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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 9 | |||
| 401 | |||
| Dublin, Belfast and Coleraine Junction Railway, certificate for 5 shares of £50 each, no date (circa 1846), no.4726-4730, black on pale blue paper, together with Navan & Kingscourt Railway Company, £10 share, 1871, no.5791, decorative title and scrollwork to left, crown logo under title, good very fine and extremely fine respectively. (2) £80-100 |
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| 402 | |||
| Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Railway Junction Company, certificate for 'quarter shares' stock, 18[65], no.521, ornate title and scrollwork to left, green, very fine and scarce. £80-100 |
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| 403 | |||
| Dundee Suburban Railway Company, certificate for £10 shares, 18[87], no.42, embossed seal depicting steam engine at bottom left, black, good very fine and scarce. £80-100 |
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| 404 | |||
| Eastern and Midlands Railway Company, Lynn, Yarmouth and Norwich Section, certificate for ordinary stock, 188[3], no.59, scrollwork at left, green, together with map of the railway network and prospectus for the issue of £45,000 5% first preference stock, very fine. (3) £60-80 |
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| 405 | |||
| East and West Junction Railway Company, certificate for £20 share, 1864, no.5993, scrollwork at left, embossed seal, black, very fine and scarce. £60-80 |
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| 406 | |||
| Edinburgh & Bathgate Railway, certificate of £25 share, 184[8], no.5849, green paper seal, blue on blue paper, together with a draft declaration of deceased shareholder dated 1896, very fine. (2) £60-80 |
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| 407 | |||
| Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, a pair of certificates, £1000 consolidated stock, 185[5], no.3732, scrollwork at left, black, and New Stock scrip certificate for 4 shares, 184[2], first call and second to fifth call slips detached, red, very fine and fine respectively. (2) £80-100 |
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| 408 | |||
| Edinburgh, Leith & Granton Railway Company, mortgage bond, 184[8], no.28, black, folio, handwritten PAID on face, very fine. £60-80 Footnote: Originally received its authorization in 1836 as the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway and changed its name later. Only built a very short stretch of line from Edinburgh to Trinity Harbour. |
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| 409 | |||
| Electric Railways Company Ltd., certificate for £1 ordinary shares, 190[1], no.202, decorative border and scrollwork, embossed seal at bottom left, printed by Waterlow & Sons, black, very fine. £60-80 |
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| 410 | |||
| Festiniog Railway Company, certificate for 4% debenture stock, 19[34], no.39, ornate border, grey and black, embossed seal with Prince of Wales feathers, about very fine. £60-80 |
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| 411 | |||
| Fleetwood, Preston & West Riding Junction Railway Co., £12 share, 1846, no.7685, attractive vignette of coats of arms with steam train and plough in background, black with pink underprint, attractive red embossed seal, good very fine. £80-100 |
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| 412 | |||
| Forest of Dean Central Railway Company, a pair of certificates, one share of £10, 1860, no.3681, crown at top, black, and 6% preference share of £10, 1864, no.2848, black on pink paper, very fine and extremely fine. (2) £60-80 |
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| 413 | |||
| Gifford and Garvald Railway Company, a proof certificate for £10 shares, 18[--], circa 1895, decorative title, printed on card, black, creased at right, good very fine. £60-80 |
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| 414 | |||
| Great North of England Railway Co., £100 share, 18[36], no.3377, chain at left with names of towns through which the railway passed on each link, black, embossed seal, together with related transfer certificates (4), good very fine. £120-150 |
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| 415 | |||
| Great North of Scotland Railway Company, preference consolidated capital stock, 18[60], no.424, scrollwork at left, blue, about very fine. £60-80 |
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| 416 | |||
| Great Northern Railway Company, a mortgage bond for £1000, 1865, no.4540, decorative title with shields in centre, black on lilac paper, cancelled by removal of seal, together with £25 share, 1846, no.128453, shields under title, embossed seal, black on lilac paper, and, various letters and documents mostly relating to share issues (9), very fine and interesting lot. (11) £60-80 |
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| 417 | |||
| Great Northern Railway Company (Ireland), a group of five certificates comprising; ordinary stock, 18[900], no.24272, scrollwork at left, black; consolidated 4% preference stock, 19[32], no.12374, ornate title and scrollwork to left, brown; consolidated 4% debenture stock, 19[32], no.12257 and 19[45], no.16126, this with edge tear, both red with yellow underprint; ordinary stock, 19[32], no.48237, ornate title and scrollwork, black, very fine and better. (5) £80-100 Footnote: Some of the oldest railways in Ireland were amalgamated to form the Great Northern Railway of Ireland, including the Ulster and the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railways. It was incorporated in 1876 and later became jointly responsible for numerous narrow-gauge lines with the Midland Railway of England, known as the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee. |
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| 418 | |||
| Great Southern and Western Railway Company, Ireland, 4% guaranteed preference stock, 19[04], no.2962, scrollwork at left, green, about very fine. £60-80 Footnote: Incorporated in 1844 for a line linking Dublin and Cork, the line opened in stages from 1846 to 1849 with later extensions in 1877 and 1885. Smaller railways were also amalgamated with the Great Southern and Western. |
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| 419 | |||
| Great Western Railway Company, a small collection comprising; fifth share of £20, 18[41], no.85563, turquoise with peach underprint, green paper seal; debenture stock, 18[88], no.16429, ornate title, green, cancelled; 5% consolidated guaranteed stock, 19[11], no.98981, orange; 5% consolidated preference stock, 19[17], no.99429, blue; 5% consolidated preference stock, 19[23], no.18812, blue, all cancelled, except the first, and other paperwork (4), fine to very fine. (9) £100-150 Footnote: The company was incorporated in 1835 after numerous other attempts for a railway linking London to Bristol. The line opened in 1841 and soon built connections with other railways in the West of England. It also absorbed, purchased and leased railways running in the Midlands and Wales, eventually covering 6398 miles of single track by 1921. |
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| 420 | |||
| Guernsey Railway Company, Ltd., a group of four certificates comprising; £5 preference shares, 18[95], no.98, embossed seal, red; £5 preference shares, 19[46], no.358, red, red paper seal; £1 ordinary shares, 19[48], no.961, ornate border, black; £1 ordinary shares, 19[46], no.860, ornate border, red paper seal, black, all cancelled, the last three by tear through the seal, fine to very fine. (4) £80-100 |
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| 421 | |||
| Hereford Railway, share ticket no.25, 1829, black printing on vellum, red wax seal on silk at bottom, a little foxing, very fine and scarce. £400-500 Footnote: Incorporated in 1826 for a horse operated tramway, which opened in 1829. This railway along with others was purchased by the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway, which later amalgamated with the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway in 1860. Initially named the 'West Midland', it's direct competition with the Great Western was avoided in the unification of the two companies. |
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| 422 | |||
| Ilen Valley Railway Company, certificate for ordinary stock, 18[84], no.29, ornate border, scrollwork at left, black with green underprint, printed by Waterlow & Sons, very fine. £80-100 Footnote: Incorporated in 1872 as the Dunmanway and Skibbereen Railway, the Ilen Valley Railway Company (as it was later known) also built the Bantry Extension Railway. The line was worked by the West Cork, and later the Cork and Bandon companies. |
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| 423 | |||
| Isle of Man Railway Company Ltd., certificate for perpetual 5% preference share of £5, 187[5], no.A5582, scrollwork to left, black, ink cancelled, together with Foxdale Railway Company Ltd., certificate for £5 shares, 18[88], no.23, not signed or countersigned, decorative title with fox and trisceles logo at centre, black, good very fine and extremely fine. (2) £60-80 |
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| 424 | |||
| Kent Railway, certificate for five shares of £50 each, 1836, no's 4366-4370, shields to left, black, a little toned, about very fine. £80-100 |
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| 425 | |||
| Lanarkshire & Dumbartonshire Railway Company, certificate for £10 ordinary shares, 1[899], no.957, decorative title, scrollwork to left, brown, good very fine. £60-80 |
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| 426 | |||
| Leeds & Thirsk Railway Company, certificate for one share, 1845, no.15434, black on vellum, good very fine. £80-100 Footnote: The company was incorporated in 1845 to connect the towns by rail. In 1851 the name was changed to the Leeds Northern and it eventually passed over to the North Eastern Railway. |
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| 427 | |||
| Leeds & Thirsk Railway Company, a pair of scrip certificates for 1 and 5 preference shares, Leeds 1846, numbers 391 and 1090, black printing with denomination in blue underprint, good very fine. (2) £80-100 |
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| 428 | |||
| Limavady & Dungiven Railway Company, £10 share, 1882, no.8, black border, embossed seal at bottom left, good very fine. £60-80 Footnote: The company was incorporated on 4th July 1878 for a 10 1/4 mile line connecting Dungiven to the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway in Limavady. It was later amalgamated with this company in 1907. |
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| 429 | |||
| Liverpool and Manchester Railway, £25 share, 1831, no.13914, black on vellum, red paper seal at bottom right, surface a little grubby but extremely fine. £300-400 Footnote: The company was incorporated in 1826 with the aim of replacing the costly method of transportation of goods between the cities, which was limited to waterways. It met with much opposition initially and was eventually opened in 1834. The railway cost well over £1,000,000 once finished. |
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| 430 | |||
| Liverpool Overhead Railway Company, a group of five certificates comprising; 5% preference shares for £10, 189[3], no. 167, vignette of city under title, scrollwork to left, probate notes attached to reverse; 5% preference shares for £10, 19[23], no.1145, design as previous; 5% preference shares for £10 (1900), 19[04], no.45, design as before but red print, probate notes on reverse; certificate for £10 ordinary shares, 18[94], no.901, ornate title with scrollwork, red on blue paper, 5% preference shares for £10, 19[42], no.1481, vignette of the city under title, all cancelled, fine to very fine. (5) £60-80 Footnote: The company was incorporated on 24th July 1888 and took over the intended work of the earlier Mersey Dock and Harbour Overhead Railway, which was never built. The line was the first electrically powered overhead railway in the world. It was eventually closed in 1957 as it fell outside of the nationalisation scheme of British Railways. |
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| 431 | |||
| London and North Western Railway Company, a collection of 14 certificates including; consolidated 4% guaranteed stock, 18[81], no.5087, green; 3% perpetual debenture stock, 190[2], no.24120, red; consolidated stock, 19[10], no.99079, black; consolidated 4% preference stock, 19[15], no.11678, red; various consolidated stock certificates, 1840's and 50's, and other documents, most are cancelled, mixed condition, some with glue residue, many very fine. (14) £120-150 Footnote: The company was incorporated in 1846 as an amalgamation of a number of existing railways, including the London and Birmingham, the Grand Junction and the Manchester and Birmingham Railways. It's share capital once amalgamated with others exceeded £17,000,000. |
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| 432 | |||
| London, Worcester and South Wales Railway Company, £10 shares, 1870, no.3125, scrollwork to left, black, very fine. £60-80 |
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| 433 | |||
| Manchester and Milford Railway, debenture for £[2000], 186[6], no.82, decorative title and scrollwork to left side, black, printed on vellum, with coupons, perforated cancelled, good very fine. £120-150 Footnote: Originally incorporated in July 1860 for a line from Llanidloes to Pencader, it was also authorised to build an additional line the following year to Aberystwyth, however this was abandoned in 1880. |
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| 434 | |||
| Manx Northern Railway Company, £5 shares, 18[1904], no.150, coat of arms under title, scrollwork to left, together with certificate for 5% preference shares of £5, 187[9], no.53, design as before, both good very fine. (2) £80-100 Footnote: Incorporated in 1878 and opened the following year. The company was absorbed by the Isle of Man Railway in 1904. |
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| 435 | |||
| Mersey Railway Company, certificate for consolidated ordinary stock, 19[03], no.1519, decorative title, scrollwork to left, black, very fine. £60-80 Footnote: Incorporated in 1866 as the Mersey Pneumatic Railway Company, the name was changed in 1868. The line ran by tunnel under the Mersey River, to connect Liverpool with Birkenhead. In 1871 various extensions were added connecting the line with existing railways in the area and the national network. |
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| 436 | |||
| Middlesbrough & Guisbrough Railway Company, £25 share, 1852, no.340, early steam train with factory and town in background, black on pink paper, lower right corner cut away as cancellation, good very fine. £200-250 |
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| 437 | |||
| Middlesbrough & Guisbrough Railway Company, certificate for New ordinary share of £25, 1857, no.244, attractive piece with vignette of steam train with factory and town in background, black, lower right corner cut away as cancellation, good very fine. £200-250 |
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| 438 | |||
| Midland Railway Company, a collection of 4 certificates comprising; £10 4% preference share, 1878, no.51513, blue; 2.5% debenture stock, 191[6], no.68879, olive green; consolidated 2.5% perpetual guaranteed preferential stock, 19[15], no.31515, green, cancelled; consolidated 2.5% perpetual preference stock, [1912], no.93387, brown, cancelled, together with other documents (5) including application for £50,000 perpetual 5% debenture stock for the Somerset and Dorset Railway Companies extension to the Midland Railway, 1874 and dividend warrants with cheques still attached, very fine and better. (9) £80-100 Footnote: Incorporated in 1844 as the first major railway amalgamation, involving the North Midland, Midland Counties and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railways. Over several years many more railways were purchased and it became a railway of outstanding importance. |
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| 439 | |||
| Neath and Brecon Railway Company, certificate of £10 share, 1863, no.2998, embossed seal bottom right, black, very fine. £60-80 |
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| 440 | |||
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Edinburgh and Direct Glasgow Junction Railway Company, a pair of certificates, 5 shares of £20 each, 1846, no.649, blue, and 10 shares of £20 each, 1846, no.646, red, together with a notice of application to Parliament for Act of Incorporation, very fine. (3) £80-100 |
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| 441 | |||
| North British Railway Company, guaranteed stock certificate, 18[63], scrollwork at left, black, repaired tears at top edge, together with 3% debenture stock certificate, 18[99], scrollwork at left, red, and two dividend warrants, good fine and very fine. (4) £80-100 |
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| 442 | |||
| North Sunderland Railway Company, certificate of £10 shares, [1897], no.56, scrollwork at left, black, ink cancelled, very fine. £60-80 |
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| 443 | |||
| Parsonstown and Portumna Bridge Railway Company, £10 shares, 186[1], no.28, embossed seal top right, black, together with a related deposit payment receipt, 186[1], fine to very fine. £80-100 |
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| 444 | |||
| Ross & Monmouth Railway Company, £20 share, 186[9], no.2469, black, together with a pair of mortgage bonds for £100, 187[2], no.182 and £100, 1892, no.735, the last two hole cancelled, very fine, the first good very fine. (3) £100-120 |
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| 445 | |||
| Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway Company, £20 share, 1846, no.24801, attractive piece with vignette of cattle in field with Castle in background, scrollwork at left, black, together with Shropshire Railways Company, certificate for fully paid stock of the Shrewsbury undertaking, 189[1], no.623, black, extremely fine and about very fine. (2) £80-100 |
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| 446 | |||
| Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway Company, £20 share, 1846, no.24698, vignette depicting farmland with castle in background, scrollwork at left, together with 6 more British Railway certificates comprising; Cornwall Railway, £50 share, 184[5], no.5478; Great Northern Railway Company, £25 share, 1846, no.128429, printed by Waterlow & Sons; Great Northern Railway Company (Ireland), consolidated 4% preference stock, 19[23], no.9548; London Chatham & Dover Railway Company, £10 preferred shares, 1864, printed by Waterlow & Sons; Rugby, Derby and Manchester Railway, 10 shares of £25 each, 1845, no.38591-38600, corner cut cancelled; Waterford, Dungarvan and Lismore Railway Company, £10 shares, 187[5], no.999, printed by Waterlow & Sons, generally very fine, some better. (7) £100-120 |
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| 447 | |||
| Southern Railway Company, a group of five certificates comprising; £10 preference shares, 187[2], no.52, black on green paper; £10 shares, 186[5], no.1, black on orange paper; £10 preference shares, 187[3], no.6, black on pink paper; debenture B stock, [1881], no.178, embossed seal, black and £10 Baronial Guaranteed shares, 187[915], no.290, black, about very fine to extremely fine. (5) £120-150 |
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| 448 | |||
| Southwold Railway Company, certificate for £10 shares, 18[78], no.724, scrollwork at left, embossed seal, black, some surface dirt, good very fine. £80-100 |
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| 449 | |||
| Stockton and Darlington Railway Company, £25 class A 5% preference share, 1858, no.15372, lovely vignette of early steam train crossing bridge with factory in the background, black on mauve paper, embossed seal, tiny bit of foxing, very fine to extremely fine. £300-400 |
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| 450 | |||
| Stockton & Darlington Railway Company, certificate for 4% preference share 'B' of £25, 1853, no.586, monogram at left, red, embossed seal, ink endorsement on face, good very fine and a rare variety of this important company. £200-300 |
| 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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