Thanks Peter,
Fully agree it is an American rip off on honest long-term shareholders of the former company just to wipe them out. I can see from the previous correspondence I have that there was litigation started on behalf of shareholders of Cable and Wireless a few years ago.
The shares in question are one share Class A worth about $14 and two Class C worth about $30
However, it is about the principles of fairness (not the money), so will be sending the transfer documents first without the medallion signature guarantee but with a grant of probate and hopefully they will accept under the 'less than $10,000’ potential precedent.
The beneficiaries would like the shares in one of their names, rather than to sell.
As regards UK Computershare (re: Liberty Global), they were very helpful, and this has all been registered under their Corporate Sponsored Nominee service.
Thanks again for your quick response.
John Horner