Archives International Auctions Sale 53 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, and Security Printing Ephemera June 20, 2019

Archives International Auctions - Sale 53 111 June 20,2019 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Delaware 787 787 Remington Arms Co., Inc., 1922 Specimen Bond Delaware. $500 Specimen 6% Series A 1st Mortgage Sinking Fund Gold Coupon Bond, Black print on orange border and under tint, Allegorical woman at top reclining on a lion, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, ABNC.���������������������������������������������������� Est. $400-600 788 788 Atlas Powder Co., ND (1920’s) Progress Proof Stock Certificate. Delaware. ca. 1920’s, Progress Proof stock certificate of title, text and vignette with no borders. Vignette of Atlas holding exploding box of Atlas Powder on back. Purple CANCELLED overprint and crayon number on left, Fine to VF condition. In 1902, the company subsequently purchased several smaller chemical companies, and in 1912 these actions gave rise to government scrutiny under the Sherman Antitrust Act. The courts declared that the company’s dominance of the explosives business constituted a monopoly and ordered divestment. The court ruling resulted in the creation of the Hercules Powder Company (now Hercules Inc.) and the Atlas Powder Company (now AstraZeneca). Rare and historic DuPont related explosive companies.����������������� Est. $150-300 West Virginia 789 789 Justin Projectile Co., ca.1890-1900 Specimen Stock West Virginia. Odd Shares Capital Stock Specimen Certificate. Black on green border and underprint with Civil War Battle scene of iron clad ships and mortars during bombardment, Justin developed a dynamite shell that evidently did not work very well during the initial experiments and destroyed the guns that fired the shells, the shells were 3 feet long and 9 inches in diameter and held 30 pounds of nitro-gelatin, Rare early military weapon manufacturer. VF with lower right corner tip missing. ABNC. ���������������������������� Est. $200-300 SCRIPOPHILY - HISTORICAL U.S. & Canada 790 790 The Six Nations (Iroquois) Confederacy of North America, 1936 Specimen Bond. U.S. & Canada. 1936, $250,000 6% Debenture Gold Bond, Black text with brown photograph of John Richard Ockleshaw Johnson “Minister of Justice for the Confederacy, 1921-” on right “Major General Sir William Johnson, Baronet, Military Commander of the Confederacy, 1755-1774”. Map of the great lakes in middle. The title “ Original League of Nations - A.D. 1550. Mohawks, Oneidas, Cayugas, Seneca, Tuscarora’s, The Six Nations Confederacy of North America Embracing The Great Lakes - Saint Lawrence Waterways. Facsimile signature of the president. First time seen by cataloger. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $325-650 SCRIPOPHILY - INDUSTRY & MANUFACTURING Delaware 791 791 Dow Chemical Co., 1963 Specimen Bond Delaware. $1,000 Specimen 4.35% Debenture Coupon Bond, Black print on red/pink border and under tint, Group of allegorical men at top, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, ABNC. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $70-130 Michigan 792 792 Lake Superior Iron & Chemical Co., 1907 Specimen Bond Michigan. $1,000 Specimen 6% Ten Year First Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond, Black print on brown border and under tint, Vignette of Chapel Pictured Rocks - Lake Superior under title at top, Archival notes in margin, Fine-VF condition with minor staining, Calvert Lith. Co. Production Specimen with notes and information of printing plate ID numbers. Rare. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $180-350