| Type | Common Stock Trust Certificate |
|---|---|
| Place of Issue | New York, United States of America |
| Date of Issue | 1920 |
| Printing Firm | American Bank Note Company |
| Language | English |
| Year of Acquisition | 2012 |
| Condition | EF |
Description
The Cupey Sugar Company was originally established as a Connecticut corporation in 1915 to control the Cupey mill in the Oriente province of Cuba. With Thomas A. Howell (later president of the company) a member of the Howell family who controlled the West India Sugar Finance Corporation was already onboard. In 1922 it became part of the newly formed Sugar Estates of Oriente - a subsidiary of the Cuban Dominican Sugar Corporation (successor to West India Sugar Finance Corp.). The mill itself seems to no longer have existed by 1938.
Plain Common Stock Trust Certificate. This was issued to accomodate the move in 1921 from a US to a Cuban legal entity. Whether this actually happened and if such a Cuban entity was then absorbed into the Sugar Estates of Oriente or continued as a local company owned by Sugar Estates of Oriente is as yet unclear. Stamped “Specimen”, punchholes.