China - Republique Chinoise 5% Gold Bonds 1925, bonds for $50, (Boxer Loan), brown and yellow with ornate border, each with 18 coupons, the last coupon attached with tape (50 bonds) Fine
China - Republique Chinoise 5% Gold Bonds 1925, bonds for $50, (Boxer Loan), brown and yellow with ornate border, each with 18 coupons, the last coupon attached with tape (30 bonds) Near Fine to Good Fine
China - Republique Chinoise 5% Gold Bonds 1925, bonds for $50, (Boxer Loan), brown and yellow with ornate border, each with 18 coupons, the last coupon attached with tape (20 bonds) Fine
China, ImperialChineseGovernment Hukuang Railways 1911 Gold Loan, bond for £100, issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, red and black with vignette of speeding train, (5) all with some coupons About Fine to Good Fine, some with tears, comes with additional documentation showing : Designation of bonds, Amount, Name of customer, Folio and Dividends Due, stamped HEATHFIELD 31339, two showing details of when drawn for payment
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
USA, of Historical Railway interest - Yosemite Short line Railway Company 40 Year First Mortgage Sinking Fund 4 1/2% Gold Bond, 1905, green, with coupons, GVF. Note: The Yosemite Short Line Railway was a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge railway constructed in the Yosemite region of California. The plan was to construct a railway 60 miles long, serving logging interests and tourists visiting the Yosemite National Park. Construction commenced in 1905 but construction was abandoned due to the financial crisis caused by the 1906 San Franciscoearthquake, with only 8.5 miles (14 km) constructed. The railway was abandoned by 1917. Locomotive power was provided by two Porter 0-4-0T steam locomotives.
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
China, ChineseGovernment 1913 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan, bond for £100, 2525 Francs, 947 Roubles or 979.60 Yen, issued by the Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, black and blue, with coupons, about 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
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
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 (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
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
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
Bonds and Shares a small collection (8) comprising China (3) ChineseGovernment 5% Hukuang Railways Sinking Fund Gold Loan bond 1911 for £20,Deutsche-Asiatische issue, large format with steam train at top, printed by Waterlow's with 35 coupons, About VF, China, Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway 5% Gold Loan 1913, bond for £20, ornate border, blue & green, with all coupons, GVF, China, 6% Shanghai Hangchow Ningpo Completion Loan 1936, bond for £50, vignette of Sun Yat Sen, green, with 47 coupons, VF with light central fold, Ethiopia Chemins de Fer Ethiopians, 500 franc share, 1899, with large vignette of king on horseback waiting for a passing train VF with a full set of 48 coupons, German States - Saxony 6% Sterling Loan of 1927, bond for £20 (2000 issued), orange, VF with 15 coupons, USA (3) Colorado - The Acacia Gold MiningCompany 1899, certificate for 500 Shares, cancelled, NVF, Philadelphia - Loan of the City of Philadelphia 1866 6% Loan 1866 Fine with cancellation holes, The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company 1887 certificate for 100 shares, cancelled, Good Fine
China - ChineseGovernment 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan 1913, bonds for 505 Francs or £20, vignettes of Mercury and Chinese Scenes, black and brown, all with coupons (5 bonds) Fine to Good Fine, Canada, Lake Superior Iron & Chemical Company 1911 (6) - Certificates for 10 Shares (2), green VF, Certificate for 5 Shares, orange (1), Certificates for 1 Share, orange (3) Good Fine to NVF, USA Monterey Railway 1909 (2) Certificates for 10 Shares, olive, Fine, and 5 Shares, green, Fine, Argentine Railway Company Share Certificates 1912 (4) comprising certificates for 10 Shares (3) and 1 Share (1) Fine to Good Fine
China, Chinese Government 1905 Honan railway 5% Gold Loan, bond for £100, large format, with coupons, these detached, About Fine with some tears to the right edge, along with China, Chinese Government Honan Railway 1905 5% Gold Loan 1938 Fractional Scrip Certificates for £9-0-0 black on blue (39) Good Fine to VF
China (2), ImperialChineseGovernment Tientsin-Pukow RailwayLoan, Bond for £100, London 1908, large format, black & orange, GVF with coupons, China, Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway £20 Bond 1913 blue and black with coupons, NVF, USAKentucky and Great Eastern Railway Company 1872 $1000 7% Gold Bond certificate VF with coupons, with tape on edges from previous mounting
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 (10), Chinese Government 1913 Reorganisation Gold Loan, bond for 189.40 Roubles, Russian issue, vignette of Mercury and Chinese scenes, black & green, with coupons, Fine with some edge folds, Chinese Government 1913 Reorganisation Gold Loan, bond for £20, Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank issue, Fine or better with coupons and a small pencil annotation, Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway 1913 5% gold Loan, £20 bond, Unissued, prefix "B", with coupons, EF with central fold, some staple holes at the left. Imperial Chinese Government Gold Loan 1908 bond for £100 (2) no coupons remaining as is usual for this issue, both with some edge tears, About Fine. Kwangtung Public Loan Bearing Prizes For Local Industries Five Dollars 1912 (2) EF with coupons. Compagnie Generale de Chemins de Fer et de Tramways en Chine 1920 (2) EF punch cancelled with some coupons, and another unattributed small format certificate in Chinese text with ornate blue border on yellow/orange underprint EF
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
Chinese Government 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan 1913 Bond for £20 red/brown with coupons, Good Fine, Chinese Government Tientsin-Pukow 5% Railway Loan 1908 Bond for £100 Red-Orange Fine with coupons (2), Chinese Government 5% Gold Loan 1912 Bond for £100 Green with some coupons, Good Fine, Chinese Government 5% Gold Loan 1912 Bond for £500 brown with coupons, Chinese Government Gold Loan 1908 Bond for £100 mauve, Chinese Government Gold Loan 1908 Bond for £20 green, Near Fine, Chinese Imperial Government 4 1/2% Gold Loan 1898 Bonds for £100 (2) red/brown Fine with some coupons, Chinese Government Loan 1912 8% Bond for £100 mauve on green VF with coupons, Chinese Government Loan 1912 8% Bond for £50 green on blue VF with coupons, Chinese Government Loan 1912 8% Bond for £10 mauve on blue VF with coupons, Chinese Government 5 1/2% Gold Loan - Province of Petchili 1913 (2) Fine with coupons, Chinese Government Treasury Note 1925/1929 8% 10 Year Sterling Bond for £500 blue with coupons, Chinese Government Treasury Note 1925/1929 8% 10 Year Sterling Bond for £100 green with coupons, Chinese Imperial Railway 5% Gold Loan 1898 Fine with pencil annotations, with some coupons, Government of the Chinese Republic Treasury Bill 1918 8% Bond for £100 Sterling, About Fine with coupons, Republique Chinoise 5% Gold Bond 1925 brown,NVF with some coupons, Republique de Chine 5% Gold Loan 1914 Paris issue, Fine with coupons, Chinese Imperial Railway 5% Gold Loan Canton-Kowloon Railway Bond for £100 red Good Fine with coupons, Imperial Chinese Government 5% Sinking Fund Gold LOan Hukuang Railways Bond for £20 (2) green with coupons, Chinese Government 6% Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo Railway Completion Loan 1936 Good Fine with coupons, Chinese Imperial Railway 5% Gold Loan Shanghai-Nanking Railway Bond 1907 for £100 red Good Fine, Chinese Government Treasury 8% Bond 1921 Chemin de Fer Lung Tsing-U-Hai Brussels 500 Francs Green with coupons VF, Chinese Government Treasury Bond 8% Bond 1923 Chemin de Fer Lung Tsing-U-Hai Brussel 500 Francs brown, trimmed Fine with coupons, Government of the Chinese Republic Railway Equipment Loan of 1922 £20 Treasury Blue (2) Good Fine with coupons, Government of the Chinese Republic 8% LOan 1920 Chemin de Fer Lung Tsin-U-Hai red-orange VF with coupons, Gouvernement Imperial de Chine 1903 5% Gold Loan 500 Francs, red-orange Fine with 2 coupons, along with USA Share Certificates (11) BritishColumbia Goldfields, The DiamondMining Investment Company Limited, United States Corporation, The International Nickel Company, The Briggs National Bank and Trust Co. New York, Lisbon Valley Uranium Company, Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation, International Resistance Company, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, J.P.Clark Co.INC. Roger A. Halvorsen D.N.M. Ltd, Presidio Motrion Pictures Corporation, in mixed grades and Rhodesia - The Beatrice (Rhodesia) Company Limited, Fine
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
Russia - ImperialGovernment of Russia - Nicolas Railroad 125 Rouble, 500 Francs, £20 Sterling, 600,000 bond issue 1867 (46), Russia - Imperial Government of Russia - Nicolas Railroad 125 Rouble, 500 Francs, £20 Sterling 555,000 Bond issue 1869 (40), VG to Fine with coupons detached, The Russian South Eastern RailwayCompany Bond of £100 4 1/2% Bond Loan, Petrograd 1914 (5) Good Fine with coupons, along with Chinese Government Canton-Kowloon Railway 5% Gold Loan 1907 Fractional Scrip certificate for one-third of a Funding Bond for £11-0-0 (6) VF with folds
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, ChineseImperialGovernment 1898 Gold Loan, bonds for £50, (66) Deutsch-Asiatische Bank issue, orange, large format with coupons VG to Fine some with tears. China, Chinese Imperial Government 1898 Gold Loan, bonds for £25, (68) Deutsch-Asiatische Bank issue, red, large format with coupons VG to Fine many with tears (134 bonds in lot)
China, ChineseImperialGovernment 1898 Gold Loan, Deutsche-Asiatische Bank issue, bonds for £50 (3) orange on white, and bonds for £25 (4) red on white, around Fine with some coupons, some with annotations
China, ChineseImperialRailwayGold Loan, Imperial Railways of North China, bond for £100, London 1899, large format, brown on pale blue, with five coupons, minor edge damage, otherwise approaching VF
China, ChineseGovernment 1912 5% Gold Loan, bond for £20, ornate design, black and blue with coupons GVF with pencil annotations at the top on either side
China (12) Chinese Government 1913 Reorganisation Gold Loan, bond for £100 Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank issue, vignettes of Mercury and Chinese scenes, black & blue, Good Fine with coupons and a small pencil annotation at the top. Banque Industrielle de Chine Action Ordinaire for 500 France Yellow and black. VF with coupons. Chinese Government Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway Bond for £20 1913 Blue and Black, GVF with coupons. Chinese Imperial Railway Gold Loan Bond for £100 sterling 5%, 1899, Brown and pale blue, Fine with 5 coupons with pencil annotation at the top, Chinese Government Province of Petchili Gold Loan, Bond for £20 sterling 1913 Brown and black with some coupons. VF. Chinese Government 8% Sterling Treasury Note (Vickers Loan) 1919 Dockside Vignette, Green and Black with coupons VF. Chinese Imperial Railway Bond Shanghai-Nanking Railway for £100 2 1/2% 1904, red and black with coupons, some pencil annotations, Good Fine. Chinese Government Loan £100 Sterling 1925, small format with ornate border, lilac and pale blue with green £100 adhesive stamp, Good Fine with coupons and a small pencil annotation. Imperial Chinese Government Hukuang Railways Sinking Fund Gold Loan 1911 Bond for £100, Fine with some coupons. Chinese Imperial Government Gold Loan 1898 Bond for £50 Deutsche-Asiatische Bank issue 4 1/2%, with ornate orange border, Fine with some coupons. Chinese Imperial Government Gold Loan 1898 Bond for £100 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank issue 4 1/2%, with ornate brown border, Fine with some coupons, plus China an additional 100 Yuan bond Small format, Brown and Green with red oval shaped ornate reverse all Chinese text other than issue number, Good Fine
China, ChineseGovernment 1913 Reorganisation Gold Loan, 10 x bonds for £100 Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank issues, vignettes of Mercury and Chinese scenes, black & blue, with coupons. Generally Fine to Good Fine with pencil annotations, most with pinholes, one with a small hole at the top left and on the top left coupon
China, Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway 1913 5% Gold Loan, Bonds for £20 (2) large format, black & blue, with coupons VF with coupons 1939-1961 stapled, Russia 4 1/2% State Loan of 1905 green and lilac, 2000 Reichsmarks VF with pencil annotation at the top right corner
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,
USA (13) Homestake MiningCompany, Dakota, 1885, for 10 shares of $100, vignette of two Indians overlooking landscape, NVF with cancellation stamps and holes, as part of a group of 13 Mining and Related these mostly early 20th Century types includes Magma Copper Company 1950, Parrot Silver and Copper Company (3) 1909 (2), 1910 (1), Syndicate Hydraulic Mines Inc.1926, Tuolumne Copper Mining Company, Arizona 1922, High Divide Mining Company, Nevada 1919, the Golden Cycle Mining and Reduction Company, West Virginia 1915, in mixed grades Fine to NVF, along with 4 blank certificates
China(4), Chinese Government Reorganisation Gold Loan bond for £100 Deutshe-Asiatische bank issue, VF, Chinese Government 1913 Reorganisation Gold Loan, bonds for £20, Deutsch-Asiatische Bank issues (3), vignettes of Mercury and Chinese scenes, (3) with coupons. NVF folded, RussiaBlack Sea Kuban RailwayCompany 4 1/2% bond loan of 1911 Fine, with some coupons, these repaired, Russia Armavir-Touapsec Railway Company 4 1/2% Bond Loan of 1909 Good Fine with 3 coupons
China (3) Chinese Government 1913 Reorganisation Gold Loan, Bond for £20, Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank issue, vignettes of Mercury and Chinese scenes, black & brown with coupons. VF, Chinese Government 1913 Reorganisation Gold Loan, Bonds for £100 Deutsch-Asiatische Bank issue, vignettes of Mercury and Chinese scenes, black & blue, with coupons. VF, Banque Industrial de Chine, dated 1920, very ornate with dragons, pagoda and town view, with coupons VF
China: 1913 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan, a group of 3 bonds for £20, issued by Banque de L’Indo-Chine and 3 bonds for £100, issued by HSBC, brown and blue respectively, with coupons, mixed condition, fair to about VF (6)
South Africa, The Rietkuil Gold Mines Ltd. certificate for five shares1895, Printers Proof by Blades East & Blades, red with vignette of child working in mine, with coupons, Punch cancelled. EF.
China, ChineseGovernment 1913 Reorganisation Gold Loan, 25 x bonds for £20 Banque De L'Indo - Chine Paris issues, vignettes of Mercury and Chinese scenes, black & brown, with coupons. Generally AF, most with missing or damaged brown ribbon, tears & creases. (25)
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