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Australia mining, (NSW), Great Cobar Limited, share warrant for ten shares, 13 December 1906, English and French text, with attached dividend coupons 2-20, also, The New Victory Tin Mining Company, Poolamacca, certificate for fifty shares, 23 April 1888; (South Australia), Poolamacca Tin Mining Company, certificate for one hundred shares, 21 November 1887; (Queensland), The Big Hill Gold Mining Company, certificate for one thousand shares, 25 March 1896; (Tasmania), The South Mount Lyell Mining Company, certificate for twenty shares, 26 October 1897; (Victoria), The Bethanga Goldfields Limited, warrant for five shares, 10 November 1903, English and French text, with attached dividend coupons 1-18. Very fine - good very fine. (6)
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
Australia mining, King Solomon's Gold Mines, text in English and French with Australian coat of arms in centre, 18 July 1895, certificates for ten shares, numbers 4284, 4438, 4441/9 (nine consecutive), 4474/83 (ten consecutive), 28 December 1897, certificates for twenty five shares, numbers 4907/9 (three consecutive), all with interest coupons intact. Vertical and horizontal centre fold, very fine. (24)
Estimate $1,200
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NSW mining, Peel River Land & Mineral Company, five pound share, 16 February 1857, printed by R.Arnold, 6 Barge Yard, Bucklersbury City; Rawsthorne's Gold Mining Company, Hawkin's Hill, Tambaroora, certificate for one hundred shares, 31 May 1872, printed by John Sands, 392 George St, Sydney. Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Queensland mining, Balmer's United North Gold Mining, Reedy Creek, certificate for one hundred shares, 21 November 1906, to H.H.Skinner, South Melbourne; The Chillago Railway and Mines Limited, debenture for one hundred pounds, 1 September 1900, with attached interest coupons 29-37; Hydraulic Gold Recovery Company, certificate for one hundred shares, 31 October 1894; Queensland Copper Company, certificate for five preference shares, 10 December 1906 and ten ordinary shares, 10 November 1906, the first with attached interest coupons 8-20, the second with interest coupons 5-20 but detached from certificate. Very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Western Australia mining, Bayley's Mines, certificate for fifty shares, 1 December 1903, stamped 'FULLY PAID'; The Conglomerate Goldfields of Western Australia, certificate for fifty shares, 10 July 1902; Esperanza Westralia Limited, certificate for one hundred and seventy shares, 30 October 1905; Great Boulder Gold Mines, certificate for one hundred shares, 1 March 1969; The Great Boulder No 1 Limited, certificate for five hundred shares, 14 June 1921; Hampton Plains Estate Limited, Coolgardie, WA, certificate for fifty shares, 31 May 1897; The Murchison Associate Gold Mines Limited, certificate for fifty shares, 3 September 1901, to Henry Augustus Paynter (solicitor of Northumberland, died 1919); The Whim Well Copper Mines Limited, share warrant for ten shares, text in English and French, 2 January 1911, with attached dividend coupons 5-20; Yuanmi Gold Mines Limited, certificate for fifty three fully paid shares, 23 July 1912. Fine - good very fine. (9)
Estimate $200
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Mining and others, Anglo-Australian Gold Development Limited, certificate for fifty shares, 12 June 1936; Holt-Sutherland Estate Company Limited, Sydney, certificate for fifty shares, 1 March 1900, to Edward Percy Simpson (distinguished commercial lawyer and company director); Commonwealth Oil Corporation, certificates for one hundred preferred ordinary shares (red), 24 November 1920 and another for one hundred deferred ordinary shares (black), 24 November 1919; Corona Consolidated Limited, certificate for thirty three shares, 18 September 1905; The Selected Gold Mines of Australia Limited, debenture for ten pounds, 6 July 1904. Very fine - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $140
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Mining, (New Guinea), Upper Watut Gold Alluvials, certificate for one hundred shares, 30 October 1935; (New Zealand), The Blagrove's Freehold Gold Mining Company, certificate for one hundred and fifty shares, 8 March 1898, also, United New Zealand Exploration, certificate for one hundred shares, 28 July 1896; (Singapore Register), The Raub Australian Gold Mining Company, certificates for five hundred, one hundred, and thirty shares, all three dated 19 July 1939, issued to Avice Emily Edwards of Shanghai. Very fine - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $120
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Finance, The Associated Financial Corporation, debentures for one hundred pounds each, consecutive numbers 2352/3, 18 July 1902 to Henry Kahn; The Australian Financial Agency and Guarantee Company Limited, certificate for fifty shares of five pounds each paid to ten shillings, 18 December 1888; Tasmanian Government Debenture for one hundred pounds sterling, 31 October 1867, signed personally by Colonial Treasurer Thos D Chapman, two red ink stamps 'PAID'. The first three good very fine, the last good fine. (4)
Estimate $140
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Australia shipping, Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation, certificate 23131 for one share, 9 September 1852, with impressed company seal; Australasian Pacific Mail Steam Packet Company, certificate 7471 for one twenty pound share, 12 October 1852, named to George Hudson Esq M.P. of Albert Gate, with impressed company seal. Nearly extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $50
Belgium, Autobus Belges, certificate for one hundred francs, 1924, features vignette of autobus in city square, professionally set into a marbled timber frame, under perspex with an olive green border around certificate. Uncirculated and attractive.
Estimate $100
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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 $120
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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 $120
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Banking, The Agra Bank Limited, share certificate for fifty ú6 shares, 1900, No.1215, attractive scrollwork at left with coat of arms in centre, endorsed on face. Pin holes, nearly very fine and scarce.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Banking, The Indian Specie Bank Limited, share certificate for one share of 100 rupees, 16th May 1911, No.80580. Good very fine.
Estimate $50
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Banking, Alliance Bank of Simla Limited, share certificate for 300 shares of one hundred rupees each, No.446, 3rd November 1916. Very fine.
Estimate $50
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South Africa (ZAR), The Eerste Fabrieken Hatherley Distillery Limited, Pretoria, text in English and French, ZAR arms in centre, 30 September 1895, five shares on warrant number 6602, ten shares (2) warrant numbers 11869/70 consecutive pair, 23 October 1895, twenty five shares on warrant number 20454, all with interst coupons 4-20 intact. Horizontal and vertical centre fold, very fine. (4)
Estimate $200
SOLD $100
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 $70
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Debentures, oil companies, Phillips Petroleum Company, debenture, 25,000 dollars, No.R20403, Feb 18 1977; another for 5,000 dollars, RV 9222, Feb 14 1977; Belco Petroleum Corporation, debenture for 10,000 dollars, RX 5323, Mar 02 1978; another for 1,000 dollars, RM 29875, May 15 1974; Penzoil United, Inc, debenture for 10,000 dollars, RX 2546, Mar 31 1971; another for 1,000 dollars, RM31232, 07/11/73; Standard Oil Company, debenture for 4,000 dollars, RU01168, Aug 2 1968; another for 5,000 dollars, UF10974, 22 July 1984; another for 5,000 dollars, Sep 05 1972, RV15764; another for 10,000 dollars, Mar 23 1977, RB 01739. Mostly extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $400
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