Archives International Auctions Auction 71 November 23, 2021 U.S. & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Security Printing Ephemera, and Historic Financial Ephemera

Archives International Auctions - Sale 71 101 November 23, 2021 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com England 502 502 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. $120-240 Finland 503 503 Republic of Finland Specimen Bond Trio, 1925-78 Finland. 3 pieces: 1925 $1000 Specimen 7% External Loan Sinking Fund Gold Coupon Bond in gray, Fine condition with toning and splitting; 1928 $500 Specimen 5.5% External Loan Sinking Fund Gold Coupon Bond in olive, Fine condition with toning and splitting; and 1978 $1000 Specimen 9% Bond in red, VF condition. All have specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, and POCs. ABNC. (3) �������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $130-260 Germany 504 504 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. $180-280 505 505 Saxon Public Works, Inc. 1925 Specimen Bond Germany, 1925. $1000 Specimen 7% First Mortgage Sinking Fund Gold Coupon Bond, Black text with gray border and undertint, Allegorical figure with electricity at top center. Red specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, and POCs. Has been archivally reinforced and repaired, Fine condition, ABNC. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $110-160