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Archives International Auctions - Sale 36
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October 22&25,2016
Archives International Auctions
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Telecommunications
Iowa
1208
1208Iowa Union Telephone & Telegraph Co., 1883 Stock Certificate.Davenport, Iowa, 1883, 10 Shs, Issued and uncancelled but endorsed
on back, early old fashioned telephone in gold as under print in middle,
Cert.#8, light toning on bottom margin, scarce and attractive Iowa
telephone company certificate, VF condition. �������������������������������Est.
$90-150
Kentucky
1209
1209Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Co., 1912 Specimen BondKentucky. $1000 Specimen 5% General Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond.
Brown border and undertint. Vignette of a cherub in middle flanked
by allegorical man and woman. Specimen overprints, POC, Coupons
attached. XF condition. ABNC. ������������������������������������������������������Est.
$90-150
Maine
1210
1210American DeForest Wireless Telegraph Co., 1904 Issued StockMaine. 10 Shares Common Stock, I/U Certificate. Black print with green
border and under print. Vignette of topless allegorical woman holding
telegraph lines with winged cherub beside her top left, VF condition,
New York BNC.�����������������������������������������������������������������������������Est.
$120-200
1211
1211American DeForest Wireless Telegraph.Maine. 1904. Issued and
uncancelled. 5 Shares. Green border and under print, Allegorical topless
woman with cherub on left with large ornate title. VF-XF. Rare and
lovely telegraph certificate.���������������������������������������������������������Est.
$$120-200
Minnesota
1212
1212North Western Telephone Exchange Co., 1883 Issued StockMinnesota. Two Shares Capitol Stock, I/U Certificate. Black print with
simple black border. Low certificate number, 19.Vignette of crops and
vegetation at top center. VF condition. ���������������������������������������Est.
$100-150
New Jersey
1213
1213 Consolidated Telephone Co., 1885 Issued StockNewark, NJ. 800
Shares Capitol Stock, Issued and Uncancelled Certificate. Black print
with green border. Vignette of American Bald Eagle holding underwater
telephone wires in its claws at center, under company name. VF
condition to XF condition. Kendall BNC.�������������������������������������Est.
$120-180