Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

Specimen Share Certificate – "Ma'abarot HaYarden Ltd."

Opening: $100
Sold for: $275
Including buyer's premium
Specimen of a share certificate in the amount of 1 Palestine Pound issued by "Ma'abarot HaYarden Ltd." (Jordan Estates Limited). Hebrew and English.
Stamped twice – "Specimen".
"Ma'abarot HaYarden (Jordan Estates Limited) was a company for electrical power production which belonged to Jordan Investments Ltd. (see next item), daughter-company of Israel Electric Corporation.
29X39 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and a few stains. Tears at margins of certificate (one open tear), not affecting text.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
The Morton Leventhal Collection
The Morton Leventhal Collection