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 1930s to 1980s issues (11) a wide variety includes The Grand Union Company - 8 Shares, The New York Central Railroad Company (3) 100 Shares, 50 Shares and 10 Shares, The Penn Central Corporation - 400 Shares, The Leigh Coal and Navigation Company - 100 Shares, United Board & Carton Corporation - 10 Shares, Baker International Corporation - 100 Shares, Eurofund, Inc. - 100 Shares, and a Greece issue for 10 Shares. Debenture Certificate 9% Pennsylvania Company in mixed condition
China (2) The 27th Year Gold Loan of the Republic of China (1938) $5 US, Blue with red/orange panel at top left, some folds, Near VF with 12 coupons, The 29th Year Gold Loan of the Republic of China (1940) $5 US, Blue with red panel at top left, VF with 38 coupons
China (3) Chinese Government Vickers Loan 1919 £100 Green NVF, ImperialChinese Government 1908 Gold Loan, bond for £20, Banque de l’Indo-Chine issue, with vignette of walled city, black & green, right and bottom margins uneven where coupons have been cut for payment, no coupons remain, Fine, Banque Industrelle de Chine 1919/1920 bond for 500 Francs yellow/orange and black GVF with coupons
China (4) Republic of China, Lung Tsing U Hai Railway 8% bond 1920, 500 franc, orange/brown, Belgium issue. Unissued with all coupons present EF, Lung Tsing U Hai Railway 8% bond 1921 green and black, Belgium issue, Unissued with all but two coupons present, EF Lung Tsing U Hai Railway 8% Loan 1923, bond for 500 Francs, unissued with all coupons present EF, China Lung Tsing U Hai Railway 8% Loan 1920 Netherlands issue bond for 1000Fl. Netherlands Courant VF
China, Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway 5% Gold Loan 1913, bonds for £20, Unissued, prefix B (2) ornate border, blue & green, with all coupons present, both EF and seldom seen in this high grade
China: 1913 Province of Petchili 5½% Gold Loan bond for £20, Antwerp, #14767, text in French and English, red chop at bottom, ornate border, vignette at top of Chineseshipping scene, brown and black, with all but one coupon present, the last coupon taped, GVF and pleasing
Hankow Race Club and Recreation Ground, First Mortgage debenture for $100, 1923, no.2203, black and red on buff paper, embossed seal depicts horse and jockey. Company registered in Hong Kong and became one of the best clubs in the world for horse racing, football, tennis and grand social events, GVF some ink marks show through from the reverse
Honduras, Poyais General Mortgage Bond of £200,000, Special Bond for £100 sterling, 1823, number E313, signed by Major William John Richardson, large format, Black and Blue printing by Whiting, Lombard Street, scrollwork design at top, VF with a few small spots, with all but two coupons, an unusual item
Malaya, Galang Besar Rubber Plantations Ltd., bearer warrants (6) for twenty five shares of 2 Shillings each, 5 dated 1937 and one dated 1935, vignette of plantation being worked, text in English & French, black & green, with coupons, all VF
Russia (4) Kokand-Namangan RailwayCompany 4 1/2% Gold Loan 1910, bond for £20, brown and black Fine, with 6 coupons, 4/12% Gold Loan 1910, bond for £100, blue and black, Fin, with 6 coupons, City of St. Petersburg 4 1/2% Loan 1901 Fine with some coupons, St. Petersburg Electric Lighting Company 1897 green and pale orange, bond for 250 Francs Good Fine, and GB The Chester Race Company Limited 1919 Certificate for One Share, Fine
Sweden Kreuger & Toll share certificates for one share (20) 1928, 19 pieces dated Stockholm 1/7/1928 and one piece dated Stockholm 15/6/1928 Fine to VF with coupons
USA (8) USA National Union Bank, Philadelphia 1866 Share Certificate for 6 shares of $50 each, VF with some folds, USA Railway shares and scrip certificates (7) Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company Share Certificate 10 shares of $100 each 1890 Vignette of Cattle at watering hole at top, VF with two cancellation punch holes. Utica, Clinton and Binghamton Rail Road Co. 1927, Share Certificate for 36 shares, cancelled, small tears and pinholes otherwise around VF. The Cincinnati, Washington and BaltimoreRailroad Company 1883 Third Mortgage Bond Scrip Certificate for $105, small central hole, otherwise VF. Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad Company 1929 Share Certificate for 5 shares, orange, vignette of steam train at the top, VF with cancellation punch holes. Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad Company 1928 Share Certificate, preferred stock, Series A, 7 per cent, for 7 shares, brown, vignette of steam train at the top, cancelled with punch holes, Near VF with some foxing and a small pencil annotation at the top right corner. Dubuque and Pacific Railroad Company, State of Iowa 185- (unissued) share certificate for $100 EF. Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway Company share certificate for 10 Shares, shares $100 each, green with round vignette of steam train at the right, signed but unissued 18-- (1899) GVF
USA, Bank of the United States of America certificate number 5972 of capital stock, 30 shares, Philadelphia 16th August 1937, issued to Baring Brothers, London, and signed by Nicholas Biddle as president, vignette of standing allegorical female, with shield and eagle, and ship sailing behind, VF with clear and bold signature, we note that a similar example is in the American Museum of Finance, we have seen no recent transactions of this item
USA, South and Central America (3) Cuba, Empresa del Ferro-Carril de Guantanamo, certificate for one share, 1882, vignettes of train at top, allegorical female at bottom, black, stamped cancelled, some tears in the centre from writing on the reverse, otherwise Good Fine. BrazilRailwayCompany 500 Francs or £19/17/5 60 Year Gold Bond 4 1/2%, black and green with ornate border, with vignette of train crossing a bridge. VF USA, Insurance Policy, The Social Insurance Company, for the cover of a schooner on a voyage from Manchester to Wilmington, North Carolina, Salem 1810, (date inked on the reverse, some folds, Good Fine, an interesting early document
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