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January 19th 2011
"'s Heeren Loo",
Vereniging tot opvoeding en verpleging van
geesteszwakke kinderen, gevestigd te Utrecht sinds 1891, (Society for
education and nursing of mentally retarded children).
------------ 3% obligatie van f 1000 in een lening van f 1 miljoen, ,
Amersfoort, 1951, blankette, UNC, 23 Euro.
------------- 5% obligatie van f 500, Amersfoort, 1957, bruine sierrand
op geel veld, blankette, UNC, 5 Euro.
-------------- 5% obligatie van f 1000, Amersfoort, 1957, blauwe
sierrand op lichtblouw veld, blankette, UNC, 5 Euro.
November 4th 2010
Chipshol Forward N.V.
Gev. te Hoofddorp (gemeente Haarlemmermeer); Bewijs van gewoon aandeel aan toonder, groot f 1; Hoofddorp 9-9-1991; zeer zeldzaam SPECIMEN uit de archieven van drukkerij De Bussy Ellerman Harms B.V., Amsterdam; conditie: fris van de drukker zonder enig gebrek, met aanhangend couponblad; blauw-groen bedrijfslogo; 6 facsimile handtekeningen, waaronder die van oprichter-directeur J. Poot sr. (Jan). prijs € 95.
Er zijn ook Bewijzen van f 10 en f 50 uitgegeven met respectievelijk de letters B en C.
Lees de geschiedenis van dit projectontwikkelingsbedrijf rond luchthaven Schiphol en hoe de droom van de succesvolle projectontwikkelaar Jan Poot, over de toekomst van Schiphol en omgeving, gedurende decennia van Machiavelliaanse intriges, grotendeels is opgegaan in een rook van processen, claims, rechterlijke dwalingen en uiteindelijk de opening van een justitiële beerput, die on-Nederlands lijkt, en die je, gelardeerd met pedosexuele affaires, doden en doodsbedreigingen jegens vele betrokkenen, eerder zou verwachten in een boek van Ludlum of Forsyth, dan in de Nederlandse praktijk. Maar helaas.....
October 31st 2010
Gamma Holding heeft de Vlisco Groep uit geldnood voor € 118 miljoen verkocht aan Actis, een Engelse private equity firma. De opbrengst wordt gebruikt voor schuldreductie.
P.F. van Vlissingen & Co's Katoenfabrieken (Vlisco)
Gev. te Helmond (N.Br) aan de Binnen Parallelweg 27; In 1846 opgericht door Pieter Fentener van Vlissingen en zijn compagnon Jan Matthijsen. Vanaf 1917 is het een beursgenoteerde N.V. Vanaf 1970 werd de bekende naam Vlisco gehanteerd (ontleend aan Vlissingen & Co). In 1972 werd het bedrijf een onderdeel van Gamma Holding, de naam Vlisco bleef in gebruik. In 2010 heeft Gamma Holding de Vlisco Groep uit geldnood verkocht aan Actis , een Engelse private equity firma. Het bedrijf produceerde o.a. de bekende rood-bonte boeren-zakdoek, maar werd beroemd om zijn op Batik gebaseerde bedrukte stoffen, eerst voor de Nederlands-Indische markt en later, tot heden, voor de Afrikaanse markt. Lees de uitgebreide en boeiende geschiedenis van dit beroemde bedrijf dat Helmond op modegebied opstuwde tot "het Parijs voor Afrika". Div. oude aandelen van dit bedrijf zijn hier te koop.
October 31st 2010
31 oktober werd in Griekenland de 2500e verjaardag gevierd van de slag bij Marathon. 12.500 lopers deden dit jaar mee in Athene, drie keer zo veel als normaal. Premier George Papandreou liep het 10 km. onderdeel ook mee (bron: FD, 1-11-2010).
Marathon Manufacturing Company
certificate of 100 shares, 1970s, orange border and 6,5 by 5,5 cm. engraving of a muscular
man
holding a burning torch and globe in front of 2 Greek buildings, at his
feet a laurel wreath of olive twigs; print: Security Columbian Banknote
Co.; condition EF: unfolded, no staple traces, no cancellation stamp,
price
25 Euro.
Incorporated in 1969 under Delaware law, USA; The company was founded
by Howard Terry, originally as Business Funds Inc. It built oil rigs
world
wide. The company also owned the John Brown Shipyards that once built
the
HMS Hood, the Queen Elisabeth, and QE2. Later the company was acquired
by
Penn Central Corporation during its diversification phase (Source:
Collectible
Stocks and Bonds).
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April 20th 2010
Abacus Fund, Inc.
under Delaware law; 1960's; Certificate
of 100 shares, ABNC print, orange border; 11 by 5 cm engraving of 2
men next
to an abacus (counting frame; NL.: telraam), used in ancient China and
the
classical world in Europe. It is still in use in parts of Asia (source: E.N.S.I.E., 1952, X, p. 3); price
25 Euro.
Abacus was also the name of another investment fund...............read the story !
Goldman Sachs alledgedly fooled investors in 2007 by inviting them to take shares in their "Special Purpose Vehicle" named Abacus. They sold part of the fund with the label "quadruple A", suggesting the investment to be very safe indeed. And so thought investors and the insurers, ACA and ABN-AMRO, who only asked a very small premium for insuring the default-risk of the fund. ABNAMRO, now Royal Bank of Scotland received a premium of only € 1,5 million (money gained easy and with minimal risk, so they thought), but had to pay out $ 841 insurance money, in 2008, because Abacus did fail indeed. What the buyers of the shares and the insurers did not know, was dat Hedge fund Paulson had choosen the mortgages for the Abacus fund and that they speculated on it's default. Paulson gained $ 1 billion with the default of Abacus. The SEC accuses Goldman Sachs and Paulson that the Abacus fund was designed to fail, something that Goldman Sachs denies (source: Financieel Dagblad, April 20th 2010).
Mundus vult decipi, decipiatur.
March 28th 2008
Spyker Cars shares in Amsterdam rise 20% on good recent developmenst in sales and production.
Read the more than 100 year old story !
April 2004
Celanese Corporation, Incorporated under delaware law, USA;
Celanese is a Kronberg
(Germany) based Chemical Industry conglomerate; in 1999 it became
(again) independant from the German Mother firm Hoechst and became
listed at the German stock exchange. with an introduction price of
about 16 Euro. In 2003 it had a turnover of 4,3 billion Euro with
10.700 employees, working in 24 factories and 6 research
institutes in 10 countries in North America, Europe and Asia. In April
2004
The American venture capital Blackstone Group has received
approval
for buying the company at a price of 32,50 Euro, about double the
introduction
price 4 years ago. The bid has a value of 3,1 billion Euro including
debts
and pension fund obligations. Until now the Kuwait Petroleum
Corporation held 29% of the stock of Celanese.
----- 1970, certificate of 100
shares, olive border and engraving of chemical lab. Facsimile
signature of president
John W. Brooks, EF, unfolded, price23 Euro
----- 1968, certificate of < 100 shares, brown border, same
engraving, facsimile signature of chairman Harold Blanche, VF, 2 folds,
minor staple traces, price 25 Euro.
December 2003
Germany based erotica concern Beate Uhse
(listed on the German stock exchange) takes over her largest competitor
in TheNetherlands: Christine le Duc. All 250 European stores of Beate
Uhse will in 2004 be serviced by a new logistics centre in Almere
(The Netherlands).
Beate Uhse AG, Eine Aktie ueber 1 Euro (1 stock of 1 Euro),
Flensburg, Germany, May 1999, still valid stock, listed at a German
stock exchange, with complete coupon sheet, price 84 Euro.
Sensationally beautiful share in blue and red
of the old and famous German erotica & lingerie firm Beate Uhse.
Illustrations: foto's of a beautiful blond lady in the nude lying down
across
the entire certificate and 2 dark haired ladies showing red underwear
of
the firm, but no longer when viewed under ultra-violet light. Under and
upper
border with blue hearts. A beauty to frame !!
See picture. and read more about the history of the firm
and her founder
June
2003
Rexall, later Rexall Drug
and Chemical Comp. and later Rexall Sundown has in 2000 become part of
the Dutch company Numico.
Numico paid 1.800 million $ in
2000, had only head aches from this acquisition and was glad to be able
to resell it in june 2003 for only 250 Million $ to NBTY.
Rexall Drug Comp., 1959, with overprint in red "Rexall Drug & Chemical", vignette: 2 angelic figures bordering a mortar and pestle, blue border, text in red: "The name of this corporation has been changed to Rexall Drug and Chemical Company", price 25 Euro (I have seen it for sale for 50 - 70 US $ !)
Rexall Drug and Chemical Comp., vignette: 2 male allegorical ,
almost nude
figures, bordering a Rexall Logo and a pestle and mortar,
---------- 1966, 100 shares, blue border, overprint in red: "this
certificate represents shares of common stock", 25 Euro
----------1962, < 100 shares, brown border, no red overprint,
some faint stains, 16 Euro
The bird plague hits the Dutch poultry farms;
De Vogelpest treft de Nederlandse pluimveehouderij, eerst op de Veluwe, nu ook al in Limburg.
Ik weet niet of onderstaande bedrijven nog bestaan en wat hun geschiedenis is; Wie kan me informeren ?
Eierenhandel en Pluimveebedrijf Luctor, Landsmeer, gev. te Landsmeer (N.H.),
opgericht 22-11-1960; kapitaal: 200 aandelen van f 1000; Bewijs van gewoon aandeel t.n.v. de NV Beleggingsmaatschappij van Schaik, gev. te Landsmeer (vroeger genaamd: NV Eierenhandel en Pluimveebedrijf voorheen K. van Schaik & Zonen).EF: bruine sierrand op geel, voll. aanh. couponblad; 35 Euro. E.P.U.,
Europesche Pluimvee Unie N.V., bewijs van gewoon aandeel, f 100, Hamersveld, 15-9-1964, klein logo "EPU"; druk: Kon Drukkerijen Lankhout-Immig, Den Haag; ongevouwen, met coupons, prijs 23 Euro.
The Royal Dutch / Shell group takes over the USA based Pennzoil-Quaker State oil company. It pays 1,8 billion $ and takes over 1,1 billion $ debts. Pennzoil is the largest producer of lubricants in the world. Royal Dutch pays shareholders of Pennzoil a 42% premium on the latest stock price !
Pennzoil United, Inc,
vignette: seated semi nude man holding chemical equipment, before oil installations
---------- 1971-1996, blue border, 5,25% debenditure, 1971, unfolded, no staple traces, EF, 25 Euro.
The certificates below have a red overprint: "name changed to Pennzoil Company";
---------- 51/4 % loan 1972-96, orange border, $ 1000, staple traces, 25 Euro
---------- 51/4 % loan 1972-96, purple border, $ 10.000, staple traces, 17 Euro
February 2002
Op RTL4 sponsort Carbonell tijdens de lente van 2002 het weer (zie de TV reclame). Dat geeft ook wel weer aanleiding tot humor: zie cartoon over Carbonell sponsoring !
Carbonell y Cia de Cordoba, S.A.,
6,95 % bond of 1000 peseta's to
bearer,
Cordoba, 1963, (the famous olive oil firm), condition EF: 2 wrinkles
that
can be seen on scan are hardly visible in reality, price 50 Euro.
Nederlands: Carbonell maakt de bekende
olijfolie
(zie het bekende flessenetiket).
Cordoba, in zuid-Spanje, is een belangrijk centrum van olijf-verwerking
en ligt temidden van zeer uitgestrekte gebieden met olijfboomgaarden.
Op
RTL4 sponsorde Carbonell - als reclame - tijdens de lente van 2002 het
weer.
Dat gaf weer aanleiding tot humor: zie cartoon over Carbonell sponsoring !
English: Carbonell produces the famous
olive
oil (see the brand label).
Cordoba,
in Southern Spain, is an important centre of olive oil industry and
olive
"Houston based electricity company ENRON becomes disater for it's pensioners"
Many former and current employees of the defaulting company ENRON had major parts of their pension funds invested in ENRON itself. In The Netherlands such disaters can since ca. 50 years (!) no longer happen after the failure of :
Tricotagefabrieken v/h Frans Beeren & Zonen NV, gevestigd te Weert (L), opgericht14-3-1929, Bewijs van gewoon aandeel f 1000 aan toonder, Weert, juli 1929, orig. handt. van Jack Beeren en een andere Beeren, druk: Joh. Enschede en zonen-Haarlem, blauwe sierrand op grijs patroon; 10 bij 7 cm vignette van een beer en de NL leeuw, see picture, price: VF a EF, 34 Euro.
English: hosiery factory, formerly Frans Beeren & Sons, incorp. in 1929; certificate of ordinary share of f 1000, Weert, province of Limburg.
After World War II, the company produced nylon stockings. But soon it went broke. Willy-nilly this was to have a marked influence on Dutch pension fund laws: as the company's pension fund had invested an important part of its money in the company itself, it could subsequently not meet its obligations to the pensioners. As a direct consequence of this, a new Dutch law was created: the "Pensioen- en Spaarfondsenwet", which stipulates that pension funds may only invest 5% of their assets in their own company, the exception being that more is allowed if the pension fund has an ample reserve surplus cover. (Source: J. de Jonge, Doorn, NL).
Jack Beeren, one of the Sons mentioned on the certificate, and who signed the certificate as member of the board of directors, emigrated in 1950 to the USA, where he founded a textile company in South Carolina, called "Klernits". He died in 2000 at the age of 95. "Klernits" is now the company that makes Polo Shirts for Ralph Laueren. (Source: David Dunn, San Francisco, USA, descendant of Jack Beeren)
October 2001
Due to the falling stock markets some Dutch company pension funds saw their necessary reserves fall to an uncomfortable, be it still sufficient, level. The large Dutch pension fund ABP, one of the world's largests (if not the largest) also saw it's comfortable reserves slink dramatically from ca. 150 % to ca. 110% of it's legal obligations.
In his interesting book Rijk Blijven (Staying Rich), a history of Dutch stock markets from 1540 until now, Martien van Winden argues (p147) that the high average percentage (50) invested in stocks by Dutch pension funds is only warranted by the stock market developments in the last 50 years, but not by developments in the 50 years before that, vividly describing the market downtrends between 1720 -1795 and 1920-1932.
An illustration of a Dutch pension fund for civil servants that went broke is the NV Nederlandsche Maatschappij van Zekerheidsstelling voor Ambtenaren en Beambten (Eng: company for assurance for civil servants), gev. te Amsterdam, opgericht 27-6-1891. Sierrand van het bekende muzieknotenschrift van de drukker Joh. Enschede en Zonen, Haarlem (Eng: decorative border from so called "music notes", a safe printing method originally used for bank notes). Volgens W.J. Nieboer (VVOF mededelingenblad , maart 1996, p. 8) kan de maatschappij worden beschouwd als een voorloper van de huidige pensioenfondsen. Hij schrijft dat het de firma slecht verging en dat vele beambten in die jaren hun pensioen in een faillissement zagen opgaan.
English: The copany was a forerunner of the modern pension funds for civil servants. In this case it seems that the savings were lost in a bankruptcy.
------- 1901, Kapitaal 3 mln, bewijs van aandeel f 1000, t.n.v. dhr. Cornelis Dirk van Vliet te Amsterdam en in 1912 overgeschreven t.n.v. Valkenburg, arts te 's Gravenhage, origin. handt. + couponblad, blauw belastingstempel, zwarte sierrand van muzieknotenschrift op geel veld. Veel stortingsstempels op de achterkant van het voorblad, price 34 Euro
------- 1907, kapitaal 4 miljoen, aandeel aan toonder, f 800, zwarte muzieknoten-sierrand op roze patroon, blauw belastingstempel:
--------------- VF / EF, 1 losse talon, ongevouwen, price 34 Euro
--------------- VF +, geen coupons, 23 Euro
May 2001
Now, the videorelease can be hired of the beautiful 1999 film (172 minutes !) "Jason and the Argonauts". It covers only half the journey described here on this site, but is an adventure film worth seeing !
Argonaut Mill & Mining Co.,
incorporated, june 18th 1879 in San Francisco;Capital stock 2 million $
(20.000 shares
of 100$); certificate nr 129 (in blue
figures)
of x = 100 shares, dated January 7th 1880, in the name of John Sproston
Jr., who endorsed the certificate on the back in order to have it
registered
in the companies book after handing over this certificate.Small size
(10
by 24 cm) and on pink paper. Original signatures of secretary (Fields
?)
and director (Davenput ?); Litography by Britton & Rey S.F.; Above
the
lower border it reads Eldorado Co., Cal.; price 613 Euro.
See this certificate and it's Beautiful
6 by 4 cm vignette of the mythological ship the ARGO, the famous
and heroic
crew of which were called the ARGNAUTS.
See the story of this famous journey led by Iason, who went out to
get
the Golden Fleece, and also have a look at a map of their journey.
April 2001
The BSE crisis in Europe drew my attention to some stocks illustrated with catle, grazing peacefully in pastural surroundings, to Noah's attempt to save the world's animal species and to the financial institutions involved in livestock. See livestock page
March 2001
Food / grocery chain Laurus declines take-over bid by SPAR. Laurus and Spar do not agree on the take over price and Laurus is now allowed to negotiate with other bidders. Until mid April Spar has priority right to buy Laurus, provided they will pay at least the amount of the highest bidder at that time.
SPAR Handels-Aktiengesellschaft, Inhaber-Optionsschein, Hamburg, Germany, Januar 1991, red border and text, small green Spar logo of spruce-fir and large one in grey in underprint, see picture, UNC, price 9 Euro.
Grand Union Company (The)
This food retailing company was established in 1928 under Delaware law. The company went broke early 2001 and was taken over by the Dutch multinational AHOLD. Ahold's daughter Stop & Shop in massachusets took over 36 stores and 8 locations; Ahold daughter Tops Markets in New York State took over 20 stores.
---------- Vignette: goddess
Demeter (L.Ceres) of agriculture, one breast uncovered, holding
an olive branch and goddess Athene (L. Minerva) holding a sword and a
palm branch, wearing a helmet:
--------------------green border, 1950ies and 1960ies, VF, 23 Euro
--------------------blue border, 150ies and 1960ies, VF, 23 Euro
---------- Vignette:
graceful lady in front of moving belt with food products and in the
background a farm
with grain sheaves
--------------------red border, 1970ies, x shares, one in the name of
the company and with an accompanying letter of a bank informing
the company to transfer these shares to a number of employees in order
to accomodate
their option rights to company shares., VF, 23 Euro.
--------------------blue border, 100 shares, 1960ies, VF, unfolded, 34
Euro.
--------------------green border, x shares, 1960ies, VF, 23 Euro
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