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 63 195 December 9-10,2020 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Pennsylvania 1189 1189Pennsylvania. Erie Canal Company 1845 Issued and Partially Redeemed Bond. Erie, Pennsylvania, 1845, $75, 6% Bond certificate, I/U, Black on light blue paper with Barge drawn by Horses on top and Allegorical Women flanking each side, Handwritten list of Interest payments, VF-XF condition, Scarce Erie Canal Issued bond. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $200-400 1190 1190Philadelphia Bourse 1892 I/C Stock Certificate Signed by George E. Bartol as President and Founder. Pennsylvania, 1892. 4 Shares I/C Capital Stock Certificate, Black text with green border and underprint, Seal of the City of Philadelphia at top center flanked by a ship and railroad scene. Fine condition. The Philadelphia Bourse was a commodities exchange founded in 1891 by George E. Bartol, a grain and commodities exporter, who modeled it after the Bourse in Hamburg, Germany. The steel-framed building – one of the first to be constructed – was built from 1893 to 1895, and was designed by G. W. & W. D. ��������������������������������������������������� Est. $70-120 Rhode Island 1191 1191Narragansett Steamship Co. 1869 I/C Bond Signed by Civil War General Ambrose Burnside as President Rhode Island. $1000 7% 1st Mortgage Issued Bond. No vignette. Black border with red $1000 in middle and blue PAID in middle. Signed by Onslow Stearns as trustee, he was 34th governor of New Hampshire. This bond was issued and possibly helped finance the merger of  the Narragansett Steamship Company with the Boston, Newport and New York Steamboat Company. Ambrose Burnside signature as President. Well known Civil War general, he was the 30th Governor as well as being a U.S senator from Rhode Island. ����������� Est. $110-160 Virginia 1192 1192Upper Potomac Steamboat Co. 1875 I/U Bond Washington, D.C, (Located at the Custom house at Alexandria. Virginia), 1875. $100 U/U 8% Coupon Bond, Black text with black border, Small illustration of a steamboat at top center. VF condition. The Upper Potomac Steamboat Company owned and operated a series of boats that operated on the Potomac River. ������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $100-200 1193 1193Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies Steamship Lines, 1924 Specimen Bond. Specimen, $1000 Marine Equipment Trust Certificate, 7% Gold Coupon Bond. Black on Blue border and undertint, steamship in middle. Coupons attached. Red specimen overprints, POC’s and “00000” serial numbers. VF condition. Rare and attractive steamship bond. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $100-160 SCRIPOPHILY - OIL, GAS & ENERGY Indiana 1194 1194Standard Oil Co. 1952 Specimen Bond Indiana, 1952. $100 Specimen 3 1/8% Debenture Coupon Bond, Black text with green border and undertint, Allegorical woman with beaker at top center. Red specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, POCs. VF condition, ABNC. Standard Oil Co. was an American oil-producing, transporting, refining, marketing company. Established in 1870, by John D. Rockefeller and Henry Flagler as a corporation in Ohio, it was the largest oil refiner in the world of its time. Its history as one of the world’s first and largest multinational corporations ended in 1911, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, in a landmark case, that Standard Oil was an illegal monopoly.������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $80-140