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 83 February 13,2020 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com New York 571 571 NewYork Seamless Tube Co., 1858 I/U Stock Certificate. New York, Nov. 15th, 1858, 75 Shares, I/U, Black with no underprint, Steamship in middle under curved title, locomotive at left, curved tube at bottommiddle, yellow seal on lower right, S/N 9, Fine condition, evidently used in boiler and steam engine manufacturing, rare and very attractive certificate. From a new estate find.������������������������������������������ Est. $150-250 Pennsylvania & France 572 572 Westinghouse Electric &ManufacturingCo., 1907 Specimen Bond Payable in Francs and Pounds. New York. August 1, 1907. Fcs.500 = £20. Specimen 10 Year 5% Collateral loan Coupon Bond, Black print on gray-blue border and under tint on large sized certificate, Printed in French and English, Allegorical women at top flanking generator, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF condition, ABNC. Organized in 1886 as the Westinghouse Electric Company with a force of 200 men, the name of the company later became the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company. By 1904, the number of workers grew to 9,000 at the main plant with 3,000 additional employees in branch factories. It became the largest of the Westinghouse companies and was thought to be the largest and most modern workshop in the world at the time the American Mutoscope & Biograph Company filmed its operations. The Engineering Department alone employed 350 mechanical and electrical experts. The main function of the Electric & Manufacturing Company was to develop and produce “apparatus for the generation, transmission and application of alternating current electricity.” (The Westinghouse Companies in the Railway & Industrial Fields, 1905) The company also produced electric railway motors, producing approximately 75,000 by 1905. Historic bond from this famous company. ����������������������������������������������� Est. $150-250 Pennsylvania 573 573 Westinghouse Machine Co., 1900 Specimen Bond Pennsylvania. $1000 Specimen 5% Debenture Certificate Gold Coupon Bond, Black print on olive green border and under tint, Vignette of a steam engine at top with flanking male figures, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, ABNC. Organized in 1881, the Westinghouse Machine Company was devoted primarily to the manufacture of gas and steam engines, turbines and mechanical stokers. The main works were located at East Pittsburgh at a property covering nearly 50 acres. With a working floor space of 20.4 acres, the company employed approximately 3,500 men by 1905. Some of the company’s most notable products were the Westinghouse-Parsons steam turbines in various sizes, the Westinghouse-Corliss steam engines, the Westinghouse gas engines, Marine type steam engines and high speed single-acting steam engines. Rare bond with only 3 found in the ABN Archives in 2002 �������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-350 Scripophily - Land Companies Mexico 574 574 California (Mexico) Land Co., 1888 I/U Land Agreement California & Mexico. Issued Certificate for 10 Hectares of Land = 100 Francs, Black print on black border printed in English and French, Company title at top, Fine-VF condition, Coupons on bottom, VF with toning. W&S. ������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $200-350 New York 575 575 Brooklyn Development Co., 1899 Specimen Bond. Brooklyn, NY. $100 Specimen 5% 20 Year Coupon Bond. Black printing with New York arms on top with Brick red border and underprint, specimen overprints, POC’s. VF condition. ABNC. An early Brooklyn real estate company. ���������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-300 Scripophily - Medical Maryland 576 576 Blackhawk Remedy Co. 1900-1920 Specimen Stock Certificate. Maryland, Odd Shares, Specimen stock certificate, red border with unique vignette of man dressed as cowboy holding two rattlesnakes. POC’s and archival hand stamp on upper right margin “Not to be removed from file”. Rare topic and very attractive. Maybe he was selling “Snake Oil”. SBNC. The BlackHawk Indian Remedy Company has been around since the early 1900’s. At one time it was a “Mail Order “ company that shipped coast to coast offering natural remedies.��������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-300