Archives International Auctions Auction 79 September 6, 2022 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Colonial Banknotes, Colonial Fiscal Documents, Historic Ephemera and Security Printing Ephemera

Archives International Auctions - Sale 79 123 September 6, 2022 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com SCRIPOPHILY - MUSEUMS & PLANETARIUMS New York 603 603 American Museum of Natural History Planetarium Authority, 1934 Specimen Bond Rarity New York, 1934. $1000 Specimen 4.5% Serial Revenue Coupon Bond, Black text with blue border and underprint, Hayden Planetarium depicted at top center. POCs throughout, VF condition, HBN. The original Hayden Planetarium was founded in 1933 with a donation by philanthropist Charles Hayden. The Hayden Planetarium, designed by architects Trowbridge & Livingston, opened In 1935. In January 1997, the original Hayden Planetarium was closed and demolished. On February 19, 2000, the $210 million Frederick Phineas and Sandra Priest Rose Center for Earth and Space, containing the new Hayden Planetarium, opened to the public. Neil deGrasse Tyson is its first and, to date, only director. This bond was issued in the 4th year of the Authority’s existence. This is the second of only 2 examples found of this variety in the ABN Archives. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $600-1200 SCRIPOPHILY - NAVIGATION & SHIPPING Illinois 604 604 Cairo City and Canal Co. 1838 I/C $1000 6% Coupon Bond. Cairo, Illinois, 1838, $1000 6% Coupon Bond, Ink Cancelled with ink burn in cancellation areas, Fine to VF condition. Rare and very early Canal Bond. The city is located at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Fort Defiance, a Civil War camp, was built at the confluence in 1862 by Union General Ulysses S. Grant to control strategic access to the river. Cairo has the lowest elevation of any location in Illinois and is the only Illinois city to be surrounded by levees. It is in the area of Southern Illinois known as Little Egypt. The first municipal charter for Cairo and for the Bank of Cairo were issued in 1818, but without any settlement and without any depositors. A second and successful effort to establish a town was made by the Cairo City and Canal Company in 1836–37, with a large levee built to encircle the site. Historic bond issued in 1838 when the town was formed. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $200-400 New Jersey 605 605 International Mercantile Marine Co., 1916 Historic Specimen Bond from J.P. Morgan Controlled Company. New Jersey, 1916. $5000 Specimen 6% Registered First Mortgage and Collateral Trust Sinking Fund Gold Bond, Black text with olive border and underprint, Ships in port at top center. Red specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, and POCs. Fine-VF condition, ABNC. The International Mercantile Marine Company, originally the International Navigation Company, was a trust formed in the early twentieth century as an attempt by J.P. Morgan to monopolize the shipping trade. IMM was founded by shipping magnates Clement Griscom of the American Line and Red Star Line, Bernard N. Baker of the Atlantic Transport Line, J. Bruce Ismay of the White Star Line, and John Ellerman of the Leyland Line. The Dominion Line was also amalgamated. The project was bankrolled by J.P. Morgan & Co., led by financier J. P. Morgan. The company also had working profit- sharing relationships with the German Hamburg-Amerika and the North German Lloyd lines. The trust caused great concern in the British shipping industry and led directly to the British government’s subsidy of the Cunard Line’s new ships RMS Lusitania and RMS Mauretania in an effort to compete. One of IMM’s subsidiaries was the White Star Line, which owned the RMS Titanic. Analysis of financial records shows that IMM was overleveraged and suffered from inadequate cash flow that caused it to default on bond interest payments in late 1914. As a result, a “friendly” receivership was put in effect in 1915, which allowed IMM to reorganize its finances; it emerged from the receivership in 1916. This is a specimen example from that bond issue and is extremely rare and not known issued. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-400 606 606 Long Dock Co., 1872 I/U Stock Certificate. New Jersey (offices in New York), 5 Shares, I/U Stock Certificate, sailor with sextant at middle and dock with harbor at left, small steamship at bottommiddle. VF condition. (Ex. John E. Herzog Collection) ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $130-260