Maracaibo Oil Exploration Corp. Transferred to Buffet Partnership, Ltd. - 1940's-60's dated Oil Stock Certificate - Maracaibo Basin in Venezuala

Oil Stock printed by American Bank Note Company. Transferred to Buffet Partnership, Ltd. on back of stock! Two male figures at each side of a female. Very attractive vignette!!! Available in Blue or Brown. Please specify color.

Lake Maracaibo is abundant in oil and gas resources, earning it the nickname "oil lake". The first Spaniards to arrive utilized the tar seeping from the lake to seal ship cracks. The Maracaibo oil field was discovered in 1914, the first oil well was drilled in 1917, and large-scale exploitation began in 1922. The oil fields are concentrated in the northeast and northwest of the lake, with oil-producing layers consisting mainly of Tertiary sandstone and Cretaceous limestone. The hydrocarbon-bearing area covers 1,300 square kilometers, primarily located in the coastal waters stretching 105 kilometers long and 32 kilometers wide to the east of the lake.

Tweedy, Browne Company LLC is an American investment advisory and fund management firm established in 1920 and based in Stamford, Connecticut. As of December 2012, it managed approximately $13 billion in separate accounts and four mutual funds. The firm specializes in value investing, a strategy influenced by Benjamin Graham, and is renowned for its early association with Warren Buffett during the initial phase of his career. Tweedy, Browne is often recognized as "the oldest value investing firm on Wall Street."

Warren Buffett, a protégé of Benjamin Graham, had a close relationship with Tweedy, Browne in the early stages of his investing career. He used the firm as his preferred brokerage for Buffet Partnership, Ltd. (1956-1966) and purchased his first shares of Berkshire Hathaway through them.