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

Archives International Auctions - Sale 53 89 June 20,2019 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Colorado 652 652 Wray Telephone Co., 1902 Stock Certificate Colorado. 1 Share = $10, Capital Stock I/C Stock Certificate, Black print on pale green border, Seal of Colorado at top left corner, Certificate #110, Cancelled in red pen over certificate, VF-XF condition. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $65-110 Florida 653 653 St. Johns Marine Telegraph Co., 1871 Stock Certificate Jacksonville, Florida. 5 Shares Capital Stock Issued and Cancelled Certificate, Black print with simple black border with seal of St. John County at top, Red print cancelled across certificate, VF-XF condition.����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $160-260 Idaho 654 654 Snake RiverValleyTelephone Co., Ltd. Stock Certificate. Idaho, 1899, 10 shs., Issued and endorsed on back Stock certificate, green border, no vignette, gold foil company seal, ink cancelled. Cert.#22, XF condition. Scarce location and small and rare telephone company.������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $85-150 Maryland 655 655 Postal Telegraph and Cable Corp., 1929 Issued Stock Certificate Maryland. 10 Shares Non Cumulative Preferred Stock Issued Certificate, Black print on brown border and under tint, Allegorical men at top flanking company title in circle, VF-XF condition, ABNC. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $70-120 New York 656 656 Commercial Cable Co., 1897 Specimen Bond New York. $1,000 Specimen 4% First Mortgage Gold Bond, Black print on blue border and under tint on horizontal format, Image of Earth at top with cable wires connecting continents, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, FBNC. The Commercial Cable Company was founded in New York in 1884 by John William Mackay and James Gordon Bennett, Jr. Their motivation was to break the then virtual monopoly of Jay Gould on transatlantic telegraphy and bring down prices (particularly for Bennett’s newspaper empire). The technology was well established by this time, and they were able to lay cables from Waterville in Ireland to Canso, Nova Scotia, without the major technical problems of the first Transatlantic telegraph cable. Onward connections to New York City and beyond were initially overland and later submarine. Connections from Waterville to Weston-super-Mare in England and Le Havre in France were soon established by the submarine route after initial use of landlines from Waterville onward to mainland Britain. Commercial Cable also had a relationship with the German Atlantic submarine cable system. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-300 Virginia 657 657 American Telephone Co., 1889 Issued Bond Virginia. $100 Issued 8% First Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond, Black writing on green undertint and decorative border, Figure of woman holding fruit at top next to a bald eagle, Fine-VF condition with staining at margins, NYBNC. ������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $130-200