Archives International Auctions - Auction 117 September 30, 2026

Archives International Auctions - Sale 117 78 September 30, 2026 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 386 386 Honduras. Poyaisian Land Grant, 1834 Class B Land Grant for 500 Acres, I/U Signed by Sir Gregor MacGregor Mosquito Territory (Honduras), (Issued in Great Britian), 1834 I/U Poyaisian Land Certificate, Class B, Land Grant for 500 Acres, S/N 392 signed by Gregor MacGregor. Black text in English and French, with elaborate coat of arms depicted at top center, featuring English and Scottish flags. Fine to VF condition with some slight toning and staining, especially along fold lines. General Gregor MacGregor (24 December 1786 to 4 December 1845) was a Scottish soldier, adventurer, and confidence trickster who attempted from 1821 to 1837 to draw British and French investors and settlers to “Poyais”, a fictional Central American territory that he claimed to rule as “Cazique”. Hundreds invested their savings in supposed Poyaisian government bonds and land certificates, while about 250 emigrated to MacGregor’s invented country in 1822–23 to find only an untouched jungle; more than half of them died. MacGregor’s Poyais scheme has been called one of the most brazen confidence tricks in history. He devised a tricameral parliament and other convoluted constitutional arrangements for Poyais, drew up commercial and banking mechanisms, and designed distinctive uniforms for each regiment of the Poyaisian Army. His imaginary country had an honours system, landed titles, as well as a coat of arms. A French court tried MacGregor and three others for fraud in 1826 after he attempted a variation on the scheme there, but convicted only one of his associates. Acquitted, MacGregor attempted lesser Poyais schemes in London over the next decade. In 1838, he moved to Venezuela, where he was welcomed back as a hero. He died in Caracas in 1845, aged 58, and was buried with full military honors in Caracas Cathedral. Rare piece of history from an infamous scandal. ��������������������������������������������������� Est. $400-600 Ephemera - Ku Klux Klan Fiscal Document Southern States 387 387 Ku Klux Klan, ca.1900-1920, Unissued Check. ND (1910-20s). Unissued “Official Order on Klabee” payment draft issued by the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Printed in red with embossed “Invisible Empire” seal and vignette of a robed Klansman carrying an American flag, Includes printed spaces for Realm, Klan number, Exalted Cyclops (E.C.), Kligrapp, payee, and amount. An uncommon example of organizational financial ephemera from the Second Ku Klux Klan. Fine to Extremely Fine condition. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $50-100 Ephemera - Medical New York 388 388 NewYork City, 1815 Receipt for John I. Spies, Druggist with List of Drugs Purchased. New York, NY. 1815. Extremely early printed and partially handwritten receipt for George Suffern, accounting for goods purchased from John I. Spies, Druggist, for a total of $20.31. The store was located in No. 197 Greenwich Street, corner of Vesey Street, New York City. Signed at bottom by John I. Spies. Fine condition with some toning and staining. George Suffern is likely the son of John Suffern, first Rockland County Judge, and community leader. John Suffern, first Rockland County judge, 1798–1806, settled near the base of the Ramapo Mountains in 1773, and called the place New Antrim, after his home in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. New Antrim’s location was considered strategically important in the Revolutionary War because it was at an important crossroads near Ramapo Pass. General George Washington and other important military leaders used John Suffern’s home as headquarters when they were in the area. The town of Suffern, New York, is named after John Suffern. (From the Suffern Family Archives). �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $45-60 Ephemera - Miscellaneous Various States 389 389 U.S. Toll Scrip, Refund Checks, Government Vehicle Passes, and Store Merchandise, 1890s to 1950s USA, 1890s to 1950s. Lot of 13 pieces of American exonumia and paper scrip, Includes: Port of New York Authority Toll Scrip, 25 Cents and 50 Cents; New Jersey Turnpike Toll Scrip, 5 Cents and 10 Cents, “For Govt Veh Only” overprints; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry, Meat Inspection Stamp, signed James Wilson, Secretary; United States Defense Stamp Album for 10 Cent Defense Stamps and $25 Defense Savings Bonds; Delaware Turnpike government vehicle pass, 50 Cents; Garden State Parkway toll scrip, 15 Cents, “For Govt Veh Only” overprint; Sears, Roebuck and Co. merchandise checks, Eighteen Cents and Thirty Five Cents; Spiegel, Inc. merchandise checks, Nine Cents and Five Cents; Rhodes Casino dance ticket strip of 6, Pawtuxet, Season 1901. Conditions vary, with staining noted on the Meat Inspection Stamp. (13). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ������� Est. $200-300