Archives International Auctions Sale 60 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Coins, Historic Ephemera, Security Printing Ephemera, Stamps & Postal History July 7 & 8, 2020

Archives International Auctions - Sale 60 139 July 7-8,2020 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Scripophily - Industry & Manufacturing New Jersey 905 905 Accumulator Co., 1890 I/U Bond Signed by Theodore Vail as President, the first president of AT&T. New Jersey, 1890, $1000, 6% 2nd Mortgage “A” Income Gold Coupon Bond, S/N #29, Black on green border and underprint, No vignette, VF condition. Signed by Theodore Vail as president. He was the first president of AT&T. Theodore Newton Vail (1845 – 1920) was a U.S. telephone industrialist. Born in Minerva, Ohio, he served as the president of American Telephone &Telegraph (AT&T) between 1885 and 1889, and again from 1907 to 1919. He convinced President Woodrow Wilson that the telephone as a medium of communication would spread more rapidly if it was brought under one monopoly so as to ensure uniform provision of services throughout the country. He oversaw the building of the first American coast to coast telephone system, and it was his dedication to basic science that initiated a new research arm for AT&T called Bell Laboratories. During his tenure, he set up the Western Electric Company, a division of the company which built telephone equipment. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-300 906 906 American Machine & Foundry Co., “AMF” 1957 Specimen Bond Trio New Jersey, 1957. Lot includes 3 pieces: $1000 Specimen 5% Convertible Subordinated Debenture Bond in orange; $100 Specimen 5% Convertible Subordinated Debenture Bond in blue; $500 Specimen 5% Convertible Subordinated Debenture Bond in olive. All have red specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, and POCs. VF condition, ABNC. The company was founded in 1900 by Rufus L. Patterson, inventor of the first automated cigarette manufacturing machine. Originally incorporated in New Jersey but operating in Brooklyn, the company began by manufacturing cigarette, baking, and stitching machines. AMF moved into the bowling business after World War II, when AMF automated bowling equipment and bowling centers became profitable business ventures. Bicycle production was added in 1950. The company was once a major manufacturer of products from tennis racquets to research reactors for the US’ “Atoms for Peace” program. AMF became a major part of what would soon be referred to by US President Dwight D. Eisenhower as “the military-industrial complex” after World War II. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $150-250 Delaware 907 907 Dow Chemical Co., 1963 Specimen Bond Delaware. $1,000 Specimen 4.35% Debenture Coupon Bond, Black print on red/pink border and under tint, Group of allegorical men at top, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, ABNC. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $70-130 908 908 E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 2006 Odd Shrs Specimen Stock Certificate Delaware, Odd Shares, Specimen stock certificate, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, commonly referred to as DuPont, is an American conglomerate that was founded in July 1802 as a gunpowder mill by French- American chemist and industrialist Éleuthère Irénée du Pont. ����������������������������� Est. $120-200 909 909 E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. 1921 Specimen Bond Rarity Delaware, 1921. $500 Specimen 7 1/2% Gold Coupon Bond, Black text with brown border and undertint, Scene of man by wood and stone building at top. Red specimen overprints, POCs, Fine-VF condition, ABNC. Rare as specimen with only 2 examples of this color and denomination found. ����������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $400-600