Archives International Auctions Sale 68 June 30, 2021 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Coins, Historic Financial Ephemera and Security Printing Ephemera

Archives International Auctions - Sale 68 82 June 30, 2021 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 545 545 Francis E. Spinner AutographCover on 1862Treasury Department Official Business Envelope Washington, D.C......, 1862. Francis E. Spinner autograph on envelope, top right, underneath “Official Business” header. Fine-VF condition with Washington, D.C. handstamp at top margin. Francis Elias Spinner ( January 21, 1802 _ December 31, 1890) was a U. S. Representative from New York from 1855 to 1861. Two weeks after Spinner left Congress, President Abraham Lincoln appointed him Treasurer of the United States. He served through the Johnson and Grant administrations from March 16, 1861, until his resignation on July 1, 1875. During the Civil War, he hired women as clerks because they weren’t subject to military service. He paid them well and defended their employment against critics. He was the first government administrator to hire women, and he continued to do so after the Civil War. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $80-130 Scripophily - Automobiles & Transportation Delaware 546 546 General Motors Corp. 1982 Unique Proof Mock-Up Stock Certificate Delaware, 1982. Odd Shares Proof Mock-Up Stock Certificate, Black text with orange border and underprint, Automobiles depicted at top center. Certificate is mounted on cardstock and protected by plastic, which has design elements added throughout the production process. VF condition, SC-USBN. Unique proof. General Motors Company is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, USA that designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts, and sells financial services, with global headquarters in Detroit’s Renaissance Center. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $140-280 Maine 547 547 Consolidated Automobile Co., ca.1916-20 Specimen Stock Certificate Maine. Odd Shares Preferred Stock Specimen Certificate. Black print with an orange border and under print. No vignette on certificate, company name at top of certificate. Specimen overprint, POC’s, XF condition. ABNC. ������������������������������ Est. $100-200 Massachusetts 548 548 Third Massachusetts Turnpike Corp. 1797 I/U Stock Certificate Signed by Caleb Strong Massachusetts, 1797. One Share I/U Stock Certificate, S/N 1058, Black typeset text and black handwriting, Embossed corporate seal at top left corner. Issued to and signed by Hezekiah Hutchins, and is also signed by Caleb Strong as President and Jonathan Woodbridge as Proprietor’s Clerk. VF condition, especially for its age. Caleb Strong ( January 9, 1745 – November 7, 1819) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the sixth and tenth Governor of Massachusetts between 1800 and 1807, and again from 1812 until 1816. He assisted in drafting the Massachusetts State Constitution in 1779 and served as a state senator and on the Massachusetts Governor’s Council before being elected to the inaugural United States Senate. A leading member of the Massachusetts Federalist Party, his political success delayed the decline of the Federalists in Massachusetts. A successful Northampton lawyer prior to 1774, Strong was politically active in the rebel cause during the American Revolutionary War. He played an influential role in the development of the United States Constitution at the 1787 Philadelphia Convention, and, as a US Senator, in the passage of its 11th Amendment. He also played a leading role in the passage of the Judiciary Act of 1789, which established the federal court system. ��������������������������������������������������������� Est. $800-1600 Ohio 549 549 Fisher Body Ohio Co. 1922 I/C Stock Certificate, Acquired by General Motors Ohio, 1922. 50 Shares I/C Preferred Capital Stock Certificate, Black text with green border and underprint, Trio of allegorical figures at top center. POCs, Fine-VF condition, ABNC. Signed by F. J. Fisher as President. Fisher Body was an automobile coachbuilder, now part of General Motors. The company was founded on July 22, 1908 by Albert, Fred, and Charles Fisher of Detroit, Michigan. Their company became one of the top coachbuilders in the United States, building their signature factory, Fisher Body 21, in 1919. At the time, the company had more than 40 buildings housing 3,700,000 square feet of floor space. Prior to forming the company, Fred Fisher had built the body of the Cadillac Osceola at the Wilson Body Company. Starting in 1910, Fisher became the supplier of all closed bodies for Cadillac, and also built for Buick. General Motors bought 60% of the company in 1919 before integrating it entirely as an in-house coachbuilding division in 1926. Fisher purchased Fleetwood Metal Body in 1925. It was split from Ternstedt and recombined in 1968. Fisher was dissolved by being merged with other GM operations in 1984. �������������������������������������������������� Est. $180-280