AIA 104 B-Timed Auction July 24, 2025

Archives International Auctions - Sale 104B 53 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 823 823 “Adriatic” Vignette Engraved by James Smillie in 1869 Used on ASDA 1991 Souvenir Cards for 12 Cent 1869 Issue stamp American Stamp Dealers’ Association New York, NY November 7-10 1991. Vignette engraved by James Smillie for the National Bank Note Co. depicts great American wooden paddle liner ‘Adriatic’ later chosen as the central design for the twelve cent postage stamp issue of 1869. Uncirculated as made, ABNC. (50) ��������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $30-60 824 824 Garfield-Perry Stamp Club 1994, 104th March Party, George Washington Intaglio Portrait used on 1855 10 Cents Stamp Issue souvenir Card 104th March Party Garfield-Perry Stamp Club March 1994. Portrait of George Washington commissioned for the Continental Bank Note Co. in1879 by an unknown engraver who took inspiration from the Athenaeum portrait painted by Gilbert Stuart in 1796. The Stuart portrait appeared on a number of US stamps including the 10 cent stamp printed in 1855 by Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co. Uncirculated, ABNC. (50). ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $30-60 825 825 Garfield-Perry Stamp Club 1994, 104th March Party, George Washington Intaglio Portrait used on 1855 10 Cents Stamp Issue souvenir Card 104th March Party Garfield-Perry Stamp Club March 1994. Portrait of George Washington commissioned for the Continental Bank Note Co. in1879 by an unknown engraver who took inspiration from the Athenaeum portrait painted by Gilbert Stuart in 1796. The Stuart portrait appeared on a number of US stamps including the 10 cent stamp printed in 1855 by Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co. Uncirculated, ABNC. (50). ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $30-60 Florida and Washington, D.C. 826 826 FL. International Ocean Telegraph Company, 1883-84 Unique Approval Proof Pass. Florida. 1883-1884, Proof message Frank or pass printed on india paper, Black on large bordered white paper, approval date and signatures at bottom, AU condition. Very possibly unique. ABNC. The International Ocean Telegraph Company was incorporated in December, 1865, with plans to lay extensive overland and submarine cable to connect the United States telegraphically with Central and South America, beginning with Cuba. Union Army Civil War general William “Baldy” Smith was named as president. The company was successful in its Cuban venture and connected Washington D.C. with Havana in September 1867, via Punta Rassa and Key West in Florida. By 1873, the Cuban line was handling more that fifty thousand messages a year and the company was booming. ������������������������������������� Est. $90-160