Archives International Auctions Auction 87 September 12, 2023

Archives International Auctions - Sale 87 121 September 12, 2023 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com New Jersey 586 586 Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. of America, 1919, Assortment of Issued Stock Certificates New Jersey......., 1919. Lot of 10 certificates. All are I/U 50 Shares, Capital Stock Certificate, Black on olive green border and underprint, Allegorical Justice at top between two hemispheres of the globe with telegraph towers, S/Ns B5140-B5149, All are in VF to XF condition. ABNC. (10). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $150-250 New York 587 587 New York Telephone Co. 1909 Specimen Gold Coupon Bond Pair New York. Lot of 2 Specimen Bonds of the same design and different colors and denominations, Includes: $500 and $1,000 Specimen Bonds. One with a green border and one with an orange. Both with dramatic vignette of 2 men speaking on an old fashioned telephone. During the height of the scripophily market in the 1990’s this bond sold for over $500 each. Both are in VF-XF condition, ABNC. ������������������������������� Est. $250-500 SCRIPOPHILY - COMPUTERS, INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY California 588 588 Apple Computer, Inc., 1996 Specimen Coupon Bond California. 1996. Specimen $5000, 6% Convertible Subordinated Note Due 2001, Green borders and underprints, Apple logo in corporate seal, overprinted Specimen, ABNC. ��������� Est. $750-1250 Delaware 589 589 Network Solutions, Inc., 1983, Specimen Stock Certificate (Possible IPOCertificate) Delaware, 1983. Common Stock Specimen Certificate, Black on brown border and underprint, Company title at top, Pin punched Specimen and POCs, XF-AU condition. SC-USBNC. Network Solutions, Inc. (NSI) first operated the domain name system (DNS) registry under a sub-contract with the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) in September 1991. NSI gave out names in the .com, .org, .mil, .gov, .edu and .net Top Level Domains (TLDs) for free, along with free Internet Protocol (IP) address blocks. In 1992, NSI was the sole bidder on a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to further develop the domain name registration service for the Internet. In 1993, NSI was granted an exclusive contract by the NSF to be the sole domain name registrar for .com (commerce), .net (network) and .org (organization) TLDs, a continuation of work NSI had already been doing. NSI also maintained the central database of assigned names called WHOIS. ��������������������� Est. $120-240