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Auction: 1007 - Bond & Shares of The World
Lot: 8

A miscellaneous accumulation of bonds and share certificates comprising, Russia, 1822 5% ´Rothschild´ Loan, bond for £148 or 960 roubles, handsigned by Nathan Meyer Rothschild, double headed eagle at top, black, on poor quality paper, with talon, old sellotape repair on centre reverse, split at folds otherwise fine for issue; France, Compagnie des Cabriolets, Coupés et Voitures Sous Remises, 250 franc share, no. 767, 1st series, 1846, ornate border, black, pink underprint, fine flimsy paper, two small tears at left edge otherwise good very fine; Mediterranean Electric Telegraph, certificate for £10/250 francs, 1853, signed by John W. Brett as director, attractive coats of arms of France, Great Britain and Sardinia at top, black, text in mixed French, English and Italian, embossed seal at top, good very fine; together with other British and Colonial certificates (9) including The Great Ship Co. Ltd., 1859 (2), one is foxed; Bristol Paper Co. Ltd., 1876; Yellow Cabs of South Africa, 1929 and 1930, and, Bent´s Brewery Co. Ltd., 1953, generally fine to very fine (12). Estimate £ 180

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£200