Archives International Auctions Auction 81 December 15th & 16th 2022

Archives International Auctions - Sale 81 104 December 15, 2022 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com France 477 477 Government of the French Republic 1917 Specimen bond. France, Specimen bond. April 1, 1917. $1000, 20 Year 5 ½% Coupon Gold Bond. Olive green border and undertint. Allegorical woman sowing grain with man, woman and baby behind her. Red SPECIMEN overprint and POC. Coupons attached. VF Condition. ABNC. Rare bond. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $100-200 478 478 Special Bond for the Service of the Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem (Malta) 1823 Remainder Bond. France. 1823, Odd Pounds, Unissued Bond, Black print on large sized certificate printed on blue paper, Image of Knights of Jerusalem at top, VF-XF condition. The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem was a medieval and early modern Catholic military order. It was headquartered in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, on the island of Rhodes, in Malta and St Petersburg. After the conquest of Jerusalem in 1099 during the First Crusade, the organization became a religious and military order under its own Papal charter, charged with the care and defense of the Holy Land. Following the conquest of the Holy Land by Islamic forces, the knights operated from Rhodes, over which they were sovereign, and later from Malta, where they administered a vassal state under the Spanish viceroy of Sicily. The Hospitallers were the smallest group to colonize parts of the Americas; at one point in the mid-17th century, they acquired four Caribbean islands, which they turned over to the French in the 1660s. ( John E. Herzog Collection) �������������������� Est. $250-500 Italy 479 479 Banca Commerciale Italiana, ND (ca.1920s), Specimen Certificate of “American shares” Stock Certificate Milan, Italy, 1928. 100 American Shares “ADR” Specimen Stock Certificate, Black text with green border and underprint, Allegorical man with hammer and gear at top center. POCs. VF condition, HBN. Banca Commerciale Italiana (COMIT), founded in 1894, was once one of the largest banks in Italy. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $140-280 Mexico 480 480 Banco Internacional e Hipotecario De Mexico, ca.1900-1910 Specimen Bond. Mexico. 100 Pesos 5% Series E Specimen Bond, Ornate green and brown border with green undertint, Vignette of seated justice with arms of Mexico. Coupons attached. XF condition. ABNC. Rare bond. �������������������������������������������� Est. $200-400