TABAK Frankreich
ELSäSSISCHE TABAKMANUFACTUR, Manufacture Alsacienne des Tabacs
Action au Porteur 1000 Mark
# 914
1890
Strasbourg
Info: The company was formed 1890 to take over the business of H. Oldenkott & Co. in Strasbourg and greatly expand the production of tobacco goods. At the end of the WW Alsace was returned to France, and the company was sequestered in 1919. The following year, production restarted by the Badische Tabakmanufaktur Roth Händle GmbH. A very fine and large format piece with flowering tobacco-plants in the lower border and underprint, and the arms of Alsace at the top. Text in German and French. (source, M. Boone)
PAPIERIES du ROUSSILLON Reunis LE NIL
5 % Obligation 500 Francs
# Blankette
191x
Perpignan
Info: The company's shares are known to collectors, but no obligations. This is a proof, perhaps not adopted by the company. Company logo of an elephant. The company produced smoker's needs, and also paper-goods. (source, auction catalogue)
SOCIETE ANONYME des TABACS DESINTOXIOUES
Societe en Commandite BARDOU BROUSSAUD BONFILS & Co.
Titre de Dix Obligationes 10 x 500 Francs
# Blankette
19xx
Info: Border shows the company's cigarette-paper factories at Perpignan and Angoulême, and the company's trade-marks, including an elephant (running to the right) wearing boots. (source: auction catalogue)
Societe Fermiere du MONOPOLE DES TABACS en Serbie
Part de Fondateur au Porteur 500 Francs
# 46
1886
Paris
Info: Only 100 issued. Decorative border, with 4 corner vignettes of the royal arms of Serbia.Founded by the Comptoir d'Escompte de Paris and the Banque Impériale Royale Privilégiée des Pays Autrichienne in 1886 to obtain and exploit the tobacco monopoly granted by the Serbian government in Serbia. (source: auction catalogue)