Archives International Auctions Auction 96 August 15, 2024

Archives International Auctions - Sale 96 97 August 15, 2024 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Pennsylvania 286 286 Mine Safety Appliances Co., 1960s, Security-Columbian Production File Pennsylvania, 1960s. Production file from Security-Banknote Co. Archives, File includes mock ups, samples, order forms and more. VF to CU condition. (13). Mine Safety Appliances, or MSA Safety Incorporated, is an American manufacturer and supplier of safety equipment designed for use in a variety of hazardous conditions in industries such as construction, the military, fire service, and chemical, oil, and gas production. It was founded in 1914 after development of the Edison Safety Mining Lamp by mining engineer John T. Ryan Sr. and George H. Deike with help from Thomas Edison following a terrible mine explosion in West Virginia in 1912. The mining lamp was a battery-powered headlamp for miners to help prevent methane-related explosions caused by open flame lamps. Today, only a small portion of the company’s current products involve mining related products. ������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-300 Checks, Drafts & Exchanges Cuba 287 287 Polledo, Rionda &Co., CubanSugar Barons, 1876 to 1877, Second Bill of ExchangeAssortment Havana &Matanzas Cuba, 1876-77. Lot of 41 I/U Second Bill of Exchange, Certificates range from VF to XF condition. (41). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. Manuel Rionda (1854–1943) was a Spanish-born, US-based sugar baron in Cuba. Rionda co-founded the Czarnikow-Rionda Company with Julius Caesar Czarnikow in 1909. By 1915, he co-founded the Cuba Cane Sugar Company with his family. Rionda married Harriet Clarke, and they resided at Rio Vista estate, a 300-acre estate in Alpine, New Jersey. They had no children, but they raised his orphaned nephew, Manuel Enrique Rionda. Rionda died in 1943. A tower designed by architect Charles Rollinson Lamb on his former estate still stands in Alpine, New Jersey, one of the most affluent zip codes in the United States. ��������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $70-140 U.S. & World Stamps & Postal History Wisconsin 288 288 Fish Bros. Wagon Co., 1899 & 1901, Advertising Cover with Matching Full Color Letterhead. Racine, Wisconsin, 1899-1901. Letter from Fish Bros. Wagon Co. to a Misters S. R. Buford & Co. in Montana. Letter is on colorful letterhead and envelope has 2 cent stamp at top right corner, VF to XF condition. (2). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $50-100 Scripophily - Foreign Argentina & Great Britain 289 289 United Kingdom and Argentine 1933 Specimen Convention Trust Certificate Argentina and United Kingdom, 1933. 50 Pounds Specimen Scrip Certificate for the United Kingdom and Argentine Convention Trust. Blue text with blue border, light pink background. Payable by Baring Brothers. POCs, Uncirculated condition with small notation made in blue ink at bottom left. BWC. ������������������ Est. $120-200