Archives International Auctions Sale 63 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, and Security Printing Ephemera and Historic Ephemera December 9th & 10th 2020

Archives International Auctions - Sale 63 178 December 9-10,2020 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Pennsylvania 1082 1082Bethlehem Steel Corp., 1970 Specimen Registered Bond Trio. Bethlehem Steel Corp., Lot of 3 different denomination specimen bonds, All are Specimen Registered 9% Debentures. Includes $-Odd, Lime green; $1000, burgundy; and, $10,000, light orange. All with the same vignette of seated man with ship, train and industrial steel workers behind him. The Bethlehem Steel Corporation (commonly called Bethlehem Steel) was a steel and shipbuilding company that began operations in 1904 and was America’s second-largest steel producer and largest shipbuilder. The Bethlehem The Bethlehem Steel legacy began in 1899 with the formation of the first Bethlehem Steel, the Bethlehem Steel Company which was two years before the Bethlehem Iron Company ceased operations. The Bethlehem Steel Company is the first Bethlehem Steel while the Bethlehem Steel Corporation is the second Bethlehem Steel; both companies existed simultaneously after 1904, but the Bethlehem Steel Company was eventually merged into the Bethlehem Steel Corporation in the 1960s. All in Uncirculated condition. (3) ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $140-280 1083 1083Wightman Electric Manufacturing Co. 1891 Specimen Bond Pennsylvania, 1891. $500 Specimen 5% First Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond, Black text with green border and undertint, Trolley car with conductors at top right corner. Red 000 overprints, 000 serial number, POCs. Fine-VF condition, HLBN. Railroad related manufacturing company unlisted in Cox. Rare if not unique as a specimen.���������� Est. $75-150 Pennsylvania & France 1084 1084Westinghouse 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. $120-240 Various States 1085 1085ALCOA Screw Machine Stock, Unltd. ND(ca.1960-70s). Parody Proof Stock Certificate. Parody stock certificate. ALCOA (Aluminum Co. of America). Proof uncommon stock certificate, 100 shares. “Uncommon Screw Machine Stock”, “The Certificate is Transferable from Chip to Chip Generation”. Signed by “A.Change” and “F.T. Better” as president. Allegorical woman in clouds at top. Evidently given out to clients and employees. SCBNC. XF-AU.����������������������������������������������� Est. $70-120 Vermont 1086 1086Gilson & Woodfin, 1884 Specimen Bond - Marble Quarry Vermont. $1000 Specimen 6% 1st Mortgage Coupon Bond, Black print on black border, Men mining large blocks of rock at top, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF condition with splitting and toning over whole certificate, ABNC.������������������������������������������������ Est. $100-180 SCRIPOPHILY - LAND COMPANIES, FARMING, RANCHING & AGRICULTURE Colorado 1087 1087Colorado Land and Improvement Co. 1892 Specimen Bond Developed Glenwood Hot Springs. Colorado, 1892. $1000 Specimen 6% First Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond, Black text with green border and undertint, Colorado state seal depicted at top center. Red specimen overprints, 247 S/N, POCs. Fine condition, ABNC. The Colorado Land and Improvement Company developed the Glenwood Hot Springs Pool, the Hot Springs Stone Bathhouse, and the Hotel Colorado. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $100-200