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| 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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| Auction Lots - Page 5 | |||
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| Garibaldi Gold & Antimony Mining Company Ltd., £1 shares, 18[96], 2 examples, no.58 and no.57, ornate border, purple, together with 11 more Australasian mining certificates comprising: Lake View & Boulder Junction Gold Mines Ltd., £1 shares, 189[9], no.3555, brown; Progress Mines of New Zealand Ltd., £1 shares, 190[1], no.1278, blue; North Boulder Gold Mining Company Ltd., two certificates for 10 shilling shares, 189[9], no.8592 and 8690, blue; Oriental Extended Gold Mines Ltd., three certificates for 5 shilling shares, 1903, black; Great Lucknow Consols Ltd., £1 shares, 190[1], no.7482, green; Associated Financial Corporation Ltd., 5 shilling shares, 190[3], no.3701, black; Mount Morgan Developments Ltd., certificate for 100 shares of 2 shillings each, 19[35], no.4075, black/green; Colonial Proprietary Company Ltd., 5 shilling shares, 19[37], no.2480, green, condition generally very fine. (13) £200-250 |
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| 202 | |||
| Lake Bathurst Australasian Gold Mining Co., a pair of certificates for 10 and 50 shares of £1, fully paid, undated but circa 1851, numbered 8121-8130 and 34201-34250 respectively, a little ink smudging, fine to very fine and scarce. (2) £100-150 |
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| 203 | |||
| Mount Costigan Lead & Silver Mining Co. Ltd., a small group, £1 shares, 188[8] and 188[9], some with capital of £37,500 crossed out and revised capital of £75,000 stamped above, fully paid-up, black with pink underprint (8), others have capital of 75,000 printed, part paid, overstamped with fully paid-up, black with green underprint (11), many have hand stamps on face and hand written markings, fine to very fine. (19) £200-300 |
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| 204 | |||
| Mount Perry Copper Mining Co. Ltd., £1 shares, fully paid-up, 187[3] to 187[5], numbered between 1105 and 1267 (14 examples), red, embossed seals, generally very fine. £200-250 |
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| 205 | |||
| New Pinnacle Group Silver Mining Co., a group of 25 certificates for 10 shilling shares, part paid, 189[7], nos.361-387 (some missing from sequence), maroon (24), and 10 shilling shares, fully paid-up, 189[7], no.5, red, hand stamp at top right (1), generally very fine and better. (25) £300-400 |
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| 206 | |||
| New Victory Tin Mining Company Ltd., £1 shares, 188[8], no.22, black with orange underprint, over stamped 'paid up' in centre, together with Stannary Tin Mining Co. Ltd., £1 shares, part paid, 18[88], no.87, black with red underprint, embossed seal and hand stamp to right side, both about extremely fine. (2) £60-80 |
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| 207 | |||
| North Rhine Copper Mining Company of South Australia, five shares of £1 each, part paid, 185[8], no.9763, coat of arms under title, black, together with Great Northern Copper Mining Company of South Australia, five shares of £2 each, part paid, 1859, no.10522, decorative title, coat of arms under, green, and Paramatta Copper Mines Ltd., five shares of £1, warrant to bearer, 19[06], no.2428, decorative border, brown, text in English and French, revenue stamp to left side, with coupons, the first two with heavy creasing, about very fine, the latter very fine. £100-120 |
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| 208 | |||
| Peel River Land & Mineral Co. Ltd. (New South Wales), £5 share, fully paid-up, 1857 (7 examples), decorative title, black on blue-grey paper, embossed seal at bottom right corner, very fine to extremely fine. (7) £150-200 |
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| 209 | |||
| Port Phillip Gold Company Ltd., 5 shilling shares, 18[89], no.535, scrollwork at left, blue, printed by Waterlow & Sons, together with four more Victoria Mining certificates comprising; Hepburn Alluvial Mining Co. Ltd., 2 shilling shares, 190[4], no.1749, red; Loddon Valley Goldfields Ltd., £1 shares, 190[6], no.2650, blue/grey; London & Globe Deep Leads Assets Ltd., 4 shilling shares, [1903], no.1757, black, and; Toora Proprietary Tin Fields Ltd., 5 shilling shares, 191[3], no.381, ornate border with scrollwork, red, generally very fine or thereabouts. (5) £80-100 |
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| 210 | |||
| Rawsthorne's Gold Mining Co. Ltd., three certificates for £1 shares, part paid, 18[72], no.48, 49 and 50, decorative scrollwork to left, black with green underprint, pin holes at top left corners, otherwise about extremely fine. (3) £100-150 |
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| 211 | |||
| Société Forestière Franco-Australienne, a group of 39 certificates for 100 franc shares, Paris 192[1], floral border, photographic vignettes of felled trees and sheep, steamship in centre, turquoise and black, all with coupons, generally extremely fine but a few with edge damage. (39) £200-300 Footnote: A French Company operating in Western Australia. New Zealand |
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| 212 | |||
Golden Pah (Hauraki) Ltd., bearer certificate for 25 shares of 2/6d each, 189[6], no.112, ornate border, mauve, text in English and French, with coupons, together with Tararu Creek Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 10 shilling shares, 189[7], no.641, ornate border, blue, stamped fully paid, and Blagroves Freehold Gold Mining Co. Ltd., shares for 2/6d each, fully paid, 189[6], no.2682, decorative title and ornate border, scrollwork at left, blue, the first almost extremely fine, others about very fine. (3) £80-100CANADA |
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| 213 | |||
| Anglo-Canadian Timber Company of British Columbia Ltd., a group of 6% debentures for £20 (10), £50 (9) and £100 (10), 19[11], large format pieces with vignette of horses dragging logs away from steam saw, ornate borders, green, red and brown with various colour underprints, with coupons, generally extremely fine. (29) £300-400 |
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| 214 | |||
| Fraudulent Claim of Hereditary Lands of Nova Scotia, un-issued bearer certificate for £20, 184[-], decorative piece with Royal Coat of Arms and Arms of the Alexander's of Menstrie, black, extremely fine. £150-200 Alexander Humphrys claimed he was the descendant of Sir William Alexander of Menstrie who was granted a large part of Nova Scotia in Canada by King Charles I in the 1630's. These shares were floated to finance this fraudulent claim, falsely involving the Bank of Scotland |
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| 215 | |||
| Inverness Railway and Coal Company, 5% first mortgage Gold Bonds for $500, 1902 (2), vignette of steam train at top, green, with coupons, together with a large accumulation of other certificates, some duplication including; Magyar Városi Bank Részvénytársaság, 1923; "Unican" Société Anonyme á Bruxelles, 1911 (some only fine); British Canadian Lumber Corporation Ltd., 19[11/12]; Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada, 191[7]; Chicago Railway Terminal Elevator Company, 1895; Deli-Batavia Company, 1921; Brazil Railway Company, 19[12]; Rubber Company of Malay, 19[26]; Bintan Rubber Estste Ltd, 19[27]-19[30]; Pahang Consolidated Company Ltd, 19[37]-19[38]; Loengoer (Java) Rubber Ltd, 19[25]; Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico, 1914; North Utah Mining Co. of Bingham, 19[06]; Grigsby-Grunow Company, [1932]; Tientsin-Pukow Railway, 1938; Mexnorwest Holding Company Ltd, [1930]; Mount Pleasant Resources Inc., [1986]; Consolidated Paper Corporation Ltd, [1937]; Greek Government Loan of 1928, 1933; Donohoe Kelly Banking Company, 19[29]; Compagnie Universelle de Canal Interoceanique de Panama, 1888 (these only fine), generally very fine or better unless stated. £120-150 |
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| 216 | |||
Northern Light, Power & Coal Co. Ltd., a group of 10 certificates for 10 shares of $10 each, 19[09], lovely vignette of river and city scene with numerous factories, green, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with coupons, very fine to extremely fine. (10) £80-100EUROPEAustria |
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| 217 | |||
An interesting group of Austrian and Austro-Hungarian Empire certificates, including Ersten Donau-Dampfschiffahrts-Ges., 1926; Schieferol-Industrie-A-G, 1921; Ver. Drogen-Grosshandlungen G & R Fritz-Pezoldt & Suss, 1922; Hofherr-Schrantz-clayton-Shuttleworth-Landwirtschaftliche Maschinen-Fabrik, 1926; Ersten Brunner Maschinen Fabriks-Ges., 1937, and others including State Loans, Ralways etc. (23), generally about very fine, several better. (28) £80-100Belgium |
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| 218 | |||
| Compagnie des Installations Maritimes de Bruges S.A., 500 franc bond, Bruges 1909, no.4869, a beautiful certificate with three views of the city, coat of arms and winged allegorical female holding a large anchor, plan of the docks below, brown and blue, with coupons, uncancelled, extremely fine £60-80 |
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| 219 | |||
| Compagnie des Installations Maritimes de Bruges S.A., 500 franc preference share to bearer, 1904, no.4382, attractive piece with full colour vignette depicting winged female on an anchor with column to right, smaller vignettes in border of landmarks and underprint of port at bottom, with coupons, together with Societe Belge D'Appareillage Electrique et Industriel A.E.I., 500 franc bearer share, 1928, no.6362, ornate border with vignettes of factory, winged wheels and columns, blue and yellow, with coupons and, Compagnie Minere et Metallurgique de la Haute-Italie, certificate for 4 shares of 125 francs each, 1906, no.7869-7872, ornate border, green with yellow underprint, with coupons (detached), very fine to extremely fine. (3) £60-80 |
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| 220 | |||
| Le Combat Naval, 50 franc share, Brussels 1899, no.17422, very attractive piece with naval battle at bottom, warship at right, sailor to the left, blue, with coupons, extremely fine. £60-80 |
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| 221 | |||
| Société Anonyme des Usines Delin, 100 franc preference share, Louvain 1898, no.5468, very attractive piece with vignettes of automobile and cyclists at bottom, wheel and coat of arms at top left, green and pink, with coupons; together with Cie. Parisienne des Voitures Electriques (Procedes Krieger), preference share, Paris 1900, vignettes of early motor vehicles at left, brown and yellow, with coupons, very fine and extemely fine. (2) £80-100 |
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| 222 | |||
Trust Colonial S.A., a group of 38 certificates for 100 franc share, Brussels 1899, together with one dividend share, 1899, allegorical figures, red, the dividend share, turquoise, all with coupons, generally very fine to extremely fine. (39) £80-100Bulgaria |
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| 223 | |||
| Kingdom of Bulgaria, 7 1/2% Stabilisation Loan of 1928, bond for $1000, no. 6530, vignette of allegorical female at top, mauve and black, printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., with coupons, heavy centre fold with slight splits at end, fine to very fine and scarce. £60-80 |
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| 224 | |||
| Assenovetz Fabrique de Biere, 1000 leva share, Sliven 1921, no.1096, attractive design with hops at either side, ornate border, text in Bulgarian and French, with coupons, about extremely fine. £50-60 |
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| 225 | |||
| Banque de Rose S.A., 100 Leva share, Sofia 1917, no.21421, large ornate piece with vignettes of peasants, picking crops, distillery and river scenes, blue with salmon pink underprint, adhesive revenue stamp, no coupons, very fine. £120-150 |
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| 226 | |||
| Fabriques de Tabas Reunies Plovdiv, one share of 100 levas, plovdiv 1912, no.46, 597, large format piece in Art Nouveau style with Queen in the centre, scrollwork border, text in Bulgarian and French, brown and black, with coupons, centre fold with some foxing, a few chips around the edges, fine but scarce. £80-100 |
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| 227 | |||
| Napredek Bank, 100 leva share, 1918, no.061272, attractive piece with allegorical females at each side and vignette of mansion house under title, pink, green/brown and black, with coupons, together with Moderna Bad, 100 leva share, 1933, no.2748, blue and pink, with coupons, both good very fine. £60-80 |
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| 228 | |||
Société Balkanique Commerciale et Industrielle S.A., 100 Leva share, Sofia 1911, no.13312, very attractive piece with vignettes of steam traction engine and haymaking, with further industrial scenes at bottom, green, red, buff and black, with coupons, amateur repair to bottom left corner, very fine. £60-80Croatia |
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| 229 | |||
Croatia: Karlovach Savings Bank, 200 kroner share, 1907, no.0525, lovely design of allegorical female overlooking a panoramic view of the town, beehive above her head, black with blue underprint, small hole cancels, very fine. £60-80Czechoslovakia |
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| 230 | |||
| City of Greater Prague, 7 1/2% Mortgage Loan of 1922, bond for £100, no.4914, large format piece with coat of arms at top, green and black, printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., stamped with 1946 terms in red, with coupons, tear at left but very fine and rare. £100-120 |
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| 231 | |||
City of Greater Prague, 1922 7 1/2% Mortgage Loan, a specimen bond for £100, from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, large format piece with city arms at top, green and black, with coupons, printers annotation in top margin, extremely fine. £80-100Danzig |
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| 232 | |||
| Free City of Danzig, 6 1/2% State Loan (Tobacco Monopoly), bond for £1000, no.D105, large format, City arms at top, brown and black, printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., with coupons, has been framed in the past, paper somewhat brittle with split at top right corner with archival repair, very fine, not cancelled and very rare. £200-300 |
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| 233 | |||
Municipality of Danzig, 1925 7% Mortgage Loan, an unissued or possibly specimen bond for £500, not numbered and not signed, vignette of city view at top, large format, green and black, printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., with coupons, filing holes in left margin, very fine and rare. £150-200Estonia |
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| 234 | |||
Republic of Estonia, 7% Banking and Currency Reform Loan, 1927, a group of 29 bonds for £100, mostly 'A' series but including a few 'X' series, large format, city view at top, ornate border, blue and black, printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., with coupons, mixed condition, fine to very fine. (29) £600-800Finland |
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| 235 | |||
Republic of Finland, 7% external loan sinking fund Gold Bond, SPECIMEN certificate for $500, 1925, ornate border, vignette at top depicting allegorical figures and coat of arms, brown and black, printed by the American Bank Note Co., with coupons, extremely fine. £100-120France |
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| 236 | |||
| A group of attractive French certificates, comprising Soc. Bretonne de Filature et Teinturerie de Laines, 500 francs, Quimper 1920; Groupement National de la Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel, 100 francs, Paris 1926; L'Hippodrome, 'part benefiiciaire', 1898; Etablissement Thermal de Forges-Les-Eaux, 100 francs, 1921, and, Compagnie Electrique des Tramways de la Rive Gauche de Paris, 100 francs, 1899, all are very attractive and well known issues with vignettes relating to their businesses, all are extremely fine. (5) £100-150 |
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| 237 | |||
| A group of attractive French certificates comprising, Claridges Hotels, 100 francs, 1921, 3 examples; Tramways de L'Ouest Parisien, 1899; Tramways Electriques de Lille et de sa Banlieue, 1901; S.A.D'Applications Industrielles du Bois, 1918; Laboratoires de L'Adour, 1930; Etablissements Verminck, 1912; Compagnie Immobiliere, 1863 and Etablissements Standard, 1930, all with vignettes and very colourful, mostly very fine and a few extremely fine. (10) £120-150 |
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| 238 | |||
| A small collection of mainly French certificates (28), many with vignettes, including L'Hippodrome, 1898; S.A. des Anciens Etablissements Bernard, 1921; Cie Parisienne des Taxautos Electriques, 1907; Tramways Electriques & de Voies Ferrees, 1899; Cinematographes Eclipse, 100 franc share and founders share, 1918 and 1907; Claridges Hotels, 1914 and Cie Maritime de la Seine, 1899, mostly very fine and extremely fine. (28) £150-200 |
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| 239 | |||
| An accumulation of perfume and pharmaceutical certificates (30), mostly French and French Colonial but including U.S.A., Coty Inc, 1930 and South Africa, Durban Oil & Soap Co., 1902, French issues, of which there is some duplication, include, Savonnerie & Parfumerie par les Procedes Margoles, 1905; Savonnerie Modele du Midi, 1914; Les Parfums de Mury, 1930 and Morocco, Parfums Flora, circa 1925, generally very fine and better. (30) £80-100 |
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| 240 | |||
| Anglo-French Company for the Manufacture of Artificial Sperm Oil (Fullers, Desgrand & Co.), bearer certificates for 1 share and 5 shares of 100 francs, no.71 and 5801-5, 1857, very attractive pieces with vignettes around border of steamship, steamtrain, factory, allegorical figures, scrollwork and coats of arms, text in English and French, black with olive green underprint, and black with yellow underprint, with coupons, slight damage at right edges, not affecting the design, otherwise extremely fine. (2) £80-100 |
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| 241 | |||
| Banque Centrale de Credit, 500 franc share, Paris 1882, allegorical figures at top and in bottom corners, black with yellow underprint, together with other early and decorative French pieces (4), Anglo-French Company for the Manufacture of Artificial Sperm Oil, one share, circa 1858; Cie des Abattoirs et Marches aux Bestiaux, 250 francs, 1860; Chemin de Fer du Midi, bond for 500 francs, 1865 and Cie Immobiliere de Paris, bond for 500 francs, all with coupons, the second with ink burn and edge tear, fine to very fine. (5) £80-100 |
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| 242 | |||
| Banque Coloniale et de Travaux Publics, 100 franc bearer share, no.015388, ornate border and vignettes of steam ship at port, docks, canal and factory and natives with camels, blue and green, with coupons, together with 15 more French colonial certificates comprising; Societe des Mines du Nord, 1888; La Kotto S.A., 1907; Compagnie Bordelaise des Comptoirs Africains; Compagnie Miniere des Petroles de Madagascar, 1925; Societe Miniere & Fonciere du Bandama, [1912]; D'elevage et D'alimentation de Madagascar, 1897; Societe Generale des Comptoirs Franco-Africains; Savana Societe Industrielle, Commerciale et Financiere, 1952; L'union Fonciere, 1896; Societe Auxiliare de la Regie des Alcools en Ethiope S.A.; and Compagnie Imperiale Chemins de Fer Ethiopens, 1899, very fine to extremely fine. (16) £100-120 |
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| 243 | |||
| Banque Industrielle Stéphanoise, 100 franc founder share, Saint-Étienne [1920], no.2853, columns with male and female figures at sides, coat of arms in centre, grey and pink, with coupons, good very fine. £60-80 |
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| 244 | |||
| Banque D'escompte de Rouen, 500 franc share, Rouen 1883, no.316, of only 500 issued, beautiful vignette of city and dockside, allegorical females on plinths at either side, black, pale blue underprint, with coupons, extremely fine and scarce. £120-150 |
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| 245 | |||
| Café de la Paix, founders share, Béziers 1921, no.1281, a very unusual and attractive piece with full height robed figure holding a glass, buildings to either side of the Café and a theatre/opera house, orange-brown and green, with coupons, almost extremely fine. £350-400 Taking their name from the famous Grand Café de la Paix in central Paris, which had been opened since 1867, several other Cafés of the same name sprung up in the 20th century, this one presumably in Murviel les Beziers in the South of France. |
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| 246 | |||
| Caisse Nationale Française D'assurance Contre les Maladies, founder share without par value, 1913, no.0865, vignette within title depicting figure in hospital bed and angel with cornucopia, very ornate border, green, with coupons, good very fine. £60-80 |
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| 247 | |||
| Canal de Richelieu, certificate for one share, Paris [1752], no.3405, attractive early piece with ornate caligraphy, black, a good plate impression, almost extremely fine. £300-400 Footnote: Formed to cut a canal from the River Durance through to the Mediterranean which proved to be far too expensive and the project was abandoned after building just 4 kilometers. |
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| 248 | |||
| Cinema-Banque S.A., 100 franc share, Paris 1909, no.1363, attractive piece with allegorical figure at bottom and decorative border with coats of arms at sides, blue and brown, hand stamp top right corner, with coupons, extremely fine. £80-100 |
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| 249 | |||
| Compagnie Auxiliaire des Chemins de Fer et Travaux Publics S.A., 500 franc bearer share, Paris 1889, no.4910, decorative border with female figure and wheel, cherubs and steam trains, blue and green, with coupons, about very fine. £60-80 |
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| 250 | |||
| Compagnie Départementale d'Énergie Électrique S.A., 100 franc bearer share, Paris 1912, no.09896, ornate piece with columns and female figure with light bulbs, blue and green, with coupons, very fine. £80-100 |
| 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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