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Auction: 9014 - Bond & Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 38

Kimberley Imperial Gold Mining Company Ltd., £1 shares, Kimberley 1886, signed by Alfred Beit as director, ornate border, blue, Cape of Good Hope revenue stamp on reverse, few pinholes top left, very fine and a key signature. Floated in September 1886, owned 60 claims, about 40 miles east of Barberton. Estimate £ 80-100 Alfred Beit (1853-1906 ), A founder of the modern diamond industry along with his friend Cecil Rhodes. Life Governor of De Beers. Later opening up the Rand with the great Chartered Company.

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