HUGO VAN DER MOLEN's
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a collection of historic
bonds and shares
Geography
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(update June 20th 2010)
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The Value Line Development Capital Corporation, State of new York, 100
shares, green border, 1968, vignette: graceful lady, one leg uncovered,
holding Company Logo in front of sky with Galaxy,
print: Security-Columbian Banknote Company., 2 minor staple traces in
top of vignette, 34 Euro.
World
Dewey and Almy Chemical Company
Incorporated under law of Massachusets, USA; certificate of 100 shares,
1954, green border, engraving of 2 momen next to a large globe, price
25
Euro
Eurofund, Inc., Maryland, USA, 1969,
---------- blue border, x shares, vignnette of graceful lady with
world map and heaven with stars, punched characters, hole cancelled,
unfolded, small pen trace in upper border, 50 Euro.
---------- red border, vignette: lady running and swinging her arms
before world map, red overprint "name changed to Eurofund International
Inc.", 23 Euro.
---------- same, but without overprint, 23 Euro.
---------- orange border, 1965, vignette: map of Europe, highlighting
the original 6 countries of the European Common Market, i.e. Benelux,
France, Germany and Italy. An allegorical man and woman sit on each
side
of the map., print S.C.B. C0., several staple traces, but not in or
near
vignette, 45 Euro.
(The) International Business Machine Corporation
Incorporated under New York State law; vignette:
world map and universe with god Mercury;
---------- < 100 shares, blue border, 1982, EF, unfolded, 35 Euro.
---------- 100 shares, brown border, 1969, EF unfolded, 35 Euro.
Nixdorf Computer,
---------- Inhaber-Optionsschein für 1 aktie, blau, Paderborn, Germany, Januar 1987, see picture below, UNC, price 23 Euro
-----------Inhaber-Optionsschein für 4 aktien, grün, Paderborn, Germany, Januar 1987, see picture, UNC, price 9 Euro.
Pan American World Airways, Inc., 100 shares, red border, USA,
1960-ies, hole cancelled, f 25 = 11 Euro.
Vignette: 2 world globes, flanked
by 2 allegorical men, one holding a Mercury staff, and an eagle above
with spread wings. See picture.
------- Same, brown border, < 100 shares, 1960-ies and
1970-ies, f 25 = 11 Euro.
------- Same, blue-green border, x shares, 1970-ies and 1980-ies,
f 25 = 11 Euro.
Rederiaktiebolaget Transatlantic, Göteborg, Sweden, 1-9-1917
Share of 500 Kronor, in the name of Jon. Johnson, with coupons, 3
original signatures; brown border, large yellow/blue world map (11 by 22 cm) and 11 by 4
vignette of Harbour with steam ships; 2 smaller vignettes with ships; a
beauty
to frame; print: Oscar isacsons Lito, Göteborg; unfolded, 2 very
minor tears and stains in upper border, 115 Euro.
Wisconsin Investment Corp., USA, 1930, 100 shares, orange
border, large vignette of Justice Lady between 2 detailed globe-halves, staple holes in
upper border; left border cut of, leaving less white than normally,
hole cancelled through signature,
punched character cancellation, 43 Euro = f 95.
Americas
Noramco, Inc.
beer producer, Incorporated under laws of Wisconsin, 1965, 100
shares, blue, vignette: globe, with maps of North
and South America; 7 Euro.
Canada
The Commercial Cable Company, New York, febr. 8th 1897, Interim bond
certificate no 320, for $ 10.000 (amount filled in by pen and by figure
punch holes) 4% gold bonds secured by mortgage on all the companies
properties, including those of the Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.
heretofore acquired. These bonds were issued to stockholders of the
aforementioned company in exchange for their stocks.Original signatures
of president and of secretary Albert Beetz, price f 1278 = 580 Euro.
This certificate shows a
15 by 5 cm drawing of 3 transatlantic telegraph cables connecting Western Europe and Canada, as well as
connections within these continents. These cables were laid in 1983,
1984 and 1994 by the company, using the MacKay-Bennett system, named
after the two founders of this company, J.W. Mackay and J. Gordon
Bennett. Read more about the
company's history.
USA
Chase Manhattan Bank (The), chartered in 1799
1958, 100 share, blue border; vignette: map
of the USA and globe, blue seal with Greek god, EF,
unfolded, 25 Euro.
County Bank & Trust Co. of Somerset, Incorporated under laws of
New Yersey, USA;
1968, x shares, nr. V 2781, brown border and contours
of Somerset and 3 drawings: fisherman in mountain river, a
farm, and a factory; Some glue remains on left border, unfolded, 45
Euro.
Massachusetts Investors Trust, incorporated 1924, certificate
of beneficial interest, par value 1 $, green border, 1948, 3 stamps,
cancelled, unissued, incorp. under Delaware law, vignette: map of Massachusets and Old State House in
Boston, "cancelled" stamp, 34 Euro = f 75.
South America
Compagnie Universelle
du Canal Interocéanique de Panama, S.A.
(with facsimile signature of Ferdinant de Lesseps, famous builder of
the Suez Canal. in Egypt).
---------- Paris 1880, with additional payments in 1885 and 1886 with
accompanying tax stamps, Action de 500
Fr, dans un Capital Social de 300 millions de Francs, bleue, 2e
émission (i.e. certificate number is larger than 10.000), size:
18 by 20 cm. + attached coupons, with 2 French and 2 Dutch tax stamps;
beautiful design
with two indians reaching out to each other, coupon restst
attached,
engraving by Stern in Paris, EF, price 50 Euro.
Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique de Panama,
S.A. au Capital de 300 millions de Francs
et
Societé Civile d'Amortissement des obligations du Canal de
Panama Émission de Mars 1888, avec responsabilité
limitée à la mise sociale
(with facsimile signature of Ferdinant de Lesseps, famous builder of
the Suez Canal. in Egypt).
---------- Paris, le 14 Mars 1888; Obligation
Nouvelle au porteur Remboursable à Mille Francs dans une
Emission de 350.000 obligations, authorisée par
l'Assemblée Général du 29 Juillet 1985; size 19 by
14 cm., same engraving as above by Stern in Paris, brown, red stamp
from the liquidator, red stamp or print indicating that this is a
duplicate;, blue stamps "3e série", no coupons, VF: glue remains
in left upper corner, some tiny staple holes; price 250 Euro.
On the occasion of the engagement of our crown prince Willem Alexander
of Orange with Maxima Zorregieta (from Argentina):
Argentina: etymological history of
the name:
Cherpillod writes: Argentina stems from the Latin word argentum,
meaning silver. This due to the fact that the Spanish discoverors were
impressed by the silver ornaments of the local Indians.
According to Ewoud Sanders (NRC April 5th 2001), there exist other
explanations.
Plata is the normal Spanish word for silver. Argento is the more poetic
word for it.
The Spaniards called the area around the later Buenos Aires puerto or
isla de la plata (silver harbour or silver island), possibly
beacause they had heard of great richness in the inland. The inland was
accesible by a large river mouth, which the Spaniards called Río
de la Plata (silver river). But the Spaniards found no precious metals.
When the population separated themselves from Spain in 1816 the country
was named Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata. In 1852 the
congres of Santa Fé announced the republic under the name "la
Argentina". The name was taken from a poem from 1602 by Martín
del Barco Centenera, called Argentina, y Conquista (conquest) del
Río de la Plata.
The poet had taken part in the Spanish conquest of the back lands. The
unfinished poem was reissued in Madrid in 1749 and well known to those
announcing the new republic. The great Spanish Salvat-encyclopedia
calles the poem a clumsy rhime cronicle. So one could say that
Argentina is called after a mediocre unfinished poem.
Literature:
Cherpillod, André, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms
géographiques.
(further references unknown to me).
Sanders, Ewoud, NRC April 5th 2001
Europe-Africa
Socidade Industrial de Chocolates SA
Lisboa (Portugal), 1921; Titulo de cinco Accoes (certificate of 5
shares); size: 25 by 38 cm; blue / yellow; vignette (20 by 14 cm) of a
beautiful
semi nude woman throwing chocolate bars at a detailed globe with maps
of
Europe and Africa; see 119 Kb picture;
large red stamp "Privilegada"and some pink stamps, "liquidada"
and
other ones; design: J. Valeriano Sevla, 1921; AT.ART: Julio
Amorim-Lisboa;
VF: only 1 (hardly visible) fold, very clean; 1 cm tear in left of
Middle
fold; a beauty to frame !; 450 Euro.
Europa-Asia
Handelmaatschappij Europa-Azië (EURAZ), gev. te Amsterdam.
Bewijs van aandeel B (blankette) groot f 1000; brown decorative border
on blue field; map (15 by 8 cm) of Europe and
Asia; print: Joh. Enschede & Zn-Haarlem; coupons
attached; company logo in brown and blue; blankette: EF, 1 light middle
fold, 95 Euro.
Europe
Western Europe
Euro Disneyland S.C.A., issued in Paris, France, but only for
circulation outside France,
condition: UNC, a beautiful stock to frame and give away or hang on
your own wall, despite it's simple design.
After heavy financial losses in its first years of
operation, the turnaround seems to have succeeded.
Restructuring led to the reduction of the value of the
stock from 10 Francs to 5 francs (and the name seems to have changed to
Paris
Disneyland). Most pieces offered on the web have an ugly stamp
describing
this reduction of nominal value, right next to the picture of Mickey
Mouse.
The piece offered here is the original clean stock !!!!!
---------- certificat representatief de 1 action, Paris 1983,
(certificat of 1 share to bearer of 10 French Francs), titre au
porteur, (uncancelled and still traded on the stock exchange; this
share goes without dividend coupons,
howevere,
view small vignette of Mickey Mouse in red pants, pointing at a globe, .
price 10 Euro.
The Commercial Cable Company, New York, febr. 8th 1897, Interim bond
certificate no 320, for $ 10.000 (amount filled in by pen and by figure
punch holes) 4% gold bonds secured by mortgage on all the companies
properties, including those of the Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.
heretofore acquired. These bonds were issued to stockholders of the
aforementioned company in exchange for their stocks.Original signatures
of president and of secretary Albert Beetz, price f 1278 = 580 Euro.
This certificate shows a
15 by 5 cm drawing of 3 transatlantic telegraph cables connecting Western Europe and Canada, as well as
connections within these continents. These cables were laid in 1983,
1984 and 1994 by the company, using the MacKay-Bennett system, named
after the two founders of this company, J.W. Mackay and J. Gordon
Bennett. Read more about the
company's history.
France
Omnium de France, action de 100 Fr, Tarbes 1930, beautiful share,
black border and 9 large black coats of arms, some with latin texts, in
red print a map of France is drawn, with
names
of all the provinces written in them, a beauty to frame, size ca.
18
* 30 cm, EF, price 95 Euro.
Germany
Deutscher Siegelhopfen, Begleiturkunde (= not a stock !!), ausgestellt
auf Grund des Gesetzes ueber die Herkunftbezeichnung des Hopfes von
9-12-1929, Jahrgang 195, Land: Bayern, Anbaugebiet Hallertau,
Siegelbezirk: Pfeffenhausen, 1940, beautiful piece with hops and a coat
of arms with a red robin;
depicted on the back is also map of the region, f 50 = Euro 23
Greece
Anonymus Maritime Company of Naxos S.A.
head ofiice: until 31-12-'74 in Athens; afterwards on Naxos (one of the
Cyclade Islands);
35 by by 26 cm certificates with complete coupon sheet; EF +, unfolded,
except for couponsheet; very decorative border with classic Greek ships
and grapes; 20 by 15 cm underprint of large ship and classic ruins; +
2,5 by 2,5 cm map of the Isle of Naxos; 4 by 4 cm wet stamp of the map
of the Isle of Naxos;
------ certificate of one share of 1000 Drachme, blue / grey, see
40 Kb picture, 35 Euro.
------ certificate of 5 shares of 1000 Drachme, red/grey, see
70 Kb picture, 35Euro.
------ certificate of 10 shares of 1000 Drachme, green / grey,
similar oicture as above, 45 Euro.
------ certificate of 50 shares of 1000 Drachme, purple / grey, similar
picture as above, 60 Euro.
Canal Maritime de Corinthe, S.A, Paris, 1882
Action de 500 Fr. au porteur; large ( 18 by 4,5 cm) illustration
of an old map with Austria-Hungary, Dalmatie, Bosnia, Servia, Bulgary
and Greece as part of the Turkish Empire. It shows the old sea routes
leading south of Greece and the much shorter new sea routes through the
Canal.
It also depicts a cross-section of the canal, showing heights of the
hills
cut through, up to 78 meters and the canal length of ca. 6 km.; see picture ; 2 French stamps + 2
company stamps for payment of 4th and 5th contribution (versements);
blue on yellow-white; a beauty to frme ! It also shows a very small
vignette of the Flying Pegasus and a small vignette of goddess Athena.
145 Euro.
Samos Electric Company (The), Athens, Greece, 26-3-1928, COPY
(26 by 37 cm) of a certificate of 25 shares to bearer, copied on 200
g paper. The original share was, according to a filled in stamp from
1951, in the name of Mr. Dimitrios, a retired professor; This
inscription of the owner was signed by the company director, the very
rich mr. Emanuel Negris. Brown
border on ocre with black lettering. The map has brown lettering on
yellow. # = < 2000 of this type as the Capital consists
of 50.000 shares of 100 Drachmes. The price of this COPY (!) is f
26 = 12 Euro.
The original of this copy is belongs to mr. Michael Stavrinos,
collector, of Samos.
It depicts a complete map of the Greek isle of Samos, a
few miles off the Turkish coast and the most southern island of the
North-East Aegeic Isles. The map has the Greek written names of many
towns and villages and depicts rivers and indicates monastries. Also
a drawing of an electricity pole with a lamp and several stamps for
taxes
and other purposes. See 118 kb picture.;
Samos is an Island loved by nature loving tourists and
artists, among whom Max
Stokvis and was already called "flower island"
by the Romans, due to its many flowers and prevailing flower odours.
Tourist Company of Lesbos, seated in Mitilini, Lesbos, Greece
Touristiki Etairi Lesbou, hedra: Mitilini, Lesbos, Hellas
32 by 20 cm certificate + coupon sheet, EF+, only one fold at coupon
sheet; beautiful and detailed 9 by 7 cm picture of the map of the Isle
of Lesbos + head and tail of a classic coin;
----- certificate of 10 shares, green,
50 Euro
----- certificate of 20 shares,
dark green / yellow, 50 Euro.
----- certificate of 50 shares, red /
yellow, 50 Euro.
Italy
Compagnie d'Entreprises de Conduites d'Eau SA, , constitue par
Compagnie Générale des Conduites d'Eau, sous le titre de
"Compagnie Napolitaine des Conduites d'Eau", en 1894; Liege, Belgium
Action de 500 Fr. au porteur, Liege 30-6-1913; 3 red and 3 black tax
stamps; large decorative piece in brown, large borders with fountains
held by 6 mermaids and 4 crowned coats of arms and texts "Acquedotto
Piemontese Alta Italia" and "Acquedotto Pei Comuni Vesuviani"; large
engraving of very detailed harbour (and boats) and city of Napoli
(Napels) with smoking crater of mount Vesuvius; see top part; see lower part; condition F:
many repairs of tears, but worth framing if no better piece is
available; 75 Euro.
Compagnie d'Entreprises de Conduites d'Eau
Compagnia Imprese Condotte Di Acqua SA, constituee sous le titre de
"Compagnie Napolitaine des Conduites d'Eau", 1894, Siege Social: Liege,
Belgique
13 by 5 cm vignette of the Bay and City of Napels (Napoli) and the
smoking crater of mount Vesuvius
---------- 4% obligation de 500 Fr, Emprunt de Frs. 1.000.000
(blankette !), 1946, orange-red
border and sea; EF +, unfolded, with coupons: 45 Euro
---------- Action au porteur de 500 Fr, 1946, blue border and sea; coupon sheet
attached, UNC: 45 Euro
Spain
Biarritz-St-Sébastien-Tolosa, SA de Tramways Électriques,
established 21-3-1910, Brussels, Belgium, Part de Fondateur, print:
Typ-Lith.La Cote Libre, Br., In the blue decorative border 5 black
coats of arms of Tolosa, St Jean de Luz, Biarritz, Irun and St
Sébastien and a 11
by 4,5 cm map of the coast of France and
Spain
at the Golf de Gascogne, showing many cities between St Sebastien and
Bayonne, and rivers; large red stamp + 1 red and 1 blue
small tax stamp,
----- EF, unfolded, 75 Euro
----- VF-, some wrinkles and stains, 34 Euro.
Electricidas Reunidas de Zaragoza S.A., Zaragoza 15-10-1966, Accion
al portador, 500 pesetas, printed by Lerchundi SA, Bilbao, beautiful
stock, see picture, large size, 28
by 38 cm. including coupons and picture under in the stock of a view of
Zaragoza, the Rio Ebro and a map
of the city with
links to other cities. Vignette on the stock of a beautiful palace, 8
by
5 cm, EF, unfolded, 50 Euro.
Eastern Europe:
Charbonnages Reunis de Bender-Eregli
Action de capital de 250 Fr,
Bruxelles, 1920, black on brown, 2 small vignettes of mining equipment
and helmet + large map of the Black Sea
with many coastal cities indicated and ferry lines drawn.
---------- cancellation holes, only one of which is on map of the
Black sea, 45 Euro.
---------- without cancellation holes, 90 Euro
Asia
Dutch East Indies
De Grote Atlas van Nederlands
Oost-Indië,
2e uitgebreide editie, geeft naast het indrukwekkend aantal van
530
topografische kaarten tevens de namen en korte beschrijvingen van 2400
cultuurondernemingen, met van elk een korte beschrijving. Dit 8 kg.
zware boek telt 480 pagina's, meet 33 bij 46 cm. en is 6 cm. dik.
ISBN: 90 74861 24 5; prijs 265 € excl. verzend kosten.
Uitgeverij Asia Maior / KNAG, 2004; email: www.asiamaior.nl en fax:
0111 417 281.
Warm aanbevolen !! Niet bij mij te koop.
Crediet- en Handelsvereeniging "Banda",
Gevestigd te Amsterdam, opgericht in 1886.
Lees de uitgebreide tekst over het
doel en de bezittingen der maatschappij, de details der diverse
emissies en wat er van terecht kwam. En (t.z.t.) ook over de historie
van dit vroeger voor de nootmuskaathandel zo belangrijke
gebied.De gewone en preferente aandelen zijn fraai geïllustreerd
met een 6 bij 8 cm gravure van het eiland Groot banda en Neira, gelegen aan het Oost Gat en
de Banda Zee.
English: illustration: map of the isle of
Banda in the Banda sea, former Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia,
---------- gewoon aandeel van Fl.
1000,- , Amsterdam 1886 (oplage 1000 st., waarvan in 1925 708 stuks
zijn ingewisseld tegen preferente aandelen: zie hieronder.); Zwarte
sierrand op geel, gravure (zie boven); gedrukt bij De Bussy in
Amsterdam., conditie F: geplakte vouw- en andere scheurtjes en veel
nietjessporen, prijs 95 Euro.
---------- 7% preferente winstdelende
aandelen ("7%" en "preferent" staan niet op het stuk zelf te
lezen), Amsterdam, 1925; gedrukt bij De Bussy in Amsterdam,
oplage : totaal 2000 st., waarvan 708 mèt oranje gedrukt
belastingzegel en 1292 zonder. Die 708 stuks werden gratis verkregen
tegen inwisseling van gewone aandelen. Zwarte sierrand op groen,
------------------------- met bel. zegel, conditie VF+ en VF-: div.
gebruikssporen (vraag scan !), prijs: VF+: 35 Euro; VF-: 25
Euro.
------------------------- zonder bel. zegel, conditie VF+ en VF-: div.
gebruikssporen (vraag scan !), prijs: VF+: 35 Euro; VF-: 25 Euro.
------------------------- zonder bel. zegel, conditie VF+ à EF,
prijs 95 Euro.
---------- 5% obligaties van
f 1000, Amsterdam 1913 (oplage 500 st.), gedrukt oranje bel. zegel,
bruine sierrand en tekst, Druk: Geuze, Dordrecht; los couponblad met
nrs.
66 t/m 101; conditie F: 2 cm scheuren onder en boven in
middenvouw
en div. andere sterke gebruikssporen., prijs 45 Euro.
---------- SCRIP van Fl. 120,
Amsterdam 1949, druk: De Bussy, A'dam; 21 bij 17 cm, blauwe sierrand en
tekst, oranje gedr. bel.zegel; uitgegeven ter compensatie der
rentehalvering tussen 1941 en 1946.
-------------------------- EF: prijs 50 Euro.
Fransch Nederlandsche Maatschappij voor Exploitatie en Handel
(Société Franco-Néerlandaise de Culture & de
Commerce)
gev. te 's
Gravenhage, Nederland, opgericht 5-3-1908, Aandeel aan toonder, reeks
B, onderaandeel van 1/25e (Action
au porteur, serie B, coupure a un vingt-cinquieme),
Frans en Nederlands-talig stuk; bilangual certificate; black rose
border, vignette: 8 by 5,5
cm: map of Malacca, Sumatra, Java &
Borneo, print: Cambrai-IMP.F.Deligne et cie., condition VF,
some tiny pin/staple holes, 2
very small border tears, price 150 Euro.
Africa
Belgian Congo
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