Superb German Colonial So. West Africa Mining/Rr Bond! Read Unique Hist! Cv $200

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SOUTH TO OTAVI!!

Here you have a large, beautifully engraved German Colonial African bond issued by the Otavi Mining and Railway Company in 1921. The company was founded in 1900 at the height of German Colonial Rule in South West Africa!! See the company history below.

The Otavi area is in present day Namibia, which was formerly the German Colony of South West Africa, and borders South Africa. It contained one of the richest mineral deposits in Africa, and the company was formed to mine and transport those minerals, chiefly copper. Gold is still mined in the area today.

The region was settled by Germans and Afrikaners (white Africans of Boer, ultimately Dutch, heritage) eager to exploit the mineral wealth and natural resources, and their descendants still inhabit the area today.

Measuring approx. 9.5" x 12.5", this lovely art nouveau bond was beautifully engraved by the Imperial German Treasury Engraving Department (Reichsdruckerei) in black, blue, white and gold with an embossed corporate seal. It was issued in the German Capital, Berlin, and is signed by 4 different Company Directors. The entire bond is filled with fancy art deco watermarks!

Excellent crisp and clean condition with a couple of light folds but NO Cancellations, tears, holes, pen marks, stains or other distractions. Beautifully preserved considering its age and rarity! 

An ornate masterpiece rich in Colonial African history! Retail Value: $150. Buy Now for $14.99 and SAVE 90%!! The nicest German Colonial African bond in our archives for the price, which can't and won't last long. This type of bond is often seen priced in the $100's!!

History
1900 Otavi Minen und EisenbahnGesellschaft (Mining and Railway Company) is founded on the 6th of April 1900 with the legal status of a "German Colonial Company" and has its registered offices in Berlin. Its sole purpose is to exploit copper deposits and to build a railway in what was then the German Protectorate of South West Africa (now Namibia).
1921 Under the Treaty of Versailles, the German Protectorate of South West Africa is taken over and administered by the South African Union. The Otavi mining and railway company is able to continue operation as a "foreign company" under the South African protectorate.
1939 The Second World War breaks out and a South African Trustee takes over all the factories and farms belonging to the Otavi Company in South West Africa. He orders the mine in Tsumeb to be closed in 1940.
1976 The "German Colonial Company" of Otavi Minen und Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft is converted into an "Aktiengesellschaft" (public joint stock company) under the name of Otavi Minen AG.
1980 A 33 - 1/3 percent share is taken in General Enterprises Sarides S.A. of Piraeus (Greece), which operates a raw perlite production plant in the island of Milos.
1989 Cookson GmbH, a subsidiary of Cookson plc of London, acquires Erlus Baustofiwerke AG's share in Otavi Minen AG.
1993 Mineralmühle Schulte GmbH, a minerals processing plant is acquired.
1996 Cookson Matthey Ceramics announces that it now holds 86.7 percent of Otavi.
1998 Silver & Baryte Ores Mining Co. S.A., of Athens, takes over the shares in Otavi Minen AG from Cookson Matthey Ceramics and announces that it now holds 87.6 percent.
2000 OtaviMinen AG is restructured into a management holding company. Otavi Minerals GmbH and Otavi Perlit GmbH are established.
2000 6th of April, 100th Anniversary, official celebration on 21 June 2000.
2002 Silver & Baryte Ores Mining Co. S.A., sold the German expanded Perlite business to Deutsche Perlite.
2003/2004

The Otavi Minerals business becomes a fully integrated division of the S&B Industrial Minerals Group.

 

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