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Archives International Auctions - Sale 39
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March 14,2017
Archives International Auctions
www.archivesinternational.comLouisiana
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376 Palmer Corporation of Louisiana, 1928 Specimen Bond.Louisiana,
$1000 Specimen 1st Mortgage 6% sinking Fund Gold Coupon Bond.
Black on orange border and underprint, Allegorical woman at top with
industrial related images. Specimen overprints, POC’s, VF. Possibly
unique. �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Est.
$140-200
Maine
377
377 Agnew Automailing Machine Co., Issued Stock.Maine, 1905, I/U
Stock, #2860, 3 Shares, Black on orange border and underprint, Vignette
of mailing machine bottom center, VF condition, ABNC. ���������Est.
$125-190
Montana
378
378 Alhambra Flume and Mercantile Co., 1888 Issued StockMontana.
5 Shares Capitol Stock Issued and Uncanceled Certificate. Black print
with an ornate brown border. No image on certificate, but company title
printed in red. VF-XF condition. ��������������������������������������������������Est.
$100-150
New Jersey
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379 International Steam Pump Co., 1909 Specimen BondNew Jersey.
$1000 Specimen 5 % 1st Lien 20 Year Sinking Fund Gold Bond. Black
print with an ornate brown border and under print. Vignette of a steam
pump with a man standing beside it at top center of certificate. Specimen
overprints, POC’s, VF-XF condition, ABNC. Bond is payable in Sterling,
Francs and Guilders. Benjamin Guggenheim was an heir in the wealthy
Guggenheim family. At the age of 20, Guggenheim went to Colorado to
handle the family’s mines in Leadville. After taking a break in Europe,
Guggenheim returned to the United States and started building mining
machinery. That business later became part of the International Steam
Pump Company in 1906. Guggenheim was elected president in 1909.
Following a trip to Europe in 1912, he decided to sail on the maiden
voyage of the Titanic in which he perished.���������������������������������Est.
$180-250
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380 United States Steel Corp., 1901 Specimen Bond.New Jersey. $5000
Specimen 5% Gold Coupon Bond. Black print with a blue/grey border
and under tint. Multiple vignettes on certificate: steel manufacturing
plant and rail yards at the bottom and an allegorical woman sitting top
center with city behind her at top. Specimen overprints, POC’s, VF
condition with all coupons attached. ABNC. ������������������������������Est.
$500-800