Archives International Auctions Sale 58 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, and Security Printing Ephemera and Historic Ephemera April 7 & 8, 2020

Archives International Auctions - Sale 58 115 April 7-8,2020 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 710 710 Cream of Wheat Corp. 1958 I/C Stock Certificate Delaware, 1958. 100 Shares I/C Capital Stock Certificate, Black text with orange border and underprint, At top is chef holding a steaming cup of Cream of Wheat flanked by wheat sheaves. POC’s, Printed by ABNC. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $70-140 Illinois 711 711 Tolu Rock & Rye Co. of Chicago, 1881 I/U Stock Certificate with Advertisement Illinois, 1881. 1 Share I/U Capital Stock Certificate, Black text with black border and brown underprint, Figure at top of a woman with a bottle and glass. Lot also includes 3 x 4.5 inch advertisement card for the Balsam of Tolu by the Tolu Rock & Rye Company of Chicago, which features the same illustration only colorized. Both items are in VF condition. Tolu Rock and Rye was a mid- to late-18th century patent “medicine” intended to cure a wide array of ailments, and was distributed in Chicago by Lawrence & Martin.������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $300-500 Maine 712 712 Cudahy Packing Co., 1935 Specimen Bond Maine. $-Odd Registered 3 3/4% Specimen Series A First Mortgage Sinking Fund Bond, Black print on gray/ black border and underprint on horizontal format. Portrait of a bull at top. Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition. ABNC. ������������������������������������������������������� Est. $45-90 Missouri 713 713 Anheuser-Busch Inc., 1960-70’s Proof Registered Bond Missouri, ND (1950-1970s). $-Odd Proof Registered Bond printed on yellow paper with extended margins. Fine-VF condition with some worn margins as well as staple holes. Lot also includes a photocopy of a similar Mock-Up Proof Bond. Printed by SC-USBN. Unique in this format.������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $70-140 New York 714 714 Jones Brothers Tea Co. 1917 Specimen Stock Certificate New York, 1917. <100 Shares Specimen Capital Stock Certificate, Black text with blue border and underprint, Illustration of a pagoda at top. Red specimen overprints, POC’s, “00000” serial number, and Return to Issue Room stamp. VF-XF condition, printed by ABNC. The Grand Union Tea Company, which sold fine teas from the Far East and assorted food items, was opened in the Wallace Block on “the Diamond” in about 1898. The store was part of the chain operated by the Jones Brothers Tea Company out of Scranton, Pennsylvania. The local business later moved to #821 East Washington Street. After 1937, when the store was fully converted into a grocery store, it was known as the Grand Union Company. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $90-180