Archives International Auctions Auction 88 October 24, 2023

Archives International Auctions - Sale 88 137 October 24, 2023 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com SCRIPOPHILY - SOCIAL New York 665 665 American Legal Association 1851 Issued Membership Certificate New York, 1851. $5.00 Issued membership to the American Legal Association, S/N 467. Black text with ornate black border, New York Coat of Arms depicted at top center, other ornate vignettes at left and right margins. VF condition with some staining near center. New York lawyer, publisher, and entrepreneur, John Livingston, founded the North American Legal Association [also known as the American Legal Association] in the early 1850s. It was a loose organization of lawyers from throughout the United States created to provide those doing interstate business a list of reliable legal counsel. Livingston distributed circulars advertising the group to postmasters and county clerks and solicited them to recommend potential Association members. The Association was one of the first national proto-bar associations in the U.S. Very ornate and attractive certificate. DB&C, Printer �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $300-500 SCRIPOPHILY - STATE & CITY California 666 666 City of Los Angeles, “Electric Plant Bond” 1914 Specimen Bond California, 1914. $1000 Specimen 4.5% Election Plant Coupon Bond, Black text with green border and undertint, City arms at top center flanked by allegorical men. Pin- punch Cancel, VF condition with archivally reinforced splitting at folds, SBN. ������ Est. $90-180 Louisiana 667 667 Board of Commissioners for the Fifth Louisiana Levee District 1902 Specimen Bond Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1902. $1000 Specimen 5% Specimen Bond, Black text with brown border and undertint, Allegorical women flank bond title. Red specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, POCs. VF condition. ABNC. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $120-240 668 668 Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, 1904 Specimen Bond Louisiana. $500 Specimen 5% Series B, Mortgage Coupon Bond, Black print on brown border and under tint, Port of New Orleans at top with steamship at dock, Specimen overprints and POC’s, Fine-VF condition, ABNC. ������������������ Est. $200-120 669 669 City of Baton Rouge, Public Improvement Bond Issue of 1914 Specimen Bond Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 1914, $1000 Specimen 4 1/2% Public Improvement Coupon Bond, Black print on green border and under tint, Seal of Louisiana at top, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, ABNC. Only 3 examples found in 2002 in the ABN Archives. �������������������������������������������������������� Est. $130-260