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Bonds and Share Certificates of the World (Sale 14016)
Auctioneer: Spink Location: 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET
Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066
Date: 30th May 2014 Time: 10:00AM
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Thursday 29 May 2014 10.00 am to 5.00 pm
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Collections and Lots

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An accumulation of modern Banking certificates, from the 1950's and 60's, including Bank of London & South America Ltd, Barclays Bank D.C.O., Martins Bank Ltd., National Provincial Bank Ltd., The Royal Bank of Scotland, The Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd, The Standard Bank Ltd., The English, Scottish and Australian Bank Ltd., National and Grindlays Bank Ltd., Midland Bank Ltd, and Westminster Bank Ltd., condition generally very fine and better. (qty) £100-150
2
A nice group of British registered certificates (15), including Temoh Gold Hills Ltd., 189[1]; Mauritius Gas Co. Ltd., 188[3]; South Africa, English Brewery Co. Ltd., 1861, two examples; East Indian Junction Railway Co., 18[47]; Bohemian Coal Mining Co. Ltd., 1858; Totumo Alluvial Gold Co. Ltd., 18[97]; Kadur Mysore Mines Ltd., 190[2]; Nigeria & West Africa Development Syndicate Ltd., 190[5], and others, mostly West African, generally very fine or thereabouts. (15) £120-140
3
A quantity of certificates and insurance receipts, including Consolidated 3% annuities, 1805 to 1831 (6 examples); London General Cab Co. Ltd., 187[7]; Australia, Union Jack Consolidated Mines Ltd., [1900], Union Jack flag at top; Cia de Salitres y Ferrocarril de Agua Santa, £10 shares, 18[1904], 5 examples; Elder, Dempster & Co. Ltd., 19[19]; Bank of England, 2 certificates for the purchase of Government Annuities, 182[5] and 183[0], scarce; Russian bonds (10); Brazil Great Southern Railway Co. Ltd., £100 debentures, 189[8], 10 examples, and others, mainly insurance premium receipts and a few Japanese invasion notes, mixed condition but many are fine and very fine. (lot) £120-150
4
Tustanovice Petroleum Ltd., certificate for 5 £1 preference shares to bearer, 19[08], no.14108, decorative piece with 'mosaic' decoration, blue and green, with coupons, together with 17 more European certificates including, Tramway & Chemin de Fer Electriques de Rome-Civita Castellana-Viterbe, 100 francs, 1911; Lloyd Bank, 1923, and, Cie Gen. d'Omnibus et d'Autobus de Constantinople, generally very fine. (18) £120-150
5
La Plata Electric Tramways Co. Ltd., £1 preference shares, 19[09] and 19[12], ornate border, green, together with Capitol Freehold Land & Investment Co. Ltd., pair of certificates for ordinary and deferred ordinary shares, both 189[3], owned the huge XIT ranch in Texas; British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., 5 1/2% preference stock, various dates 1935 to 1940 (6 examples), printed by Waterlow; other certificates (90), mostly modern, and a quantity of Manaos Improvements Ltd., £100 debentures, 1908 (25) and £20 debentures, 191[0] (32), large format, with coupons, the first 4 are fine, the rest mainly very fine and better. (158) £120-150
6
A group of Bonds and Share certificates and miscellaneous documents, from many countries, including Consolidated £3 per Cent Annuities, 1838; New £3 10s per Cent Annuities, 1838; Brand Waarborg Maatschappij "Nederlandsch Indie", Batavia 1863; Canada: Northern Light Power & Coal Co. Ltd., $100 bond, 1909; Bolivia, 1870 Internal Loan, unissued bonds for 100, 500 and 1000 pesos; Companhia dos Alcools de Portugal, 1888; Prue Hravatske Stedionice, Zagreb 1922; France, Le Diable, Fumivores - Aspirateurs - Ventilateurs, 1929 (2 examples); Lisbon Steam Tramways Co. Ltd., £100 debenture, 1873; Australia, The Millionaire Ltd., 1901; Counties of Hungary Sterling Loan, £100, 1927; F.C.Metropolitano de Barcelona, 1922 and others (19), mixed condition, fine to very fine, some better. (34) £150-200
7
A group of British and British Colonial registered certificates (56), a few 19th century but mostly 1900 to 1930's, including Bultfontein Diamond Mines Ltd., 1896, Brazil Great Southern Railway Co. Ltd., 1891, and Egyptian Delta Light Railways Ltd., debenture, 1897, a little duplication, mostly very fine or thereabouts. (56) £150-200
8
A large group of modern British certificates (367), mostly 1920's to 1960's covering a number of industries including; London Stockholders Investment Trust Ltd., 1929, Fellows Manufacturing Co. Ltd., 1929, Anglo-South American Bank Ltd., 1930, British American Tobacco Co. Ltd., 1953, Royal Exchange Assurance, 1959, and Derbyshire Stone Ltd., 1965, some duplication, mostly very fine or thereabouts. (367) £150-200
9
A group of British and British Colonial registered certificates (73), a few 19th century but mostly 1900 to 1930's, including London Rice Mill Co. Ltd., 1866 (2), Compagnie Anglaise des Engrais Ltd., 1873 (2), Rio Grande Irrigation & Land Co. Ltd., 1898, Anglo-Belgian Tanning Co. Ltd., 1899, New Novelty Newspaper Co. Ltd., 1894 (4), Hutti (Nizam's) Gold Mines Ltd., 1904, Simpson's Lever Chain (Foreign & Canadian) Ltd., 1896, British Honduras Co. Ltd., 1864, Salford & Irwell Rubber Co. Ltd., 1886, Hop Bitters Co. Ltd., 1887, Tinplate Decorating Co. Ltd., 1890 (2), some duplication, mostly very fine or thereabouts. (73) £250-300

AFRICA

Congo
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Les Produits de Mayombe S.A., 100 franc share, 1899, no.6075, very striking design of natives, narrow gauge railway, native weapons and encampment, blue, yellow underprint, good very fine. £40-50
11
S.A. La Lulonga, dividend share to bearer, 1898, no.0062, vignette of river and dwellings, large palm trees, black with pink underprint, together with; Societe Anversoise du Commerce au Congo, bearer share without par value, 1897, no.4849, brown; Anglo-African Produce Company S.A., ordinary shares, no.231, and others (4), about very fine to extremely fine. (7) £80-100
12
S.A. Belge des Verreries Coloniales, 100 franc share, not dated but circa 1898, no.1036, intricate illustration of bare breasted woman dressed in pearls/beads looking into mirror, ornate headdress at bottom, beadwork style border, olive green, hand stamps on face, with coupons, good very fine. £150-180
13
Société Equatoriale Congolaise (Ikelemba), a tenth of a preference share of 500 francs, Anvers 1900, no.2409, attractive piece with native hut, river boat and palm trees, blue and red with yellow underprint, with coupons, extremely fine. £60-80

Ethiopia
14
Plantations d'Abyssinie, 1 share (of no par value), Brussels 1927, no.14925, ornate border, red and dark green, endorsements on face, with coupons, extremely fine. £60-80

Mozambique
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A nice collection of East African/Mozambique certificates (22), comprising Delagoa Bay and East African Railway Ltd., 189[6]; Beira Post Ltd., 1[899]; Mapootaland Syndicate Ltd., 18[88]; Pardy's Mozambique Syndicate Ltd., 1895; Gold Fields of Mozambique Ltd., 18[94]; Portuguese Manica Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 25 shares, 1899, 10 shares, 1901, 5 shares and 10 shares, 1905; Beira Junction Railway (Port Beira to Fontesville) Ltd., 1895; Mozambique Macequece Ltd., 190[3]; Companhia Agricola do Moribane, 1900, two types; Companhia de Mossamedes, 1927, two types; Cie d'Inhambane, 1899; Chemin de Fer de Beira au Zambeze, 1898, and, Companhia de Mocambique, 5 different types, 1895-1928, the majority very fine, some better. (22) £150-200
16
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

Portuguese Africa
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Companhia de Cabinda S.A., certificate for 10 shares, made out to 'bearer', 1918, no.336071-336080, ornate border including large vignette of native with fruit, winged helmet of Mercury and mining tools at top corners, green, together with L'Africaine Portugaise S.A., two pieces, bearer share without par value, no.3223, green and 250 franc share, no.2027, red, both with coupons, and Companhia de Navegacao S.A., certificate for 5 shares, 1928, no.30856-30860, colourful piece with illustrative border, vignette of ships at port at top and coastal scenes in bottom corners, orange, pink and green predominantly, very fine and better. (4) £60-80

Rhodesia
18
British South Africa Company, £1 shares, a specimen certificate, from the Bradbury Wilkinson archive, capital £1,000,000, circa 1890, arms of the company in centre, black and pink, small hole cancels, with counterfoil, small mark at bottom left, extremely fine. £60-80
19
British South Africa Company, SPECIMEN mortgage debenture bond for £1000, from the Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. archive, circa 1890, not numbered, attractive ornate border with vignettes depicting coat of arms, wagons, steam engine and natives, underprint vignette of elephant and ostriches at river, black with green underprint, with all coupons, good extremely fine. £100-120
20
Roan Antelope Copper Mines Ltd., a set of bearer warrants for 1, 5 and 25 shares of 5/-, [1936] and [1935], lovely vignette of the mine, ornate border, printed by Waterlow & Sons, brown, green and red respectively, with coupons, very fine and scarce. (3) £80-100

Senegal
21
S.A. Agricole de Sébikhotane (Sénégal), 50 franc ordinary share, Schaerbeek-Bruxelles 1899, no.2496, very attractive piece with farmhouse, cattle, horses and workers at bottom, steam ploughs at top, green and yellow, with coupons, extremely fine. £80-100

South Africa
22
General Post Office, Cape Town, Savings Bank Certificate, £100, 18- (1889), comprising a paste-up of a new design printed in black on blue paper and a final specimen but the printing is now in blue and the paper white, together with correspondence with the printers De La Rue, all tipped together along one edge, very fine and an interesting lot. (2) £60-80
23
Johannesburg City and Suburban Tramway Co. Ltd., a specimen certificate for 5 shares of £1, London 189-, printed by Blades, East & Blades, large format piece with horse drawn tram at top, street scene at bottom, ornate border, blue and black with pink underprint, with coupons, almost extremely fine and scarce. £100-120
24
Commercial & Agricultural Bank of Natal, 5 shares of £5, third issue, Durban 186[5], no.12147-12151, arms and stylised dophins at left, black on grey-green paper, numerous endorsements on face regarding repayment of shares, ragged bottom edge and tear at top edge, fine to very fine. £80-100
25
The Union Bank, £5 shares, Cape Town 18[88], no.181, ornate border, black, adhesive revenue stamps on reverse, tiny spot marks at bottom left, very fine;, together with City Steam Laundry Co. Ltd., £5 shares, Cape Town 18[78], black; English Brewery Co. Ltd., £3 share, 1861, no.374, black, and, Cape of Good Hope Food Supply Association Ltd., 1 share, 188[2], no.315, black, and Malmesbury Steam Transport Co. Ltd., £10 share, 187[1], no.206, black, printed in Malmesbury, together with other South African certificates, Bot River Motor Transport & Trading Co. Ltd., 192[47]; Deer Park Ltd., £1 shares, 19[02], and other countries (14), fine to very fine, a few are laminated. (21) £80-100
Footnote: Established in Cape Town in 1847. Failed in 1890.
26
French Rand Gold Mining Co. Ltd., a group of certificates for 25 shares of £1, 190[2], consecutively numbered 1256 through 1266 and 1276 and 1301, very attractive piece with female head at top, ornate border, blue and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with coupons, very fine to extremely fine. (13) £120-150
27
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) £80-100
Footnote: Floated in September 1886, owned 60 claims, about 40 miles east of Barberton.
28
Nationale Boeren Handels Vereeniging, certificate for one share of £10, Pretoria 18[84], no.1652, small arms at top, black, red endorsement at left, very fine and scarce Dutch language certificate. £60-80
29
Rietkuil Gold Mines Ltd., a specimen certifcate for 5 shares of £1, London 189-, from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, cherub at top, ornate border, red and black, with coupons, annotation at top, regarding different colour underprints, good very fine. £60-80
30
St. Augustine's Diamond Mine Ltd., certificate for £1 shares, 188[9], no.5601, black, together with other African Mining certificates comprising; Collis Diamond Syndicate Ltd, 190[6] (3 examples); New Transvaal Gold Farms Ltd, 1905 (4); Transvaal Inhambane Oil Wells Ltd, 19[05]; Roodepoort United Main Reef Gold Mining Co. Ltd, 189[9]; New Inkerman Mines Ltd, 19[01]; Western Rand Estates Ltd, 19[16] (4 examples); Sabie (Transvaal) Gold Mining Co. Ltd, 192[5]; Marlu Gold Mining Areas Ltd, 19[34]; British South Africa Company, [1960]; Simmer Deep Ltd, 190[7]; Bibiani Ltd, 190[9]; Kenya Consolidated Goldfields Ltd, [1936]; Gold Coast Rubber and Mahogany Estates Ltd, 19[10]; Prestea Block A Ltd, [1917]; Nigerian Base Metals Corporation Ltd, 19[29]; West African Mahogany Co. Ltd, 19[34]; Broomassie Mines Ltd, 19[10]; Akrokerri (Ashanti) Mines Ltd, [1908]; various option certificates (5), generally fine to very fine, some better. (36) £120-150
31
Treasury Gold Mines Ltd., a specimen 6% debenture for £100, London 1898, from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, allegorical figures at top, red and black, with coupons, good very fine. £60-80
32
Turffontein Gold Mining Co. Ltd., £1 vendor's shares, Johannesburg 18[87], no.0284, issued to E.J. Pullinger and signd by him on the reverse, also signed by J. Pullinger as a director, ornate border, black, very fine. £60-80

Tunisia
33
Credit Foncier de Tunisie, 'titre de privelage', circa 1890, no.3544, attractive piece with large building bottom centre, Arab smoking a long pipe at left, girl carrying water jug at right, signed by the artist Louis Poyet, black, blue underprint, about extremely fine. £80-100
34
Credit Foncier de Tunisie S.A., 'titre de privilege', no.27, ornate border, vignettes of native men and woman, building in centre, black with blue underprint, together with other pieces from french north Africa; S.A. Des Mines de Plomb & de Zinc du Djebel Oudiba, 100 franc share, 1924, no.008916, brown and green, with coupons, Societe des Mines de Guelma, 250 franc share, 1905, no.0982, blue, with coupons, Societe du Gaz d'Alcool & des Distilleries du Sahel S.A., 100 franc preference share, 19[10], no.0830, ornate border, brown, with coupons, and Societe Algerienne de Materiel Agricole, 100 franc share, 1925, no.17820, ornate illustrated border, blue and green, with coupons, the first with tear at bottom edge, otherwise very fine. (5) £100-120

MIDDLE EAST
35
Certificates from the Middle East (3), comprising Jewish Colonial Trust Ltd., one share, 1[903], 4 vignettes in each corner, tear at top edge; Government of Morocco, 4% Loan, 1914, bond for 500 francs, large format piece with vignettes around border of ancient buildings, and, Soc. Egyptienne de Ciment Portland Tourah-Le Caire, 10 shares, 1927, very pretty piece with Egyptian motifs and winged bird at top, multicoloured, generally very fine. (3) £60-80

Egypt
36
Egyptian Ministry of Finance, a sole bill of exchange for 97,500 piastres, 2nd January 1864, payable on the 1st April 1865, large format, text in French, Arabic and English, signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Cairo, black on grey paper, endorsements on reverse, an excellent example of Egyptian short term borrowing, very fine. £80-100
37
Egyptian Ministry of Finance, a sole bill of exchange for 195,000 piastres, 5th January 1864, payable on the 1st April 1865, large format, text in French, Arabic and English, signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Cairo, black on grey paper, endosed on reverse, an excellent example of Egyptian short term borrowing, very fine. £80-100
38
Egyptian Ministry of Finance, a sole bill of exchange for 77, 150 piastres, 2nd January 1864, payable on the 1st August 1865, large format, text in French, Arabic and English, signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Cairo, black on grey paper, endorsements on reverse, an excellent example of Egyptian short term borrowing, very fine. £80-100
39
A small collection of Egyptian certificates (15), comprising Chemins de Fer de la Basse-Egypte, 3 different certificates, 500 franc preference shares 1896 and 1912 and dividend share 1896; Soc. Generale des Sucreries et de la Raffinerie d'Egypte, founders share, Cairo 1897; Soc. Nationale de Transport et de Tourisme "Karnak", E£4 share, 1946, vignette of monument at top; Monts-de-Piete Egyptiens, 625 franc share, Paris 1934; Credit Foncier Egyptien, 250 franc bond, Cairo 1911; S.A.Egyptienne Carba, E£4 share, 1949; Co. Generale Egyptienne des Petroles "COGEP", 1940; Soc. Egyptienne D'Ameublement Krieger, Cairo 1923; Egyptian Perla Marble Co., Cairo 1931; Modern Buildings, specimen for 25 shares, Alexandria 1945; Comptoir Financier et Commercial d'Egypte, provisional certificate and Soc. Belge-Egyptienne de L'Ezbekieh, ordinary and preference shares of 500 francs, 1899, generally very fine to extremely fine. (15) £60-80
40
A small collection of British financed companies in Egypt, comprising Egyptian Commercial and trading Co. Ltd., 1865; Bank of Egypt Ltd., 1902; Egyptian Enterprise and development Co., 1906; Egyptian Cotton Mills Ltd., 1900; Egyptian Improvements Corporation, 1906; Commercial and Estates Company of Egypt Late S. Karam & Freres, 1904, and Land Bank of Egypt, founders share, 1905 and an unissued ordinary share, circa 1905, mostly decorative pieces, some with coupons, generally very fine, some better. (8) £100-120
41
Agricultural Bank of Egypt, SPECIMEN certificate for £10 preference share, 1904, no number, attractive piece with vignette in centre of title depicting agricultural workings, ornate border, green and black, printed by Bradbury Wilkinson & Co., with coupons, extremely fine. £60-80
42
Bank of Egypt Ltd., £25 shares, 190[6], no.4308; together with Egyptian Estates Ltd., 2 certificates for deferred shares, 190[5] and [6], ornate borders, rare type; Egyptian Estates Ltd., 100 shares of £1, 19[06], vignettes of camels and riders and the Khedive; Suez Oil Co (1915) Ltd., 10/- shares, 19[20], printed by Waterlow & Sons; and other world certificates (85) including Australia, Brilliant Block Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 1914; Consolidated Gold Fields of South Africa Ltd., 1948 and Burma Mines Development and Agency Ltd., 1905, some duplication, mainly very fine. (90) £150-200
43
Boulangerie Mecanique Hygienique d'Egypte, 100 franc share, Alexandria 1899, no.4591, very attractive piece with workers in field, river boat and well, brown, with coupons, together with other French financed Egyptian companies (4), comprising Soc. Gen. des Sucreries et de la Raffinerie d'Egypte, 1897; Soc. Fonciere du Domaine de Cheikh Fadl, 1938; Soc. Cooperative de Consommation des Fonctionnaires du Gouvernement, 1910 and Soc. Egyptienne d'Entreprises Urbaines & Rurales, 1905, cancelled, very fine and better. (5) £80-100
44
Egyptian Delta Land and Investment Co. Ltd., a group of three specimen bearer warrants for 5, 25 and 50 shares of £1 each, from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, 19- (annotation for 1906), ornate border, blue, brown and red respectively, numbered 00000, with coupons, extremely fine. (3) £80-100
45
Egyptian Estates Ltd., a set of 4 certificates for 10, 25, 50 and 100 ordinary shares of £1, 19[05] or 19[06], camels and riders at bottom, Khedive at top left, orange, pink, brown and blue respectively, with coupons, fine to very fine. (4) £80-100
46
Fayoum Light Railways Co., 4% debenture for £20, Cairo 1899, steam train at bottom stylised bird at top, Egyptian figures at sides, green, with coupons, together with other transport related pieces (4) comprising Chemins de Fer de la Basse-Egypte 500 francs share 1896, another dated 1912 and a 250 franc bond dated 1934, S.A. des Tramways du Caire, 1927, generally very fine and better. (5) £60-80
47
Fayoum Light Railways Co., a group of 5 x 4% debentures for £20, Cairo 1899, steam train at bottom stylised bird at top, Egyptian figures at sides, green, with coupons, generally very fine and better. (5) £100-120
48
Societe Fonciere du Domaine de Cheikh Fadl, a series of certificates comprising 1 share of £4, 1938 (14), 1945 (1), 5 shares of £4, 1938 (10), large format with agricultural scenes and workers with camel, green and yellow respectively, with coupons, mostly perforated cancelled, generally very fine and better. (25) £60-80
49
S.A. des Tramways du Caire, 10 'parts sociales', Brussels 1968, no.53851-53860, ornate border, brown, blue underprint, with coupons, extremely fine. £60-80
50
Sednaoui Zariffa Nahas & Co. Ltd., bearer warrant for 10 deferred shares of 1/-, 190-, a specimen certificate from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archives, vignette of palm trees and pyramid, text in English and French, red and black, with coupons, printers annotation for 1907 at top edge, small ink mark at top left edge, extremely fine. £60-80

Ottoman Empire
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
Bonds and Share Certificates of the World (Sale 14016)
Auctioneer: Spink Location: 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET
Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066
Date: 30th May 2014 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Viewing:
Thursday 29 May 2014 10.00 am to 5.00 pm
and during the sale
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