Benson & Hedges is one of the most famous tobacco brands in the world, whose Canadian subsidiary was listed on the Montreal Stock Exchange. This share certificate No. A0464 for 4 shares, registered in the name of James Richardson & Sons, one of the great brokerage and grain-trading houses of Winnipeg, bears witness to the diversified investments of this great Canadian business family. The date of March 1958 falls within the years of full expansion of the tobacco market, before the first epidemiological studies began to alert public opinion. Tobacco-company securities are highly sought after in scripophily for their sophisticated graphic design and the allegorical vignettes that adorn them, as well as for the controversial history of the industry they represent.