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Auction: CSS11 - The Numismatic Collector's Series sale
Lot: 580

China Commercial Steamship Co., Ltd., Hong Kong, certificate of $100 shares, 1903, no. 971, black on white, grey-blue underprint, company name in English in ornate border vertically at left, text mostly in English, apart from the The company was established in 1903 in Hong Kong, a study of Chinese immigrants to Mexico had mentioned about this company saying that from 1903-1913 the steamships of China Commercial Steamship Co., Ltd., had carried thousands of people from China to America. There was no more clue about this company. Chinese company name at top centre, text in Chinese vertically at right, large company seal at lower centre, printed by Kelly and Walsh, Limited, Queen's Road & Duddell Street, Hong Kong, folds, wormholes, very scarce early Hong Kong share certificate.

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HK$13,000