Archives International Auctions Auction 73 January 18, 2022 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Colonial Banknotes, Colonial Fiscal Documents, Historic Ephemera and Security Printing Ephemera

Archives International Auctions - Sale 73 85 January 18, 2022 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com EPHEMERA - MINING Alaska 410 410 Ruby, Alaska Territory, 1912 Quit Claim Mining Deed Ruby, Alaska Territory, 1912. Issued and Signed Quit ClaimDeed for 40 acres of the “Ruby Association on Short Creek a tributary of the Yukon River,” which was sold by H. Hamburger and J.S. Sterling for the sum of $1. Signed by both men at bottom right, as well as by witnesses and a notary. Blue text with black signatures, Fine-VF condition. The town of Ruby was established in 1911 as the result of a gold rush. Gold was first discovered at the current townsite in 1906 on Ruby Creek. That discovery brought more prospectors to the area. In 1910 word leaked out about a gold strike on Long Creek, 30 miles south of Ruby, and a stampede was on. Discoveries on other nearby creeks followed and Ruby became the supply point for the mines. At its peak the population was near 3,000, but by 1918 the town was in decline. Early and rare Alaska Gold Rush Mining document. �� Est. $120-240 EPHEMERA - NETHERLANDS Netherlands Indies 411 411 Dutch East IndiaCompanyStatement of Funds, 1602-1777 Statement of funds from the Dutch East India Company, in French. Black text with black border. Includes information from 1605-1777, such as dividends distributed, total number of distributions, price of shares in florins and ‘livres Tournois’ and other details outlined in a grid format. Fine condition with some holes throughout. The Dutch East India Company, officially the United East India Company was a megacorporation founded by a government-directed consolidation of several rival Dutch trading companies in the early 17th century. It is believed to be the largest company to ever have existed in recorded history. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $150-250 EPHEMERA - POLITICAL CORRESPONDENCE Pennsylvania 412 412 United States Senate and Department of State Correspondence, 1928 Washington D.C.. Lot of 2 Letters of correspondence with a Miss Beulah Pratt of West Chester PA. From the Department of State, dated December 4, 1928, Miss Pratt wrote to her representatives to urge them to sign the Kellogg-Briand Pact. She received a letter from Prentiss Gilbert and D. A. Reed. The Kellogg–Briand Pact or Pact of Paris – officially the General Treaty for Renunciation of War as an Instrument of National Policy – is a 1928 international agreement on peace in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve “disputes or conflicts of whatever nature or of whatever origin they may be, which may arise among them”. The pact was signed by Germany, France, and the United States on 27 August 1928, and by most other states soon after. Sponsored by France and the U.S., the Pact is named after its authors, United States Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg and French foreign minister Aristide Briand. Evidently, it did not work. (2) ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $120-200 EPHEMERA - PRINTS & ENGRAVINGS England 413 413 Antique English Engraving and Photograph Group Lot, ca.1770- 1900s England. Group lot of 11 engravings and photographs of English buildings and locations. Includes: Engraving of Goldsmith’sHall in black andwhitewith thick cardstock background, but has fallen off of mounting; Engraving of the Royal Exchange in black and white and mounted on thick cardstock; Black and white engraving of the Clayton & Shuttleworth’s Portable Steam Engine, unmounted; Black and white photograph of the York Minster’s Five Sisters’ Window, the only memorial in the country dedicated to all women of the British Empire who lost their lives during the First World War, mounted on cardstock; Colorized engraving of the Royal Vault located in St. Georges Chapel in Windsor, with numbers corresponding to the location of the remains of royalty such as King George III and his wife Queen Charlotte; a British Monarchy document, a single page describing the role and religion of the King of Great Britain, with black text, likely from the early 1800s; Black and white photograph of a view of York from the City Wall, mounted on cardstock; Hand-colored ca. 1840 steel engraving of the Stock Exchange, with men gathered around at center, mounted on thick cardstock; Hand-colored ca. 1829 steel engraving of the Bank of England, mounted; 1773 hand-colored copper engraving of a front view of the Bank of England in Threadneedle Street, mounted; and a black and white engraving of ‘La Bourse Royale’ (Royal Exchange), with faint writing in pencil at bottom right, stating that the Royal Exchange burned down in 1838. All are in Fine-VF condition for their age. (11) ������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $100-200