Archives International Auctions Auction 75 March 30, 2022 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Colonial Banknotes, Colonial Fiscal Documents, Historic Ephemera and Security Printing Ephemera

Archives International Auctions - Sale 75 81 March 30, 2022 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 433 433 National Exchange Bank, ca.1860s Proof Check With I.R. RN-B1 by ABNC. Tiffon, Ohio, ca.1860s. Proof check, Black text with a portrait of soldier at left, Eagle at top right corner, and an U.S.I.R. RN-B1 imprinted revenue stamp at center. “Sample” written in red at center and bottom right, Writing in green on back, and shading over American Exchange National Bank, New York at bottom center. VF condition with toning and a pair of stains at bottom margin. Rare specimen check with imprinted revenue. ABNC. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $300-450 Pennsylvania 434 434 Western Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane, 1875 I/U Check Sized Receipt Dixmont, Pennsylvania, 1875. $65 I/U receipt for the payment of “Medical Attendance and Boarding of Miss S.K. Sampson in full for 13 weeks, 1875 and Clothing in full to Ap. 24, 1875,” Brown text with black handwriting, with a gray underprint of a large institution building and grounds across entire receipt. Fine to VF condition with some small holes and signs of wear along center fold line, and a stain at top left margin. Dixmont State Hospital, founded in 1848 by Dorothea Dix, began as the Insane Dept. of the Western Pennsylvania Hospital in Pittsburgh. This hospital was the first chartered public hospital in Pittsburgh and the first institution in Western Pennsylvania to offer treatment for the insane. ������������������������������������������������������ Est. $120-240 U.S. & Peru 435 435 United States Navy Bill of Exchange, 1870 I/C Historic First Exchange Issued off of Callao, Peru. Callao, Peru and U.S., February 25th, 1870. $2000 I/C First of Exchange from USS ‘Onward.’ Portrait of George Washington at bottom and sailing ship at top with sailor along left side margin. Written Cancelled across face. Onward was launched 3 July 1852 by James O. Curtis at Medford, Massachusetts, for Reed, Wade, and Co., of Boston, Massachusetts, and operated in the merchant service between New York City, Boston, and San Francisco. Purchased by the U.S. Navy at New York City from John Ogden on 9 September 1861, for service in the American Civil War, Onward commissioned at New York Navy Yard on 11 January 1862, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant J. Frederick Nickels in command. The exchange was issued to Commander Milton Haxton and signed by him on the back on Feb, 25th, 1870 where it was evidently issued and endorsed to the Pacific Steam & Navigation Company on February, 1870 who then deposited it at the Bank of Liverpool in in England on April 2nd, 1870. The exchange also has a 1 Pound English “Foreign Bill” adhesive revenue stamp on the back. The corresponding bank of the Exchange-draft listed on the face was Baring Brothers in London. Commander Haxton was in charge of the U.S. steamer Mercedita and part of the North Atlantic Blockading fleet during the Civil War in 1865. Rare U.S. Navy bill of exchange. ABNC. �������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $800-1200 USA 436 436 Wells Fargo & Co. Trio of Specimen Travelers Checks. ND (1916) USA, ND (1916). $10, $50, and $100 Wells Fargo Specimen Travelers Checks. All are PMG graded gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ with comment “selvage included.” (3). Est. $600-1000 Various States 437 437 Large Group of Issued Bank Checks, ca. 1850-90s Large group of Issued Checks from ca. 1850-90s. Highlights include: First National Bank; V. Winters & Son - Exchange Bank; Chemung Canal Bank; Merchants & Farmers’ Bank; and P.W. Huntington & Co. Bankers. Most have adhesive and imprinted internal revenue stamps. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $45-75 Philatelic Souvenir Cards California, Texas, Michigan, Wisconsin, New York 438 438 ABN, Hawaii, 1993 Reprint Proof Stamp Souvenir Card Collection of 10 Sets of 6 Different Proofs. Hawaii, 1887 to 1898, Lot of 60 Intaglio and Litho Printed Philatelic Reprint Souvenir Cards. The set of 6 cards were issued for different Philatelic Shows. Included are 10 cards of each Stamp design, all intaglio printed as blocks of 4, Each stamp could be considered a Trial Color since they are all printed in black with the issued colors printed as a larger litho example on the same card, Includes: American Philatelic Society 107th Annual Convention, 1 Cent Hawaiian Coat of Arms, Scott 74, (10); Plymouth Show, 2 Cent View of Honolulu, Scott 75, (2); Milcopex, 5 Cent State of King Kamehameha I, Scott 76, (10); American Stamp Dealers Association, 10 Cent Star and Palm Trees, Scott 77, (10); American Stamp Dealers Association, 12 Cent Steamship ‘Arawa’, Scott 78, (10); and, Orc Expo, 25 Cent Sanford Ballard Dole -President of Provisional Government of Hawaii, Scott 79, (10). All cards are Gem Uncirculated as made. (60). ��������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-400