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Scripophily - Agriculture
Hawaii
1001 Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Co. Ltd. Specimen Stock.
Hawaii, 19xx, less than 1000 Shares, Specimen Stock, Black on yel6
low border and underprint, Sugar plantation with locomotive leav6
ing factory top center, Red SPECIMEN overprints and POC’s, VF6XF
condition, HBNC.. ......................................................... Est. $2504500
New Jersey
1002 Great Western Sugar, 1928, Issued Stock. New Jersey, 1928,
100 Shares, Issued and Cancelled Stock, #NY10894, Black on green
border and underprint, Bald Eagle on bee hive top center, Black can6
celled stamps and POC’s, Fine condition, ABNC. .......... Est. $1504250
New York
1003 Holly Sugar Co. Specimen Stock. New York, 1975, 100 Shares,
Pin6Punch Specimen Stock, Black on orange border and underprint,
Sitting allegorical woman top center holding winged wheel with
farming scene to the left and industrial scene to the right, VF6XF
condition, SCBNC. ....................................................... Est. $604120
Scripophily - Automobile
New Jersey
1004 New York Transportation Co. Specimen Stock. NY, ND
(ca.190061920), Less than 100 Shs, Specimen overprints, POCs,
Black on brown, Double decker bus and auto on wide street. XF con6
dition, ABNC. Scarce and attractive early auto certificate. Est. $1254250
Scripophily - Automobile &
Transportation
California
1005 Durant Motor Co. of California Specimen Stock. California,
1921, Odd Shares, Specimen Stock, Brown border with Company
logo vignette, POC’s, HBNC., XF to Uncirculated condition, XF con6
dition. Rare and early automobile variety that is possibly
unique. ......................................................................... Est. $754150
Delaware
1006 Altoona Speedway Ass. Issued Stock. Delaware, 1923, 1
Share, Issued and Uncancelled, #152, Black on green border and
underprint, Vignette top left of allegorical man with hands on early
steering wheel Green seal bottom left, VF condition. The stock was
issued to help build the track the first one built of wood was com6
pleted in 1923. The first race which cost a staggering $55,000 at the
time was a complete success. The track would be used for races over
next ten years. ............................................................. Est. $1204240
1001
1007 Demas Armor4Cased Tire Saving Co. Issued Stock. 1919, 20
Shares, Issued and uncancelled, green border and underprint, old
fashioned cars and trucks with white walls in busy city scene, Fine to
VF condition, Scarce and great vignette. (PH) .............. Est. $2004400
General Motors Refinancing Bond by DuPont
1008 DuPont American Industries, Inc. Specimen Bond. Delaware,
1921, Specimen $100,000. 6% Secured Serial Coupon Gold Bond,
Series F. Orange border w/ eagle vignette. Perfin canceled. , XF. In
1914, Pierre S. du Pont invested in the fledgling automobile indus6
try, buying stock of General Motors (GM). The following year he was
invited to sit on GM’s board of directors and would eventually be
appointed the company’s chairman. In 1921, the “DuPont American
Industries, Inc. was formed to financially help GM out of difficult
financial conditions by issuing bonds collateralized by the 7 Million
shares of GM stock DuPont owned. In 1920, Pierre S. du Pont was
elected president of General Motors. Under du Pont’s guidance, GM
became the number one automobile company in the world. This
bond represent DuPonts financed purchase of 7 Million shares of
stock. Rare bond with only 2 found in the archive. (PH) Est. $4004800
Maine
1009 Sterling Cycle Co. Issued Stock. Maine, 1888, 20 Shares, Issued
and Uncancelled Stock, #67, Black ornate border, Bald Eagle center,
VF condition, John A. Lowell & Co. Sterling Bicycle Co. (also known
as Sterling Cycle Works) was a 19th century American bicycle com6
pany first based in Chicago, Illinois before relocating to Kenosha,
Wisconsin. (PH)............................................................ Est. $2504400
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