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Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
Auctioneer: Spink Location: 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET
Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066
Date: 7th June 2013 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Viewing:
Thursday 6th June 10am to 5pm
and during the sale
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Auction Lots - Page 1

Collections and MIXED Lots

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A small group of certificates comprising, National Railways of Mexico, 10 shares, second preferred nominative shares, 1930 (5); South Africa, The Exploration Co. Ltd., unissued certificate for 1 share, 190-, very attractive piece printed by Waterlow & Sons; Hypothec Bank of Japan, 2 different mortgage bonds for 10 yen; Ottoman 4% Loan of 1908, £20 bonds (2); Ottoman Loan, 1870, bonds for 400 francs (10), and Ottoman Public Debt, 1928, £20, mixed condition but many very fine. (21) £80-100
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A small group of worldwide bonds and share certificates, including Mexico North Western Railway Co., 10 shares of $100 each, 1911 and a 5% First Mortgage bond for £100, 1909; British North American Tobacco Co. Ltd., 10 shares of $5, 19[13]; National Marine Bank, 18[84]; F.B.Wood Co. Ltd., 19[06]; Gimbel Brothers Inc., 2 examples dated 1947 and 1950, and others (5), generally very fine and better. (12) £80-100
2
A group of certificates from Russia, U.S.A., Canada, Egypt, South Africa, Spain and India, some duplication includes National Bank of Egypt, 1948, City of St. Petersburg, Bank of Siberia, Simmer & Jack East Ltd., Buffalo Mines, 1907 and a few shipping related certificates from the U.S.A., mixed condition, many very fine. (51) £80-100
3
A group of worldwide bonds and share certificates, (39), from Roumania, Bulgaria, Venezuela, South Africa, Austria, Greece, Brazil, Mexico, France, Great Britain and Turkey, includes French Rand Gold Mining Company Ltd., 4 certificates for 25 shares, 1902 and Piraeus Athens Peloponnesus Railway Co., bonds for £100, (3) and £500 (1), 1885, most are very fine and some better. (39) £300-400
4
Bonds and shares of the World (57), from China, Russia, Brazil, South Africa, Costa Rica and Great Britain, including; China, 1913 Reorganisation Loan, £20 bonds (3); Russian Commercial & Industrial Bank, 10 shares of 250 roubles, 1913; Oriental Bank Corporation, £25 shares, 1853 and 1865; Chontales Gold & Silver Mining Co. Ltd., 1866; Winchester Cemetery, 1841; Hercules Fire & Life Insurance Co. Ltd., £2 shares, 1864, and Tal y Drws Slate Co. Ltd., 1864, mixed condition but many are very fine and better. (57) £500-600

AFRICA

British West Africa
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British West Africa: A collection of certificates from Nigeria and Gold Coast, comprising Akoko Main Reef Ltd., 1920; Anglo-Nigerian Corporation Ltd., 1931; Ariston Gold Mines (1929) Ltd., 1937; Central Wassau Gold Mines Ltd., 1947; Juga Valley Tin Areas Ltd, 1927; Kassa-Ropp Tin Co. Ltd., 1919; Naraguta Tin Mines Ltd., 1960; Nigerian Base Metals Corporation Ltd., 1926; Nigerian Tin Corporation Ltd., 1921; Tin Areas of Nigeria Ltd., 1920 and United Gold Coast Mining Properties Ltd., 1915,
mixed condition, fine to very fine. (11) £60-80

Dahomey
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Société Francaise du Dahomey, a pair of certificates, the first for one share of 500 francs, 1920, the second after a capital restructure for 150 francs, 192[3], colourful design with natives and their house, crocodile, palm trees and native head at top, with coupons, yellow, green and red, very fine to extremely fine. (2) £60-80

Egypt
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Cairo Electric Railways and Heliopolis Oases Co., a large group of certificates for 1 ordinary share of 250 francs, 1906, capital 15,000,000 francs (11) and 1911, capital 50,000,000 francs (107), vignette of Cairo skyline with pyramids in background, ornate border, red and black, the first printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., the latter by Verschueren in Antwerp, with coupons, about 10% have some condition problems, the rest extremely fine. (118) £400-500
8
Societe Financiere D'Egypte S.A., 500 franc share, 1863, no. 17094, attractive piece with vignettes of Sphinx, Arab with camel and Neptune, various animals at top including hippo and crocodiles, red and black with pale green underprint, with coupons, tiny nick at left edge, extremely fine. £50-60

Morocco
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French Protectorate, 4 1/2% Loan, 1929, bond for 1000 francs, Rabat 1929, no. 207711, very large format piece with photographic vignettes of aeroplane flying over city, dockside, bridge and various buildings, brown and green, with coupons, centre fold otherwise extremely fine. £60-80

Mozambique
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x Beira Junction Railway (Port Beira to Fontesville) Ltd., bearer certificate for 10 shares, 1895, no. 5838, signed by the Trustees, ornate border incorporating vignette of steam locomotive at bottom, orange & blue, stamped cancelled, with coupons, almost extremely fine; together with The Anglo-African Produce Company, 100 francs shares, ordinary, 1897 and preference, 1898, no. 1794 and 4399, brown and blue respectively, ornate borders, arms at top centre, vignette with harbour scene at low centre, almost extremely fine and extremely fine. (3) £60-80
11
Companhia do Nyassa, a group of certificates for 5 shares of 4.5 reis (25), all dated 190[0], attractive printing with green border and central scrollwork, black text which is in Portuguese, French and English, with coupons, generally extremely fine. (25) £200-300

South Africa
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Cape Commercial Bank, £12 share, [1854], no. 767, ornate border, black on grey paper, a lovely condition piece, extremely fine and scarce thus. £120-150
Established in 1854 and failed in 1882.
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Kimberley Imperial Gold Mining Company Ltd., a group of 4 certificates for £1 shares, Kimberley 188[7], numbers A2893-6, issued to Alfred Beit and signed by Siegfried Neumann as director, ornate border, blue, Cape of Good Hope revenue stamps on reverse, good very fine but two with small ink stains. (4) £120-150
Floated in September 1886, owned 60 claims, about 40 miles east of Barberton.
14
Land and Investment Company for Africa Ltd., a group of 125 5% Debentures for £10 each, 189[9], large format, black, handsigned by Directors and Secretary, good VF. (125) £250-350
15
New Mercantile Exchange, certificate for one share, Colonial Office, Cape of Good Hope 1822, large format piece with plain black printing, unusually without any handwritten endorsements on the face, small chip from lower right corner, good very fine. £200-300
16
Robinson Deep Ltd., bearer warrant for 10 shares of 1 shilling, 19[16], no. 933, vignette of mine buildings, very ornate border, red and black with pale blue underprint, South African revenue stamp at right, with coupons, good very fine. £80-100

AUSTRALASIA

Australia
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A group of Australian certificates, comprising British Exploration of Australasia Ltd., £1 shares, 19[02], no. 426; Bayley's Mines Ltd., 5/- shares, 190[3], no. 495; Narlarla Hills Silver Lead Mining Co. NL, £5 shares, 1906, no. 418; Caledonia Tin Mine NL, Greenbushes, 5/- shares, 190[0], no. 21; Pilbara Copper Fields Ltd., 5/- shares, 192[3], no. 525; Roebourne Copper Mines Ltd., £1 shares, 191[5], no. 283, and, a transfer certificate for shares in Abbott's Gold Mine Ltd., 189[0], fine to very fine. (7) £100-120
18
A group of Western Australia certificates, comprising Bonnie Charlie Gold Mining Co. NL, Kanowna, 10 shilling shares, Adelaide [1901], mauve; Iron King Gold Mining Co. Ltd., Bulla Bulling, Coolgardie, 10 shilling shares, 190[3], brown; Brookman Brothers' Boulder Gold Mining Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 18[98], black, small pieces missing from top corners, and Kalgoorlie Steam-Pressed Brick Coy Ltd., £1 shares, 189[6], brown, very fine or better unless stated. (4) £100-120
19
Band of Hope Gold Mining Company Regd. Monkey Gully, £5 shares, 186[5], usual small format, pink, printed in Ballarat, spike hole at top left, very fine. £60-80
20
Boolong Mining Development Syndicate, Coolgardie, £20 shares, 1896, no. 20, of only 60 issued, scrollwork at left, black, WA adhesive revenue stamp; together with Iron King Gold Mining Co. Ltd., Bulla Bulling, Coolgardie, 10 shilling shares, 190[3], brown, both very fine to extremely fine. (2) £60-80
21
Hands Across the Sea Gold Mining Co. Ltd., near Coolgardie, £1 shares, 189[6], no. 173, ornate border, pink, together with Bonnie Charlie Gold Mining Co. NL, 10 shilling shares, [1901], no. 3560, mauve, the last with uneven left edge, very fine. (2) £60-80
22
Long Reef Gold Mining Co. Ltd., a group of 3 certificates for £1 shares, [1901], no. 1325, [1902], no. 1907, with overprint of new registered office, and 19[02], no. C14 from the Colonial register in Perth, all similar design, brown printing, embossed seals, about very fine and better, the last rare. (3) £100-120
23
Wellesley Quartz Gold Mining Company, Mount Egerton, £3 shares, 186[9], no. 1283, usual small format, black, printed in Ballarat, spike hole at top left, good very fine and scarce. £60-80
24
Westralian Mining and Oil Corporation Ltd., a pair of certificates for 10 shilling shares, 1902, no. 1325 and 190[4], no. 1985, of different design, scrollwork at left, black, printed in Perth, the first by Wigg and Son and the second by Perth Printing Works, good very fine. (2) £60-80

New Zealand
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City of Wellington, 6% Loan, 1877, a specimen £100 debenture from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, ornate border, orange and black, £100 in underprint, with coupons, small hole cancels over signature area, very fine to extremely fine and very rare. £150-180
26
Nelson Brothers Ltd., specimen first mortgage debenture for £100, 188-, from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, Maori head at top, ornate border, black, with coupons, extremely fine. £60-80

CANADA
27
Central Railway Company of Canada, First Mortgage 5% Loan, a small group of 4 bonds for $100, 1914, steam train at top, ornate borders, red and black with coupons, printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., extremely fine. (4) £100-120
28
Canadian Agricultural, Coal & Colonization Co. Ltd., a group of 7 perpetual debentures for £100, 1889, large format piece with ornate borders, brown with pale blue underprint, with coupons, very fine to extremely fine. (7) £60-80
29
x Canadian North Pacific Fisheries Ltd., 50 shares of $5, 19[11], no. A1223, lovely vignette of beached whale with steam vessel and rowing boat, dark blue-green, yellow underprint, good very fine. £80-100
30
San Antonio Land & Irrigation Co. Ltd., a group of 55 6% First Mortgage bonds for £20, 1911, ornate border, vignettes of cotton pickers and old church, black and mauve, with coupons, printed by Waterlow & Sons, very fine or thereabouts. (55) £300-400

ASIA

The 'London' Collection of Chinese Bonds

Foreign Bonds
31
Chinese Imperial Government, 8% Loan, 1877, bond for £100. no. 12002, issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, large format, ornate border, green and black, red chop, no coupons stamp cancelled, cut close at edges where coupons removed, very fine and so far unique on the market. £6,000-8,000
32
1895 4% Gold Loan, bond for 500 francs, no. 396742, issued in St. Petersburg, ornate border, brown, black and yellow, red 'chop', no coupons,
5 large cancellation holes as normal, centre creasing and slightly uneven left hand border otherwise good fine. £300-400
33
1895 4% Gold Loan, bond for 500 francs, issued in St Petersburg, ornate border, brown, black and yellow, red 'chop', 32 coupons (also uncancelled), tear on right hand border and nicks along bottom, very fine, uncancelled and extremely rare. £500-600
34
1895 4% Gold Loan, bond for 500 francs, no. 026233, overstamped "Duplicate" and uncancelled, issued in St Petersburg, ornate border, brown, black and yellow, red 'chop', single coupon (also overstamped "Duplicate"), centre fold and some creasing and uneven left hand edge otherwise good fine and rare. £600-800
35
1895 4% Gold Loan, cancelled bond for 2500 francs no. 535936-535940, issued in St Petersburg, ornate border, blue and brown, red 'chop', with 30 coupons and cut cancellation holes in bond and coupons, rare with some tape on edges and blue pencil markings top right otherwise good fine. £600-800
36
Chinese Imperial Government, 1896 5% Gold Loan, part set of bonds for £25, no. A06510, £50, no. B27308 and £100, no. C41428 issued by the Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, large format, ornate borders, blue, brown and green, text in English and German, hole cancelled, generally very fine. £120-150
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1898 4.5% Gold Loan, £25 bond, no. 001051, issued by Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, large format, ornate border, red and black, red chop in centre, with coupons, small piece missing right border and top edge otherwise very fine. £120-150
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1898 4.5% Gold Loan, £50 bond, no. 000697, issued by Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, large format, ornate border, orange and black, red chop in centre, with coupons, very fine. £120-150
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1898 4.5% Gold Loan, bond for £500, no. 001647, issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, large format, ornate borders, mauve and black, text in English and German, red chop in centre with coupons, edge tears at left and bottom edges but no pieces missing, toned in centre, fine. £300-400
40
1898 4.5% Gold Loan, group of bonds, £25, £50 and £100 issued by the Deutsch-Asiatische Bank and £100 issued by Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, large format, ornate borders, text in English and German, red chops in centre, with coupons, generally very fine. (4) £100-120
41
1898 4.5% Gold Loan, unissued £25 bond from the reserve stock, issued by the Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, large format, ornate border, red and black, not numbered, no red chop in centre, with all coupons, extremely fine and scarce. £300-400
42
1898 4.5% Gold Loan, unissued £50 bond from the reserve stock, issued by Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, large format, ornate border, orange and black, not numbered, no red chop in centre, with all coupons, extremely fine and scarce. £300-400
43
1898 4.5% Gold Loan, bond for £500, no. 002440, issued by Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, large format, ornate borders, mauve and black, text in English and German, red chop in centre with coupons, tape repairs to edges and small piece missing from bottom right corner otherwise fine and rare. £1,500-2,000
44
Chinese Imperial Government 4.5% Gold Loan 1898, inscribed stock certificate for bond no. 19880, rare and unusual item dated 1941, black and white and issued to John Layard Whythead, Civil Servant, some pin holes top left otherwise good very fine. £60-80
All bearer bonds of the 1898 issue were exchangeable for inscribed stock on payment of a small fee.
45
Chinese Imperial Railway 5% Gold Loan, 1899, bond for £100, no. 11906, large format, ornate border with pale blue underprint and red chop in centre with coupons, small tears right hand border, otherwise very fine for issue. £120-150
46
5% Gold Imperial Chinese Loan of 1900, $1000 bond, no. 06819 additionally secured by a first mortgage on the Hankow-Canton Railway, issued in Washington, pagoda top centre, ornate border, yellow and black, hole cancellations in signature spaces, with coupons, centrefold creasing and some damage around signature holes otherwise very fine and so far a unique piece. £4,000-5,000
ex Phillips.
47
1902 5% Gold Loan 'Cheng-Ting Railway Loan', bond for 500 francs, Paris 1903, no. 04151 and coupon receipt no. 6487, large format, ornate border incorporating dragons and architectural designs, brown and black, green underprint no coupons, centrefold and small nicks along right hand border otherwise very fine. (2) £150-180
48
1902 4% Russian State Loan, set of 3 bonds issued to realize the contribution due to Russia in compensation for losses incurred as a result of Chinese disorders, 1000, 2000 and 5000 German Reichsmarks, pink and green, green and blue and beige and pink, ornate borders with coupons, some centrefold creasing otherwise generally very fine. (3) £60-80
49
'Emprunt Chinois' 5% Gold Loan 1903, a duplicate 500 franc bond dated 1905, no. 26053, overstamped "DUPLICATA", together with regular issued bonds dated both 1905 and 1907, Chinese arch with ornate borders, red and black with buff underprint, duplicate bond with old sellotape repair, rare, all with pin holes and creasing otherwise fine to very fine. (3) £500-600
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
Auctioneer: Spink Location: 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET
Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066
Date: 7th June 2013 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Viewing:
Thursday 6th June 10am to 5pm
and during the sale
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