Puzzling scripophily - No. 2

Dear Miss Marple and M. Hercule Poirot,

We are looking for a particular company. The following three visual clues will help you solve this puzzle. These are details from one of the company's share certificates.

• How to take part ? Submit your replies in the comments section of this post, or in any other way.

• What's in it for you ? The first correct answer yields eternal fame.  

• When will the solution be revealed ? Check this particular blog post.

That's all I can say for the moment. 

Yours truly 

F.L.

AIA's forthcoming numismatic auction to feature rare American railways

Spread over three sessions, Archives International Auctions 56th Sale features over 1000 lots of  banknotes, coins, security printing ephemera, historic documents and autographs. About 400 lots of U.S., Chinese & worldwide scripophily are included. 

The auction features part two of the Stephen Beck Collection of CSX predecessor companies. Included are dozens of rare and stunning stocks and bonds.

The Florida Southern Railroad Company, Main Line 6% Gold Bond of  $1000, 1892, specimen

The FSR, formerly known as the Florida Southern Railway, was developed by railway and hotel entrepreneur Henry Bradley Plant. Part of the Stephen Beck Collection, lot 696 in the sale, and extremely rare

This AIA sale further contains great securities from the American Bank Note Archives. A rich mix of international stocks and bonds represent countries like Bolivia, Canada, China, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, Israel, Mexico, Russia, United Kingdom et cetera.

This Banco de Colombia specimen bond dates from the early 1900s. Its vignette shows the Landing of Columbus, a painting from the American John Vanderlyn. The work, showing Columbus and his crew claiming land on San Salvador Island (Bahamas), can be admired in the central rotunda of the United States Capital in Washington, D.C. Lot 212 in the sale, a finding from the ABN archives.

Here are the sale's details, so you can discover much more for yourself :

• Location : River Edge, New Jersey
• Date : Nov 21, 2019
• Further info : see here, AIA's online catalogue with full color images, here, and PDF version there 

F.L.

Swedish Society of Historical Securities celebrates in Stockholm !

The members of the Svenska Föreningen för Historiska Värdepapper proudly announced the 40th Anniversary of their favorite society. A pioneer when it comes to scripophily, SFHV, founded in 1979, celebrates with an exciting weekend in Stockholm at the end of this month.

Östra Centralbanans Jernvägsaktiebolag

This 100 kronor share from the Eastern Central Line Railway Co., Linköping was issued in 1900. The design includes a map showing the line from Linköping to Vimmerby.

The two-day festivities are inaugurated on Friday evening, November 29, 2019, with an exhibition of Swedish certificates. Guest speakers will talk on the subject of collecting old bonds and shares. On Saturday, 20 November, the society will organize an anniversary auction, concluded with a dinner. Place to be : Jernkontoret, Kungsträdgårdsgatan 10, Stockholm. 

Aktiebolaget Svenska Kullagerfabriken was founded in 1907 by Sven Gustaf Wingqvist, a Swedish engineer and inventor of the famous SKF ball bearing and roller bearing. This 5 shares SKF certificate from 1918 has Wingqvist's facsimile signature in its lower right corner.

For this occasion, SFHV will publish a catalog of Swedish shares (about 8,000 of them) and, around the end of the year, also a 400-page Anniversary book with all articles published in its quarterly magazine during these 40 years, totalling some 125 articles.

More information available on : http://www.historiskavardepapper.com/

Jubilee Auction catalog, see here .

F.L.