162 Standard Oil Trust, 1893 Stock Certificate Signed by H.M.
Flagler.
New York, 10 Shares, I/C, Black on green border with U.S.
Capital building on upper left, S/N A1804, XF condition, counterfoil
attached on left. Henry Morrison Flagler formed Standard Oil with
Rockefeller in the late 1860’s, Flagler was instrumental in the devel<
opment of Florida as well as railroads in Florida. He became known
as the father of Miami, Florida.
(PH)
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EST. $4009800
Panama
163 Panama Rail Road Co. 1865 Stock Certificate ITASB Harriet
Beecher Stowe.
New York (Panama), 1865, Stock certificate. 80
Shares, Issued, punch and pen cancelled. VF+ condition, signed by
Harriet Beecher Stowe on back. She was an American abolitionist
and author. Her novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin written in 1852, was a
depiction of life for African Americans under slavery; it reached mil<
lions as a novel and play, and became influential in the United States
and United Kingdom. It helped energize anti<slavery forces in the
North, while provoking widespread anger in the South.
(PH)
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EST. $50091000
Pennsylvania
164 Andrew W. Mellon Signed Allegheny Valley Street Railway
Co., 1906 Stock Certificate.
Pennsylvania, 500 Shares, ITASB
Mellon as president and on back. Black on green border and under<
print, gold foil seal at bottom, I/C, Young woman in circle on top
over title flanked by gryphon’s, S/N 66, Attractive and scarce with
Mellon signature. AndrewWilliamMellon was an American industri<
alist, philanthropist, businessman, banker and art collector. He was
Secretary of the Treasury from 1921 until 1932. (ex<Smythe,
Strasburg 1997 Auction, Sold for $770.
(PH)
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EST. $3009600
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163
164
Philippines
165 Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company Specimen
Stock Certificate Pair.
Philippines. Lot of 2 stocks, Both are ND
(ca.1930<50’s). Includes Less than Shares, Olive green border and
Odd Shares, red border. Both Specimens, POC’s, XF condition. FLD<
ABNC.
(PH)
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EST. $1209240
Virginia
166 Newport News and Mississippi Valley Co., 1886 Stock
Certificate #2, ITASB F.E. Gates and by Collis P. Huntington.
Connecticut, 1886, I/U Stock, 950 Shares, Black on orange border
and underprint, Eagle with shield bottom center, VF condition,
ABNC. Listed railroad and stock in Cox. C.P. Huntington signed rail<
road president.
(PH)
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EST. $2009400
Wisconsin
167 Frederick Pabst Signed “Philip Best Brewing Company”, 1873
Stock Certificate.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 1 Share, Ornate certifi<
cate with images of two of their breweries in the middle, S/N 104,
Signed by Charles Best as secretary and Fred Pabst as President,
Counterfoil on left, VF condition. Frederick Pabst became president
of Philip Best Breweries in 1873 and changed the name to Pabst
Brewing Company. Rare and popular brewery certificate.
(PH)
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EST. $4009800
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