except Rybinsk Loan with coupons, mostly VF. (11).
Russia, 13 Russian State Loans, 1894 bond for 2,500 francs, 1896 bonds for 500 francs and 2,500 francs, 1898 Conversion bond for 750 roubles, 1902 bonds for 1,000 marks and 2,000 marks, 1906 bond for 500 francs, and 1909 6 x bonds for 500 francs, most with coupons, the 1909 bonds are poor, rest mostly VF. (13).
Russia, 15 State and railway bonds, dated 1859-1917, titles include, Grand RussianRailway, 2 x bonds, both 1859, Chemin de Fer de Boukhara, bond for 500 francs, 1914, Gold Loan of 1896, bond for 2,500 francs, State Loan of 1905, bonds for 1,000 marks and 2,000 marks, Gold Loan of 1894, bonds for 500 francs and 2,500 francs, Freedom Loan of 1917, bond for 1,000 roubles, most with coupons, F-VF. (15).
Russia, 9 railway bonds, all 500 franc denomination, Nord Donetz, 1914, Atchinsk-Minoussinsk, 1914, Moscow-Lief-Voronege, 1914, Moscou-Kazan, 1914, Riazan-Ouralsk, 1914, Boukhara, 1914, Mer Noire, 1913, and 2 x L?Altai, 1912, all with coupons, all VF. (9).
Russia, 9 railway bonds, Consolidated 1880 issue, bonds for 125 roubles and 625 roubles, Nord Donetz 1908 Loan, bond for 500 francs, Black-Sea-Kuban 1911 Loan, bond for £20, Grand Russian 1861 issue, bond for £20, 1881 issue, bonds for £20 and £100, Nicolas 1867 Loan, bond for £20, and 1869 Loan, bond for £20, most with coupons, lot includes 4 Russian bank notes, F-VF. (9).
Russia, Banque Fonciere du Gouvernment de Kherson, bond for 1,000 roubles, 1910, vignette of peasants in wheat field, red, also, City of Kharkov 1911 Loan, bond for 187.50 roubles, and Lombard de la Capitale Petrograd, certificate, 1917, all with coupons, F-VF. (3).
Russia, Imperial Land Mortgage Bank for the Nobility, bonds for 100 roubles, 150 roubles and 1,000 roubles, all 1898, ornate border, various colours, with coupons, VF. (3).
Russia, Russia State Loan of 1905, bonds for 500 marks, 1,000 marks, 2,000 marks and 5,000 marks, ornate design, various colours, all with coupons, VF. (4).
Spain, 6 certificates, Comp. de las Hulleras de Ujo-Mieres, 1904, Comp. Minera Mercadal, 1901, Comp. de las Minas de Hierro de Arditurri, 1905, S.A. Cros, 1972, Mines de la Betica, Paris 1910, and Oviedo Mercury Mines Ltd., London 1910, five with vignettes, all with coupons, mostly VF. (6).
U.S.A., 10 insurance policies, American Insurance, 1895, American Fire Insurance, 1903, Traders Insurance, 1899, Connecticut Fire, 1895, Insurance Co. of the State of Illinois, 1895, Franklin Insurance of Columbus, 1899, Hanover Fire, 1896, National Fire of Hartford, 1896, Mechanics, 1894, and Merchants of New York, all large format, all with vignettes, mostly F-VF. (10).
U.S.A., 15 bonds and certificates, dated 1913-1979, titles include, New York Central Railroad, 1913, Sinclair Oil Corp., 1968, New York Telephone Co., 1963, Utica and Schenectady Rail Road Co., unissued, New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad Co., unissued, all different, all with vignettes, mostly VF. (15).
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).
U.S.A., 2 unissued $1,000 bonds, New York & New Haven Rail Road Co., 1865, and Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad Co., 1880, both with train vignettes, both with coupons, both VF. (2).
U.S.A., 21 railway bonds and certificates, dated 1851-1956, titles include, Baltimore & OhioRailroad Co., 1853, Georgia Rail Road & Banking Co., Augusta 1851, Union Passenger Railway Co., 1890, New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Co., 4 types, 1945-50, Consolidated Railway Co., 2 types, unissued, Lehigh Valley Railroad Co., 4 types, 1931-44, all with vignettes, mostly VF. (21).
U.S.A., 28 insurance policies, dated 1872-1930, titles include, ConnecticutFire, 1895, Mutual Life, 1905, Niagara Fire, 1930, German American, 1884, Glens Falls Insurance, 1874, Transatlantic Fire, 1885, National Fire, 1899, New Hampshire, 1888, Merchants Insurance, 1872, City Insurance of Pittsburgh, 1888, many with vignettes, lot includes a few sundry related items, mostly F-VF. (28).
U.S.A., 40 modern certificates, dated 1913-1974, titles include, Lackawanna Securities Co., 1927, United Printers and Publishers, 1949, Peel-Elder Ltd., 1974, Western Union Telegraph Co., 1969, Grand Union Co., 1961, Faberge, 1971, General Foods, 1972, Baltimore and OhioRailroad Co., 3 types, 1927-9, Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co., 1913, all different, all with vignettes, mostly VF. (40).
U.S.A., 7 insurance policies, all issued by Britishcompanies from their American offices, all amounts in dollars, Royal Insurance, 1895, North British and Mercantile, 1894, Scottish Commercial, 1876, ManchesterFire, 1892, Norwich Union, 1897, and Sun Insurance, 2 x policies, 1894 & 1895, all large format, all with vignettes, mostly F-VF. (7).
U.S.A., American Express Co., certificate of capital stock, New York 1856, capital 7,500 shares, type 2 certificate, vignette of passenger train, signed by William Fargo as secretary, John Butterfield as vice president, and Alexander Holland as treasurer, black, as is usual discolouration to paper, otherwise VF. (1).
U.S.A., American Flag House and Betsy Ross Memorial Association, certificate of membership No. 80210, issued 1919, ornate design incorporates picture titled ‘Birth of our nation?s flag?, and vignettes of house and grave, some discolouration, also repair to 4 inch tear, otherwise F. (1).
U.S.A., Broadway Surface Railroad Co., bond for $1,000, New York 1884, vignette of horse drawn street car in street scene, black with red $1,000 under print, no coupons remain, VF. (1).
U.S.A., Plymouth, Kankakee and PacificRailroad Co., $1,000 gold bond, 1872, attractive vignette of train passing through countryside, signed on reverse by J. Edgar Thomson as trustee, black & green with gold $1,000 under print, with coupons, VF. (1).
Bank of England & world accumulation in box includes GB face value £165 mostly in £1 and 10 shillings Beale to Somerset, some replacements notes plus large quantity of mixed world, mostly modern with duplication but some older German, Russia, Netherlands Indies, a few better British Military, viewing well recommended
Bank of England accumulation (27) face value £54.50 includes Britannia £5 (3), Catterns 10/- (3), Peppiatt 10/- (8), Fforde £10 & £5 these both about EF, also Jersey £1 (2), mostly Fine, some better
Bank of England accumulation (33) £5 (5), £1 (23) and 10 shillings (5), ranges from Peppiatt blue £1 to Kentfield £5, better prefix types, replacements, etc, average VF or better
Bank of England accumulation (38) face value £38, includes mauve 10 shillings (2), Britannia 10/- (2) & £1s, Hollom £5, some portrait replacement 10/-, average Fine to GVF, some later issues much better
Bank of England first series matching low numbers all 000709, Kentfield £10 A01 & DD01, £50 A01 plus Lowther £5 EA01, £10 KL01, £20 DA01 & £50 J01, about UNC to UNC
Bank of England first series matching low numbers all 000848, Kentfield £10 A01 & DD01, £50 A01 plus Lowther £5 EA01, £10 KL01 & £20 DA01, about UNC to UNC
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