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

Archives International Auctions - Sale 64 71 January 27,2021 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Scripophily - Masonic and Fraternal Organizations Alabama 386 386 West End Lodge No. 753Ancient Free andAccepted Masons, 1925 Production File Alabama. Lot includes several pieces: $1000 Production Material 6% Gold Bond in brown, with design edits made in blue ink throughout, as well as a sheet of corresponding coupons; A typewritten document of bond verbiage, as well as an attached signature for coupons; Letter fromMarx & Co. to Bennett Printing & Stamp Co. regarding an edit needed to be made to the bond; And a letter from Bennett Printing & Stamp Co. relaying the necessary edits. 5 pieces total. �������������������������������������� Est. $120-240 Pennsylvania 387 387 RightWorshipful Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons, ca.1890-1910, Masonic related Specimen Certificate. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ND (ca. 1890- 1910), Certificate certifying a lodge members degree at the level of Master Mason, VF -XF condition minor crease down middle from where it once was folded. (From ABN Archives) ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $110-220 Scripophily - Medical & Pharmaceutical New York 388 388 BFB - Permanent Blind Relief War Fund, For Soldiers and Sailors, 1914-19 WWI Related Specimen Donation Certificate New York. $10 Specimen Donation Certificate, B-F-B stood for British, French and Belgian Black print on red border and under tint, Company title at top with drawing of a nurse leaning on shoulder of blinded man, Return to Record & Specimen Dept. stamp at top, VF-XF condition, ABNC. In 1915 the American merchant George Kessler and his wife, Cora Parsons Kessler, organized in Paris the British, French, and Belgian Permanent Relief War Fund. George Kessler had been aboard the Lusitania when it was sunk by a German torpedo. As a survivor, he vowed to help veterans in some way, eventually settling on helping those blinded in the war. He then recruited author and lecturer Helen Keller, who had been deaf and blind since childhood. The Kesslers and Keller worked together, forming an American branch of the Permanent Relief War Fund called the Permanent Blind Relief War Fund for Soldiers and Sailors of the Allies, which was incorporated in New York in 1919, with Keller and Cora Parsons Kessler as trustees. In the 1920s the organization began serving blind civilians, as well as military personnel, and also began printing texts in Braille. This prompted the 1925 name change to the American Braille Press for War and Civilian Blind. Under this name the organization was one of the leading publishers of Braille texts, and it was responsible for the first “talking book” (1937). In 1946 the name changed yet again, to the American Foundation for the Overseas Blind, as its mission expanded to include rehabilitation of the blind. ������� Est. $65-110 Wisconsin 389 389 S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., 1950-60’s Specimen Stock Certificate Wisconsin, ND (1960-1980s). Odd Shares Specimen Class A Stock Certificate, Black text with brown border and underprint, Allegorical angel at flight in top left corner. Red specimen overprints, 00000 serial number, and POCs. VF condition, ABNC. S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. is an American multinational privately held manufacturer of household cleaning supplies and other consumer chemicals based in Racine, Wisconsin. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $50-90