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1955 British
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Stock Code BSA01 |
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Certificate dated
3rd March 1955, for
280 shares of 15/- each in this South African mining company.
Pink and black certificate with imprint of the company seal and
vignettes in each corner together with a larger one in the
centre of the certificate. Issued to Guy White Beor with the original signatures of
a director and
the company secretary.
Certificate size is
24
cm high x 31 cm wide (10" x 13"). It will be mounted in a
mahogany frame, with gold inlay, size 31 cm high x 39 cm wide.
About This Company |
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Framed Certificate Price : £65.00
UnFramed Certificate Price : £25.00 |
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About This Company
The British South Africa Company was established by
Cecil Rhodes, receiving a royal charter in 1889. Modeling it on the British
East India Company, he hoped it would enable colonisation and economic
exploitation in southern Africa, as part of the Scramble for Africa.
It recruited its own army, and attacked and defeated the
Matabele and Shona north of the Limpopo river. It was the first time in
history Britons have used the Maxim gun in combat (five Maxims to five
thousand Ndbele casualties). The company carved out (and for the following
three decades administred) a territory which it named Zambezia, and later,
Rhodesia.
In 1914 the charter was renewed, on condition that
settlers in Rhodesia were given increased political rights. In 1923, Britain
chose not to renew the BSA Co's charter, and instead accorded
'self-governing' colony status to Southern Rhodesia (today, Zimbabwe) and
protectorate status to Northern Rhodesia (today, Zambia).
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