Archives International Auctions Sale 51 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Autographs and Security Printing Ephemera

Archives International Auctions - Sale 51 114 March 19,2019 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com California 779 779 Bodie Bluff Consolidated Gold Mining Co., 1979 Issued Stock Certificate San Francisco, California. 100 Shares Capital Stock I/U Stock Certificate, Black print on small check sized certificate with simple black geometric border, Low serial number -#154, VF-XF condition with small minor stain at bottom of piece, �� Est. $180-280 Mexico 780 780 San Jose De Vantanas, 1864 Issued Stock Certificate. San Dema District, State of Durango, Mexico (Inc. in San Francisco) 190 Shares I/U Stock Certificate, Native American at left, Mexican Arms in middle, S/N 26, VF condition, Attractive and rare stock certificate. �� Est. $160-250 SCRIPOPHILY - MISCELLANEOUS New Jersey 781 781 American Cotton Oil Co. 1919 Specimen Bond. New Jersey, 1919, $1000, 5 Year 6%Gold Note, Specimen Bond, Black on green border and underprint, Bald Eagle top center grasping at arrows, VF-XF condition, Franklin Lee Division- ABNC. This company was one of the original 12 companies in the Dow Jones index. �� Est. $200-300 SCRIPOPHILY - NAVIGATION & SHIPPING China & California 782 782 China Mail Steamship Co., Ltd. 1916 Stock Certificate. China & California. 2 Shares, I/U Stock Certificate, Black text on green border with light orange- brown steamship as undertint and red, white and black flag at bottom, Chinese character title on top. The name of the company’s first and main ship was the “China” which was a 440 feet, 10,200 tons gross steamship that could travel at a high speed of 18 knots. The company began service in 1916 with scheduled stops at Honolulu, Yokohama, Nagasaki and Shanghai en route to Hong Kong. The company was owned entirely by the Chinese with American captain and crew. �� Est. $250-375 Pennsylvania 783 783 Erie Canal Company 1845 Bond. Erie, Pennsylvania, 1845, $75, 6% Bond certificate, I/U, Black on light blue paper with Barge drawn by Horses on top and Allegorical Women flanking each side, Handwritten list of Interest payments, VF-XF condition, Scarce Erie Canal Issued bond.�� Est. $250-375 SCRIPOPHILY - OIL, GAS & ENERGY 784 784 Gulf Oil Corp., 1922 Specimen Bond Pennsylvania. $1000 Specimen 5% Debenture Gold Coupon Bond, Black print on green border and under tint, Company title at top, Specimen overprints and POC’s, Fine condition with splitting along fold lines condition, FL-ABNC. Gulf Oil was a major global oil company from the 1900s to the 1980s. The eighth-largest American manufacturing company in 1941 and the ninth- largest in 1979, Gulf Oil was one of the so-called Seven Sisters oil companies. Prior to its merger with Standard Oil of California, Gulf was one of the chief instruments of the Mellon family fortune; both Gulf and Mellon Financial had their headquarters in Pittsburgh. Gulf Oil started in 1901 with the discovery of oil at Spindletop near Beaumont, Texas. A group of investors came together to promote the development of a modern refinery at nearby Port Arthur to process the oil. The largest investor was William Larimer Mellon of the Pittsburgh Mellon banking family. Other investors included many of Mellon’s Pennsylvania clients as well as some Texas wildcatters. Mellon Bank and Gulf Oil remained closely associated thereafter. The Gulf Oil Corporation itself was formed in 1907 through the amalgamation of a number of oil businesses, principally the J.M. Guffey Petroleum and Gulf Refining companies of Texas. Extremely rare and historic oil bond. First time offered by us and possibly unique. �� Est. $350-500