Archives International Auctions Sale 66 April 23, 2021 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Historic Financial Ephemera and Security Printing Ephemera

Archives International Auctions - Sale 66 125 April 23, 2021 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 881 881 Republica deCuba. 1954 $500 Proof Coupon Bond without Border. Cuba. Plate press sheet printed on Heavy stock, folded in quarters. Nearly as made with printer notations. Includes bond face without borders with allegorical men at top and bond text. ABNC. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $120-240 England 882 882 Governor and Company of Adventurers of England Trading into Hudson’s Bay, Unissued or Unmarked Specimen Share Certificate England, ND (1900-1920). Odd Shares Unissued Stock Certificate, Black text with black border and light blue undertint. Two scenes at top center, one of beavers in wilderness, the other of ships at polar sea. Hudson Bay Co. seal at bottom center. VF condition. After incorporation by English royal charter in 1670, the company functioned as the de facto government in parts of North America for nearly 200 years until the HBC sold the land it owned (the entire Hudson Bay drainage basin, known as Rupert’s Land) to Canada in 1869 as part of the Deed of Surrender, authorized by the Rupert’s Land Act 1868. At its peak, the company controlled the fur trade throughout much of the English- and later British-controlled North America. By the mid-19th century, the company evolved into a mercantile business selling a wide variety of products from furs to fine homeware in a small number of sales shops (as opposed to trading posts) across Canada. These shops were the first step towards the department stores the company owns today. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-350 883 883 Underground Electric Railways Co. of London 1902 Specimen ShareCertificate England. 100 Shares Stock, Specimen Certificate. Black print with blue/ grey border and underprint. Specimen overprints, POC’s, XF condition. ABNC. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $120-200 France 884 884 Government of the French Republic 1917 Specimen Bond France, 1917. $1000 Specimen 5.5% Gold Coupon Bond, Black text with olive border and undertint, Trio of allegorical figures at top center. Red specimen overprint, 00000 serial numbers and POCs. VF condition, ABNC. ����������������������������������������������������������� Est. $130-200 Germany 885 885 Conversion Office for German Foreign Debts, 1936 Issued Bond and Jewish Konversionskasse Note. Germany, Lot of 2 pieces, Includes: Conversion Office for German Foreign Debts, 1936, $1000 I/U 3% Dollar Coupon Bond, Black text in English and German, orange border and underprint, Allegorical man and woman at top center. Lot also includes a 1934 Jewish Conversion Note, Nazi issued for confiscated property from Jews leaving Germany in 1934. Never redeemed or intended to be redeemed. Fleeing Jews pinned notes inside their garments to prevent theft, and these notes are always seen with pinholes. Historical piece with a high catalog value, P-211. (2) ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $350-500