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![** U.S.A.: American Sapphire Company, 100 shares of $10, 190[6], #586, miners at work, blue, not cancelled. Incorporated in New York in 1905 to work the sapphire mines at Yogo Creek, Philipsburg, Montana. A large deposit of the stones was discovered by gold miners in the 1890's and by the turn of the century the region was one of the largest producers in the world. Acquired by an English Company in 1914. EF.](https://content.easyliveauction.com/auctions/images_lots/3FEEB92078EA3745CBBE171AF1FAE9E6_mve01/1100005499_PREVIEW.JPG)
![Falkland Islands: Falkland Islands and Dependencies Sealing Company Limited, £50 share, Port Stanley 19[28], #34, ornate border, black. Registered in the Falkland islands by Falkland, South Georgia and Norwegian interests to harvest seal skins. The company operated a factory at Albemarle with some 30 employees, enough to handle 300 seals per day. The company lasted about 10 years but made no profit and cost the lives of 40,000 seals. VF and extremely rare.](https://content.easyliveauction.com/auctions/images_lots/3FEEB92078EA3745CBBE171AF1FAE9E6_mve01/1100003191_PREVIEW.JPG)
