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Archives International Auctions - Sale 65 140 March 26,2021 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Ohio 882 882 Pure Oil Co. Specimen Uncut Stock Certificate Pair Ohio, ND (1940-1960s). Uncut sheet of 2 stock certificates, both: <100 Shares Specimen Stock Certificates, Black text with olive border and underprint, Pair of allegorical men flank harbor scene at top center. Red specimen overprints and POCs. VF condition, SCBN. One has writing at center in pencil. Pure Oil Company was an American petroleum company founded in 1914 and sold to what is now Union Oil Company of California in 1965. The Pure Oil name returned in 1993 as a cooperative which has grown to supply 350 members in 10 Southern states. (2 uncut) ���������������������������������������������������������� Est. $70-120 Pennsylvania 883 883 Kentucky Oil Co., 1865 I/U Stock Certificate. Erie, Pennsylvania. 100 Shares, I/U, brownish pink, oil scene top middle, printed on thin paper, back printing showing through paper, S/N 90. VF condition. Also includes letter from an old friend, Coleman Leifer, to another collector discussing the certificate and adventures in collecting land. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $120-240 884 884 McClintockville Petroleum Co., 1867 Stock Certificate Venango County, Pennsylvania…... 500 Shares Capital Stock I/U Certificate, Black print on black border, Scene of bridge over water at top with “McClintock House” in view in background, VF-XF condition. Stern & Jones Lith. ����������������������������������������������� Est. $110-160 Texas 885 885 Texas Corporation - TEXACO. 1940 Specimen Bond Texas (Inc. in Delaware), 1940. $1000 Specimen 3% Debenture Vertical Coupon Bond, TEXACO Logo as part of underprint, Black text with blue border and undertint, Scene of a large oil refinery at top center. Red specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, POCs, VF condition, ABNC. Texaco, Inc. is an American oil subsidiary of Chevron Corporation. Its flagship product is its fuel “Texaco with Techron”. It also owns the Havoline motor oil brand. Texaco was an independent company until its refining operations merged into Chevron Corporation in 2001, at which time most of its station franchises were divested to the Shell Oil Company. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $55-90 SCRIPOPHILY - OPERA & MUSIC Massachusetts 886 886 Boston Opera Co. 1910 I/U Stock Certificate Massachusetts, 1910. 5 Shares I/U Stock Certificate, Dark brown text with brown border and background. VF condition, ABNC. The Boston Opera Company (BOC) was an American opera company located in Boston, Massachusetts, that was active from 1909 to 1915. ����� Est. $65-130 New York 887 887 Century Opera Co. 1913 I/U Stock Certificate Signed by Edward Kellogg Baird as President. New York, 1913. 1 Share I/U Capital Stock Certificate, S/N 34, Black text with green border and underprint, Large opera house at top center. Fine-VF condition, FLBN. It was incorporated on May 9, 1913. It was funded with a capital stock of $300,000. Edward Kellogg Baird, was president. Otto Hermann Kahn was vice-president, and Alvin W. Krech was the treasurer. In 1914, with Agide Jacchia conducting, the company premiered Guido Ferranti by Jane Van Etten, one of the first American operas by a female composer to be produced by a regular opera company. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $130-250