ARCHIVES INTERNATIONAL AUCTION 64 SELECTIONS

Lot 929: Columbia Turnpike Road Stock Certificate

Maryland. February 1, 1814, 1 Share, I/U stock certificate, S/N 151, black on light beige paper, Issued to John Ellicott and signed by Samuel Godfrey as President and Samuel Heston as Treasurer. Embossed corporate seal at the left next to the small ornate counterfoil. S/N 151. On January 10, 1810, the Columbia Turnpike Road Company was chartered by the General Assembly of Maryland to "make a turnpike road from where the road leading from Montgomery courthouse to Baltimore intersects the Baltimore and Frederick turnpike road near Ellicott's lower mills, in a direction towards Georgetown, until it intersects the line of the district of Columbia, and so that it shall cross Rock creek at not less than three miles above Georgetown". XF condition. Printed by J. Robinson, 96 Market Street, Baltimore, MD. Rare and early Maryland Turnpike certificate.

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Columbia Turnpike Road, 1814 I/U Stock Certificate. (https://auction.archivesinternational.com/Columbia-Turnpike-Road-1814-I-U-Stock-Certificate_i39669354)

Lots 936 and 937

Lot 936: People's Gas Light and Coke Co. Bond
Illinois, 1895. $1000 Specimen 6% First Consolidated Mortgage Gold Bond, Black text with green border and undertint, Eagle on rock at top center. Red specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, and POCs. Fine condition, ABNC.

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People's Gas Light and Coke Co. 1895 Specimen Bond (https://auction.archivesinternational.com/People-s-Gas-Light-and-Coke-Co-1895-Specimen-Bond_i39669361)

Lot 937: Electric Corp. Stock and Bond
Maine. Lot includes 2 pieces: 10 Shares I/U Capital Stock Certificate in brown; $1000 Specimen 7% Registered Cumulative Gold Debenture Bond in green. Both are in Fine condition. 2 items.

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Electric Corp. Issued Stock and Bond Pair, ca.1909-1911. (https://auction.archivesinternational.com/Electric-Corp-Issued-Stock-and-Bond-Pair-ca-1909-1911_i39669362)

Lot 955: Society of the Cincinnati Invitation

New York. 1899 Issued invitation to the 100th Anniversary of General George Washington's death, to be observed at Saint Paul's Chapel in New York City. Black text with colorful Society of the Cincinnati and Sons of the Revolution badges depicted at left. The Society of the Cincinnati is the nation's oldest patriotic organization, founded in 1783 by officers of the Continental Army and their French counterparts who served together in the American Revolution. Sons of the Revolution is a hereditary society which was founded in 1876 and educates the public about the American Revolution. VF condition. Printed on a vellum or parchment type of paper.

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General Society of the Cincinnati and the Sons of the Revolution 1899 Washington Death Centennial In (https://auction.archivesinternational.com/General-Society-of-the-Cincinnati-and-the-Sons-of-the-Revolution-1899-Washington-Death-Centennial-In_i39669380)

Lot 990: Columbian Bank Note Co. Stock Certificate

Chicago, Illinois. 50 Shares, I/C, Stock Certificate, Black on green underprint, S/N 11, VF condition with the counterfoil attached to the left side. Scarce security printer stock certificate. Columbian Bank Note Co. - Columbian started up in Chicago in 1904 after ABN bought Western Bank Note. Western's former president decided to start a new company.

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Columbian Bank Note Co., 1905 I/C Stock Certificate. (https://auction.archivesinternational.com/Columbian-Bank-Note-Co-1905-I-C-Stock-Certificate_i39669415)

Lot 1023: 1973 First Pacific Rim Banknote Conference Commemorative Book

Washington, D.C., 10.5 x 8.5 inch commemorative and embossed leather book from the Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Dated October 1973, when opened, displays several illustrated vignettes at left, as well as a page of appreciation to all participating nations within the First Pacific Rim Banknote Conference. Uncirculated condition, with interior pages protected by plastic held in by ribbons. First time offered by us. BEP.

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Department of the Treasury, 1973 First Pacific Rim Banknote Conference Commemorative Book With 2 Pag (https://auction.archivesinternational.com/Department-of-the-Treasury-1973-First-Pacific-Rim-Banknote-Conference-Commemorative-Book-With-2-Pag_i39669448)

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