Name: Warsaw Steam Locomotive Manufacturing Company
Date: 1929
Signature: Facsimile, pen
Dimensions: 34 x 21.5 cm
Coupons: Yes, one coupon
Category: Railway Industry
Condition: VF
Denomination: 1 bearer share worth 100 zlotych
Description: A SECURITY ISSUED IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF WARSAW BY A COMPANY ALSO KNOWN AS “PAROWÓZ,” WHICH OPERATED DURING THE INTERWAR PERIOD. THE COMPANY WAS ENGAGED IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF STEAM LOCOMOTIVES. ITS PRODUCTION ALSO INCLUDED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES, ROAD ROLLERS, AND DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES. AS A RESULT OF FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES IN 1935, IT WAS SOLD AND BECAME PART OF THE OSTROWIEC WORKS AS ITS WARSAW BRANCH. AFTER WORLD WAR II, IT OPERATED UNDER THE NAME WARSAW INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING PLANT, AND LATER ITS FOCUS WAS SHIFTED TO THE PRODUCTION OF EXCAVATORS AND HEAVY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AS THE LUDWIK WARYŃSKI MECHANICAL WORKS. Ludwik Waryński. CURRENTLY, THEY ARE PART OF THE WARYŃSKI S.A. HOLDING GROUP. SHARE ISSUE IN TWO LANGUAGES: POLISH AND FRENCH. DECORATIVE MOTIFS WITH A BEAUTIFUL BORDER FEATURING FLORAL SHAPES. THE BACKGROUND OF THE STAMP FEATURES A STEAM LOCOMOTIVE. THE STAMP OF THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND IN BRUSSELS APPEARS ON THE STAMP, ALONG WITH THE SIGNATURE OF THE VICE-CONSUL WHO REGISTERED THE STAMP PURSUANT TO THE DECREE OF FEBRUARY 3, 1947. THE REGISTRATION WAS INTENDED TO SERVE AS THE BASIS FOR POSSIBLE COMPENSATION PAYMENTS FOR PROPERTY NATIONALIZED BY THE COMMUNISTS.
