China, ImperialChineseGovernment Tientsin-Pukow RailwayLoan, for £100, London 1908, large format, black & orange, (11) 9 bonds have all coupons, the remaining two have all but three coupons, Fine to Near VF, some with tears where staples and pins have been removed, one with additional documentation showing : Designation of bonds, Amount, Name of customer, Folio and Dividends Due, stamped HEATHFIELD 31339, and receipt of when drawn for payment, some others showing the receipt and details of when drawn
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, Chinese Government, Tientsin-Pukow Railway 1908 and 1910 (London Issues) 5% Loan 1938 Fractional Scrip certificates for one-third of a funding bond, £11-10-0, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the reverses with details of the announcements in 'The Times' by the Chinese ambassador on February 25th 1936, March 30th 1936, and September 6th 1938, blue (111) VF to GVF includes many consecutive issues, China, Chinese Government, Tientsin-Pukow Railway 1908 and 1910 (London Issues) 5% Loan 1938 Fractional Scrip certificates for one-third of a funding bond, £12-0-0, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the reverses with details of the announcements in 'The Times' by the Chinese ambassador on February 25th 1936, March 30th 1936, and September 6th 1938, red (30) VF to GVF includes many consecutive issues, along with Banking Ephemera items, most are Chinese bond and shares related, (15) Midland Bank Tonbridge branch (10), Walham Green branch (1), Heathfield Branch (1) comes with envelope with two red seals, with 2 1/2d blue stamps (2) and a 1d red stamp, in mixed condition
China (5), ImperialChineseGovernment 1911 Tientsin-Pukow Railway supplementary Loan, bond for £100 issued by Chinese Central Railways Ltd., London 1911, ornate design, large format, black & green (4) each with four coupons, Fine with some creases, one with some red ink staining, all with attached drawing receipts, China, Kaiserlich Chinesische Tientsin-Pukow Staatseisenbahn Erganzungs-Anleihe von 1910 Bond for £100 red and green with ornate border, with 5 coupons, Deutsche-Asiatische bank issue About Fine with some tears to the edges
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
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, 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 (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
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
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
China, ChineseGovernment, Tientsin-Pukow Railway 1908 and 1910 (London Issues) 5% Loan 1938 Fractional Scrip certificates for one-third of a funding bond, £11-10-0, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the reverses with details of the announcements in 'The Times' by the Chinese ambassador on February 25th 1936, March 30th 1936, and September 6th 1938, ten have two of the blue Two Pence stamps on the right, blue (105) NVF to GVF includes some consecutive issues
China, ChineseGovernment, Tientsin-Pukow Railway 1908 and 1910 (London Issues) 5% Loan 1938 Fractional Scrip certificates for one-third of a funding bond, £11-10-0, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the reverses with details of the announcements in 'The Times' by the Chinese ambassador on February 25th 1936, March 30th 1936, and September 6th 1938, five have two of the blue Two Pence stamps on the right, blue (102) NVF to GVF includes some consecutive issues
China, ChineseGovernment, Tientsin-Pukow Railway 1908 and 1910 (London Issues) 5% Loan 1938 Fractional Scrip certificates for one-third of a funding bond, £12-0-0, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the reverses with details of the announcements in 'The Times' by the Chinese ambassador on February 25th 1936, March 30th 1936, and September 6th 1938, red (100) VF to GVF includes many consecutive issues
China, ChineseGovernment, Tientsin-Pukow Railway 1908 and 1910 (London Issues) 5% Loan 1938 Fractional Scrip certificates for one-third of a funding bond, £12-0-0, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the reverses with details of the announcements in 'The Times' by the Chinese ambassador on February 25th 1936, March 30th 1936, and September 6th 1938, red (100) VF to GVF, a few with staple holes and pencil annotations, includes many consecutive issues
China, ChineseGovernment, Tientsin-Pukow Railway 1908 and 1910 (London Issues) 5% Loan 1938 Fractional Scrip certificates for one-third of a funding bond, £12-0-0, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the reverses with details of the announcements in 'The Times' by the Chinese ambassador on February 25th 1936, March 30th 1936, and September 6th 1938, red (100) VF to GVF, includes many consecutive issues
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, Tientsin-Pukow Railway 1908 and 1910 (London Issues) 5% Loan 1938 Fractional Scrip certificates for one-third of a funding bond, £12-0-0, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the reverses with details of the announcements in 'The Times' by the Chinese ambassador on February 25th 1936, March 30th 1936, and September 6th 1938, red (100) VF to GVF, a few with pinholes, includes many consecutive issues
China, ChineseGovernment, Tientsin-Pukow Railway 1908 and 1910 (London Issues) 5% Loan 1938 Fractional Scrip certificates for one-third of a funding bond, £12-0-0, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the reverses with details of the announcements in 'The Times' by the Chinese ambassador on February 25th 1936, March 30th 1938, and September 6th 1938, red (97) NVF to VF, many with pinholes, includes many consecutive issues
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, ChineseGovernment, Tientsin-Pukow Railway 1908 and 1910 (London Issues) 5% Loan 1938 Fractional Scrip certificates for one-third of a funding bond, £6-0-0 Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the reverses with details of the announcements in 'The Times' by the Chinese ambassador on February 25th 1936, March 30th 1936, and September 6th 1938, green (10) NVF to VF two with ink marks, includes some consecutive issues
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, ChineseImperialRailway, Canton-Kowloon Railway, bond for £100 (4) London 1907, ornate design, black & red, each with all but the first two coupons, one with tears VG the others About Fine, three with pencil annotations
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
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
Russia Railway bonds (5) The Russian South-Eastern Railway Company 1914, 4 1/2% bonds (3) £500 red, £100 blue and £20 brown with some coupons, GF to NVF the £500 with some tears and folds, Troitzk Railway Co. 1913 Loan issue bond for £500, 4725 Roubles, black on red with ornate border, with UK revenue stamp and with coupons, Near VF, 1909 D'Eisk Railway 4 1/2% loan for 100 Roubles, brown, VF or better with two 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
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, ChineseGovernmentShanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo Railway Completion Loan of 1936, bond for £50 blue/green, large format with vignette of Sun Yat Sen at top right, with 47 coupons, About EF
Russia (3) City of Nikolaef 1912 Loan, first issue, blue bond for 945 Roubles/£100 sterling EF with 10 coupons, City of Nikolaef 1912 Loan, first issue, brown bond for 189 Roubles/£20 sterling EF both with traces of tape residue, Troitzk RailwayCompany 1910 4% Loan bond of 945 Roubles/£100 sterling, blue, EF with 6 coupons
Russia City of Nikolaef 1912 Loan, first issue, blue, bonds for £100, 945 Roubles, with coupons, VF (4), Russia, Petrograd, Tchoodovsky Cement Works 500 Roubles blue (2) both VF, Russia Black SeaRailwayCompany 1913 4 1/2% Loan, 187 Roubles 50 Kopeks, green with ornate patterned border, VF with 9 coupons (6 items in lot)
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
Russia (7) Troitz RailwayCompany £100 sterling 4 1/2% Bond Loan 1913, Kahetian Railway Company £100 sterling 4 1/2% Bond Loan 1912, Kokand Namagan Railway Company £20 sterling 4 1/2% Bond Loan 1910, Troitz Railway Company £20 sterling 4 1/2% Bond Loan 1910, Black Sea Kuban Railway Company £20 sterling 4 1/2% Bond Loan 1911, Black Sea Kuban Railway Company £100 sterling 4 1/2% Bond Loan 1911, Russia City of Kieff 22nd Loan 1914 ornate border, with City Arms at top, each with some or all coupons, mostly VF to GVF
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 and World a wide ranging group (34) includes an American Express receipt Wells, Fargo and Butterrfield stage, to Grand Rapids, Michigan, Fine as part of a number of subjects such as Banking, Railways, Aircraft, Banknotes, Theatre, and more, mostly 1920s to 1950s, a few earlier, in mixed grades
Russia, Grand RussianRailway Co., 3% bonds for 125 roubles (metallic), third issue 1881, ornate border with city and industrial views, black on green paper, with talons. Some creased otherwise GVF. (30).
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
A group of 42 bonds and share certificates mainly from Brazil, Mexico, Russia, U.S.A. and ColonialAfrica. Noted are Brazil Railway, 1910 and 1911; National Railways of Mexico; Russian Public Loan, 1917 (2 – used as currency), Forestiere Franco-Australienne, 1921; Soc. Coloniale Agricole et Miniere SCAM, 1938 and Soc. Generale des Comptoirs Franco-Africains, 1925, some modern, mostly VF and better (42)
Russian Bank for Foreign Trade, 1 share (20) and 10 shares (3), all 4th issue, 1902, with coupons; together with mostly Russian Railway bonds including Riasan-Koslow, 1886, 500 marks (27), 1000 marks (47) and 2000 marks (3), Sud-Ost, 1000 marks, 1901 (44) and Moskau-Rjasan, 1885, 500 marks (13) and 1000 marks (25), most with coupons, mixed condition, many VF (approx. 180) £250-350
An accumulation of Russian bonds comprising City of Perm, 1914, scrip certificates for £100 (6), City of Moscow, 1912, £100 (2), Kahetian Railway, 1912, £100, Russian South Eastern Railway, 1914, £20 bonds (5), Kiev, 1914, scrip certificates for £100(2) and £20 (15) and a rare prospectus for the Russian South Eastern Railway loan, 1914, 4 pages, very mixed condition, Poor to VF (32) £60-80
U.S.A., Boston and AlbanyRailwaycompany Terminal Bond for $1000 1901, unissued (7), Boston and Albany Railway company share certificates c1950's (11), Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul and PacificRailroad Co. share certificate c1930's (20), Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Co. 1950's (7), St Louis Alton and Terre Haute188- unissued stock certificates (67) assorted railway certificates. West Shore Railroad Co. $1000 bond 1917 (8). Together with 91 other assorted railway certificates (some duplication). Generally VF or better. (212)
World (37) includes BrazilRailways 1911 (4), Cuba Railways 1927 & 1928 (2), Mexico (20) bank, mining, petroleum, tramways including 12 x The Mexican Eagle Oil Co. Ltd bearer certificates 1949, Netherlandstobacco1925, Peru mining & railway 1878, Russia 1917 bonds (5), small format, SpainBarcelona Traction, Light & Power 1932 and Islas del Guadalquivir 1926 (2), Zambia, Roan Antelope Copper Mines 1946 & 1948 (2). Generally VF or better. (37)
U.S.A., Boston Terminal Co. $1000 gold bond 1896, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St Louis Railway Co. gold bond 1891 (11), Erie Railroad Co. bond 1945, Florida Railway Co. $100 gold bond 1909 (3), Kansas City Railways Co. $1000 gold bond 1915, mauve & orange (5), Mohawk and Malone Railway Co. $1000 gold bond 1892, Reading Co.$1000 bond 1945, Western Pacific Railroad Co. $1000 income bond 1946 (2), together with three other railway certificates. All large format, some with cancellation holes. GVF. (26)
Brazil, Brazil Railway Co., 60 year gold bonds 1909 (4) different values & colours, large format, no coupons remain. Brazil Railway Co. certificate for one share, 1910, red. All with vignette of train croissing bridge. Some creased generally VF.
Russia, Nicolas RailwayCompany £20 bonds of 1867 (9), with coupons, ImperialGovernmentGold Loan, 125r., 2nd issue 1890 with coupons, Imperial Government Railroad bond, series 2 1889 with coupons. Together with 14 other world certificates. Fair & better.
Russia, Armavir-Touapse Railway Co. £500 bond, loan of 1909, red & black with coupons (2) One GVF the other torn with section missing. Russia, City of St. Petersburg, 4% loan of 1913, Series B (1) & Series C (5) scrip certificates, AVF (6). Russia, Government of Russia 4% Consolidated Railroad Bonds, Series 1-3, for 125 roubles 1889, with coupons, mauve with coupons, AVF or better. (6). Russia, Government of Russia 4% Gold Loan of 1890, third issue bonds for 3125 roubles (3), fourth issue bonds for 3125 roubles (1), this with corner torn, mauve, with coupons, generally AVF or better (4). Bonds for 625 roubles (5), third & fourth issue, blue, with coupons, generally AVF or better (4). Government of State Loan of 1906 bond for 187.5 roubles (3), no coupons, Government of State Loan of 1909 bond for 187.5 roubles (1), with coupons. some damaged AVF or better (13).
U.S.A., Railroad certificates (7), Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Co. 1894 (three types), Western New York and PennsylvaniaRailway Co. 1895, DetroitGrand Rapids and Western Railroad Co. 1897, Norfolk and Western Railroad Co. 1889, State of Texas International Railroad Co. 1871, unissued. Many with cancellation holes, generally GVF.
U.S.A., Railroad certificates (5), New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Co. Lake Shore Collateral 1898, Columbus & Indianapolis Railroad Co. 1864, McKeesport and Belle Vernon Railroad Co. 1888, South CarolinaRailway Co. 1881, uncancelled, Rutland Street Railway Co. of Rutland, Vermont, 1885. Most with cancellation holes, GVF.
U.S.A., Railroad certificates (7), Baltimore and Annapolis short line Railroad Co. 1906, The Mohawk and Malone Railway Co. 1892, Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Co. 1880, Eire and Union Railroad Co. 1909, Utica and Black River Railroad Co. 1890, Fairmont, Morgantown and Pittsburgh Railroad Co. 1893, Escanaba Iron Mountain & Western Railroad Co. 1890. Some with cancellation holes otherwise GVF.
Russia, The Russian General Oil Corporation (Societe Generale Naphthifere Russ) Ltd. bearer certificates for 25 shares 1913, red & black with coupons, printed by Waterlow, VF (2). Brazil, Brazil RailwayCompany 60 year Gold bond 1909, green & black with vignette of train crossing bridge. Large format, printed by Waterlow, no coupons remain. VF. (1)
U.S.A. railway certificates (7), Chicago and Iowa rail Co. unissued 187-, Columbus & Indiana Central railway Co. 1867, Kittanning & Leechburg Railways Co. 1919, Middleport & Northeastern Railway Co. 1927, North and West Branch Railway Company 1897, Oil Creek & Allegheny River Co. 1875, Steubenville Union Terminal Co. 1927, Most certificates cut or ink cancelled. GVF. (7).
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.
Russia, Troitzk Railway 1913 Loan, bonds for £20, £100 and £500, ornate border, brown, blue and red respectively, all with coupons, the £500 bond has a small piece missing from the right hand corner, F-VF. (3).
World (6) Austria, Austrian Government International Loan 1930 bond for £100 , green & black, printed by Waterlow, with coupons. BelgiumMinerva Motors certificate 1931,with coupons blue. Brazil Companhia Brasileira de Exploracao de Portos 1924 (2) with vignette of ship at dock side, with coupons, brown. India, Dawsons Bank Ltd., debenture no. 0299 for 1000 rupees, with coupons Peru The National Pisco To Yca Railway Co. bond for £100 1869, pink & black, with coupons. VF. (6).
Russia, (15) Russia, 8 City bonds, Moscow 1908 Loan, bond for £20, Moscow 1912 Loan, 4 x bonds for £20, St-Petersburg 1913 Loan, 3 x bonds for £100, all with coupons and 7 Railway bonds, Armavir-Touapse 1909 Loan, bonds for £20 and £100, Russian South-Eastern 1914 Loan, 2 x bonds for £20, Kokand-Namangan 1910 Loan, bond for £20, and Troitzk 1910 Loan, 2 x bonds for £20, all with coupons, mostly F to VF. (15).
World (21) Canada, Inverness Railway & Coal CompanyGold bond 1902 & stock certificate 1902 both with coupons, France Les Affreteurs Reunis certificates for 100f 1902 (9), G.B. Associated Newspapers share certificates (6, three different types), The Stockton & Middlesborough Waterworks Co. share certificate no,. 494, 1860 black on pink. U,S.A. Maderia-Mamore Railway Company share certificates 1922 (3), VF or better (21).
U.S.A. (6), Alaska Mexican Gold Mining Co. 1908 with coupons, British Bute Mining Co. 1901, Magma Copper Company 1925, New York, Chicago and St Louis Railroad Co. 1956, Western Maryland Railway Co. 1956 & 1959. GVF, some with punch cancellation holes. Together with a RussianGold Loan of 1891 for 500 francs, no coupons remain. (7).
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).
Collection, 24 bonds and certificates, mostly relating to South American railways, dated 1886-1926, titles include, Chemin de Fer Sao-Paulo & Rio-Grande, 1895, Chemin de Fer de Goyaz, 1907, Chemin de Fer Nord de Sao Paulo, 1911, Brazil Great Southern Railway Co. Ltd., 1886, Chemin de Fer de Victoria a Minas, 1906, Brazil Railway Co., 1910, Buenos Ayres Lacroze Tramways Co., 1913, an interesting selection, mostly VF. (24).
Chile, Chilian Northern Railway Co. Ltd., debentures, 10 x £20, 14 x £100, and 2 x £500, dated 1912-14, all with vignette of steam locomotive, red, green and blue respectively, no coupons remain, all hole cancelled, F-VF. (26).
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).
Russia, 11 railway bonds, Wladicaucase 1885 Loan, bonds for 125 and 625 roubles, Wladicaucase 1894 Loan, bonds for 125 and 625 roubles, South Western 1885 Loan, bonds for 125 and 625 roubles, South West 1897 Loan, bonds for 500, 1,000 and 2,000 marks, South West 1901 Loan, bonds for 500 and 2,000 marks, all with coupons, mostly VF. (11).
Spain, (6) CadizWaterworks Co. £100 bond 1874, La Union Castellana Valladolid B series share cert. 1864, printed by Perkins Bacon, London. Spanish 5% bond, Madrid 1836, La Corona de Aragon 1858 share cert. , blue. The Valencia and Liria Railway Co. Ltd. £10 share 1888. Compania Del Ferro-Carril Trasversal de Cataluna 1883. GVF. (6).
Russia, Troitzk Railway 1913 Loan, bonds for £20, £100 and £500, ornate border, brown, blue and red respectively, all with coupons, the £500 bond has a small piece missing from the right hand corner, F-VF. (3).
Russia, 8 railway bonds, Warsaw-Vienna 1890 loan, bonds for 125 and 625 roubles, Transcaucasian 1882 Loan, bonds for 125 and 625 roubles, Moscow-Smolensk 1869 Loan, bonds for 200 and 500 thalers, Grand Russian 1861 Loan, bond for 50 francs, also Nord-Donetz 1914 Loan, titre provisoire d'une obligation, all with coupons, mostly VF. (8).
Russia, 11 railway bonds, Podolisk 1911 Loan, 2 x bonds for 500 marks, 2 x 1,000 marks, and 2 x 2,000 marks, Rjazan-Uralsk 1894 Loan, bonds for 125 and 625 roubles, Moscow-Windau-Rybinsk 1899 Loan, bond for £100, Donetz 1893 Loan, bond for 125 roubles, Morschansk-Sysron 1889 Loan, bond for 125 roubles, all with coupons, mostly VF. (11).
Russia, 10 railway bonds, Kahetian 1912 Loan, bonds for £20 and £100, Kokand-Namangan 1910 Loan, bonds for £20 and £100, Troitzk 1910 Loan, bonds for £20 and £100, Wolmar 1910 Loan, bond for £20, Dvinsk-Vitebsk 1894 Loan, bond for £20, also Black-Sea-Kuban 1911 Loan, bonds for £20 and £100, all with coupons, mostly VF. (10).
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).
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).
Russia, Russian South-Eastern Railway 1914 Loan, bonds for £20, £100 and £500, ornate border, brown, blue and red respectively, all with coupons, the £500 bond has some damage to right and bottom margins, does not affect print, F-VF. (3).
Russia, 4 bonds, Troitzk Railway 1913 Loan, bond for £500, repair to small tear at bottom, Ville de Kharkow, bond for 187.50 roubles, no coupons or talon, and Consolidated Railroad Bonds, 2nd issue, 2 x bonds for 1,250 roubles, with coupons, F-AVF. (4).
Salvador, Salvador Railway Co. Ltd., 3 x issued and 1 x unissued debentures for £100, all 1899, also issued and unissued prior lien debentures, both 1900, ornate design, various colours, all with coupons, mostly VF. (6).
Russia, Armavir-Touapse Railway 1913 Loan, bonds for £20, £100 and £500, ornate border, brown, blue and red respectively, all with coupons, the £500 bond has some damage to right margin, does not affect print, mostly VF. (3).
Russia, Armavir-Touapse Railway 1909 Loan, bonds for £20, £100 and £500, ornate border, brown, blue and red respectively, all with coupons, mostly VF. (3).
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).
Argentina, Central Argentine Railway Ltd., 3 types of bearer stock, all 1912, vignette of train crossing bridge, various colours, all with coupons, all hole cancelled, AVF. (3).
Brazil, Brazil Railway Co., convertible debentures for £100 (3) brown and £200 (3) green, all 1912, all with vignette of train flanked by cattle, various colours, all with coupons, all hole cancelled, VF. (6).
Brazil, Brazil Railway Co., convertible debentures for £100, £200 and £50, all 1912, all with vignette of train flanked by cattle, various colours, all with coupons, all hole cancelled, VF. (3).
Australia, Midland RailwayCompany of Western Australia Ltd., certificate of debenture stock, 1948, vignette of steam locomotive, black & green, VF. (1).
Spain, Alcoy & Gandia Railway & Harbour Co. Ltd., certificates for second debenture stock and prior lien debenture stock, both 1900, plain format, black and red respectively, VF. (2).
Russia, 7 railway bonds, Troitzk 1910 Loan, bond for £20, Russian South-Eastern 1914 Loan, bonds for £20 and £100, Wolmar 1910 Loan, bond for £20, Kokand-Namangan 1910 Loan, bond for £20, Armavir-Touapse 1909 Loan, bond for £100, and Nicolas 1867 Loan, bond for £20, all with coupons, mostly VF. (7).
Brazil, Brazil RailwayCompany, bonds for £20, £100 and 500 francs, all 1909, all with large vignette of train crossing bridge, various colours, no coupons remain, mostly VF. (3).
Russia, 12 railway bonds, Ivangorod-Dombrova 1882 Loan, bonds for 125 and 625 roubles, also 1887 Loan, bond for 125 roubles, Kursk-Kharkov-Azov 1888 Loan, bonds for £100 and 600 marks, 1889 Loan, bonds for 500 and 2,000 marks, also 1894 Loan, bond for 125 roubles, North-Donetz 1908 Loan, bond for 500 francs, Orel-Griazi 1889 Loan, bonds for 500, 1,000 and 2,000 marks, most with coupons, mostly VF. (12).
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, 7 bonds and certificates, Province of Petchilli 1913 Gold Loan, bond for £20, Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway 1913 Gold Loan, bond for £20, Dutch Loan of 1920, bond for 1,000 florins, and Dutch Loan of 1923, bond for 1,000 florins, Banque Industrielle de Chine, certificate dated 1919, also 2 x Lottery Loans, all with coupons except lottery Loans, VF. (7).
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