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| 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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| Auction Lots - Page 9 | |||
| 396 | |||
| Kent Shipping Company, one share of £50, 18[39], no. 103, small sailing vessel at top left, scrollwork at left, black printing, on vellum, centre fold, good very fine. £250-300 |
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| 397 | |||
| Port of Portsmouth and Ryde United Steam Packet Co. Ltd., 2 6% debentures for £100, 1878[9], numbers 95 and 96, of only 250 issued, large format, black printing with red seals which have been removed as cancellation, these very fine; together with British Railway certificates (25), many of which are unissued, mixed condition, fair to very fine. (27) £150-180 |
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| 398 | |||
| Sir James Laing and Sons Ltd., pair of certificates for £10 ordinary and £10 preference shares, 1[899], numbers 72 and 7, signed by 3 different members of the Laing family, stylised vignette of early sailing ship at left, ornate border, green and red respectively, printed by Andrew Reid of Newcastle, the first ink cancelled, very fine to extremely fine. (2) £100-120 |
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| 399 | |||
Thames Iron Works Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., First Mortgage debenture for £100, 1899, no. 1096, large format piece with Roman gods Neptune and Vulcan at top, mauve, printed by Waterlow & Sons, good very fine. £60-80Bridges, Piers, Docks and Harbours |
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| 400 | |||
| x Hammersmith Bridge Company, one share, [1824], no. 1203, ornate scrollwork at left, large hexagonal paper seal at bottom left depicting the bridge spanning the Thames, black on vellum, vellum slightly yellowed, good very fine. £200-300 |
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| 401 | |||
| Harbour of New Shoreham in Sussex, £100 share, 18[19 (date not completed in error)], no. 39, handsigned by 8 officials including Brighton bankers Hall and Borrer, large format piece printed in black, on vellum, together with three related transfer documents dated 1819, 1829 and 1834, folds and vellum slightly discoloured but about very fine and rare. £300-400 |
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| 402 | |||
| Highgate Archway Company, £50 share, 18[10], no. 308, attractive early piece with red paper seal affixed at left, black printing on vellum, good very fine and especially nice condition for this issue. £200-250 |
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| 403 | |||
| Newport (Monmouthshire) Dock Company, a lovely transfer certificate for £20 preference shares, [1880], although on an earlier printed form, beautiful vignette of docks with steam and sailing ships and warehouses, black, printed by Waterlow, Bros & Layton, very fine. £150-200 |
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| 404 | |||
x Vauxhall Bridge Company, share, London 18[26], no. 1847, issued to Henry Digby of Harley Street, ornate border at left incorporating large copper seal depicting allegorical figure, printed in black on thick paper, toning down left side, otherwise good very fine. £200-300Motor Cars and Cycles |
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| 405 | |||
| Alldays & Onions Pneumatic Engineering Co. Ltd., 4 1/2% Mortgage debenture for £100, no. 310, 1898, large format piece with arms at top, ornate border, green and brown with green underprint, with coupons, repaired edge splits but very fine. £80-100 |
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| 406 | |||
| An interesting pair of early Motor Car/Cycle companies, Swift Cycle Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 190[7], no. 3439, facsimile signature of Harvey du Cros Jun, brown; together with Singer & Co. Ltd., 7/6d preference shares, 190[3], no. 341, scrollwork at left with small vignette of Coventry Cathedral, red-brown, very fine and better. (2) £60-80 |
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| 407 | |||
| British Motor Company Ltd., £1 preference shares, 189[8], signed by Harry Hewitt Griffin as director and Charles Jarrott as secretary, scrollwork at left, red, about very fine. £120-150 This was Harry J Lawson's main company for the acquisition of the Daimler patents with which he was to control the motor manufacturing business in the UK. Originally incorporated as the British Motor Syndicate in 1896 it was reorganised in 1898 as above. The company acquired numerous automobile patents, paying outrageous sums for them, most notably the Pennington patents which proved to be worthless. The company was again reorganised as the British Motor Traction Company in 1901 by racing driver S.F. Edge and Lawson gradually disappeared from the scene. A key piece in British automobile manufacturing. |
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| 408 | |||
| Buckingham & Adams Cycle & Motor Co. Ltd., 5 shilling shares, 1[900], no. 21, scrollwork at left, green, light stain from old rubber band and annotated at top edge, very fine. £60-80 |
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| 409 | |||
| New Enfield Cycle Co. Ltd., £1 ordinary shares, 189[6], no. 1129, attractive floral heading with scrollwork at left, olive green, neat cancellation stamp, good very fine and scarce. £60-80 Hunt End Works, Redditch. Banking, Insurance and Finance |
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| 410 | |||
| A collection of Banking companies, comprising Adelphi bank Ltd., 1863 and another 1891; Belfast Banking Co. Ltd., 1914; Cheque Bank Ltd., 1900; City Bank Ltd., 1893; Civil Service Bank Ltd., 1892, Farrows Bank Ltd., 1914; Lincoln & Lindsey Banking Co. Ltd., 1905; London & Northern Bank Ltd., 1899, this with tear at left; London County Westminster & Parr's Bank Ltd., 1919, generally very fine, some better. (10) £100-150 |
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| 411 | |||
| x Asylum Life Assurance Company, one share, [1837], no. 1798, printed in black on vellum, some light discolouration, good very fine. £60-80 |
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| 412 | |||
| x "The Commercial Buildings" in Barnsley, one share, 1838, no. 218, ornate scrollwork at left incorporating small shield, black, some slight staining at bottom right, otherwise good very fine. £100-120 |
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| 413 | |||
| County Fire Office, certificate for [5] shares, 185[1], numbers 3111-3115, small format, black printing, on vellum, ink cancellation, very fine. £60-80 The County Fire Office was formed in 1807 originally from the house of J.T. Barber Beaumont in Covent Garden. Shares were offered in limited numbers throughout the country with no single shareholder being able to hold more than 10 shares. It was registered as a Limited Liability company in 1905 and acquired by the Alliance Insurance Company in the following year although retaining it's trading name. |
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| 414 | |||
| Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Co. Ltd., £25 shares, 18[82], no. 99, mauve printing with red paper seal, printed by Waterlow, Bros & Layton, good very fine. £80-100 Founded in 1831, this bank created a good network of branches in the county, converting to a limited company in 1882. Speculations of the manager at the Bedale branch in 1883 caused a run on the bank and it was acquired by the York City and County Bank soon after. |
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| 415 | |||
| Equivalent Company, a dividend warrant for the 228th dividend being 1/2 per cent on £2,500 of capital stock, 6th July 1819, payable at the Bank of England, issued to and signed by William Kops Coussmaker, small format, black, printed in London, single punch hole top left, ink cancel at top, very fine and the only type of paper seen of this important company. £60-80 The Equivalent Company was the parent and founder of the Royal Bank of Scotland. It was formed by Act of Parliament in 1724 to incorporate the holders of 'Equivalent Debentures', these being 5% bonds of uncertain redemption date issued to unlucky creditors of the Scottish national debt (soldiers, tradesmen etc) for whom there was insufficient cash in the 'Equivalent Fund' created by England under the 1707 Act of Union. The Fund was granted to Scotland by the English Parliament and was intended to be 'equivalent' to the additional duties the Scots were expected to pay as a result of the Union. The company's authorised capital was the exact amount of the debentures - £248, 550.0s.9 1/2d. In 1727 the company obtained a Scottish charter to create a bank for banking in Scotland only (thus evading the Bank of England's monopoly) with an initial capital of £111,000. This was the Royal Bank of Scotland. After this the Equivalent Company continued in existence in London, paying regular dividends, we assume with those shareholders who had chosen not to convert their shares into the Royal Bank. In 1835 the company distributed its Equivalent Stock to its shareholders. |
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| 416 | |||
| Hibernian Joint Stock Company, £100 shares, 18[84], no. 812, issued to Simon Mangan, allegorical figure top centre, black, very fine. £150-200 The company was formed in 1825, changed its name in 1885 to the Hibernian Bank which later became part of the Bank of Ireland. Simon Mangan was Her Majesty's Lieutenant for County Meath from 1894 to 1906. |
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| 417 | |||
| x Kent Equitable Investment & Mutual Benefit Building Association, £100 share, 18[46], no. 240, ornate scrollwork at left, small vignette of Kent shield within embellished heading, at top, printed in black on vellum, small nick bottom edge, otherwise very fine. £80-100 |
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| 418 | |||
| Kent Life and Annuity Assurance Office, £50 share, 18[08], number 272, lovely vignette of Kentish horse flanked by allegorical figures including 'Justice', black printing, on vellum, slight discolouration but about extremely fine. £250-300 |
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| 419 | |||
| Liverpool Colquitt Street Tontine, one share, Liverpool 180[7], no. 82, black printing, on vellum, handwritten transfer on the reverse and not cancelled which is very unusual for this issue, a little yellowed, good very fine and scarce thus. £60-80 Early life insurance piece with benefits going to the last surviving member. |
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| 420 | |||
| x London and Manchester Equitable Loan Company, part-paid share, 182[5], no. 4421 - 4425, ornate heading, printed in black on thick paper, indistinct red stamp and counter-signature over Directors, good very fine. £80-100 |
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| 421 | |||
| Overend, Gurney and Co. Ltd., a group of certificates for £50 share, 1865, scrollwork at left, black, embossed seal, a few with uneven left edge otherwise generally extremely fine and better. (53) £300-400 The most famous of banking companies, causing the crash of 1866 following it's huge speculations and overlending. Sound familiar? |
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| 422 | |||
| Rothschild Family, an interesting and varied lot of documents relating to various members of the Rothschild family, includes two bills of exchange dated Newcastle 1835 both handsigned by Nathan Meyer Rothschild on the reverse, his signature also appears on a letter to correspondents in Lisbon dated 1827 and on a piece attached to a silhouette, also contains a copy of a 1822 Russian Loan, many more documents signed by other members of the family, mixed condition but an interesting group. (18) £600-800 |
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| 423 | |||
Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire Benefit Building & Investment Society, certificate for one share, 18[50], number 1240, scrollwork at left, black printing, on vellum, ink cancellation on face but about very fine and rare. £60-80Mining |
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| 424 | |||
| A good group of colliery certificates (11), comprising Mainsforth Colliery Co., £500 share, 18[74], no. 33 of only 180 issued; Benhar Car Co. Ltd., 1872; Blackett and South Tyne Collieries Ltd., 190[13]; Castle Eden Coal Co. Ltd., 1891; Haswell, Shotton & Easington Coal & Coke Co. Ltd., £500 share, 18[65] and 10% preference share, 18[82]; Newsham Colliery Co. Ltd., 19[12], and others (4), generally very fine and better. (11) £120-140 |
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| 425 | |||
| British Copper Mining Company, certificate for 5 shares of £5, 1834, no. 1816 - 1820, black printing, on vellum, conditions printed on the reverse, almost extremely fine. £60-80 |
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| 426 | |||
| x British Copper Mining Company, certificate for 5 shares, London 1834, nos 1971 to 1975, company name at left and at top, black printing on vellum, condition printed on the reverse, good very fine. £120-150 |
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| 427 | |||
| Carnforth Hematite Iron Company (1915) Ltd., £1 shares, 191[8], no. 788, ornate border, blue, printed by Waterlow & Sons, together with other mining, steel and iron companies (7) comprising Smith Patterson & Co. Ltd., Blaydon on Tyne, 1883; Ulverston Mining Co. Ltd., 1873; Minera Ragman Mining Co. Ltd., 18[63]; John Spencer & Sons Ltd., 19[14]; Caldbeck Fells Consolidated Lead & Copper Mining Co. Ltd., 18[70], and others (2), generally very fine and better. (8) £80-100 |
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| 428 | |||
| x Dartmoor Consolidated Tin Mines, one eight hundreth share, 182[4], no. 351, scrollwork at left with '£40,000' in centre, black. about extremely fine. £120-150 Mine in the Parish of Sheepstor, Dartmoor. |
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| 429 | |||
| Durham County Coal Company, share certificate, 183[8], no. 6031-6035, arms at top left, scrollwork left, black, good very fine and scarce. £60-80 |
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| 430 | |||
| East Wheal Brothers Copper, Tin, Lead & Silver Mining Company, 5 shares of £20, 1835, no. 2226-2230, orange brown printing, on vellum, regulations printed on the reverse in black, vellum a little yellowed otherwise good very fine. £50-60 An extensive mining lease incororating Wheal Brothers, Wheal Sisters and East Cornwall Mines covering an area of about 1800 acres. |
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| 431 | |||
| Groeswen & Caradog Collieries Ltd., pair of bearer certificates for 5 and 20 shares of £1, 190[1], no. 417 and 190[2], no. 224, large format pieces with coal mining headgear at top, ornate borders, text in English and French, with coupons, both about very fine. (2) £80-100 |
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| 432 | |||
| Nidderdale Lead Mining Co. Ltd., 2 ordinary shares, 18[60], no. 1027 and 2 preference shares, 186[7], no. 4990, both with vignette of entrance to mine at Pateley Bridge, black pink underprint, the first slightly larger with red seal, about extremely fine. (2) £60-80 |
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| 433 | |||
| St. Gennys Mining Company, Cornwall, 5 shares of £5, 1835, no. 217, scrollwork in centre, black, on vellum, 4 pages with conditions printed on the inner front, good very fine. £120-150 |
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| 434 | |||
| "Shell" Transport & Trading Co. Ltd., £1 ordinary shares, 19[10], no. 14990, oilfield at right, tanker at left, storage tanks in centre, blue, light toning and couple of small edge nicks at left, very fine and a rare early date. £60-80 |
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| 435 | |||
| x Trevorgus Silver, Copper & Lead Mining Company, £5 share, London 18[35], no. 169, company name at left, attractive heading, FIVE in underprint, black, on vellum, 4 pages with details of the company, ink has leached into the vellum, calls recorded on reverse, otherwise good very fine. £120-150 Trevorgus Mine in Parish of Saint Merryn, Cornwall |
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| 436 | |||
| x West Cork Mining Company, £50 share, London [1836], no. 1895, ornate scrollwork at left, printed in black on vellum, good very fine. £60-80 |
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| 437 | |||
| x West Cork Mining Company, £50 share, London [1836], no. 2923, ornate scrollwork at left, printed in black on vellum, good very fine. £60-80 |
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| 438 | |||
Woods Trimdon Collieries Ltd., £500 shares, 187[4], no. 66, blue; together with 7% debenture bonds for £100, 187[4], black, with coupons, 2 examples and 7% debenture bonds for £100, 187[4], red, with coupons, 3 examples, very fine and better. (6) £80-100Commercial and Industrial |
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| 439 | |||
| x An interesting group of British and other items including Strand Music Hall Co. Ltd., £10 share, 1862; Glenaulin & Carivilleen Mining Company of Ireland, 5 shares, 1852; East India Irrigation & Canal Company, £20 share, 1860; Peak Forest Mining Company, one share, 1858 and Oriental Inland Steam Co. Ltd., £10 share, 1860, and others (9), generally very fine or better. (14) £120-150 |
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| 440 | |||
| A mixed lot of British certificates, comprising Inscribed Stock certificates (6), 1812 - 1841, including Navy 5% Annuities; South Staffordshire Tramways Co., ordinary stock certificate, 1889; other British registered companies with some duplication, including Overend, Gurney and Co. Ltd., £50 share, 1865; Melkedalen Ltd., 1905; Peninsular Copper Co. Ltd., 1882; Pena Copper Mines Ltd., 1905; Electrolytic Company (Spain and Portugal) Ltd., 1909; Prudential Assurance Co. Ltd., 1906; Camp Bird Ltd., 1920; Butlin's (Bahamas) Ltd., 1952; Spassky Copper Mine Ltd., 1912; a quantity of Waterford, Dungarvan and Lismore Railway Co., 1873 to 1890, and many others including some modern, mixed condition but many very fine and better. (81) £300-400 |
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| 441 | |||
| Albert Exhibition Palace Ltd., £5 shares, 188[3], scrollwork at left, black, embossed seal depicting the Exhibition hall with head of Prince Albert above; together with Albert Palace Association Ltd., £5 shares, 18- (fully issued circa 1883 but date omitted in error), no. 167, scollwork at left, black, embossed seal, both very fine. (2) £60-80 These companies were formed in 1882, one to hold the lease of the property and the other to run the Exhibition Palace itself. Located in Battersea and forming a backdrop to the popular Battersea Park the building held both inside and outside attractions but insufficient visitors and financial problems forced the Palace to close in 1888. Albert Palace Mansions and Prince of Wales Mansions now stand in it's place and the former gardens are occupied by Battersea Polytechnic and York Mansions. |
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| 442 | |||
| Anglo-French Public Works Co. Ltd., a group of bearer certificates for 1/- ordinary shares, 190[7], numbers 25 to 29, ornate borders, English and French flags top centre, blue and green, text in English and French, with coupons, about extremely fine. (5) £60-80 |
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| 443 | |||
| x Baird International Television Limited, "A" shares of 5 shillings, 19[28], no. 7292 ornate border, blue and black, transfer attached with staples at top, some small splits, fine to very fine. £80-100 |
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| 444 | |||
| Bristol Institution for the Advancement of Science, Literature and the Arts, certificate for one share, issued to Francis Fry, 18[26], no. 497, attractive frieze of allegorical females at top, black printing, on vellum, good very fine and rare. £200-300 |
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| 445 | |||
| British Alkali Company, £25 shares, 18[46], no. 196, monogram in centre, black, very fine. £80-100 Formed by Act of Parliament in 1836 to acquire and expand the factories for salt and soda production built at Stoke Prior in Worcestershire along the course of the Birmingham and Worcester Canal. A large employer of some 200 workers the company was in financial difficulties by 1850 and just two years later, in 1852, was in liquidation. |
| 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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