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

Archives International Auctions - Sale 81 108 December 15, 2022 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Scripophily - Gunpowder, Ammunition & Weapons Delaware 493 493 Atlas Powder Co. Progress Proof Stock Certificate Pair and Proof Vignette, ca.1930-1950s Delaware, ca.1930-1950s. Lot of 3 pieces, Includes: ca.1930-40s, 100 Shares Proof Stock Certificate printed on brown paper, Black text with green border and underprint, Allegorical Atlas at top center, annotations around wide margins, VF to XF condition; ND (ca.1940-50s), Corresponding Certificate of Stock Progress Proof printed on white paper, Green border and underprint, annotations throughout, XF condition, no vignette; and, Proof Vignette printed on india paper featuring Atlas holding the World on his shoulders, “C-4259” imprint at top center, green intaglio print, Uncirculated condition. Incorporated in 1912, Atlas Powder Company functioned as an independent explosives and chemicals company until 1971, when it was purchased by Imperial Chemical Industries Limited (U.K.) and became its American affiliate under the name ICI Americas, Inc. (3) ������������������������������������������������������� Est. $250-500 Scripophily - Industrial & Manufacturing New Jersey 494 494 United States Steel Corp., 1903 Specimen Bond Quintet New Jersey. Lot of 5 bonds, all are Specimen Registered, 60 Year, 5% Gold Bonds, each a different denomination and color, as well as similar designs of steel mill at bottom. Includes $500, Brown; $1000, red; $5,000, purple; $10,000. red; $50,000, blue. All have red specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, and POCs. ABNC. (5) ��������������������������������������� Est. $325-650 New York 495 495 General Electric Co. 1912 Specimen Bond Rarity New York, 1912. $1000 Specimen 5% Debenture Gold Coupon Bond, Black text with ornate green border and undertint, Flying woman at top with illuminated lightbulb over city scene over large spread-winged eagle. Red specimen overprints, POC’s, “00000” serial numbers, VF-XF condition, Printed by ABNC. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $300-500 Scripophily - Mining Alaska & Yukon 496 496 Yukon Gold Co., 1915, I/U Stock Certificate Alaska & Yukon, (Inc. in Maine), 1915. 20 Shares I/U Capital Stock Certificate, Black on blue border and underprint, Allegorical winged figure at top, Fine condition with staples holes and toning and strong vertical fold in middle. The Yukon Gold Company started in the early 1900s and was promoted for the Daniel Guggenheim group by president Arthur Newton Christian Treadgold. It was a large scale mining company that operated in the Klondike Gold Fields. The Yukon Gold Company was one of 20 companies assumed by the Yukon Consolidated Gold Company in 1923. ��������������������������������������������������� Est. $130-260 Arizona 497 497 Vulture Mining Co. ca.1900 Proof Stock Certificate and Proof Check With Matching Vulture Vignettes. Arizona. (Incorporated in Maine with corporate offices in Boston, MA.). Lot of 2 items, Includes proof stock certificate, Odd Shares. No border or undertint. Imposing standing Vulture in middle. Proof impression of plate #490 that was destroyed, purple “Cancelled” overprints. also included is a proof check with the same vulture vignette on the left, also with Cancelled overprint and “Destroyed” written on bottom. Republic BNC proof. Rare mining stock certificate and matching check. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $250-500