Archives International Auctions Auction 72 December 7, 2021 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Coins, Colonial Fiscal Documents, and Security Printing Ephemera

Archives International Auctions - Sale 72 103 December 7, 2021 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com New York 600 600 New York Athletic Club of the City of New York 1895 Specimen Bond New York, 1895. $1000 Specimen 5% Second Mortgage Coupon Bond, Black text with orange border and undertint, Winged shoe in frame at top center. Red specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, and POCs. VF condition, ABNC. Club member Thomas Burke took two gold medals (the 100m and 400m) at the inaugural Modern Olympic Games, held in Athens in 1896. His results spurred the New York Athletic Club, entering its fourth decade of existence, to organize greater representation at subsequent Games. At that time, the Club’s Captain was Charles Sherrill; he took charge of the US Olympic squad for Paris in 1900, a Games at which the NYAC claimed 22 medals in track and field and swimming. This was the NYAC’s first true stamp on the Olympic movement, a stamp that is now indelible. The New York Athletic Club is a private social club and athletic club in New York. Founded in 1868. �������������������������������������������� Est. $200-400 SCRIPOPHILY - STATE & CITY Kansas 601 601 Kansas Security Co., ca.1880’s Specimen Bond Kansas. $1000 Specimen 6% Debenture Coupon Bond, Black print on green border and under tint, Allegorical woman at top, Specimen overprints and POC’s, Fine-VF condition, Homer Lee BNC. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $160-280 New York 602 602 Intrepid Museum Foundation 1982 Specimen Bond New York, 1982. $Odd Specimen 16% Gross Revenue Bond, Black text with blue border and undertint, Silhouette of the USS Intrepid at top center. Red specimen overprints and specimen POCs. VF condition, ABNC. The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is an American military and maritime history museum in New York City with a collection of museum ships. It is located at Pier 86 at 46th Street, along the Hudson River, in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood on the West Side of Manhattan. The museum showcases the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid, the cruise missile submarine USS Growler, a Concorde SST, a Lockheed A-12 supersonic reconnaissance plane, and the Space Shuttle Enterprise. On the lower deck there is also a reproduction of a World War I biplane. ������������������ Est. $250-500 SCRIPOPHILY - TOY TRAINS 603 603 Lionel Corp. 1960 Specimen Stock Certificate New York, 1960. <100 Shares Specimen Stock Certificate, Black text with blue border and underprint, Allegorical boy playing with trains at top center. Red specimen overprints, POCs, Do not remove stamp at top margin. VF condition, SBN. Lionel, LLC is an American designer and importer of toy trains and model railroads. ���������������������������������������������������� Est. $250-375 SCRIPOPHILY - TURNPIKE, CANAL & BRIDGE COMPANIES Maryland 604 604 Columbia Turnpike Road, 1814 I/U Stock Certificate. Maryland. February 1, 1814, 1 Share, I/U stock certificate, S/N 151, black on light beige paper, Issued to John Ellicott and signed by Samuel Godfrey as President and Samuel Heston as Treasurer. Embossed corporate seal at the left next to the small ornate counterfoil. S/N 151. On January 10, 1810, the Columbia Turnpike Road Company was chartered by the General Assembly of Maryland to “make a turnpike road from where the road leading from Montgomery courthouse to Baltimore intersects the Baltimore and Frederick turnpike road near Ellicott’s lower mills, in a direction towards Georgetown, until it intersects the line of the district of Columbia, and so that it shall cross Rock creek at not less than three miles above Georgetown”. XF condition. Printed by J. Robinson, 96 Market Street, Baltimore, MD. Rare and early Maryland Turnpike certificate. ����� Est. $200-300