Santa Cecilia Sugar Corporation

Voting Trust Certificate | August 1920 | 100 pieces
TypeVoting Trust Certificate
Represented Quantity100
Place of IssueNew York, United States of America
Date of IssueAugust 1920
Printing FirmAmerican Bank Note Company
LanguageEnglish
Year of Acquisition2025
ConditionEF

Description

The Santa Cecilia Sugar Corporation was set up in 1917 in Delaware to succeed the Santa Cecilia Sugar Company which was incorporated in 1904 in Maine. The company owned the Santa Cecilia mill near Guantánamo in the Oriente province of Cuba. The corporation in turn was reorganized in 1929 and the property was sold for 75,000 US-$ and by 1938 the mill was controlled by a Cuban company. The mill was probably closed before the 1959 revolution.

Typical plain design for this voting trust certificate. Stamped “Specimen” and punchholes. 0000-numbered.

Voting trusts were vehicles used to ensure organised control of the underlying shares.

Santa Cecilia Sugar Corporation | Museum Fraikin