SCRIPOPHILY APRIL 2018 ISSUE PUBLISHED

The new issue of Scripophily, the thrice yearly publication of the International Bond and Share Society, has just been mailed to the 400 worldwide Society members.

It contains an article about the 19th century guano industry and companies organized to mine bird doo - which at the time was the acme of fertilizer. Despite the unappealing nature of the companies' product, their US stock certificates include some of the most decorative examples from the period.

Other articles include marijuana stocks, companies in the history of the computer mouse, Italian State bonds, Japanese financial art and stock and bond auction reports along with news of interest to collectors of vintage securities.

This share in the US Guano Co was printed by the American Bank Note Co. The company issued it in 1859 to finance avian guano excavation on Howland Island in the south Pacific. Howland Island is better known today for the bird that never arrived - Amelia Earhardt.

Subscriptions come with the $32 Society annual membership at https://scripophily.org/ .

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