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

Archives International Auctions - Sale 50 6 December 3-4,2018 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Mexico & U.S.A. 30 30 United States of America, 1866 First Mortgage Bond signed by Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. Vera Cruz, Mexico. $500, Mortgage deed of trust naming properties in Vera Cruz and palaces on St. Thomas and Turbaco in New Granada. Majestic palace in middle, green “$500” underprint, Green and red seals at left, Very Fine, one light vertical fold keeps this bond from XF/AU. Santa Anna or López de Santa Anna, was a Mexican politician and general who fought to defend royalist New Spain and then for Mexican independence. ��������������������������������������������������������� Est. $600-1200 SCRIPOPHILY - NAVIGATION Mexico 31 31 Tehuantepec Inter-Ocean Railroad Co., 1880 Specimen Bond. Mexico. $1000, Specimen Preferred & Convertible 5% Coupon bond, Black on green border and underprint, Steamship on left, train on right with denomination in middle under ornate title, Specimen overprints, POC’s. VF. The Isthmus of Tehuantepec is an isthmus in Mexico which represents the shortest distance between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean. Prior to the opening of the Panama Canal, it was a major shipping route known simply as the Tehuantepec Route. The name is taken from the town of Santo Domingo Tehuantepec in the state of Oaxaca; this was derived from the Nahuatl term tecuani-tepec (“jaguar hill”). Historic Bond. This is the only example found in the ABN Archives. ABNC�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $600-1200 SCRIPOPHILY - FOREIGN Palestine Historic 1922 Specimen Palestine Foundation Fund bond. 32 32 Palestine Foundation Fund - Keren Hayesod Specimen Sacrifice Bond 1922 Palestine. $1,000, Specimen Bond, “For the Up building of Palestine as a Homeland for the Jewish People”. Rare Specimen Donation Bond. Blue border. Portrait of Theodore Herzl. Text of bond states “This instrument records a Sacrifice in the sum of $1000 in accordance with the ancient principal of Maaser. This instrument is made for the Jewish People. To the investor it will yield no return in money. Its returns will be the consciousness of duty performed. It will provide a home for the homeless Jew. It will create a fount of the Jewish spirit. It will realize the prayer of centuries, the hope of millions. It will continue the historic associations of Israel and Palestine, begun in the time of the Patriarchs, affirmed by Moses, sung by David, renewed by Prophets, kept alive amidst medieval persecutions, recognized publicly and legally in our day by the Balfour Declaration of the British Government, and endorsed by the nations of the world. This bond links the Donor to the Land of Israel restored as a center of Jewish Life. In testimony whereof witness the hand of the Keren Hayesod for the United States, acting by its officers hereunto duly authorized.” Red specimen overprints and POC’s. XF condition. Extremely rare and important Palestine related bond.���������������Est. $1000-1500 33 33 To bring Teachers to the Land of Israel, 1913 Issued Stock Certificate Palestine. 1 Share Issued and Cancelled Stock Certificate, Black print on ornate blue border and under tint printed in Hebrew. S/N 338, Blue on light purple and yellow-green with images of temples, Menorah and books or scrolls, their are punched out cancels on the borders, possibly for storage, Certificate was to raise money to open a Yeshiva and bring in Teachers, Fine-VF condition. Rare Palestine share certificate. Originally sold for 667 Euros in 2009. (John E. Herzog Collection) ��������������������� Est. $300-500