Archives International Auctions Auction 80 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2022: Lots 1 to 826 in 2 SESSIONS

Archives International Auctions - Sale 80 100 October 25, 2022 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com United Kingdom & France 538 538 Anglo-French Five-Year 5% External Loan, 1915 Specimen Coupon Bearer Bond Trio Issued for Borrowing Money from the U.S.. United States, United Kingdom and France, 1915, Lot of 3 Specimen Anglo- French Five-Year 5% External Loan bonds, all with attached coupons, Includes: $100 in orange; $500 in brown; $1000 in green. All have John Bradbury’s facsimile signature on the lower left, All with allegorical justice holding scales in middle flanked by Arms for France and Supported Arms of England, All have red specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, POCs. Fine condition, ABNC. The Anglo-French Financial Commission was a special delegation to the United States from the governments of the United Kingdom and France in 1915 during the First World War. The Commission, led by Lord Reading, secured the single largest loan from private US banks prior to American entry intoWorld War I in 1917. In September 1915 France and the United Kingdom signed an agreement to establish the Inter-Allied Munitions Bureau, which was to coordinate purchasing in all neutral countries, principally the United States. In May 1916 the British had to take over the financing of French purchases in the United States as a result of the weakness of the French wartime economy. Historic bond trio which heralded the eventual participation of the U.S. to enter World War I. (3) ��������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $750-1500 Vermont 539 539 Merchants National Bank, United States Depositary, “WAR”, 1905 I/C Check Burlington, Vermont, 1905. I/C United States Depositary Check from the Merchants National Bank to F. C. Endicott, for $128.33, Signed by the Major and Paymaster. Black text with purple overprints, Edwin M. Stanton depicted at right with “WAR” in text underneath. VF-XF condition. Bureau, Engraving & Printing, BEP. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $100-200 540 540 Post Office Department, Middlebury, VT, 1868 Issued Draft Middlebury, Vermont., Draft for $75.40 by the Post Office Department, S/N 9904, Issued to the Postmaster of Middlebury, Vermont. Black text with brown border and underprint, “Transportation of the Mails” on a ribbon at top left, Allegorical Liberty seated underneath, Portrait of a man at top right corner. XF to Uncirculated condition, NBN. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $450-750 Washington, D.C. 541 541 U.S. Savings Bond, 1968, “Freedom Share” Savings Note. Washington, D.C. (Issued in Cleveland, OH). March 1968, $25, I/C, Minute Man on left, Printed in black on light yellow underprint on IBM punch card, back has blue printing with redemption information and room for endorsements, Facsimile signature of the Secretary of the Treasury, Henry H. Fowler. Rare. ����������������������������������������������� Est. $150-250 542 542 United States Postal Service, 1972 Specimen Bond 1972. $100,000 Specimen 6 7/8% Specimen Coupon Bond, Black text with blue border, U.S. Mail logo at top center. Red specimen overprint, 0000 serial numbers, and POCs. VF condition, SC-USBN. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-400