Archives International Auctions Sale 55 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, and Security Printing Ephemera October 10, 2019

Archives International Auctions - Sale 55 91 October 10,2019 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 665 665 Mutual Union Telegraph Co. Used as Model for NY Mutual Telegraph, 1880’s Specimen Stock Certificate. New York, NY. 188x (ca.1880’s), 100 Shares, Specimen stock certificate, Black with green border and underprint, Screaming eagle and shield in middle with cherubs holding telegraph lines on left and right, Pencil notations including the corrections and changes, Specimen overprints, POC’s, S/N “00000”, VF condition, Unique archival production specimen, ABNC. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $150-250 666 666 NewYorkTelephone Co. 1909 Specimen Bond Pair New York. $500 and $1,000 Specimen Bonds. One with a green border and one with an orange. Both with dramatic vignette of 2 men speaking on an old fashioned telephone. During the height of the scripophily market in the 1990’s this bond sold for over $500 each. Both are in VF- XF condition, ABNC. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $350-500 667 667 Western Union Telegraph Co., Extension Stock - Collins Overland Line, 1964 Issued Stock Certificate Signed by Hiram Sibley, one of the founders. New York. 1 Share of Extension Stock I/U Certificate, Collins Overland Line, Via Behring’s Strait, Black print on black border, Ornate title at top with globe at top and 25 cent revenue stamp at bottom, VF-XF condition with small stain at top right corner. Signed by Hiram Sibley -One of the company’s founders. Sage Sons & Co. In 1851, the New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company was organized in Rochester, New York by Samuel L. Selden, Hiram Sibley, and others, with the goal of creating one great telegraph system with unified and efficient operations. Meanwhile, Ezra Cornell had bought back one of his bankrupt companies and renamed it the New York & Western Union Telegraph Company. Originally fierce competitors, by 1856 both groups were finally convinced that consolidation was their only alternative for progress. The merged company was named the Western Union Telegraph Company at Cornell’s insistence, and Western Union was born. Western Union bought out smaller companies rapidly, and by 1860 its lines reached from the East Coast to the Mississippi River, and from the Great Lakes to the Ohio River. In 1861 it opened the first transcontinental telegraph. In 1865 it formed the Russian–American Telegraph in an attempt to link America to Europe, via Alaska, into Siberia, to Moscow (This project was abandoned in 1867). It introduced the first stock ticker in 1866, and a standardized time service in 1870. The next year, 1871, the company introduced its money transfer service, based on its extensive telegraph network. In 1879, Western Union left the telephone business, settling a patent lawsuit with Bell Telephone Company. As the telephone replaced the telegraph, money transfer would become its primary business. ������� Est. $450-900 West Virginia 668 668 Overland Telegraph Co., 1899 Stock Certificate West Virginia. 1899. 5 Shares, I/U, #377, Orange border and underprint with “PARENT COMPANY” text in middle, allegorical woman holding shield with Franklin holding kite during thunder storm over ornate title. Issued and uncancelled, VF. Revenue Stamp attached. Rare and very attractive telegraph company stock certificate. ABNC ���������������������������������� Est. $110-220 Scripophily - Consumer Goods Delaware 669 669 Home Shopping Network, Inc., “HSN” 1990 Unique Mockup Progress Proof Stock Certificate Delaware. Odd Shares Common Unique Mockup Proof Stock Certificate, Black print on blue border with blue archival notations, Certificate is put together in a “mock-up” formation with different elements glued to make one cohesive certificate, VF-XF. HSN, formerly Home Shopping Network, is an American free-to-air television network owned by the Qurate Retail Group, which also owns catalog company Cornerstone Brands. Based in the Gateway area of St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, the home shopping channel has former and current sister channels in several other countries. HSN also has an online outlet at HSN.com . ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $150-250 670 670 Quaker Products Co., ca.1920-1930 Specimen Stock Certificate Delaware. Odd Shares Capital Stock Specimen Certificate, Black print on green border and under tint, Image of Quaker Oats man at top, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF- XF condition, SBNC.����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $140-280