Archives International Auctions - Auction 118 November 17 & 18 2026

Archives International Auctions - Sale 118 timed 108 November 18, 2026 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Scripophily - Communications, Telecom & Printing Arizona 1066 1066AZ. PoulsenWireless Corp., 1919, I/C Stock Certificate. Arizona, 1919. 200 Shares Capital Stock I/C Certificate, Black printing with orange printing, Company title at top center, S/N 2059, Stamp cancelled at center and bottom, VF to XF condition. Poulsen Wireless Corporation, chartered in Arizona in 1919, traces its roots to the pioneering wave of American radio technology. Though incorporated under an Arizona charter, the company’s true home was San Francisco, where it operated a wireless transmitting station near Ocean Beach. The venture descended from Cyril Elwell’s 1909 licensing of Danish inventor Valdemar Poulsen’s arc transmission system, which grew into the Poulsen Wireless Telephone & Telegraph Co. and, by 1911, was largely absorbed into the Federal Telegraph Company under Beach Thompson, who took over the company and renamed it the Federal Telegraph Company. This certificate, signed by Thompson as president, represents a residual entity from that same Poulsen arc-wireless lineage, one of the formative chapters of early American radio. ��������������������������� Est. $100-200 New York 1067 1067NY. IBMCorp., 1953 to 1964, I/C Sock Certificate Assortment. New York, 1953-64. Lot of 6 I/C certificates, Includes: 1953, 1 Share Capital Stock Certificate, 1954, I Share Capital Stock Cert.; 1956, 1 Share Capital Stock Certificate; 1957, 10 Shares Capital Stock Certificate; 1957, 100 Shares Capital Stock Certificate; and 1964, 1 Share Capital Stock Certificate, issued following IBM’s stock split. Certificates feature the classic IBM seal with allegorical figures at top, engraved borders, and corporate seals. VF to XF condition but the previous owner decided to Sharpie out the persons names who the certificates were issued to. (6). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ���������������������� Est. $60-120 Pennsylvania 1068 1068PA. Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, 1941 High Denomination Specimen Bond Quartet. Pennsylvania. Lot of 4, 2 3/4%, Series D, Specimen Registered Vertical bonds, All are green with out vignette on top, only title, Includes $-Odd; $1,000,000; $2,500,000 and $5,500,000. All with same design, all with specimen overprints, POC’s Red “00000” serial numbers and coupons attached. All in XF-AU condition as printed. Rare high denomination bond set. 3 of the bonds are issued to Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company; Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company of Phila,; and Mutual Life Insurance Company of NY; Attractive telephone company bonds rarely seen with this high of denomination. (4) ��������������������������� Est. $120-180 Various States 1069 1069Telegraph,Telephone& IndustrialManufacturingShareCertificate Collection Various States, ca.1880s-1950s. Lot of 20 Issued and Cancelled Certificates, Includes: American Telephone & Telegraph Co (5); HAP Corp of America (3); Armour and Co (2); Clifton Manufacturing Co (2); The American News Co; International Telephone and Telegraph Corp; United States Banknote Corp; Western Union Corp; The Gray Manufacturing Co; Byron Jackson Co; Chicago Cotton Manufacturing Co; Pennsylvania Telephone Co. An expansive multi-industry grouping featuring classic communications, telegraph, telephone, printing, and heavy-manufacturing enterprises, with ornate engraved vignettes of allegorical figures, factories, portraits, and telecommunications themes across a wide color range. Conditions vary from Good to VF with expected cancellations, folds, and handling wear. (20). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $75-120 Wyoming, Utah, And Oregon 1070 1070WY. UT.OR.WesternTelephoneCompanies, Stock certificateTrio, 1907 to 1928. Wyoming, Utah, And Oregon, 1907-28. Lot of 3 Stock Certificates representing early regional telephone companies in the western United States: Salina Telephone Co., I/C Cert; Eastern Oregon Telephone Co., I/C Cert; and Jackson Valley Telephone Co., I/U Cert. All engraved certificates with detailed borders and classic telephone-era iconography. VF–XF condition. (3). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. Est. $75-120