Archives International Auctions Sale 57 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, and Security Printing Ephemera and Historic U.S. Liberty Loan Bonds February 13, 2020

Archives International Auctions - Sale 57 78 February 13,2020 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 541 541 Compania Metalurgia Mexicana, 1897 Specimen Bond Mexico. $100 Specimen First Mortgage Gold Bond, Black print on green border and under tint, Seal of Mexico at top, specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, ABNC.������� Est. $200-400 542 542 Compania Minera De Penoles, S.A 1911 Specimen Bond. Mexico, 1911, 50 Pesos, Specimen Bond, Black on green border and underprint, Three men in a mining scene top center, Coupons attached, VF-XF condition, ABNC. ���������������� Est. $200-300 543 543 Consolidated Mines of Durango, Mexico, 1907 Specimen Stock Certificate. Durango, Mexico (Inc. in Maine), Specimen Odd Shares, Stock certificate, black on orange border and underprint, Miners at top, POC’s, Dated July 1907 on the lower left corner. VF to XF condition. From a 1907 Hamilton BNC Sample book. HBNC. Rare and first time seen by the cataloger. ��������������������������������������� Est. $120-240 544 544 Estado de Zacatecas 1907 Specimen Bond. Mexico, 1907, 1000 Pesos, 6% Specimen Bond, Red SPECIMEN overprints and POC’s, red s/n “00000”, Vignette top center of a reclined god of Neptune on rock holding a trident, VF condition, ABNC. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $250-375 545 545 Ferrocarril & Urbbano de Hidalgo del Parral S.A., 1908 I/U Bond Mexico. $100 I/U 10% Bond, Black print on black border with company title at top printed in Spanish, 1 cent revenue stamp at bottom, VF-XF condition. Scarce Mexican Railroad. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $100-200 546 546 International Company of Mexico, 1884 Proof Stock Certificate Mexico, (Inc. in Connecticut), ND 1884 Proof Stock Certificate, Black text with gray border printed on thin card. VF condition with toning along right edge and a small 1/2 inch tear on middle of left border. Hosford & Sons, NY. George H. Sisson was a nineteenth-century American entrepreneur. He was born in Michigan, and was an early real estate developer in Chicago. He was a mining engineer in Arizona, and with his profits from that operation, purchased a large land concession in Baja California. On July 24, 1884, he and Luis Huller obtained a concession from the Mexican government for a tract of land in Baja California, extending between 29° North and 32°42’ North, including Cedros Island. This was extended with additional purchases to 28° North, which later was to become the border between Baja California and Baja California Sur. Land was also purchased northward to the United States border. In 1885, they formed the International Company of Mexico in Hartford, Connecticut, and George H. Sisson was named as general manager. Eventually, the Huller Estate covered over 13,325,650 acres of land, a representation of the vast neocolonial inequities in Mexican land distribution during the Porfiriato. The company was sold to the British Mexican Land and Colonization Company in 1888. Related lawsuits continued for years afterward. Very possibly unique as a proof. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $500-1000 547 547 Mexican Economical Electric Light and Power Co., 1884 I/U Serial #1 Gold Coupon Bond. Mexico. (Incorporated in New York). $1000 I/U, 10% 1st Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond, Eagle holding onto an American shield sitting on globe with wires connected to power poles on left and right of bond, Serial #1 bond, Minor edge faults but rare bond first time seen by cataloger. John C. Rankin, NY, Printer. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-400