Archives International Auctions Sale 54 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, and Security Printing Ephemera July 24, 2019

Archives International Auctions - Sale 54 Archives International Auctions www.arcchivesinternational.com 123 July 24,2019 892 Seattle and San Francisco Railway and Navigation Co., 1902 Issued Stock Certificate Washington. 19,990 Shares Capital Stock Issued Certificate, Black print on brown border and under tint, Large steamship and locomotive at top, VF-XF condition with minor staining at right side margin, FLBNC. Est. $90-180 892 893 Washington and Columbia River Railway Co., 1893 Specimen Bond Washington. $1,000 Specimen 5% First Mortgage Coupon Bond, Black print on orange border and under tint, Locomotive at top with conductor standing nearby and men working on tracks at bottom, Cancelled overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, ABNC. Est. $200-300 893 894 Charleston Interurban Railroad Co., ca.1910-1920 Specimen Stock Certificate West Virginia. Odd Shares Preferred Stock Specimen Certificate, Black print on green border and under tint, Locomotive at top, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, SBNC. Est. $80-160 894 West Virginia 895 Madison Railways Co., 1916 Specimen Bond. Madison, WI, 1916, $1000, 1st Mort. 5% Gold Coupon Bond, red brown, locomotive R-L, POC’s, XF condition, FLD-ABNC. Unlisted railroad in Cox. Only 2 were found in the ABN Archives. Est. $200-300 895 Wisconsin 896 Paramount Broadway Corporation (The Paramount Building) 1926 & 1935 Specimen Bond Pairing New York. Lot of 2 bonds, includes 1926 $500, Specimen, green, First Mortgage Sinking Fund 5 1/2% Gold Loan Certificate; and 1935 $1000, Specimen, Brown, both with three semi-nude allegorical figures. Both with coupons attached, Uncirculated, POC’s, folded in thirds as made. The first with some minor stains. ABNC. 1501 Broadway, also known as the Paramount Build- ing, is a 33-story, 391-foot (119 m) office building located between West 43rd and 44th Streets in the Times Square neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It once housed the Paramount Theatre. Paramount Pictures, one of the major American motion picture companies in the 1920s, built its headquarters at the 1501 Broadway location along with a cinematic theatre. Con- struction lasted a year between 1926_1927 costing $13.5 million. At the time of its completion, it was the tallest building in Times Square, Est. $130-200 896 897 American & European Secret Service Co., 1879 Issued Certificate Issued Membership Certificate, Black print on black border on over sized certificate, Bald Eagle at center of title, VF-XF condition with minor toning and splitting at fold lines. This company was considered a fraud in 1880 by the United States Postal Service and it’s partner American Detective Newspaper. it was founded to enlists subscribers help in finding “conspiracies”. The president of the company, Byron H. Robb, was a convicted perjurer and dam able villain. In October 1877 he was indicted by a U.S. grand jury in Cincinnati for using the mail with intent to defraud and in late 1880 the U. S. Post Office department circulated a list of •parties known or believed to be guilty of fraudulent practices.ê Prominent on the list was Byron H. Robb of Cincinnati, along with no fewer than nine of his business names, including the Electro-Magnetic Brush Co., American and European Secret Service Co., Monitor Lamp Co., and strangely, the Singapore Tobacco Co. Robbês Secret Service scam involved selling (for $3) an official-looking American & European Secret Service Co. document appointing the applicant as •a member of our force.ê The recipient might then be given several (fictitious) leads and told that if, at the end of six months, he had done any good work, he would be hired at $3 a day. Est. $85-150 897 Ohio Scripophily - Scandals & Scams New York Scripophily - Real estate