China (2) ChineseImperialRailwayShanghai-Nanking Railway 1904 5% Gold Loan, London 1904, red and black, with coupons, Fine, China 1913 Province of Petchili 5 1/2% Gold Loan bond, text in English and French, vignette of Chinese shipping scene, brown and black, with all but two coupons, Good Fine with small staple hole at the top
GB and World bonds and shares (11) USA (5) Pan American World Airways, Inc. 1973, red and black, share certificate for 100 shares, with punched cancellation holed, NEF with some staple holes, UV Industries Inc. Share certificate for 100 shares, 1979, EF with punched cancellation holes, The Grand Union Company 1975, share certificate for 100 shares, blue and black, EF with punched cancellation holes, Bond Stores, Incorporated 1965 share certificate for 100 shares, blue and black, NEF with some ink marks, with punched cancellation holes, American Brands Inc. 1973, Share Certificate for 100 shares, orange and black, NEF with punched cancellation holes and some staple holes, Belgium (2) Transports Electricité et Gaz, 1929, bond for 250 Francs, Blue and black, VF with some coupons, Le Grand Bazaar de la Place Saint-Lambert, Liege, 1944, brown and green, GVF with coupons 70-80 attached, GB, (Russia, Azerbaijan) Baku Consolidated Oilfields Limited, share certificate for 'B' ordinary shares, green and black, unissued, GVF, France (2), Societe Des Petroles Milano, 1920 bond for 500 Francs, red on yellow/white, NEF with all coupons, Charles Laffitte & Company Limited, Share Certificate 1866, One share of £20, unissued, EF with holes at the left. The company was extremely short lived having been created during the investment boom of the mid 1860's, primarily to facilitate trade of cotton within the OttomanEmpire. Merged with the Ottoman Financial Association in 1866 and disappeared soon after. Charles Lafitte was a Nephew of French banker Jacques Lafitte, Colombia, The Colombian National Railway Company, 1903 Debenture for £100 pale blue and dark blue, NVF
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
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
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
China (12), Chinese Government 5% Hukuang Railways Sinking Fund Gold Loan bond 1911 for £100, American Banks issues (9), red/black, large format with steam train at top, printed by Waterlow's with coupons. All around Fine with some staples and pencil annotations, Chinese Government 5% Hukuamg Railways Sinking Gold Loan bond 1911 for £20, French Indo-China issues (3) green/black, large format with steam train at the top, Fine with coupons and pencil annotations, all with central folds
China, Chinese Government 1912 5% Gold Loan, "Crisp" £100 bond, large format, green & black with coupons, Fine, China - Chinese Government 5% Gold Bond 1925 for 50 US gold dollars, brown with coupons. Text in French & English. Fine to Good Fine, all with coupons, one with the coupons detached
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
Russia, The Russian General Oil Corporation bearer certificates for 25 shares of £1 each (2), dated April 1918, text in three languages, English, French and Russian, red/orange VF with coupons. China 5% Kaiserlich Chinesische Tientsin-Pukow-Staatseiosenbahn-Anleihe, 1908 Deutsche-Asiatische Bank issue bond for £20 lilac and blue/green, with coupons, Good Fine with central fold. Bulgaria 7% Settlement Loan 1926, bonds for £100 sterling (2), red with vignette of farming scene and haystacks, one with staple and pinholes, the other with a small pencil annotation at the top, each with coupons, VF
China - Shanghai Union Mobiliere Société Francoise De Banque Ed De Placements Cert. d 'Actions Nom. De $20 forming date 22nd February 1926 at the French Consulate-General in Shanghai. Average Fine to VF, strongly folded in 3/4 places and some with small marginal nicks/tears and still presentable and fairly clean and crisp. Uniface in black, orange and brown and all issued to a Mr Edwin Arthur of Nottingham with various issue dates including 160 shares on 1st July 1944 No. 1561 and 80 Shares (2) on 16th February 1935 No. 0864 and 15th October 1943 No. 1303. Issue dates and various signatures manuscript filled at bottom, company embossed stamps at lower centre and lower far left. Two liquidation hand stamps at upper left on the reverses of each and manuscript signed for liquidators, the first stamp dated 25th April 1946 for 160 US Dollars and the second dated 9th January 1947 for US 80 Dollars on the 160 Shares and 80 US Dollars and 40 US Dollars for the 80 Shares. Scarce and rarely seen
China, ChineseGovernment 1913 Reorganisation Gold Loan, 1 x bonds for £20, Banque de l'Indo-Chine a Paris and 1 x bond for 189.40 Roubles, Russian issue, both with vignettes of Mercury and Chinese scenes, black and brown with coupons Fine to Good Fine, China, Chinese ImperialRailway, Canton-Kowloon Railway, bond for £100, London 1907, for the British and Chinese Corporation Limited, ornate design, black & red, with coupons, Fine, Banque Industrielle de Chine 500 Francs (6) Yellow and black, ornate Chinese-style borders, traditional Chinese rooftops, two dragons at topcentre, Temple of Heaven at centre in underprint, black Chinese and French text, Good VF,
Canada, Government of Quebec bond for £20/500 francs, Quebec 1880, Royal Coat of Arms top centre, green & black, text in English & French. Punch cancelled. GVF.
China, 5% "Boxer" Loan (4) bonds for $50 US, brown & yellow, text in English & French, each with coupons, generally GVF. Belgium, "Societe Belge d'Entreprises en Chine" share for 500 francs, no.106., 1924, with coupons. Punch cancellation holes otherwise GVF. (5).
Russia, 10 railway bonds, all French issued for 500 francs, Boukhara 1914, Nord-Donetz 1914, Atchinsk-Minoussinsk 1914, Ferghana 1914, 2 x Mer Noire 1913, L'Ouest-Oural 1912, Akkerman 1913, L'Altai 1912, and Nord-Donetz 1912, all with coupons, mostly VF. (10).
China, 3 bonds, Canton-KowloonRailway, bond for £100, London 1907, Hukuang Railways 1911 Gold Loan, bond for £20, French issue, and Vickers loan of 1919, bond for £100, all with coupons, mostly VF. (3).
China, Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway 1913 Gold Loan, 2 x issued bonds for £20, and 2 x unissued bonds for £20, also 1920 Dutch issue, bond for 1,000 florins, and 1925 French issue, bond for 500 francs, all with coupons, all VF. (6).
Great Britain, British Motor Cab Co. Ltd., 6 x bearer certificates for one share and 4 x bearer certificates for five shares, 1910-14, ornate border, text in English and French, orange and blue respectively, bottom margin uneven where coupons cut for payment, lot also includes Car Trust Realisation Co. Ltd., £100 debenture, 1906, mostly VF. (11).
Russia, ImperialRussianGovernment 5% Internal War Loan, collection of seven bonds, 1914 issue, bonds for 100, 200, 2 x 500 and 1,000 roubles, 1915 issue 2 x 100 roubles, all with vignette of woman with shield with Imperial double eagle and weapons, text in Russian and French, various colours, all with coupons, mostly VF. (7).
Portugal, Lisbon ElectricTramways Ltd., bearer share warrant for ten shares, 1905, very attractive Waterlow printed certificate with three large allegorical females and street scenes, text in English and French, black & yellow, right margin uneven where original coupons cut for payment, with new coupon sheet, central fold, AVF. (1).
Portugal, Lisbon ElectricTramways Ltd., bearer share warrant for 25 shares, 1905, very attractive Waterlow printed certificate with three large allegorical females and street scenes, text in English and French, black & blue, right margin uneven where original coupons cut for payment, with new coupon sheet, central fold, 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).
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).
Brazil, Madeira-Mamoré Railway Co., bearer bond for £20, dated 1910, vignette of American style train steaming through the jungle, text in English and French, black & mauve, with coupons, central fold, otherwise VF. (1).
Japan, City of Tokyo 5% Loan of 1912, bond for 500 francs, large vignette of boat on canal, also vignettes of tram and power station in ornate border, text in English and French black & green, with coupons, central fold, otherwise VF. (1).
Ottoman, Compagnie Générale de Omnibus et d?Autobus de Constantinople, bearer certificate for one share, 1910, ornate border incorporates horse drawn bus and motor bus, text in old Turkish and French, with coupons, VF. (1).
Framed bond and share certificates (6) including China Lung-Tsing-U -Hai £20 bond 1913 (2), Great Britain, National Provincial Bank share 1957. Rumania £100 bond 1929, USA Leigh High Valley Railway %100 bond 1942. Together with a French document 1764.
Honduras, Honduras GovernmentLoan of 1869, bond of the State Railways for £12, very ornate design, text in French on face, very large format, black & blue, with coupons, central fold, otherwise AVF. (1).
China, 6 bonds, Hukuang Railway 1911 Gold Loan, bond for £20, French issue, Chinese Gold Loan of 1898, bond for £50, uncancelled German issue, Railway Equipment Loan of 1922, bond for £20, and Lung-Tsing-U Hai Railway, 3 types, 1921, 1923 and 1925 issues, all with coupons, F-VF. (6).
South Africa, De beers Consolidated Mines Ltd., bearer warrant for one preference share, 1927, also Durban Roodeport Deep Ltd., bearer warrants for one and five shares, both 1938, all with text in English and French, all with coupons, all cancelled, F-AVF. (3).
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).
Spain, Valencia and Liria Railway Co. Ltd., 11 x bearer warrants for one share, all 1888, attractive design with ornate border, text in English, French and Spanish, brown on cream, UK revenues stamp, with coupons, all VF. or better. (11).
China, ImperialChineseGovernment Hukuang Railways 1911 Gold Loan, 2 x bonds for £20, German issue and French issue, vignette of train, black & green, also Chinese Imperial Government 1898 Gold Loan, bond for £50, uncancelled German issue, orange, all with coupons, all VF. (3).
Great Britain, English & French Bank Ltd., bearer share warrant for one share, 1881, vignette of allegorical figures with train and ship in background, black, UK revenue stamp, with coupons, VF. (1).
Spain, Valencia and Liria Railway Co. Ltd., 13 x bearer warrants for one share, all 1888, attractive design with ornate border, text in English, French and Spanish, brown on cream, UK revenue stamp, with coupons, all VF or better, (13).
China, ImperialChineseGovernment 1908 Gold Loan, bond for £20, French issue and bond for £100, British issue, both with vignette of walled city, green and mauve respectively, right and bottom margins uneven where coupons cut for payment, no coupons remain, both AVF. (2).
Great Britain, Intercontinental Railway Co. Ltd., bearer certificates for five and ten shares, both 1905, was formed to take over the Channel Bridge and Railway Company and planned to use ferryboats between Calais and Dover, ornate design, text in English and French, black & blue and black & red respectively, UK revenue stamps, both VF. (2)
China, ImperialChineseGovernment Hukuang Railways 1911 Gold Loan, 2 x bonds for £20, French issue, 2 x bonds for £20, German issue, 1 x bond for £100, French issue, 2 x bonds for £100, German issue, 1 x bond for £100 British issue, and 1 x bond for £100, American Banks issue, all with vignette of train, black & green and black & red respectively, all with coupons, mostly F-AVF. (9).
Russia, ImperialRussian Cotton & Jute Factory Ltd., 7 x bearer certificates, 1889-1902, all different, either denomination or capital, very ornate, text in English and French, various colours, all with UK revenue stamps, all with coupons, all VF. (7).
Great Britain, Channel Tubular Railway Preliminary Co. Ltd., certificate No.86,336-340 for five shares, London 1892, very attractive design incorporating train in tube under the channel and scenes of the English and French coasts, text in English and French, black & yellow, minor creasing to margins, does not effect print, otherwise VF.(1).
China, ImperialChineseGovernment 1908 Gold Loan, bond for £20, French issue, and bond for £100, British issue, both with vignette of walled city, green and mauve respectively, right and bottom margins uneven where coupons cut for payment, no coupons remain, both AVF. (2).
U.S.A., Le Nouveau Monde Company for WorkingGold Mines, certificate for five shares, 1851, signed by John Taylor, text in English and French, AVF. (1).
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).
Great Britain, 9 bearer certificates, Cote d?Ivoire & Adulessa Co. Ltd., 1902, Paramatta Copper Mines Ltd., 1903, Sherrin and Partners Ltd., 1902, Swedish Iron Mines and Furnaces Ltd., 1911, Kokumbo (Ivory Coast) Co. Ltd., 1903, Carballino Gold and Arsenic Mines Ltd., 1907, Melincourt Collieries Ltd., 1903, Hendersonson?s Nigel Ltd., 1895, and Tirdonkin Collieries Ltd., 1903, all with text in English and French, all with UK revenue stamps, all with coupons, mostly F-VF. (9).
South Africa, De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd., bearer certificate for onr preference share, London 1930, signed by Lord Bessborough, ornate design incorporating coat of arms at top, text in English and French, black & green, no coupons remain, stamped cancelled, VF. (1).
South Africa, De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd., bearer certificate for five preference shares, London 1902, signed by Francis Oats, ornate design incorporating coat of arms at top, text in English and French, black & green, with coupons, stamped cancelled, AVF. (1).
Nigeria, Juga (Nigeria) Tin and Power Co. Ltd., 5 x bearer certificates for twenty-five shares, 1912-13, ornate border, text in English and French, black & green, with coupons, all VF. (5).
China, Union Mobiliere, Société Francaise de Banque et de Placements, share certificate, Shanghai 1931, ornate border, text in French, brown & yellow, VF. (1).
Russia, ImperialRussian Cotton & Jute Factory Ltd., 7 x bearer certificates, 1889-1902, all different, either denomination or capital, very ornate, text in English and French, various colours, all with UK revenue stamps, all with coupons, all VF. (7).
Ottoman/Turkey, Compagnie du Chemin de Fer Ottoman, Jonction Salonique-Constantinople, 15 x bonds for 500 francs, ornate border, text in French and Arabic, large format, green, with coupons, central fold, otherwise mostly VF. (15).
Ottoman/Turkey, Compagnie du Chemin de Fer Ottoman, Jonction Salonique-Constantinople, 15 x bonds for 500 francs, ornate border, text in French and Arabic, large format, green, with coupons, central fold, otherwise mostly VF. (15).
Ottoman/Turkey, Gaz de Constantinople S.A. (Cercles Municipaux de Pera & Yenikeuy), share certificate, Constantinople 1923, ornate border, text in French and Arabic, brown on yellow, with coupons, VF. (1).
Great Britain, Mediterranean Electric Telegraph, 2 x share certificates, 1854, coats of arms at top, text in English, French and Italian, black, both VF. (2).
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