Archives International Auctions Sale 64 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Scripophily; U.S. & World Coins; Medals January 27, 2021

Archives International Auctions - Sale 64 183 January 27,2021 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Ephemera - U.S. Internal Revenue Ohio 978 978 U.S. Internal Revenue, ca.1860’s Early IRS Tax Collecting Ephemeral Lot Ohio. Lot of 15 pieces. All related to the United States Internal Revenue collections, highlights include: 1865 Issued tax payment; 1864 Issued tax payment; 1866 Income Tax payment; and a trio of estate tax payments from the Office of the Collector of Internal Revenue. Lot includes over 10 pieces. The Internal Revenue Service is the revenue service of the United States federal government. The government agency is a bureau of the Department of the Treasury, and is under the immediate direction of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, who is appointed to a five-year term by the President of the United States. (15) ���������������������������������������������������� Est. $120-200 Security Printer Ephemera New York 979 979 ABN Purchase of Franklin Lee BNC, 1904 Purchase Contract & Documents Group of 8. NY. December 30, 1904. Letter to Warren L. Green, president of American Banknote Company, about the purchase of Franklin-Lee Bank Note Company, with Corporate stock sale agreements from the shareholders. This is a detailed, several-page document which outlines the “plan of procedure” regarding the transfer of this major printing entity. Also included in this lot are several pages of shareholder asset transfers, including financial details, as well as witness signatures granting approval to the sale. Warren L Green (1855-1919) was a nephew of James Macdonough, who served as the company’s president from 1887 until 1906. Green was vice president of ABNC, and from 1906-1919 he served as the company’s president. Green oversaw the merging of all domestic subsidiaries into the parent company, and the conversion of the company into a corporation, which involved the formation of the United Bank Note Corporation, which was a holding company created to acquire stock in the ABNC. The two corporations merged in 1911 under Green’s leadership. VF. (From the John E. Herzog Collection). ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $250-500 Security Printing Ephemera England 980 980 Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. Ltd., 1976 One-Piece Box Packaging Manual with Real Photographs for Box Assembly Manual from Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. regarding a new type of packing case for the secure dispatch of currency notes. Photographic pages show the ‘one-piece box’ in various stages of packing. This new type of box was designed with four main features: Security, Strength, Lightness, and Re-use. Photographs are bound in a navy booklet embossed with Bradbury Wilkinson & Co.’s logo at the top. VF condition. The boxes were designed to hold either 50,000 or 100,000 notes. Bradbury Wilkinson & Co were an English engraver and printer of banknotes, postage stamps and share certificates. BW&C. ������������ Est. $110-180 981 981 De La Rue Giori S.A., ND (1970-80’s)Uncut Progress Specimen/ Proof Sheet of One Pass Notes England. Large Sheet of 8 Uncut Progress Proof “One Pass” Notes from De La Rue Giori, Front page is in black and white, featuring a portrait of William Shakespeare with an illustration of the Globe Theatre (as it was in Shakespeare’s days) in the background. Back features same Globe Theatre illustration only in red. Fine condition with damage especially to right margin, as well as some staining. Designed and engraved by Thomas de la Rue & Co. Ltd. Top notes are cut halfway through. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $100-200