Saturday Sale starts 12.30pm Bonds and Shares (lots 1 -10) 1)
China (10), Chinese Government 1913 Reorganisation Gold Loan, bond for 189.40 Roubles, Russian issue, vignette of Mercury and Chinese scenes, black & green, with coupons, Fine with some edge folds, Chinese Government 1913 Reorganisation Gold Loan, bond for £20, Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank issue, Fine or better with coupons and a small pencil annotation, Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway 1913 5% gold Loan, £20 bond, Unissued, prefix “B”, with coupons, EF with central fold, some staple holes at the left. Imperial Chinese Government Gold Loan 1908 bond for £100 (2) no coupons remaining as is usual for this issue, both with some edge tears, About Fine. Kwangtung Public Loan Bearing Prizes For Local Industries Five Dollars 1912 (2) EF with coupons. Compagnie Generale de Chemins de Fer et de Tramways en Chine 1920 (2) EF punch cancelled with some coupons, and another unattributed small format certificate in Chinese text with ornate blue border on yellow/orange underprint EF (£70 - £120)
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China (12), Chinese Government 5% Hukuang Railways Sinking Fund Gold Loan bond 1911 for £100, American Banks issues (9), red/black, large format with steam train at top, printed by Waterlow’s with coupons. All around Fine with some staples and pencil annotations, Chinese Government 5% Hukuamg Railways Sinking Gold Loan bond 1911 for £20, French Indo-China issues (3) green/ black, large format with steam train at the top, Fine with coupons and pencil annotations, all with central folds (£50 - £100)
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China, 1918, 8% Treasury “Marconi” Bill, bonds for £100 (4), red & yellow, with coupons, on usual poor quality paper with some tears, overall Near Fine to Fine (£25 - £50)
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China, Chinese Government 1912 5% Gold Loan, “Crisp” £100 bond, large format, green & black with coupons, Fine, China - Chinese Government 5% Gold Bond 1925 for 50 US gold dollars, brown with coupons. Text in French & English. Fine to Good Fine, all with coupons, one with the coupons detached (£30 - £60)
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China, Chinese Government 1913 Reorganisation Gold Loan, bonds for £20, Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank issues, vignettes of Mercury and Chinese scenes, black & brown with coupons (5) Near Fine to Good Fine with pencil annotations (£50 - £100)
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China, Chinese Government Vickers Loan 1919 £100 Green (5) Fine to Good Fine, two with staples, each bond with all but the first six coupons (£40 - £80)
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China, Chinese Imperial Railway, Canton-Kowloon Railway, bond for £100 (4) London 1907, ornate design, black & red, each with all but the first two coupons, one with tears VG the others About Fine, three with pencil annotations (£25 - £50)
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GB - A Yorkshire-themed collection (33) includes pre-1900 (15) Leeds, Wakefield, Pontefract and Grimsby Railway
Junction Scrip certificate 1845 for Ten shares of £20 each, unissued VF with tear hole on left, The Bridlington Quay Public Rooms Association 1847 Share Certificate £3 and 10 Shillings, VF with staple holes at top left, Manchester and Leeds Railway Company 1846 share certificate for 6x £50 shares NVF with staple holes at top left, The Wharfedale Railway Company Share certificate for one £15 share, certificate number 20155 vignette of a large cow, the famous ‘Craven Heifer’ which made vast profits for its owner being exhibited around the country, black on pale blue, large red seal to lower right About VF with some spots and tape residue on the top edge. The Staithes Shipping Company Share Certificate for one share 1856 VF with small pinholes to the top left and tape residue at the top, The Whitby and Robin Hood’s Steam Packet Company 1857 Share certificate for one share of £2 and 10 Shillings, GVF with tape residue on the top edge, Overend, Gurney and Company Limited 1865 share certificate for one share of £50 NVF with some foxing to the edges, Bray, Waddington and Company share certificate for one share of £50 EF, The Nidderdale Lead Mining Company Limited 1865 share certificate for 2 preference shares 7687 and 7688, vignette of Perseverance level, entrance to the mine, Pateley Bridge GVF with some tape residue to the top edge, The Drypool Workman’s Club Company Limited 1878 share certificate for one share of £1 VF taped on the reverse at the top, The Leeds Mutual Supply Society Limited 1874 share certificate for one share of £1 Good Fine with some small pinholes and taped on the top edge, The Hull Botanic Garden Company Limited 1879 share certificate for one share of £5 VF, taped at the top edge, Reaney and Greaves Limited, Wine Merchants and Whisky blenders, 1899, Issue for 100 Mortgage Debentures of £100 each. The company became a subsidiary of the famous Tetley Brewers in 1904, the reverse with a typewritten label attached showing transfer of the debenture certificate to Francis Eric Tetley and Robert Francis Tetley in 1937 VF or near so with some small edge tears, an interesting document. The Macclesfield Brewery and Wine Company Limited share certificate 1867 NEF, The Leeds & County Unionist Club-House Co. Limited 1894 share certificate for 100 shares of £1 Fine with some folds and tape on the top edge. 1906-1971 issues (18) The Ravensthorpe Finishing Company Limited 1908 share certificate for 50 shares of £1 each, NVF with pencil annotations, The County Council of the West Riding of Yorkshire bond for £100 1906 NVF, Clarkson’s Old Brewery Barmsley Limited Preference Share Certificate for 10 shares of £10 each NVF with some folds, The Effingham Steel Works Limited, Sheffield 1926 share certificate for 59 shares of £10 each VF with some pinholes, Dols & Co. Limited, Huddersfield 1928 share certificate for 3 shares of £1 each, GVF, Wallacve & Co. (Textiles) Limited 1932 share certificate for one share of £1 VF with some folds, Godfrey Sykes & Sons Limited 1940 share certificate for 100 shares of £1 each small pinhole at the top and two inked paragraphs written on the reverse, Fine. Wallace & Co.(Textiles) Limited 1947 share certificate for 2141 shares of £1 VF, General Refractories Limited 1936 share certificate for 32 shares of Ten Shillings each NEF with pencil annotation on the reverse, Timothy Whites & Taylors Limited (3) 1953, 1957 and 1960 VF, Thomas Ramsden & Son Limited (2) share certificates for 100 shares and 500 shares of 5 Shillings each VF both with pinholes at the top left, John Smith’s Tadcaster Brewery Company, Limited
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