Archives International Auctions - Auction 117 September 30, 2026

Archives International Auctions - Sale 117 88 September 30, 2026 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Cuba 428 428 Cuba. Cuban Cane Products; and, Cuba Railroad Company Gold Bond Specimen Quintet, ca.1902 to 1930. Cuba, 1902-30. Lot of 5 Cuban Specimen Bonds, Includes: 1902, Cuba Railroad Co., $1000 Bond; ND (1930s), $1000 Registered Bond; 1930, Cuban Cane Products Co. Inc., $100, $500, & $1000 Coupon Bonds. All are marked Specimen with overprints and POCs and range from XF to AU condition. (5). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ���������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-300 Dominican Republic 429 429 Dominican Republic, 1908 and 1941, Specimen $1000 Gold Coupon Bond Pair Dominican Republic, 1908 and 1941. Lot of 2 Specimen Customs Administration Sinking Fund Gold Coupon Bonds, includes: 1908 $1000 5% Bond with brown border, featuring Dominican Republic’s Coat of Arms at top center, and in English, Spanish, and French; and 1941 $1000 5.5% Bond with orange border, includes original 1937 Certificate of Extension of Maturity and an additional 1941 Certificate of Modification, both attached to coupon sheet. All include specimen overprints and POCs. Condition ranges from VF to XF. ABNC. (2). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $250-350 England and Italy 430 430 England and Italy. Royal Italian Opera Covent Garden LTD., ca.1882 Specimen Stock Certificate. England and Italy. Odd Shares Common Stock Specimen Certificate. Black print with no under print. Image at top of three allegorical figures sitting together, and beautiful scroll work at left side. Pin punched Specimen. AU condition. BW&C. Royal Italian Opera Covent Garden Limited (ca. 1882) stands as a bold, high-stakes bid to dominate Victorian London’s grand opera scene. Formed around 1881–1882 in the wake of longtime impresario Frederick Gye’s death, this joint-stock venture set out to acquire and consolidate London’s two rival flagship houses, the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden and Her Majesty’s Theatre, under a single commercial banner. Shares were issued in £10 ordinary denominations, with certificates bearing the signature of Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, a nephew of Queen Victoria, lending the enterprise an air of royal prestige. Yet lavish singer fees, mounting overhead, and evolving public tastes proved insurmountable, and the company was wound up by 1885, leaving behind a rare and evocative relic of Gilded Age operatic entrepreneurship. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $300-600 Italy 431 431 Italy. City of Milan &Montecatini Specimen Bond &ADRTrio, 1927 to 1992. Italy, 1927-92. Lot of 4 Italy Specimen Certificates, Includes: 1927, City of Milan, 500 External Loan 6 1/2% Coupon Bond; 1927, Montecatini Società Generale per l’Industria Mineraria ed Agricola, 500 Lire 7% Coupon Bond; 1985, Montecatini Società Generale per l’Industria Mineraria e Chimica S.p.A., ADR Cert.; 1992, Montedison S.p.A., ADR Cert., All are marked Specimen with overprints, POCs, or pin punches and range from Fine to XF condition. (4). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ��������������� Est. $160-230