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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 10 | |||
| 451 | |||
| Tamar, Kit Hill and Callington Railway Company Ltd., bond for £100, 186[5], no.39B, black, red paper seal at bottom, together with a related transfer certificate, 186[4], for bond number 47B, black with pink underprint, red paper seal, both about very fine. (2) £60-80 |
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| 452 | |||
| Tees Valley Railway Company, a pair of certificates, £25 share, 1866, no.1221, black on yellow paper, and £6 preference share, 1875, no.315, black on grey paper, both extremely fine. (2) £60-80 |
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| 453 | |||
| Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway Company, £10 share, 186[3], no.2481, scrollwork at left, black, spike hole at top, about extremely fine. £120-150 |
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| 454 | |||
| Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd., Trust certificate for 100 shares of £1 each, 19[09], no.206, British coat of arms at top, ornate border, blue, printed by American Bank Note Co., about extremely fine. £80-100 |
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| 455 | |||
| Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd., a specimen 6% income bond for £100, 1912, from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, attactive vignette of underground train at station, ornate border, green and black, with coupons, light paper adhesion on reverse, about extremely fine. £150-200 |
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| 456 | |||
| Vale of Neath Railway Company, certificate of £20 share, 1846, no.8953, scrollwork at left, black on pale blue paper, red embossed paper seal, extremely fine. £60-80 |
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| 457 | |||
| West Cornwall Railway Company, certificate of £20 share, 184[6], no.6097, scrollwork at left, red paper seal bottom left, black, small crease at bottom left corner otherwise extremely fine, together with certificate for guaranteed 5% stock, 19[19], no.897, black, glue residue on reverse, cancelled, about very fine. (2) £80-100 |
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| 458 | |||
| West Highland Railway Company, a proof certificate for £10 shares, 18[<\_>], circa 1880, black printing, on thick card, extremely fine. £60-80 |
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| 459 | |||
| Wharfdale Railway Co., £15 share, 1846, no.9249, Craven Heifer in centre, black with very ornate blue underprint, red embossed seal, extremely fine. £80-100 |
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| 460 | |||
| Wimbledon and Croydon Railway, a pair of scrip certificates for 5 and 10 shares, undated but circa 1844, both with ornate scrollwork, green on blue paper and blue on blue paper respectively, both about extremely fine. (2) £80-100 |
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| 461 | |||
York and Carlisle and Durham, Westmorland & Lancashire Junction Railway Company, a pair of scrip certificates, for 1 and 5 shares, undated but circa 1844, red and blue respectively, good very fine and scarce. (2) £80-100Tramways |
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| 462 | |||
| Birkenhead Tramways Company, 6% preference shares of £10, 18[81], no.792, lovely vignette of the Woodside Ferry terminus with horse drawn tram waiting to depart, several ships at the dockside, red, good very fine and scarce. £100-120 |
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| 463 | |||
| Blackpool, St. Anne's and Lytham Tramways Company Ltd., a pair of certificates comprising 18 shilling preference shares, 1[909], no.548, scrollwork at left, black on pink paper, and 16 shilling ordinary shares, 1[909], no.768, scrollwork at left, black on yellow paper, both very fine. (2) £60-80 Footnote: Originally built under the Act of 1896, the tramway was first operated by the British Gas Traction Company, using gas powered trams. These were unsuccessful and the Blackpool, St. Anne's and Lytham Tramways Company purchased the assets and gained authorisation in 1900 to replace the line with an electric tramway, opened in 1903. In 1922 the borough of Lytham St. Anne's was created and the trams branded with the 'Lytham St. Anne's Corporation'. |
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| 464 | |||
| Hartlepools Steam Tramways Company Ltd, £5 shares, 188[5], no.166, onate border and scrollwork to left, pink, together with 12 more Tramway Companies comprising; Dudley & Wolverhampton Tramways Ltd, £1 shares, 189[4], no.30; North London Tramways Company, £10 6% preference shares, 188[6], no.321; Glasgow Tramway & Omnibus Company Ltd, £9 shares, 18[95], no.1429; Dumbarton Burgh and County Tramways Company Ltd, £1 shares, 19[22], no.A306; West Metropolitan Tramways Company, stock certificate, 18[90], no.18; South Staffordshire Tramways Company, ordinary stock, 18[89], no.684; South Staffordshire Tramways (Lessee) Company Ltd., deferred shares of 5 shillings each, 190[4], no.353; Hastings and District Electric Tramways Company Ltd., ordinary shares of 10 shillings each, 19[32], no.96, also with a statement of accounts; British Electric Street Tramways Ltd., £10 shares, 190[1], no.41; Ramsgate & Margate Tramways Company, £20 mortgage debenture, 188[3], no.119, and South Lancashire Electric Traction & Power Company Ltd., £1 preference shares, 190[1], no.104, mostly very fine and better (13) £150-200 |
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| 465 | |||
| Hughes's Locomotive and Tramway Engine Works Ltd, £10 shares, 187[9], no.166, attractive vignette of tram carriages under title, scrollwork to left, very fine and rare. £80-100 Footnote: The company was founded in 1866 by Henry Hughes and was based at the Falcon Works in Loughborough. They specialised in the design and manufacture of steam locomotives and tram engines, supplying the quickly expanding British railway network. Cabs and Buses |
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| 466 | |||
| Birmingham Cab Company Ltd., £1 shares, 188[6], no.555, blue, together with Gamage-Bell Motor Cab Company Ltd., £1 preferred ordinary shares, 191[0], no.446, 'bell' in left border, black; London Improved Cab Company Ltd., £1 shares, 189[9], no.646, ornate border, blue; London Electrical Cab Company Ltd., £1 shares, 189[8], no.1988, black; Metropolitan Motor Cab & Carriage Company Ltd., £1 ordinary shares, 190[6], no.89, blue; Universal Motor Cab Company Ltd., £1 preferred participating ordinary shares, 190[8], no.60, black, and 4 different certificates of the British Motor Cab Co. Ltd., 1914, mixed condition but mostly very fine and an interesting and scarce group. (10) £120-150 |
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| 467 | |||
| Metropolitan Saloon Omnibus Co. Ltd., one share of £1, 185[7], no.1252, attractive vignette of horse drawn bus with inside and outside passengers, black, about extremely fine. £80-100 |
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| 468 | |||
| Northern Counties Transport Ltd., certificate for deferred ordinary shares of £1 each, 19[12], no.27, vignette of motor wagon at top, green on very pale blue paper, also included is the original letter of issue, together with Road Carrying Company Ltd., £1 shares, 1902, no.28, ornate title and vignette depicting factory, ship and wagon, black, and London Motor Van & Wagon Company Ltd., £5 shares, 189[7], no.16, decorative title black, the last torn and repaired with uneven right edge, the remainder very fine. (3) £60-80 |
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| 469 | |||
| Railways & Metropolitan Omnibus Company Ltd., certificate for £5 shares, 18[99], no.409, scrollwork to left, black, printed by Waterlow & Son, together with London Premier Omnibus Company Ltd., £1 ordinary shares, 19[14], no.1637, ornate border and scrollwork, blue, printed by Gale & Polden Ltd, and Cardiff & District Bus Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 189[2], no.1056, company seal below title, red paper seal at bottom left, black, the first and second very fine, the latter with tear at top and a couple of edge nicks, about very fine. (3) £60-80 |
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| 470 | |||
| Star Omnibus Company, London, Ltd., certificate for 5 1/2% cumulative preference shares of £5 each, 19[07], no.1217, ornate border, vignette under title depicting Omnibus', green and black, printed by Waterlow Bros & Layton, light creasing, otherwise about very fine. £60-80 Footnote: Formed in 1899 to take over the Andrews Star Omnibus Company which was operating since 1892. The London General Omnibus Company attempted to purchase the company in 1900 but was unsuccessful, and due to competition from electric tramways and later the London Underground, the company wound up in 1908. Shipping |
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| 471 | |||
| Bridgwater Steam Towing Company, £15 'additional' share, 1840, no.215, plain black printing on thick paper, good very fine and rare. £150-180 |
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| 472 | |||
| Medway Steam Packet Co., certificate for one share of £2, 18[38], no.516, attractive vignette of paddle steamer arriving at port, black, very fine. £150-200 |
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| 473 | |||
Thames Iron Works Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., debenture for £100, 190[1], no.394, very ornate border, vignette within title of allegorical figures with ships behind, red, hand stamp at top, good very fine. £60-80Aviation |
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| 474 | |||
| An interesting group of aviation companies, comprising Wessex Aircraft and Shipbuilding Company, Ltd., 1 shilling deferred shares, 19[18], no.23, embossed seal, blue; Aircraft Manufacturing Company Ltd., cumulative participating 'B' preference shares of £1 each, 19[20], no.4010, green; British Aerotechnical Company Ltd., 2 shilling shares, 192[9], no.32, black; Eastern Counties Aeroplane Club, £1 shares, 19[32], no.16, red paper seal, blue; National Flying Services Ltd., 7% first mortgage debenture stock, 19[29], no.187, green and black; Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Company Ltd., option certificate 5 shilling shares, 1938, no.3770, green; more modern certificates (3) and 3 dividend warrants, mixed condition, fine to very fine. (12) £120-150 |
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| 475 | |||
| E.R. Calthrop's Aerial Patents Ltd., certificate for £1 shares, 19[17], no.21, vignette of winged parachute under title, scrollwork at left, embossed seal, black, very fine. £60-80 Footnote: Patented the first British parachute, known as the Guardian angel which was used by the military at the end of WW1. Piers, Docks, Bridges and Harbours |
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| 476 | |||
| Brighton Marine Palace and Pier Ltd., mortgage debenture for £[200], 189[4], large format piece with decorative title, black print on pink paper, embossed seal bottom left, 4 pages, very fine. £60-80 |
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| 477 | |||
| 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. £150-200 |
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| 478 | |||
| Highgate Archway Company, £50 share, 18[13], no.1835, attractive early piece with orange seal at left within scrollwork, black on thick paper, very fine. £200-250 Footnote: Formed to cut a tunnel through the steep hill at Highgate, North London, which collapsed when almost complete, forming the present cutting. The company then built the bridge across, which was rebuilt at the turn of the 20th century. Banking and Insurance |
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| 479 | |||
| An early Lloyd's Marine Insurance policy dated 1771, insuring the ship 'Action' on its voyage from 'the Bay of Honduras to London', in the name of Alexander Gordon, the wine and spirit merchant, printed document with manuscript insertions, embossed duty stamp, very fine and rare. £60-80 |
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| 480 | |||
| A group of three Lloyds Insurace policies, comprising an entirely handwritten example insuring goods on the Island of Grenada, 1772, embossed duty stamp; a marine policy issued by the office of Edward Davis & Son at Lloyds, 1795, insuring goods carried from Lisbon to Newburyport by the schooner 'Harmony', printed form with manuscript insertions, and, a Lloyds standard policy insuring goods carried from St. Vincent to London, 1837, the second only fair otherwise very fine and interesting lot. (3) £60-80 |
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| 481 | |||
| Asylum Life Assurance Company, certificate for one share, 1824, no.1244, finally fully paid in 1837, black printing, on vellum, crease at top right corner otherwise about extremely fine with usual discolouration. £60-80 Footnote: Acquired by Alliance Assurance Company in 1857. |
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| 482 | |||
| Credit Foncier of England Ltd., £50 debenture, May 1873; £100 debenture, November 1873, 5 examples, both similar design with scrollwork at left, black with denomination in underprint in mauve and pink respectively, together with £50 debentures, 18[75], two examples, very large format, ornate border, blue and black, all with coupons, fine to very fine. (8) £60-80 |
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| 483 | |||
| English & French Bank Ltd., bearer share for £10, 188[1], no.94514, vignette of allegorical figures with lion, shield and ship in background, black, with coupons, together with 8 more banking certificates comprising; Charles Laffitte & Co. Ltd., £20 share, 1866, no.2074, black; London & Westminster Bank Ltd., £100 share, 18[89], no.40538, black with pink underprint; London County Westminster & Parr's Bank, £1 shares, 1919, no.39180, ornate border, green; National Provincial Bank Ltd., two pieces, £1 shares, both 19[62], no.148924 and 187906, ornate border and vignette of Bank building, green and yellow; Westminster Bank Ltd., three pieces, £1 shares, 19[30], no.113579, ornate border, green, B shares of £1, 19[59] and £1 shares, 19[36], generally very fine. (9) £60-80 |
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| 484 | |||
| Glasgow Merchants House, certificate of membership, Glasgow [1818], ornate border with symbols such as clasped hands and scales, street scene at top centre, black printing, on vellum, about very fine. £150-200 |
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| 485 | |||
| 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, otherwise very fine. £60-80 |
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| 486 | |||
| 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 Footnote: Early life insurance piece with benefits going to the last surviving member. |
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| 487 | |||
| London & Globe Finance Corporation Ltd., a group of 3 certificates for £1 shares, 189[7] [8] and [9], all with facsimile signature of Whitaker Wright; together with other British companies related to fraudsters including Mrs Bull Ltd., 2/6d preference shares, facsimile signature of Horatio Bottomley; British Glass Industries Ltd and British Window Glass Co. Ltd., both 19[20], both with facsimile signature of Clarence Hatry; Photomaton Parent Corporation Ltd., 10 shares, 19[28], 5 examples; City Equitable Fire Insurance Co. Ltd., 1921 and British America Corporation Ltd., 189[8], facsimile signature of Whitaker Wright, also a group of Post War credits (43), Polytechnic Institution Ltd., £10 share, 1860 and Cheltenham College, one share, 1881, mixed condition but many fine and very fine. (58) £100-150 |
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| 488 | |||
| Royal Exchange Assurance, an early fire policy, 178[1], covering property in Buckinghamshire, large format, vignette of company seal in square frame, scrollwork at left, black, paper seal at bottom right, some burn marks, split at folds but fine to very fine and scarce. £60-80 |
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| 489 | |||
Times Fire Assurance Co., 100 shares of £1, 7 shillings paid, 1854, no.5345, very attractive piece with allegorical figures in centre with burning buildings to left and burning ship to right, ornate scrollwork with numerous symbols such as cornucopia and dolphins, black, about extremely fine. £100-120Motor Cars |
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| 490 | |||
| Ascot Motor & Manufacturing Company, Ltd., a pair of certificates comprising 2 shilling deferred shares, 19[28], no.143, scrollwork at left, embossed seal bottom left, red, and 8% participating preferred ordinary shares of £1 each, 19[28], no.42, design as before, blue, filing holes at left, both very fine. (2) £80-100 Footnote: Founded by Cyril Pullin in 1928, the company produced the Ascot-Pullin Motorcycle. Liquidated in 1930 due to poor sales. |
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| 491 | |||
| Motor Manufacturing Company Ltd., certificate for £1 shares, 190[1], no.857, decorative title and panel to left, embossed red seal bottom left, black, extremely fine. £80-100 Formed out of The Great Horseless Carriage Company Ltd in 1896 with a capital of £750,000, this was one of Henry John Lawson's companies, who with Starley built the first safety bicycle. |
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| 492 | |||
| Straker-Squire Ltd., a group of 6 certificates comprising; £1 shares, 19[18], no.2521, capital £175,000, decorative border, brown; 5 shilling shares, 19[21], no.7365, capital £200,000, decorative border, mauve; £1 shares, 19[19], no.4000, capital £500,000, decorative border, blue; 5 shilling preferred ordinary shares, 19[25], no.438, decorative title, embossed seal, black; 1 shilling proprietors shares, 19[25], no.438, both with capital £420,000, decorative title, embossed seal, red; second mortgage debenture stock certificate, 19[21], no.533, scrollwork at left, black, pink underprint, generally very fine and better. (6) £100-120 Footnote: Formed in 1893 as Brazil, Straker & Co., in Bristol, the company produced steam wagons, they later also had a factory in London. Squire joined the partnership in 1904. They took on aircraft engine repair and manufacture and followed that with bus, truck and car production until 1926. |
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| 493 | |||
| Swift Cycle Company Ltd., first mortgage debenture certificate for £100, 1902, no.420, made out to the Dunlop Tyre Company, ornate border, black, extremely fine. £60-80 |
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| 494 | |||
| Victory Cycle Manufacturing Syndicate Ltd., certificate for £1 ordinary shares, 189[7], no.72, decorative title, company logo and scrolls to left, slate blue, good very fine. £60-80 |
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| 495 | |||
Vulcan Motor Engineering Co. (1906) Ltd., certificate for ordinary shares of £1, 19[29], no.2497, vignette under title depicting engineering works, scrollwork to left, black, good very fine. £80-100Mining |
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| 496 | |||
| An interesting group of colliery and coal companies, comprising Clyne Steam Colliery Co Ltd., £5 shares, 186[72], black; Neston Colliery Co. Ltd., £10 shares, 18[80], black; Soothill Wood Colliery Co. Ltd., £20 preference shares, 1893, red; Victoria Colliery Co. Ltd., £100 share, 186[6], black; Morley Main Colliery Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 19[03], black; D. Davies & Sons Ltd. (Ferndale Steam Coal Collieries), £100 debenture, 1896; Albion Steam Coal Co. Ltd., £10 shares, 190[1], red with small vignette, and others (6), mixed condition but many are very fine. (13) £80-120 |
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| 497 | |||
| An interesting group of Devon and Cornwall Mining certificates, comprising Shepherds United Ltd., 188[6] (2 examples); North Hallenbeagle Tin & Copper Mining Co. Ltd., 186[0] (4 examples); South Devon Iron & General Mining Co. Ltd., 1859 (2 examples); Truman Ltd., £4 shares, 189[2]; Wheal Kitty Tin Ltd., 192[6]; Kingsdown (Hewas Water) Tin Mines Ltd., 192[4]; Killifreth Mine Ltd., [1923], and, Wheal Reeth Tin Ltd., 19[34] (2 examples), mixed condition but mainly very fine, some better. (14) £180-220 |
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| 498 | |||
| A good group of North of England metal mining companies (7), comprising Crookburn Mining Company Ltd., certificate of ordinary shares, 18[79], no.3659-3708, scrollwork at left, a little foxing; Borrowdale Plumbago Mines & Manufacturing Company Ltd., £1 shares, 18[88], no.372; Winnie Mine Company Ltd., £1 shares, 18[93], no.51; Healeyfield Mining Company Ltd., certificate of shares, 18[88], no.20188-20207, this in poor condition; Victory Lebel, Burnt Heath and Water Grove Mining Company, one share, 1857, no.936; Gamblesby Fell Mining Company, certificate of shares, 185[3], no.3931 to 3940, and, Ulverston Mining Company Ltd., one share of £20, 1873, no.2170, very fine to extremely fine unless stated. (7) £120-150 |
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| 499 | |||
| A good selection of Welsh metal mining companies, comprising Brynpostig Mine Ltd., certificate for £1 shares, 18[68], no.126, grey; New Brynpostig Lead Mining Co. Ltd., £2 shares, 18[70], no.224; Bwlchglas Mining Company Ltd., £1 shares, 189[0], no.26; Cardiganshire Consolidated Mining Company Ltd., £1 shares, 1[890], no.52; Cyffty Lead Mining Company Ltd., £1 shares, 19[00], no.79; Cwm Vron Lead Mining Company Ltd., shares of £2.10 shillings each, 1871, no.305; East Cwm Vron Lead Mining Company Ltd., £2 shares, 187[2], no.67; Talargoch Mining Company Ltd., ordinary shares, 18[73], no number; Minera Ragman Mining Company Ltd., £5 shares, 18[63], no.1032; Minera Mining Company Ltd., five £5 shares, 1871, no.7881-7885; New North Halkyn Mines Ltd., £1 shares, 190[8], no.216; Glan Clwyd Lead Mining Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 187[5], no.164; generally very fine. (15) £300-400 |
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| 500 | |||
| Blaenavon Iron & Coal Company, certificate to bearer for 5 shares of £50 each, 1836, no.4471-4475, decorative title, black, printed on vellum, 4 pages with condition printed on the reverse of page 2, slight discolouration, otherwise very fine and scarce. £150-200 Footnote: The company was formed in 1836 and purchased the Blaenavon Ironworks in the same year. It went into liquidation in 1864. |
| 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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