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.
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
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
GB - A Yorkshire-themed collection (33) includes pre-1900 (15) Leeds, Wakefield, Pontefract and GrimsbyRailway Junction Scrip certificate 1845 for Ten shares of £20 each, unissued VF with tear hole on left, The Bridlington Quay Public Rooms Association 1847 Share Certificate £3 and 10 Shillings, VF with staple holes at top left, Manchester and Leeds Railway Company 1846 share certificate for 6x £50 shares NVF with staple holes at top left, The Wharfedale Railway Company Share certificate for one £15 share, certificate number 20155 vignette of a large cow, the famous 'Craven Heifer' which made vast profits for its owner being exhibited around the country, black on pale blue, large red seal to lower right About VF with some spots and tape residue on the top edge. The Staithes Shipping Company Share Certificate for one share 1856 VF with small pinholes to the top left and tape residue at the top, The Whitby and Robin Hood's Steam Packet Company 1857 Share certificate for one share of £2 and 10 Shillings, GVF with tape residue on the top edge, Overend, Gurney and Company Limited 1865 share certificate for one share of £50 NVF with some foxing to the edges, Bray, Waddington and Company share certificate for one share of £50 EF, The Nidderdale Lead Mining Company Limited 1865 share certificate for 2 preference shares 7687 and 7688, vignette of Perseverance level, entrance to the mine, Pateley Bridge GVF with some tape residue to the top edge, The Drypool Workman's Club Company Limited 1878 share certificate for one share of £1 VF taped on the reverse at the top, The Leeds Mutual Supply Society Limited 1874 share certificate for one share of £1 Good Fine with some small pinholes and taped on the top edge, The Hull Botanic Garden Company Limited 1879 share certificate for one share of £5 VF, taped at the top edge, Reaney and Greaves Limited, Wine Merchants and Whisky blenders, 1899, Issue for 100 Mortgage Debentures of £100 each. The company became a subsidiary of the famous Tetley Brewers in 1904, the reverse with a typewritten label attached showing transfer of the debenture certificate to Francis Eric Tetley and Robert Francis Tetley in 1937 VF or near so with some small edge tears, an interesting document. The Macclesfield Brewery and Wine Company Limited share certificate 1867 NEF, The Leeds & County Unionist Club-House Co. Limited 1894 share certificate for 100 shares of £1 Fine with some folds and tape on the top edge. 1906-1971 issues (18) The Ravensthorpe Finishing Company Limited 1908 share certificate for 50 shares of £1 each, NVF with pencil annotations, The County Council of the West Riding of Yorkshire bond for £100 1906 NVF, Clarkson's Old Brewery Barmsley Limited Preference Share Certificate for 10 shares of £10 each NVF with some folds, The Effingham Steel Works Limited, Sheffield 1926 share certificate for 59 shares of £10 each VF with some pinholes, Dols & Co. Limited, Huddersfield 1928 share certificate for 3 shares of £1 each, GVF, Wallacve & Co. (Textiles) Limited 1932 share certificate for one share of £1 VF with some folds, Godfrey Sykes & Sons Limited 1940 share certificate for 100 shares of £1 each small pinhole at the top and two inked paragraphs written on the reverse, Fine. Wallace & Co.(Textiles) Limited 1947 share certificate for 2141 shares of £1 VF, General Refractories Limited 1936 share certificate for 32 shares of Ten Shillings each NEF with pencil annotation on the reverse, Timothy Whites & Taylors Limited (3) 1953, 1957 and 1960 VF, Thomas Ramsden & Son Limited (2) share certificates for 100 shares and 500 shares of 5 Shillings each VF both with pinholes at the top left, John Smith's Tadcaster Brewery Company, Limited share certificate for 128 shares of 5 Shillings each NVF with staple at top, John Smith's Tadcaster Brewery Company Limited certificate for 7.1% unsecured loan stock 1970 VF with staple at top, Kirkstall Forge Engineering Limited debenture certificate 1971 for 9 3/4% £800 stock VF with staple at top left
Bonds and Shares a large group (5459), comprising Austria-Hungary Bank Mortgage 4% Bank Bond 5000 Gulden/5000 Forint 1889 (33), Austria-Hungary Bank Mortgage 4% Bank Bond 1000 Gulden/1000 Forint 1893 (89), Austria-Hungary Bank Mortgage 4% Bank Bond 100 Gulden/100 Forint 1899 (18), Austria 1892 4% Debenture Certificates 2000 Kronen (around 200), Austria 1892 4% Debenture Certificates 1000 Kronen (around 400), Austria 1892 4% Debenture Certificates 200 Kronen (around 1300), Austria 1892 4% Debenture Certificates 100 Kronen (134), generally in high grades some items with pencil marks or ink stamps, Reichsgau Salzburg, a group of around 1180 comprising 4% Schuldverschreibung 1000 Reichsmark, Salzburg 1 Jui 1940 Gruppe C (around 745), 500 Reichsmark, Gruppe B (around 215), 100 Reichsmark Gruppe A (around 220) VF to EF, The Reichsgau Salzburg (Gau Salzburg) was an administrative division of NaziGermany in Salzburg. It existed between 1938 and 1945. This bond of 11.2 million Reichmark was issued according to the ordonnance from 14. June 1940 on interest-reduction and the change of currency, and was replacing the loan of 1937. Quoted at the Vienna exchange. Print signature of NSDAP-Gauleiter Friedrich Rainer (1903-1947) as Reichsstatthalter of Salzburg. (In Yugoslavia, he was found guilty of crimes against the people and sentenced to death in 1947.) EBG Oberösterreichische Elektro-Bau (around 975) comprising a mix of Vorzugsaktien and Stammaktie types 25 Vorzugsaktien, 25 x 100 Schilling, 12 November 1937 (around 125), 1 x 100 Schilling a mix of Vorzugsaktien and Stammaktie types (around 850) VF to EF. This electrotechnical company was founded in 1922 in Linz. In 1937, capital was increased by 400,000 Schilling. Today VA Tech Elin EBG. Compagne Des Tramways Electriques, from Limoges to Aixe - Action of 100 Francs (around 100) EF all with the majority of coupons, France General Society for the Sanitation of Cities and Towns (around 60) EF most with the majority of coupons, General Motors Corporation Share Certificates, $1 2/3 blue, (around 100) around VF, The Arro Expansion Bolt Company 1963 Blue stock Certificates (40) About EF some with pencil marks, Spain - Minas Del Centenillo, Sociedad Share Certificates 500 Pesetas 1921 (36) with coupons Fine to VF, Spain - Electrade Viesgo , Bilbao Share Certificates 1000 Pesetas 1956 (11) VF to GVF, USA Ronson Corporation 100 Shares (4) VF to EF, American Brands Inc. Stock Certificates (2) 100 Shares 1977 and 1 Share 1979 $2.67 VF, USA Clevite Corporation Share Certificate 1965 NEF, USA Brandywine Sports Inc. Share Certificate 1977 Fine, USA General Computing Machines Corporation 100 Shares certificate 1953 (3) VF to EF, USA The Hobartt Manufacturing Company 100 Shares certificate 1971 Fine, USA The Glen Alden Corporation $1000 Debenture certificate 1971 VF, USA Columbia Technical Corporation 100 Share certificate 1975 VF (Large Lot, over 75 Kilos)
World (3) Russia, St. Petersburg Land and Mortgage Co. Ltd., £100 debenture, 1912, large panoramic view of St. Petersburg, ornate border, black & blue, with coupons, Fine or better, Estonia, Republic of Estonia 1927 Loan, bond for £100 type ‘A’, vignette of view of Tallinn at top, black & blue, with some coupons, VF, Roumania, Kingdom of Roumania Monopolies Institute Stabilisation and Development Loan 1929, £100 bond, view of Bran Castle, blue & black, with coupons, GVF
Collection (6) includes El Salvador, The Salvador Railway Co. Ltd. £100 5% mortgage debenture dated 1899, red with coupons, together with five other world certificates. GVF.
Canada, Anglo-Canadian Timber Co. of BritishColumbia Ltd. mortgage debentures, 4 x £10 mauve, 4 x £20 green, 4 x £50 red and 4 x £100 brown. Unissued and undated, but circa 1911, ornate heading incorporates vignettes of horses pulling large log, large format, with coupons. GVF/EF. (16).
Canada, Anglo-Canadian Timber Co. of BritishColumbia Ltd. mortgage debentures, 4 x £10 mauve, 4 x £20 green, 4 x £50 red and 4 x £100 brown. Unissued and undated, but circa 1911, ornate heading incorporates vignettes of horses pulling large log, large format, with coupons. GVF/EF. (16).
Canada, Anglo-Canadian Timber Co. of BritishColumbia Ltd. mortgage debentures, 4 x £10 mauve, 4 x £20 green, 4 x £50 red and 4 x £100 brown. Unissued and undated, but circa 1911, ornate heading incorporates vignettes of horses pulling large log, large format, with coupons. GVF/EF. (16).
Canada, Anglo-Canadian Timber Co. of BritishColumbia Ltd. mortgage debentures, 1 x £10 mauve, 1 x £20 green, 1 x £50 red and 1 x £100 brown. Unissued and undated, but circa 1911, ornate heading incorporates vignettes of horses pulling large log, large format, with coupons. GVF/EF. (4).
Canada, Anglo-Canadian Timber Co. of BritishColumbia Ltd. mortgage debentures, 4 x £10 mauve, 4 x £20 green, 4 x £50 red and 4 x £100 brown. Unissued and undated, but circa 1911, ornate heading incorporates vignettes of horses pulling large log, large format, with coupons. GVF/EF. (16).
Canada, Anglo-Canadian Timber Co. of BritishColumbia Ltd. mortgage debentures, 4 x £10 mauve, 4 x £20 green, 4 x £50 red and 4 x £100 brown. Unissued and undated, but circa 1911, ornate heading incorporates vignettes of horses pulling large log, large format, with coupons. GVF/EF. (16).
Canada, Anglo-Canadian Timber Co. of BritishColumbia Ltd. mortgage debentures, 4 x £10 mauve, 4 x £20 green, 4 x £50 red and 4 x £100 brown. Unissued and undated, but circa 1911, ornate heading incorporates vignettes of horses pulling large log, large format, with coupons. GVF/EF. (16).
Canada, Anglo-Canadian Timber Co. of BritishColumbia Ltd. mortgage debentures, 4 x £10 mauve, 4 x £20 green, 4 x £50 red and 4 x £100 brown. Unissued and undated, but circa 1911, ornate heading incorporates vignettes of horses pulling large log, large format, with coupons. GVF/EF. (16).
Canada, Anglo-Canadian Timber Co. of BritishColumbia Ltd. mortgage debentures, 4 x £10 mauve, 4 x £20 green, 4 x £50 red and 4 x £100 brown. Unissued and undated, but circa 1911, ornate heading incorporates vignettes of horses pulling large log, large format, with coupons. GVF/EF. (16).
Canada, Anglo-Canadian Timber Co. of BritishColumbia Ltd. mortgage debentures, 4 x £10 mauve, 4 x £20 green, 4 x £50 red and 4 x £100 brown. Unissued and undated, but circa 1911, ornate heading incorporates vignettes of horses pulling large log, large format, with coupons. GVF/EF. (16).
BrazilRailway Co., first mortgagegold bonds, 2 x 500 francs, 2 x £20, and 40 x £100, all 1909, large vignette of train crossing bridge, various colours, right margins uneven where coupons removed, F-VF. (44).
Brazil, Maderia-Mamore Railway Co., 6% first mortgage bonds, 2 x £20 and £100, all 1910, vignette of train passing through jungle, various colours, all with coupons, AVF. (3).
Brazil, Brazil Railway Co., 15 x first mortgagegold bonds, all 1909, large vignette of train crossing bridge, black & blue, right margins uneven where coupons removed, F-VF. (15).
Costa Rica, Costa Rica Railway co. Ltd., 5 x issued and 1 x unissued first mortgage debentures, also 4 x issued and 2 x unissued second debentures, dated 1886-90, all with vignette of Bernardo Soto, black, mostly VF. (12).
Costa Rica, Costa Rica Railway Co. Ltd., unissued prior mortgage debentures for £20 and £100, also second series issued and unissued bonds for £100, dated 1903, ornate design, various colours, all with coupons, mostly VF. (4).
Brazil, Maderia-Mamore Railway Co., 5½% first mortgage bonds for £20 and £100, both 1910, vignette of train, brown and green respectively, both with coupons, AVF. (2).
Russia, St. Petersburg Land and Mortgage Co. Ltd., £100 debenture, 1912, large panoramic view of St. Petersburg, ornate border, black & blue, with coupons, F. (1).
Russia, St. Petersburg Land and Mortgage Co. Ltd., £20 debenture, 1912, large panoramic view of St. Petersburg, ornate border, black & dull red, with coupons, VF. (1)
Great Britain, The Lyceum (1903) Ltd., 3 x second mortgage debentures for £100, 1905 with UK revenue stamp and with coupons attached signed by Charles Ellis, as secretary, of this London theatre. EF. (3).
Canada, Anglo-Canadian Timber Co.of BritishColumbia Ltd. 10 x £20 green and 10 x £100 brown mortgage debentures. £20's dated 1911, £100 undated but circa 1911, ornate heading incorporates vignettes of horses pulling large log, large format. UK revenue stamp, with coupons. GVF (9)
Canada, Anglo-Canadian Timber Co.of BritishColumbia Ltd. 3 x £20 green, 3 x £50 red and 3 x £100 brown mortgage debentures. £20 and £50's dated 1911, £100 undated but circa 1911, ornate heading incorporates vignettes of horses pulling large log, large format. UK revenue stamp, with coupons. GVF (9)
Canada, Anglo-Canadian Timber Co.of BritishColumbia Ltd. 3 x £20 green, 2 x £50 red (one a little tatty) and 3 x £100 brown mortgage debentures. £20 and £50's dated 1911, £100 undated but circa 1911, ornate heading incorporates vignettes of horses pulling large log, large format. UK revenue stamp, with coupons. GVF (8)
Great Britain, The Lyceum (1903) Ltd., 3 x second mortgage debentures for £100, 1905 with UK revenue stamp and with coupons attached signed by Charles Ellis, as secretary, of this London theatre. EF
Costa Rica, Costa Rica Railway Co. Ltd., unissued £100 mortgage bond, 1901, very ornate design, black & green, printed by Waterlow, with coupons, VF. (1).
U.S.A., Indiana Coal and Railway Co., first mortgage bond for $500 or £100, dated 1881, vignette of train passing mine entrance, black, with coupons, VF. (1).
Canada, Anglo-Canadian Timber Co.of BritishColumbia Ltd. 10 x £20 green, 10 x £50 red and 10 x £100 brown mortgage debentures. £20 and £50's dated 1911, £100 undated but circa 1911, ornate heading incorporates vignettes of horses pulling large log, large format. UK revenue stamp, with coupons. GVF (30)
Canada, Anglo-Canadian Timber Co.of BritishColumbia Ltd. 3 x £20 green, 3 x £50 red and 3 x £100 brown mortgage debentures. £20 and £50's dated 1911, £100 undated but circa 1911, ornate heading incorporates vignettes of horses pulling large log, large format. UK revenue stamp, with coupons. GVF (9)
Canada, Anglo-Canadian Timber Co.of BritishColumbia Ltd. 3 x £20 green, 3 x £50 red and 3 x £100 brown mortgage debentures. £20 and £50's dated 1911, £100 undated but circa 1911, ornate heading incorporates vignettes of horses pulling large log, large format. UK revenue stamp, with coupons. GVF (9)
Canada, Anglo-Canadian Timber Co.of BritishColumbia Ltd. 3 x £20 green, 3 x £50 red and 3 x £100 brown mortgage debentures. £20 and £50's dated 1911, £100 undated but circa 1911, ornate heading incorporates vignettes of horses pulling large log, large format. UK revenue stamp, with coupons. GVF (9)
New Zealand, New Zealand Midland Railway Co. Ltd., £1,000 mortgage debenture, 1889, ornate border, black & yellow, with coupons, only 265 bonds of this denomination issued, central fold, otherwise VF. (1).
Costa Rica, Costa Rica Railway Co. Ltd., £100 first mortgage debenture, 1887, large vignette of Bernardo Soto, stamped cancelled on reverse, central fold, otherwise VF. (1).
Australia, Australian Mortgage, Land and Finance Co. Ltd., specimen mortgage debenture bond, circa 1880s, attractive large format specimen with serial numbers 0000, printed by Bradbury Wilkinson, coat of arms at left, black and orange, with coupons, AEF. (1).
Canada, Anglo-Canadian Timber Co. of BritishColumbia Ltd. 10 x mortgage debentures for £50 all 1911, ornate heading incorporates vignette of horses pulling large log, large format, black & red, UK revenue stamp, with coupons, mostly VF.
Canada, Anglo-Canadian Timber Co. of BritishColumbia Ltd. 10 x mortgage debentures for £20 all undated but circa 1911, ornate heading incorporates vignette of horses pulling large log, large format, black & brown, UK revenue stamp, with coupons, mostly VF.
Canada, Anglo-Canadian Timber Co. of BritishColumbia Ltd. 10 x mortgage debentures for £20 all 1911, ornate heading incorporates vignette of horses pulling large log, large format, black & green, UK revenue stamp, with coupons, mostly VF.
Great Britain, South Staffordshire Mines Drainage Commissioners, £100 class ‘B‘ mortgage bond, 1892, very attractive Waterlow printed bond with vignette of allegorical figure with lamp and miner, black & blue, UK revenue stamp, VF. (1).
Russia, St. Petersburg Land and Mortgage Co. Ltd., £20 debenture, 1912, large panoramic view of St. Petersburg, ornate border, black & dull red, with coupons, VF. (1)
Italy, Monferrato Railways Ltd., 6 x £100 mortgage debenture bonds, all 1887, black, UK revenue stamps, small cancel perforations through signatures, all VF. (6).
Italy, Monferrato Railways Ltd., 6 x £100 mortgage debenture bonds, all 1887, black, UK revenue stamps, small cancel perforations through signatures, all VF. (6).
Brazil, Brazil Railway Co., 3 x first mortgagegold bonds 1909 large vignette of train crossing bridge, black & blue, right margin uneven where coupons cut for payment, NVF. (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).
U.S.A., Indiana Southern Railway Co., $1,000 first mortgage bond, 1866, several vignettes including train and allegorical figures, signed on the reverse by Samuel Tilden as trustee, black & green, with coupons, VF. (1).
Great Britain, 5 railway bonds and certificates relating to Scotland, Caledonian Railway Co., certificate for preference stock, 1874, Paisley, Barrhead & Hurlet Railway, unissued certificate, 184-, Glasgow and South Western Railway, unissued certificate, 185-, and City of Glasgow Union Railway Co., certificate for preference shares, 1872, plus mortgage bond, 1871, both cancelled, F-VF. (5).
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