Archives International Auctions Auction 83 February 28, 2023

Archives International Auctions - Sale 83 77 February 28, 2023 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Ephemera - Louisiana Postal History 388 388 Louisiana Law Stamps, ca.1885, Used on Partial Document. Louisiana. 1886, 10 Cents Law Stamps used on partial document Brown with portrait of notable gentleman. Evidently this was removed from a law suit dosument. The stamps are in VF condition and all ink cancelled. ���������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $75-150 Ephemera - Photography New York & New Jersey 389 389 Automatic PhototypeCompany of NewYork and New Jersey 1891 I/U Stock Certificate NY & NJ, 1891. 10 Shares I/U Capital Stock Certificate, S/N 83, Black text with black border, and light brown underprint of a man with machine at center. Fine-VF condition. Very possibly an extremely early photography booth. Est. $120-240 Ephemera - Political & Historic Autographs and Documents Maine 390 390 Governor Edmund Muskie Trio of Autographs, 1958 Maine, 1958. Correspondence all signed by Edmund S. Muskie on State of Maine Letterhead. Edmund Muskie was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 58th United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter, a United States Senator from Maine from 1959 to 1980, the 64th Governor of Maine from 1955 to 1959, and a member of the Maine House of Representatives from 1946 to 1951. He was the Democratic Party’s candidate for Vice President of the United States in the 1968 presidential election, alongside Hubert Humphrey. Letters are printed on United States Senate letterhead. Born in Rumford, Maine, he worked as a lawyer for two years before serving in the United States Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945 during World War II. Upon his return, Muskie served in the Maine State Legislature from 1946 to 1951, and unsuccessfully ran for the mayor of Waterville. Muskie was elected the 64th Governor of Maine in 1954 under a reform platform as the first Maine Democratic Party governor in almost 100 years. Muskie pressed for economic expansionism and instated environmental provisions. Muskie’s actions severed a nearly 100-year Republican stronghold and led to the political insurgency of the Maine Democrats. His legislative work during his career as a Senator coincided with an expansion of modern liberalism in the United States. He promoted the 1960s environmental movement which led to the passage of the Clean Air Act of 1970 and the Clean Water Act of 1972. Muskie supported the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the creation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and opposed Richard Nixon’s “Imperial Presidency” by advancing New Federalism. Muskie ran with Humphrey against Nixon in the 1968 presidential election, losing the popular vote by 0.7 percentage points—one of the narrowest margins in U.S. history. He would go on to run in the 1972 presidential election where he secured 1.84 million votes in the primaries coming in fourth out of 15 contesters. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $120-240 New York 391 391 Autographs of Charles Poletti, PlinyWilliamson, John J. Bennett, & Edward Corsi, 1935-43. Collection of letters signed by Charles Poletti (former Governor of New York), Pliny Williamson (an American lawyer and politician from New York), John J. Bennett (an American lawyer and politician) , & Edward Corsi (was an Italian-American association executive and government official) respectively. VF to XF condition. (6) �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $55-110