Archives International Auctions - Auction 117 September 30, 2026

Archives International Auctions - Sale 117 81 September 30, 2026 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Ephemera - World War II Ration Coupons & Ephemera Various States 398 398 Ration Books, Gasoline Ration Card & Souvenir Banknote Assortment, 1943 to 1990s United States & World, 1943-1990s. Lot of 20+ Ration Cards and Banknotes, Includes: United States Office of Price Administration War Ration Books One, Two, and Four issued during World War II, several completed with original owner’s information; Basic Mileage Ration and Supplemental Mileage Ration coupon sheets; a B-3 Gasoline Ration Card; and a group of modern souvenir/ reproduction banknotes including Swedish Riksbank issues dated 1938 to 1958 and a Bulgarian 500 Leva (1943) commemorative reproduction card. Ration books exhibit varying degrees of use and wear, while the souvenir banknotes are housed in protective album pages. Overall Fine to VF condition. (20+). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. Est. $75-150 Ephemera - WW II Japan 399 399 Japanese WWII War Savings Bonds and Anti-Security Treaty Propaganda Broadside. Japan, 1940s. Lot of 5 pieces of Japanese ephemera. Includes 4 war-time savings bonds (“Senji Chochiku Saiken”), 5th series, issued by Nippon Kangyo Bank (Hypothec Bank of Japan), dated Showa 17, October (1942), 50 Yen denomination, with printed images of military aircraft, tanks, and warships, each bearing an individual serial number; and 1 large folding propaganda broadside titled “The Youth of China Fully Support the Just Struggle of the Japanese People and Youth Against the Japan-U.S. Military Alliance,” published by the All-China Youth Federation, illustrated with photographs of 1960 anti-Security Treaty demonstrations in Japan. Conditions vary. (5). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. �������������������������������������������� Est. $50-100 United States 400 400 World War II U.S. Psychological Warfare Leaflets Manual with Original Propaganda Leaflet in a Government Issued Folder. 1940-1945, World War II era. Booklet titled “Words Are Weapons”, prepared by the U.S. Office of War Information, Psychological Warfare Team, APO 465, explaining the development and use of aerial propaganda leaflets in the Burma and Thailand theaters. There are six leaflets in the folder. Lot includes the instructional booklet along with a group of original multilingual propaganda leaflets in Thai and Burmese as referenced within the publication. Illustrated throughout with aircraft, leaflet distribution scenes, and examples of psychological warfare materials used against Japanese forces and in occupied territories. Restricted publication. AU to Uncirculated condition. (1 folder with 6 leaflets). ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-300 Security Printing Ephemera Illinois 401 401 IL. Western BNC, 1913 I/C Stock Certificate, with ca.1900-20’s WBNC Micro Printed Declaration of Independence Business Card. Chicago, Illinois. 1913, 20 Shares I/C Capital Stock Certificate for the Western Bank Note & Engraving Company, Low Serial #2, brown border and background with ornate design; issued to and signed by D.E. Woodhull, then president of the American Bank Note Company. Embossed corporate seal at lower left, bold printed company title at top, signed by officers as president and secretary. VF condition, Printed by American Bank Note Company, New York. Lot also includes a matching Western Bank Note Company Business Card with a micro-engraving of the Declaration of Independence that was engraved in 1840, the company building is on the front, WBNC-ABNC. Woodhull was First Vice President of ABNC in 1913. Western Bank Note Company, founded in Chicago in the mid-19th century, was acquired by the American Bank Note Company (ABNC) in 1901. It continued under ABNC ownership as the Western Bank Note and Engraving Company, retaining a semi-independent identity through the 1910s. �� Est. $325-500