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898 Shanghai Electric Construction Co. Ltd., a specimen certificate for 100 shares of £1, 19-, from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, very ornate borders with vignette of tramcar at top left, blue and red-brown, capital £700,000, with coupons, numbered C0000 (B3301-B3500 in top margin), printer’s annotation for 1931 in top margin, extremely fine. HK$1,500-2,000
899 Shanghai Electric Construction Co. Ltd., a pair of unissued certificates for 10 shares and 50 shares of £1 each, no.A1797 and B1175, circa 1930, very ornate borders with vignette of tramcar at top left, brown and red-brown and green and red-brown, capital £700,000, printed by Bardbury, Wilkinson & Co., with coupons, extremely fine. (2) HK$1,500-2,000
901 Shanghai Power Company, 1934, 51⁄ 2 % First Mortgage Debenture, due 1973, a specimen certificate for $1000 Chinese currency, from the American Bank Note Co. archives lovely view of Shanghai from the water, ornate border, olive-green and black, numbered 00000 and overprinted SPECIMEN in red at bottom, with coupons, tear at right otherwise good very fine. HK$3,000-4,000
900 Shanghai Power Company, first mortgage 51⁄ 2 % debenture, C$10,000, 1934, no.R9105, vignette of Shanghai harbour but with red overprint across the entire view, red and black, printed by the American Bank Note Co., good very fine. HK$1,000-1,200
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