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Auction: 22140 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World - e-Auction
Lot: 102

(x) China: China Mercantile Company, $20 shares, 1905, #2843, large size certificate with ornate border, flags of the Qing dynasty and another which we cannot identify, red, blue and yellow, printed in London by Gilbert & Rivington. With handwritten letter all in Chinese and the original envelope dated 1910 with a U.S.A. 2 cent stamp tied with a Shanghai, U.S.Postal Agency duplex and another Hawaian postmark. VF and rare. We sold #145 in Hongkong in 2014 at $100,000 hammer and we understand another was sold in China for around 150,000RMB a little earlier.

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£5,800

Starting price
£5000