Brazil, Brazil Railway Co., bonds for £100, £200, and 500 francs, all 1909, and 2 x warrants for preference shares, 1910-12, all with same vignette of train crossing bridge, also bond for 500 francs, 1909, with different vignette of train crossing brick built bridge, various colours, mostly VF. (6).
Canada, Montreal City Land Co. Ltd., 3 x debentures for $1,000, all 1911, vignette of allegorical figures, black on green, with coupons, also certificate for common stock, 1911, all VF. (4).
Canada, NewfoundlandRailway Co., uncancelled certificate for ten shares capital stock, 1886, attractive vignette of train approaching busy station, black & brown, VF. (1).
Canada, Northern Light, Power & Coal Co. Ltd., bond for $100, large vignette incorporating river, power plant and city scene, black & brown, with coupons, VF. (1).
Chile, Compania Salitrera de Tarapaga y Antofagasta, 10 x certificates for one share, and 8 x certificates for ten shares, 1934-52, vignette of man sewing seeds, blue and mauve respectively, all with UK revenue stamp, all with coupons, all VF or better. (18).
China, ChineseGovernmentTreasury Notes, dated 1919, (Vickers Loan), bond No.9801 for £500, vignette of river scene, black & blue, with coupons, VF. (1).
China, ChineseGovernmentTreasury Notes, dated 1919, (Vickers Loan), bond No.9937 for £1,000, vignette of river scene, black & brown, with coupons, AVF. (1).
China, ChineseImperialGovernment 1898 Goldloan bonds for £50 (blue) and £25 (brown) Deutsch-Asiatische Bank issue, no coupons remain, both with cancellation holes. AVF.
China, Compagnie Generale de Chermins de Fer et de Tramways en Chine, certificate for 1900with vignettes of bridge and rural scenes, with coupons, Bruxelles, single cancellation hole through signature. EF (25)
China, ImperialChineseGovernment 1908 Gold Loan bond for £20, French issue, with vignette of walled city, green, right and bottom margins uneven from where coupons cut off for payment, no coupons remain. AVF (1).
China, ImperialChineseGovernment Hukuang Railways 1911 Gold Loan, bonds for £20 and £100, both Hongkong and Shanghai Bank issue, vignette of train, black & green and black & red respectively, both with coupons, both VF. (2).
China, Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway 1913 Gold Loan, 20 x unissued bonds for £20, ornate border, large format, black & blue, with full coupon sheet, all EF. (20).
China, Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway 1921 Loan, 30 x bonds for 500 francs, ornate border, black & green, with coupons, some fixed with tape mostly VF. (30).
China, Republic of China Secured Sinking Fund Bonds of 1937, (also known as Pacific Development Loan, bond No.M4051 for $1,000, attractive vignette of pagoda, black & blue, with coupons, VF. (1).
China, Republic of China Two Year 1919 Gold LoanTreasury Notes, bond No.1728 for $1,000, attractive vignette of pagoda, black & orange, with coupons and scrip certificate, VF. (1).
France, Etablissements Vve. Garres & de Penanros Fils, 10 x certificates, Bordeaux 1925, vignette of pea pods, black & red on yellow, with coupons, mostly VF. (10).
Great Britain, 6 certificates all health related, Parke?s Drug Stores Ltd., 1920, First Aid Services Ltd., 1937, London Stereoscopic Co. Ltd., 1920, Taylors (Cash Chemists) Trust Ltd., 1933, London Clinic & Nursing Home Ltd., 1929, and Hospital Enterprises Ltd., 1935, VF. (6).
Great Britain, 6 certificates relating to Cornwall, Central Cornwall China Clay Co. Ltd., 1919, East Pool and Agar Ltd., 1918, Wheal Reeth Tin Ltd., 1936, Dolcoath Mine Ltd., 1927, Great Work Tin Mines Ltd., 1935, and Wheal kitty Tin Ltd., 1926, mostly VF. (6).
Great Britain, Consett Spanish Ore Co. Ltd., 9 x certificates for one share, all 1873, ornate heading, black, also transfer certificate dated 1889, all certificates have a little staining and creasing to right hand margin, otherwise VF. (10).
Great Britain, Fellows Magneto Co. Ltd., 2 x certificates for ordinary shares and 3 x certificates for preferred shares, 1918-19, ornate design, various colours, mostly VF. (5).
Great Britain, London Cemetery Company's Cemetery of St James at Highgate, grave certificate 1928, vignette of Highgate graveyard, burial sithe of Karl marx, only one known, pin hole, VF
Great Britain, Lottery Tickets (3) Thornton's Royal Botanical Lottery ticket 1811, Second Lottery ticket 1811 for 1/16th part and Third Lottery ticket 1812 for 1/16th part. GVF+
Great Britain, Macclesfield Canal Navigation, manuscript transfer for two shares, 1826, bottom right corner has been cut away, (perhaps to remove duty stamp), folded, otherwise AVF. (1).
Great Britain, Manchester Ship Canal Co., £100 registered redeemable debenture, 1927, attractive design with vignette of ship at top, blue on buff, printed by Bradbury Wilkinson, UK revenue stamp, VF. (1).
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, Plymouth, Devonport, and Stonehouse Cemetery Company, scrip certificate for four £25 shares, 1846, small format, brown on cream, scarce, only one known, AVF. (1).
Great Britain, Provident Institution for Life Insurance & Annuities 4 x share certificates 1807 &1810, large format, two ink cancelled through signatures, on heavy paper, Company acquired in 1906 by the?Rothschilds' Alliance Assurance Company, now Royal Sun Alliance, mostly VF.(4).
Great Britain, Provident Institution for Life Insurance & Annuities 5 x share certificates 1852 & 1857, on vellum, four with transfer certificates, black, Company acquired in 1906 by the?Rothschilds' Alliance Assurance Company, now Royal Sun Alliance, mostly VF. (5).
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).
Mexico, 60 x National Railways of Mexico certificates for 10 shares, 1909-1913, green. Together with a torn Panama Canal Cartificate and Polberro Tin Mine certificate 1939.
Mexico, Mexico North Western Railway Co., bond for £100, dated 1909, vignette of speeding passenger train, ornate border, black & blue, UK revenue stamp, with coupons, VF. (1).
Norway, Dunderland Iron Ore Co. Ltd., 2 x certificates for ordinary shares and 2 x certificates for preference shares, 1902-22, ornate design, black and green respectively, mostly VF. (4).
Peru, Compania Nacional del Ferrocarril Mineral de Pasco, bond for 500 soles, Lima 1872, very attractive vignette of train crossing bridge with cattle in foreground, black & blue, with coupons, VF. (1).
Russia, Russian 1822 RothschildLoan, bond No.21549 for £148 or 960 roubles, double headed eagle at top, hand signed by Nathan Meyer Rothschild as contractor in margin, black, with talon, usual weakness at folds, F. (1).
South Africa, Mashonaland Consolidated (1912) Ltd., 2 x certificates for ordinary shares and 2 x certificates for deferred shares, all 1919, ornate design, green and brown respectively, all VF. (4).
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).
U.S.A. City and County of San Francisco, Board of Public Works, (CA), uncancelled $1,000 Montgomery Avenue Gold bond, 1873, vignettes of city view, figures representing agriculture and commerce, City seal at top, black on yellow, with coupons, central fold, otherwise, VF. (1).
U.S.A., 17 unissued railway certificates, titles include, Kaaterskill Railroad, 18--, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad, 190-, Minneapolis, St. Louis & Canadian Railroad, 19--, Dolgeville & SalisburyRailway, 19--, Canon City & Royal Gorge Railroad, 19--, Union Railway, 1890, Republican Valley and Wyoming Railroad, 188-, eight have vignettes, F-VF. (17).
U.S.A., American Express Co., capital 10,000 shares, certificate No.537 for ten shares, New York, 1866, vignette of dogs head at centre flanked by dockside scene, signed by Henry Wells, William Fargo and Alexander Holland, black with blue border, a nice clean example, VF. (1).
U.S.A., Centre Turnpike Road, leading from Reading to Sunbury, certificate for one share, dated 1821, share held by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, scrollwork at left, small format, black, embossed seal depicts gate, very clean condition for age, VF. (1).
U.S.A., Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Co., certificate for preferred stock, 1908, vignette of miners digging with mountains in background, black & orange on yellow, UK revenue stamp, AVF. (1).
U.S.A., Robbstown and Mountpleasant Turnpike Road, certificate No.185 for one share, dated 1826, share held by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, very small format, black, feint embossed seal, some edge damage which affects one of the signatures, otherwise AVF, scarce. (1).
U.S.A., Susquehanna Bridge Company, Mc Call?s Ferry, certificate No.357 for one share, dated 1814, made out to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the companies object was to erect a permanent bridge over the Susquehanna River at or near Mc Call?s ferry, ornate border, black, embossed seal, very clean condition for age, VF. (1).
U.S.A.,American Express Co., capital 2,000 shares, certificate No.657 for five shares, New York, 1860, vignette of dogs head at centre flanked by dockside scene, signed by Henry Wells, William Fargo and Alexander Holland, black, as is usual with this issue, discolouration to paper, otherwise AVF. (1).
US Ephemera - Texas Civil War Treasury Warrant for Military Service 1861 giving 10% per annum interest. Otsego County Bank, Coppertown cheque for $8.82 cents dated 1842 and signed by Fennimore Cooper (famous American writer). Three Pence note, Hartford 1777. Good very fine, all ex Stanley Gibbons auctions.
Collection (10) India, Bank of Bengal share certificates 1893 & 1903, Port of Para Green (4) & red (1) dated 1914. Rodez Coal Company Debenture 1912. Together with Huraki Gold Mines Application form for shares 1900 & BahiaRailway Interest voucher 1935.
A group of (8) £5 O' Brien Lion and Key (2) prefix J01 and B61, One Pounds Peppiatt pale blue and dark blue, Beale green (3) these practically Mint State, 10/- Peppiatt Mauve EF or better and Beale (2) F - UNC
Bank of England (5) mauve 10/- prefix K71D, Catterns £1 prefix X06, Peppiatt £1 prefix D34A issued 1934, blue £1 prefix L95H and Lion & Key £5 prefix J80, average VF or better
Bank of England accumulation (44) face value £170 includes various older £10 (6) Gill £20, various £5 (14) £1s and 10 shillings Somerset £1 with little print on front and O'Brien £1 with off-centre obverse, some notes with ink annotations, Fine to VF average, some better
Bank of Englandcollection in 3 albums (229) consists of many different 10/- (78), £1 (94), £5 (34), £10 (15), £20 (4) and £50 (4), includes Treasury 10/- T30, £1 T31 (2), Mahon 10/- (2) EF, Mahon £1, Catterns 10/- and £1, many first and last prefixes, numerous replacements, column sorts, etc, earlier types VF to EF later types mostly EF to UNC, viewing strongly recommended
Bank of England Exchequer Bill for £100 11 March 1892 serial number 1 signed by the secretary to her majesty's treasury probably presented to a dignitary GVF or better with 8 centrally punched holes, rare
Blyths Grants 2 shilling 6 pence, half crown purchase voucher serial H002006, possibly a Scottish distillery local issue, edge wear & pinholes, almost Fine and unusual
British and world cheques & ephemera (42) a mixed group with cheques from 1880's to 1970s, nearly all different, various receipts, South Africa Specimen cheques (2,) cheques from Hartlepool 1885, Bath 1885, viewing recommended
Austria and Germany POW issues WW1 (6) Braunau 1 and 2 krone dated 1915 aUNC, Eisenerz 0.10 heller, Russian script reverse, aUNC, Frankfurt 25pfg aUNC, Berlin 10 mark VG and Gottingen 50 pfg Fine
France 5 Regiment Lansiers square canteen card vouchers of 1, 5, 10 and 20 francs for Officers Club and 4 francs for canteen use only, UNC and un usual
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