Archives International Auctions Sale 52 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Coins and Security Printing Ephemera May 14, 2019

Archives International Auctions - Sale 52 68 May 14,2019 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com AUTOGRAPHS - SCANDELS Indiana, Illinois 484 484 Samuel Insull Stock CertificateQuartet Including anAutographed Certificate. Lot of 4 Stock Certificates. Includes Indiana, 1907 250 Shares Issued and POC stock certificate from Louisville and Northern Railways and Lighting Co., with Insull autograph as president, Electric Inter-urban train on top flanked by light bulbs; 1931 I/U Insull Utility Investments, 3 Shares and Scrip Certificate and Midland United Co.. All are in VF to XF condition. Insull was a British-born American public utilities magnate whose vast Midwest holding company empire collapsed in the 1930s. He was an innovator and investor based in Chicago who greatly contributed to creating an integrated electrical infrastructure in the United States. ����������������������������������������� Est. $60-110 SCRIPOPHILY - CIVIL WAR NOTABLES Delaware & Pennsylvania 485 485 Wilmington & Northern Railroad Bond Signed By DuPont Delaware, 1892, $1000, #816, issued and lightly cancelled, EF. Signed by Henry Algernon Du Pont, U. S. Senator and Medal of Honor winner, as President. He was the grandson of the founder of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company.��������������������������������������������� Est. $100-200 AUTOGRAPHS - RAILROAD NOTABLES Nevada 486 486 Virginia & Truckee Rail Road Company Bond Signed By William Sharon Virginia City, Nevada. $1000 Ten Per Cent Gold Bond, #524, train and mills. Issued, cancelled. Signed as President by William Sharon, “King of the Comstock.” This railroad carried freight to and from the fabulously rich Comstock Lode. VF-EF. � Est. $200-300 Wisconsin 487 487 Milwaukee & Prairie Du Chien Railway Co., 1867 Share Signed by Russel Sage Wisconsin. 25 Shares, Red text and borders, First Class Preferred Stock, train, revenue stamp. Signed by Russell Sage, American financier and frequent partner of Jay Gould, as president. Issued, cancelled. Very Fine����������������������������������������� Est. $100-200 AUTOGRAPHS - TECHNOLOGY NOTABLES New York 488 488 Thomas Watson, IBM Chairman & CEO, Autographed Letter TLS, 2p, 1940, extending an invitation to guests to visit the 1939 World’s Fair. “THINK” embossed near the bottom of the first page. With the original envelope. Excellent condition. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $400-600 SECURITY PRINTING EPHEMERA Alaska 489 489 Alaska -Yukon-Pacific Exposition 1909 Souvenir Silk Handkerchief Printed by the B.E.P. Alaska & Washington. Grover Cleveland and Thomas Hendricks, light foxing, approximately 12” x 12”. Printed by the B.E.P.���������������� Est. $200-300