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 66 129 April 23, 2021 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 904 904 National Railways of Mexico, 1907 Specimen Bond Mexico. $1,000 Specimen 4% Guaranteed General Mortgage Sinking Fund Redeemable Gold Coupon Bond. Black ink with brown border and under print. Vignette of Porfirio Díaz, former President of Mexico, at top. Bond is in English, Spanish, German, and French. Specimen overprints, POC’s, VF-XF condition with all coupons intact. ABNC. �������������������� Est. $180-280 905 905 RepublicaMexicana, Bonos del Estado deVeracruz 1902Specimen Bond Veracruz, Mexico. 500 Pesos Specimen Letra B Coupon Bond, Black print on green border and under tint printed in English and Spanish, Horse and Buggy at top flanking seal of Veracruz, Specimen overprints and POC’s, Fine-VF condition with splitting and toning at edges, ABNC. ���������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $300-500 Netherlands 906 906 Lyf-Rent Societeyt, Societe Viagere 1788 Historic Tontine - Bond in Written in Flemish Brussels, Belgium, 1788. Lyf-Rente by form of Tontine of twenty-four guilders Courant Geld, Typeset document filled out with handwriting, all in Dutch, S/N 10. Black text and black border. VF condition with a small pair of holes at center. Beautiful series of signatures on back. The Lyf-Rent Societeyt (or Société Viagére) was a joint-stock company based in Brussels selling life annuities financed by bonds. The co-founder was Herzog von Brabant (Duke of Brabant) whose coat of arms are at top center in black. The bond’s production number amounted to only 20 pieces at 400 guilder each. 10 were produced in English, and 10 were produced in Flemish, including this piece. Very Rare. (From the John E. Herzog Collection) ����������������� Est. $500-800 907 907 Obligatie ofte Waterbrief, 1757 Land Bond Holland, Netherlands, 1757. Issued land document in Dutch, typeset and handwritten. Fine condition with archivally repaired holes at center, other damage to fold lines and margins. Large accounting list on back that appears to span well over 150 years. In the 17th century, Holland began increasing the country’s agricultural area with the embankment of tideland on the North Sea coast and part of the West Frisian Islands. Since it was expensive to create new agricultural lands for growing cereal grains, Holland raised funds by issuing bonds such as this. (From the John E. Herzog Collection) ����������������������������������������������� Est. $300-450 908 908 Sillem, Benecke & Co., 1821, 500 Roubles 5% Issued Bond. (Hamburg?), Netherlands, 1821, 500 Roubles 5% Issued Bond, #11958, VF condition. 1821, Dutch Certificate for 5% loan issued in Hamburg in exchange for original Russian issue by Dutch Bankers Sillem, Benecke & Co., VF, ���������������������������������������������� Est. $130-260 Netherlands Antilles 909 909 Westelijk Halfrond Handelmaatschappij, N.V. Pair of Specimen Certificates ca.1940-1950 Netherlands Antilles. Pair of Capital Stock Specimen Certificates. One with a blue border and the other with an orange border. Both have allegorical figures together at top, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, FL-ABNC. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $55-100