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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 12 | |||
| 546 | |||
| State of San Luis Potosi, 6% Loan, 1889, bond for £100, no. 0603, Mexican eagle at top, ornate border, black, green underprint, with coupons, very fine. £100-200 |
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| 547 | |||
| State of San Luis Potosi, 6% Loan, 1889, bond for £100, no. 1278, Mexican eagle at top, ornate border, black, green underprint, with coupons, spike hole top left, small tear at bottom edge, very fine. £100-200 |
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| 548 | |||
| State of San Luis Potosi, 6% Loan, 1889, bond for £100, no. 1767, Mexican eagle at top, ornate border, black, green underprint, with coupons, spike hole top left, very fine. £100-200 |
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| 549 | |||
| State of San Luis Potosi, 6% Loan, 1889, a pair of bonds for £100, numbers 2276 and 2277, Mexican eagle at top, ornate border, black, green underprint, with coupons, the second with small tear at bottom edge, very fine. (2) £200-400 |
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| 550 | |||
| x City of Chihuahua, 5% Loan, 1910, bond for $1000, no. 117, 600 issued, Mexican eagle at top, text in Spanish, English and French, green and black, with coupons, good very fine. £80-100 |
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| 551 | |||
| Banco Central Mexicano, 25 shares of $100 pesos, Mexico 1903, no. 2772, allegorical female with eagle, very ornate border, blue and black, with coupons, good very fine. £100-120 |
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| 552 | |||
| El Banco Hipotecario Mexicano, a specimen bond for 1000 pesos, 18- (circa 1880), from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, coat of arms and flags flanked by vignette of city by the sea and desert scene, blue and black, with coupons, small nick out of bottom edge, very fine. £100-150 |
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| 553 | |||
| Mexican General Land Mortgage and Investment Co. Ltd., a specimen Second Mortgage debenture, 189-, from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, Mexican eagle at top, horse and bull at either side, ornate border, black with blue underprint, with coupons, about extremely fine. £80-100 |
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| 554 | |||
| National Railroad Company of Mexico, First Consolidated Mortgage Gold Bond, $1000, 1902, 2 examples numbered M5712 and M6407, eagle at top left, green and black, with coupons, the latter with cut out of right edge, very fine. (2) £120-150 |
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| 554A | |||
| Compania Minera Borda Antigua y Anexas en Tlalpujahua S.A., a group of 163 certificates for 1 share of 50 pesos, Mexico 1912, ornate border, blue and black, impressed duty stamp, with coupons, almost extremely fine. (163) £200-300 |
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| 555 | |||
| Negociacion Minera de San Eligio o la Beneficiadora, a group of certificates for 1 tenth of 100 peso share, 1894, vignette of miner drilling underground at top centre, orange and black, with coupons, generally extremely fine. (117) £400-600 |
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| 556 | |||
| Real Del Monte Mining Company, certificate for subscription for a half-share, 1829, no. 1254, 4 pages, all installments paid, black, several embossed duty stamps, about very fine and a scarce early piece. £200-250 A large British company owning the famous silver mine in the State of Hidalgo employing some 350 Cornishmen. It was they who apparently introduced football to the country. British capital flowed into many South American countries following their Independence from their Spanish conquerors, some 300 or so companies formed during the 1820's alone Nicaragua |
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| 557 | |||
x Cukra River Planting Company Ltd., £4 share, 1914, no. 05, 651, green and yellow, ornate border with banana leaves, vignette with banana harvesting low centre, with coupons, together with certificates from French Indochine (5) and a group of specimen travellers cheques and certificates from the American Express Company (9) and a letter of credit of the Banco Delle Due Sicilie, 1815, very fine to extremely fine. (16) £60-80Panama |
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| 558 | |||
Cie Nouvelle du Canal de Panama, 100 franc share, 1894, no. 359665, attractive piece with large allegorical figures at left and right with steamship and steam train, green with pink underprint, with coupons, very fine and rare. £200-300Peru |
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| 559 | |||
| x Peruvian Mining Company, one share, London 1825, no. 4581, issued to David Barclay Chapman, Banker, ornate scrollwork at left, black printing, extremely fine. £120-150 |
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| 560 | |||
| Peruvian Transport Corporation Ltd., a large group of certificates comprising Class A shares of $5, 10 shares, blue (28), Class B shares of $1, 5 shares, purple, 25 shares, red, 50 shares, silver (11) and 100 shares, orange (313), all dated 1956, all endorsed by the holder on the reverse thus making them bearer, generally very fine and better. (354) £300-400 The Company was incorporated in Canada in 1955 to take over the share capital of the Peruvian Corporation which was registered in London in 1890. It was set up to cancel the country's external debt and enable the construction of railways. Name changed in 1958 to Peruvian Investment and Finance Ltd. and was dissolved in May 2003. Poyais |
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| 561 | |||
| Poyais, General Mortgage Loan of £200,000, £100 special bond, 1823, no. 603, large format, black and blue printing by Whiting with classic scrollwork design at top, coupons at either side, folds with some minor separation and some foxing, about very fine. £120-150 Poyais, Honduras, was given to Gregor MacGregor by the native ruler in 1820 and MacGregor proceeded to try to settle the land by financial enticements. Several loans were floated on the Stock Exchange to raise money for ships and infrastructure but all eventually failed. |
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| 562 | |||
| Poyaisian 3% Consolidated Stock, £1000 bond, 1827, no. 193, handsigned by Gregor MacGregor, coat of arms at top, pink and black, with coupons, split at folds with reinforcement on the reverse, about very fine and rare high denomination. £300-400 |
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| 563 | |||
Poyaisian Land Grant, certificate for 500 acres, class B, London 1834, handsigned by Gregor MacGregor, self styled 'Cacique of Poyais', large format, coat of arms at top, text in English and French, folded as usual but good very fine and better than average. £80-100Uruguay |
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| 564 | |||
Uruguay Central & Hygueritas Railway Co. of Monte Video Ltd., ordinary shares, a contemporary pull from the original plate for a Waterlow & Sons specimen book, 18- (circa 1890), scrollwork left with early steam train, blue and black, large Waterlow embossed seal, with counterfoil, extremely fine. £60-80UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
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| 565 | |||
| A small group of USA and other certificates, comprising American Express Company, unissued certificate for $100 shares, 185-; American Merchants Union Express Company, $100 shares, 186[9], signed by William Fargo; Confederate $1000 bond with view of Customs House, 1863; State of New York, $1000 bond, 1866; Peoples National Bank of Waterville, 1869; Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company, 1920; Spain, Companhia Hulleras de Ujo-Mieres, 5 shares of 25 pesetas, 1904, two large vignettes of coal miners; Panificadora Popular Madrilena, 100 peseta share, 1916, bakery, machines and allegorical figures, and others (6), generally very fine although the first two are a little stained as usual. (14) £160-180 |
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| 566 | |||
| A collection of American Railroad bonds, comprising Brooklyn and Brighton Beach Railroad Company, $1000, 1895; Reading, Lancaster & Southern RR Co., $1000, 1903; Tennessee North Eastern RR Co., $100, 1909; Lake Ontario Shore RR Co., $100 and $500; New York and Oswego Midland RR Co., $500 bonds for 2 different towns; Washington & Old Dominion Railway, $1000, 1911; Valdez, Marshall Pass and Northern RR Co., $1000, 1905; New York & New England RR Co., $1000, 1882; Syracuse Northern RR Co., $100 bonds for 2 different towns, and others (13), minor duplication, many very fine and a very useful lot. (25) £250-300 |
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| 567 | |||
| A collection of American Railroad certificates, minor duplication, dated from the 19th century through to the 1960's, a few unissued, many cancelled, mixed condition but many very fine. (131) £250-300 |
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| 568 | |||
| A large group of American certificates (91), mostly railways but including American Merchants Express Co., 1869, signed by William Fargo; an unissued American Express Company certificate, 185-; Oregon Steam navigation Comapny, 1874; American Austin car Company, 1930; Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. of America, 1913; State of South Carolina, issued $1000 bond, 1869 and 2 Confederate bonds for $100 and $1000, mixed condition but many very fine and better. (91) £300-400 |
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| 569 | |||
| A large group of American Railroad certificates (133), some unissued and some duplication, dated from the 1850's through to the 1950's, mixed condition but many are very fine and better. (133) £300-400 |
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| 569A | |||
| A large collection of American Railroad and other certificates, including American Merchants Union Express Co., 1869, signed by William Fargo (2 examples), many are 19th century with some unissued and some minor duplication but a generally interesting and varied lot, generally fine to very fine with many, expecially the uissued pieces, extremely fine. (212) £800-1,000 |
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| 570 | |||
x A good collection of British and British financed Companies operating in the United States, mostly mining and comprising Anglo-American Supply Stores Ltd., 1919; Anglo-Californian Gold Mining Company, 1852 and 1853; Appalachian Ltd., 1889; California Redwood Co., Ltd., preference shares, 1884 and ordinary shares, 1885; Consolidated Mining Co. Ltd., 1879; Davenport Mining Co. Ltd., 1874; De Lamar Co. Ltd., 1901; Eberhardt Co. Ltd., 1881; Exchequer Gold & Silver Mining Co. Ltd., 1880; Flagstaff District Silver Mining Co. Ltd., 1881; Fryer Hill Silver Mining Co. Ltd., 1887; Gold Co., 1875; Golden Gate of California Ltd., 1894 and 1898; Holcomb Valley Co. Ltd., 1896; Isabelle Gold & Silver Mining Co. Ltd., 1882; IXL Gold & Silver Mining Co. Ltd., 1874; Jumper Gold Syndicate California Ltd., 1900; Le Nouveau Monde, 1851 (2 signature varieties); Liberty Mining Co., 1852; London & Silverton Mining Co. Ltd., 1883; Lucky Guss Ltd., 1898; Magalia Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd., 1898; Mammoth-Collins Gold Mines Ltd., 1896; New Consolidated Mining Co. Ltd., 1886; New Gold Hill Co. Ltd., 1889; New Russell Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 1891; Nouveau Monde Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 1887; Pittsburgh Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd., 1888; Saturn Silver Mining Company of Utah Ltd., 1871; Silverton Mines Ltd., 1887; Star of Nevada Silver Mining Co. Ltd., 1872; Tecoma Silver Mining Co. Ltd., 1880 and Tuolumne Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 1870, many scarce pieces, mixed condition but mostly fine to very fine, some better. (36) £400-500Confederate States |
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| 571 | |||
| A group of 28 Confederate bonds, comprising Ball reference numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 87, 117, 124, 132, 165, 192, 201, 212, 221, 260, 265, 296, 303, 304, 309, 312, 313, 317, 323, 325, 327, 329 and 330, all with coupons, generally in very fine condition. (28) £400-600 |
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| 572 | |||
| Confederate States of America, Act of February 20th 1863, 7% Loan, bond for $1000, 1863, vignette of 'Stonewall' Jackson, black on pink paper, with red 3 line depositary overprint on face and signed by Edward Cross on the reverse, with coupons (Ball 248/252, number not conforming to data), very fine. £60-80 |
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| 573 | |||
| Confederate States of America, Act of February 20th 1863, a group of 8 bonds for $1000, redeemable 1st July 1868, vignette of General 'Stonewall' Jackson in centre, black on pink paper, with coupons, all folded but about very fine. (8) £150-180 |
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| 574 | |||
Confederate States of America, Act of February 17th, 1864, 4% Loan, bond 'Call certificate' for $100,000, no. 196, small format piece printed in black on pink paper (Ball 353), very fine and rare high denomination. £200-300Railroads |
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| 575 | |||
| Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway Co. of Iowa, a large group of certificates for 100 shares of $100 each, 187[dated 1880 to 1885] (86) and 18[dated 1895 and 1896] (55), allegorical female with beehive and agricultural implements, eagle at bottom, brown and black, glue residue at left and hole cancelled, otherwise mostly extremely fine. (141) £300-400 |
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| 576 | |||
| Gigante Mountain Tunnel & Railway Co. (AZ), certificates no's 86 and 88 each for 50,000 shares, 191[1], miners at work underground, green and black, gold seal; together with some interesting paperwork relating to the company and two prospectuses of the Intercontinental Railway Syndicate, which also held railway concessions in Mexico, very fine. (5) £60-80 |
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| 577 | |||
| Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Co., a pair of First Mortgage 5% bonds for $100, 1904, both of different design, numbered 35 and 31100, both with steam engine at top, green and black, with coupons, one design is recorded in Cox, the other not and the cataloguer is unable to explain why two different designs were issued, good very fine and better. (2) £60-80 |
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| 578 | |||
| Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Co., a good group of certificates for 10,000 shares, 19[23]- 1926[6], blue (6); 5000 shares, 19[24], mauve (1); 100 shares, 19[23] - 19[27]. green (17), two varieties of registrar included, and, 'less than 100 shares', 19[27] - 19[54], orange (41), also two varieties of registrar, all same design with steam train at right, hole cancelled, very fine to extremely fine. (65) £80-100 |
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| 579 | |||
| Richmond, Nicholasville, Irvine and Beattyville Railroad Co., Kentucky, First Mortgage 6% Gold bond for $1000, 1889, no. 2153, attractive piece by the Franklin Bank Note Co. with steam train at top, green and black, with coupons, NOT cancelled, trifolded but about extremely fine. £60-80 |
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| 580 | |||
Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw Railway Co., 7% First Mortgage bond, Burlington Division, $1000, 1871, no. 55, large format piece with steam train crossing bridge, black, green $1000 in underprint, $1 imprinted revenue stamp in orange-brown, red overprint, with coupons, a little toned, slightly brittle with some chipping at top left corner, very fine. £80-100Mining, Commercial & Industrial |
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| 581 | |||
| Alaska United Gold Mining Company, certificate for 5 shares of $5, 1895, no. 654, miners at work lower centre, ornate border, green and black, with coupons, British impressed revenue stamp, good very fine. £60-80 |
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| 582 | |||
| Albion Gold Mining Company, 50 shares of £1, on the Cost Book system, [1853], no. 57, scrollwork at left, black printing, on linen, embossed seal depicting a bear, very minor toning, about extremely fine. £60-80 |
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| 583 | |||
| The Coca-Cola Company, certificate of purchase of class 'A' stock, January 1929, no. 5619, ornate border, blue and black, small hole cancels over signatures, about extremely fine. £80-100 |
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| 584 | |||
| Florida Cocoanut Plantation Co., $5 shares, Portland 18[87], no. 59, vignette of Florida coastline with palm trees, ornate border, black on blue paper, good very fine. £60-80 |
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| 585 | |||
| Harney Peak Consolidated Tin Co. Ltd., £20 shares, 189[0], no. 54, signed by Edward Baring-Gould as director and issued to Hebry Riversdale Grenfell, blue, together with 3 different certificates of Morgan Grenfell & Co. Ltd., 2 of which are signed by E.C. Grenfell, another member of the well known banking family, all with ornate borders, all are toned from prior framing, the last 3 with filing holes at top, very fine. (4) £80-100 |
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| 586 | |||
| North American mining certificates comprising, Wild Horse Gold Mining Co. (British Columbia), $1 shares, 1[897]; Anglo-Californian Gold Mining Co., 185[2]; England's Premier Cobalt Mining Co. Ltd., 1907; Tonopah Divide Mining Co., 1923; New Tonopah Dividend Mining Co., 1925 and North Butte Mining Co., 1916, the last three are cancelled, generally very fine and better. (6) £50-60 |
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| 587 | |||
| Philadephia and Lancaster Turnpike Road, certificate no. 809 for one share, 179[7] (probably an error and should read 1795 signed by William Bingham as President, vignette of wagon and horses approaching toll gate, black printing, on vellum, transfers on reverse to 1899, tri-folded as usual, good very fine. £300-400 |
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| 588 | |||
| Philadephia and Lancaster Turnpike Road, certificate no. 808 for one share, 179[5], signed by William Bingham as President, vignette of wagon and horses approaching toll gate, black printing, on vellum, transfers on reverse to 1899, tri-folded as usual, good very fine. £300-400 |
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| 589 | |||
| Philadephia and Lancaster Turnpike Road, certificate no. 868 for one share, 179[5], signed by William Bingham as President, vignette of wagon and horses approaching toll gate, black printing, on vellum, transfers on reverse to 1899, vellum a little uneven thickness, tri-folded as usual, good very fine. £300-400 |
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| 590 | |||
| Philadephia and Lancaster Turnpike Road, certificate no. 984 for one share, 179[5], signed by William Bingham as President, vignette of wagon and horses approaching toll gate, black printing, on vellum, transfers on reverse to 1899, tri-folded as usual, good very fine. £300-400 |
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| 591 | |||
| Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road, one share, Philadelphia 179[6], no. 1155, signed by Israel Whelen as President, wagon and horses approach toll house and gates, black printing on vellum, embossed seal, lightly toned, 2 folds as usual, very fine. £300-400 |
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| 592 | |||
| Powder River Cattle Co. Ltd., £5 ordinary shares, 188[2], number 94, signed by Lord Manchester as Director, black and red, embossed seal, printed by Waterlow Brothers & Layton, creased, about very fine. £60-80 |
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| 593 | |||
| Santa Ana Mining Company (AZ), $100 founders share, 1[898], no. 1161, lovely multicoloured coat of arms with flags of the United States and Mexico, black with yellow underprint, gold seal, extremely fine. £60-80 |
| 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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