1916年中国邮船有限公司21元股票二十股，面值420元，编号349，其资本总额为二百一十万元。1915年，太平洋邮船公司停办美国至亚洲的路线，有见及此，美籍华侨商人于美国三藩市成立中国邮船有限公司以填补市场需求。该航线特别受华侨欢迎，但一战后船隻已经无需被徵用于军事上，大批船隻可以投入民航服务导致竞争加剧而需要新一轮的资金注入。该公司于香港及中国筹集资金失败之后经营困难，最后于1923年破产结业。VF品相，有小孔，底纸整体有黄，不过彩色部分依然光鲜夺目。China Mail Steamship Company, Ltd., share receipt and agreement for 20 units, dated 23rd May 1916, certificate number 349, capital of $2,100,000 divided into 100,000 shares. The company s first steamship CHINA at centre, flag with the company s logo at the bottom impressed with the company s stamp, green guilloché borders, hand-signed. China Mail Steamship Company was set up by a group of American-Chinese businessmen in San Francisco to fill in the void when Pacific Mail Steamship Co. decided in 1915 to withdraw its ships from the Oriental service. Despite the great popularity with the travelling public - the Chinese in particular - with ships no longer needed for military use after the first World War, the Pacific routes which the company operated in faced more competition and new capital was needed. Efforts to raise capital in Hong Kong and China were in vain, and mounting debts ultimately caused China Mail to go bankrupt in 1923. Very Fine, some minor holes and some expected folds and creases on such large documents
