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Banking. Standard Bank of Australia Limited, 18 June 1890 (date written), forty six £5 shares, black print, scrollwork at left. With pin hole, folds and corner creases, good fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
Banking. Co-operative Credit Bank of Victoria, Melbourne, 14 March 19[13], £1 share, black print. With pin holes, folds, ink stain on back, good fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Banking, The New Oriental Bank Corporation Limited, London, share warrant, ten pounds, 11th September 1885, No.16731, with fourteen coupons still attached. Very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $20
Banking, The New Oriental Bank Corporation Limited, Calcutta, share warrant, eastern issue, one hundred rupees, 7th May 1891, No.59392. Split in centre fold, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $20
Banking, Alliance Bank of Simla Limited, share certificate for 300 shares of one hundred rupees each, No.446, 3rd November 1916. Very fine.
Estimate $40
Passed in
Banking. The Federal Deposit Bank Limited, 192[6], seventy five £1 shares, black print, scrollwork at left, ornate border. With pin holes and folds, good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Banking, The Indian Specie Bank Limited, share certificate for one share of 100 rupees, 16th May 1911, No.80580. Good very fine.
Estimate $40
Passed in
The Sumatra Syndicate Limited (formerly the Java Syndicate Limited), ordinary share certificate for 4,500 shares of one shilling, No.19, 19th October 1904; another, 1,350 preference shares of one pound, 6th October 1905, No.7. Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
Passed in
World shares, Belgium, Tramways & Electricite de Constantinople Societe Anonyme, debenture for 250 francs, c1921, five interest coupons missing; Bolivia, Compania Minera Nacional Anonima, El Callao, debenture for 625 bolivares, 1 March 1887, six interest coupons missing; Germany, Chinese Imperial Government Kaiserlich Chinesische Staatsanleiche, 4 1/2% Gold Loan, Berlin 1 March 1898; Great Britain, Chatma Oilfield Company Limited, twenty five shares, 29 April 1903, all coupons intact; India, Shri Gopal Chamber of Commerce Ltd, Delhi, unissued share certificate, 19-; Russian bonds (4) includes City of Moscow Loan of the Year 1908, all with some or all interest coupons intact; Spain, Compania Iberica de Riegos (Iberian Irrigation Company), debenture no.16684 of Second Series, Madrid 1 October 1869, all interest coupons intact; USA, The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, fifty shares, 20 April 1936, punch hole cancelled, North Butte Mining Company, fifty shares (green), 20 July 1905 and one hundred shares (red), 6 Mar 1929, both punch hole cancelled. Mostly fine - good very fine. (13)
Estimate $150
SOLD $80
World. China, Country Club, Bubbling Well Road, Shanghai, 1901, debenture for one hundred taels Shanghai sycee, blue and red print, blue border; Ceylon, Ceylon Company of Pearl Fishers Limited, 190[9], one hundred 1/- deferred shares, red print and scrollwork at left; Great Britain, Associated County Halls & Theatres Limited, 19[14], fifteen 5/- ordinary shares, blue print and scrollwork at left; South Africa, Victory Diamonds Limited, 19[19], Johannsburg, one hundred 1/- shares, green on grey, scrollwork at left. With spike or pin holes, light folds and creases, fine - good very fine. (4)
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
India, East Indian Junction Railway Company, From Alahabad & Benares To Ghazeepoor & Goruckpoor Via Juanpoor & Azimgurh, certificate number 4479 for five shares, 10 August 1847, coloured impressed seal at top featuring a period steam engine. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Oil share script, Baku Consolidated Oilfields, unused binder of 100 with 87 numbered unissued share script forms with attached buts; registered office Cannon St. London, c1920-1930. Very fine.
Estimate $300
Passed in
USA, Republic of Texas, certificate number 873 for five hundred dollars of 10% stock, 5 February 1840, issued to L.Colquhoun, signed at Austin by Charles De Morse as Stock Commissioner, with attached ten signed (De Morse) numbered and dated interest coupons, certificate features a star (for the Lone Star State), a central vignette of Mercury and a sailor, and another at the left featuring a maiden and eagle, on the back an assignment signed by L.Colquhoun; Bank of Kentucky, share certificate number 1452 for fifteen shares, 13 July 1843, issued to John Rathbone Jr, signed at Louisville by Virgil McKnight, Bank President, with various vignettes. The first with numerous clean cross-cut cancellations, otherwise very fine and scarce; the second with some paper loss on edges and top right corner and some foxing, otherwise fine. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $180
USA. Railroads. Cleveland & Toledo Rail-Road Co., 185[7], three hundred shares, black print, vignette of surveyors in countryside top left, steam train, river scene with paddlesteamer right, small vignette of steam train, river scene, bridge and buildings bottom centre, with 'cancelled in full' and signed; Saint Paul & Duluth Railroad Company, 1878, two $100 shares, black print over 'common stock' in green, vignette of steam train and farm buildings top centre, paddlesteamer on river either side; Chicago and Erie Railroad Company, 1890, First Mortgage Gold Bond, $1000, black on green, vignette of river scene, buildings and steam train crossing bridge, with coupons attached; Boston and Providence Rail Road Corporation, 190[5], ten 10/- shares, black print, with border, vignettes of river scene, port buildings and railroad top centre and left, with 'Cancelled, Nov 11 1909 Old Colony Trust Company' in blue; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, stamped 1947, ten $100 shares of common stock, black and blue print, vignette of river scene and early stage coach railroad, with 'cancelled Nov 9 1950' in red; West Shore Railroad Company, 19[35], First Mortgage Guaranteed Bond for $1000, black and orange print, vignette of river scene, mountains in background, paddlesteamer docked at wharf, steam trains to right, paddlesteamers and other boats to left; United States Utilization Company, 19[11] (2), two hundred and fifty $10 preferred stock, black over green and white, No.27, and five hundred $10 common stock, black over orange and white, No.26, both with vignette top centre of eagle with outstretched wings. With folds, fine - very fine. (8)
Estimate $120
SOLD $200
USA, American Express Company, New York, certificate 1121 for seventeen shares, 20 January 1964, issued to George S.Pease; City of Jersey City, New Jersey, refunding gold bond number 251 for one thousand dollars, due 1 July 1928 (orange); another, number 3030, due 1 February 1949, this with interest coupons attached; Pithole & Kanawha Oil Company, Philadelphia, unissued share certificate, 186-; State of Louisiana, new consolidated bond 2683 for five hundred dollars (red), 1 July 1892; another, 3741 for one thousand dollars (green), both punch hole 'Paid' multiple times. The first with some edge splits, overall fine - good very fine. (6)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50