Archives International Auctions Auction 93 April 18, 2024

Archives International Auctions - Sale 93 65 April 18, 2024 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 300 300 ABNC Souvenir Card with Bank Draft for the Shetucket Bank of Norwich Connecticut and Santa Claus Vignette ca.1860 Season’s Greetings Card Connecticut. Lot of 25 ABNC Souvenir Cards with Bank draft reprint with Season’s Greeting and Happy New Year printed at bottom with description on card with ABN certification on back. Mint condition. (25). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $40-80 Canada 301 301 Thomas Edison Advertising Note, ca. 1920-30s by Ashton-Potter, the Canadian Security Printer. Canada. 1925-1940s. Sample Note printed by Ashton-Potter with portrait of Thomas Edison at center, Green printing on white watermarked paper, Uncirculated condition with stain at right side. In 1925, the Ashton and Potter families came together to establish a commercial printing company in Canada. Named after the founding families, by the 1960’s, it grew into one of the largest commercial printers in Canada. In 1970, Ashton Potter forayed into the stamp industry, completing their first project for Canada Post. They opened a U.S. base of operations twenty years later, and brought their skills in stamp production, securing their first contract with the USPS. They added tax stamps to their product line, and a few years later, began producing stamps for postal authorities around the globe. Today, they are one of the largest stamp producers in the world. This Edison ad note is an early, intaglio printed advertising note from this well known private security printer. ���������������� Est. $130-260 Florida 302 302 ABNC Progressive Proof Trio from “The Story of Freedom” Part II, 1996 Orlando, Florida, 1996. Lot of 3 progress proofs, all are on uncut large cards. Includes: 1). Progress proof, missing the intaglio image and the back attestation, but includes the Litho stamp border image for the $5, 1923 Series stamp; 2). Progress proof, missing the intaglio image and the back attestation, but includes the Litho stamp border and central design image for the $5, 1923 Series stamp with dark impression of the Liberty vignette in dark blue; and, 3). a complete uncut card progress proof, including the intaglio vignette of Liberty in light blue and the stamp on the left complete with a light central Liberty vignette. All in Mint condition as issued. ABNC. (3) ��������������� Est. $75-150 Great Britain 303 303 KBA-Giori, 2005, Uncut Sheet of 45 Specimen Notes United Kingdom, 2005. Uncut Sheet of 45 Specimen Notes, M/c printing with Man and Pegasus at right, Extended margins all around with color blocking, VF-XF condition with stains at bottom left corner. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $180-350 Great Britain & United States 304 304 Thomas De LA Rue & Portals, 1997, Royal Golden Wedding Anniversary Watermark Samples Great Britain, 1997. Lot of 2 Items, Includes: Portals Watermark commemorating the Golden Wedding anniversary of Elizabeth II and Price Philip, that is easy to see if held up into the light. Included in lot is an informative letter from Portals Ltd., with the history of Elizabeth’s relationship with Prince Philip, which also incudes a watermark of an early English gentleman on the top of the sheet. Both are in Uncirculated to CU condition. TDLR and Portals. (2). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $75-150