Archives International Auctions Sale 50 The Milestone Auction U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Autographs and Security Printing Ephemera

Archives International Auctions - Sale 50 143 December 3-4,2018 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 975 975 Imperial Russian Government, 1916 Trio of Issued Bonds Russia. Lot of 3 bonds, All are $1,000 Issued 6 1/2% Bonds in different colors. One is printed on brown background, one Is on green and the third is on red. All are ranging from Fine-VF in condition. ABNC. (John E. Herzog Collection)������������������������������������������������� Est. $140-280 976 976 Imperial Russian Government, 1924, Pair of Issued Bonds. Russia. Pair of issued 4% government rent bond certificates, 25000 Rubles each, coupons attached. Fine with margin tears and pencil annotations. (John E. Herzog Collection) ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $60-100 977 977 KhersonGovernorate Land Bank, 1917, Issued BondWith Hebrew Printed on Back. Russia. Issued 4.5% bond certificate for 1000 Rubles, 1917. Issued in Odessa (Ukraine today). With Coupons. Very Fine. Hebrew printed on bottom border with denomination of bond. (John E. Herzog Collection) ����������������������������������� Est. $120-240 978 978 Poland, 1857, Issued Russian Ruble Bond Printed on Vellum. Warsaw, Poland. 1857 Issued 150 Russian Rubles bond certificate, Polish stamps, seals, and cancelations. VF. Rare early Polish bond. (John E. Herzog Collection)���������� Est. $200-400 979 979 RussianGovernment Note, 1917 (1928), A. Kerensky Signed Bond Certificate. Russia. Issued 4.5% internal bond, signed by Alexander Kerensky, a Russian lawyer and revolutionary whowas a key political figure in the Russian Revolution of 1917. After the February Revolution of 1917, he joined the newly formed Russian Provisional Government, first as Minister of Justice, then as Minister of War, and after July as the government’s second Minister-Chairman. A leader of the moderate-socialist Trudoviks faction of the Socialist Revolutionary Party, he was also vice-chairman of the powerful Petrograd Soviet. On 7 November, his government was overthrown by the Lenin-led Bolsheviks in the October Revolution. He spent the remainder of his life in exile, in Paris and New York City, and worked for the Hoover Institution. XF to AU. ABNC. (John E. Herzog Collection)����������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-400 980 980 Russian-Canadian-American Passenger Agency, 1924 Issued Stock Certificate. Moscow, Russia. 1 Share of 50 Pounds Stock Certificate, Black print on purple border with tan under tint printed in English and Russian. VF-XF condition. (John E. Herzog Collection)�������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $60-120