Archives International Auctions Auction 99 February 5, 2025

Archives International Auctions - Sale 99 70 February 5, 2025 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com U.S. & World Stamps and Postal History ABN Philatelic Souvenir Cards 349 349 ABNC, NewYork City Postmaster’s Provisional 150th Anniversary Souvenir Card Set of 6 Different Colors. ABNC.., New York City Postmaster’s Provisional Souvenir Cards from the March, June, July, August, September, and November 1995 Shows. All certificates show the 5 cent stamp of GeorgeWashington but in different colors with the matching vignette. Lot comes in original envelop with brief description on cards and ABNC certification on back. All with matching number Set #165 out of 475 sets printed. Mint condition. 6 pieces plus envelope. ������������� Est. $180-280 350 350 ABNC, NewYork City Postmaster’s Provisional 150th Anniversary Souvenir Card Set of 6 Different Colors. ABNC.., New York City Postmaster’s Provisional Souvenir Cards from the March, June, July, August, September, and November 1995 Shows. All certificates show the 5 cent stamp of GeorgeWashington but in different colors with the matching vignette. Lot comes in original envelop with brief description on cards and ABNC certification on back. All with matching number Set #165 out of 475 sets printed. Mint condition. 6 pieces plus envelope. ������������� Est. $180-280 Scripophily - Foreign Argentina & Great Britain 351 351 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. $90-180 Brazil 352 352 Brazil. Manaos Tramways & Light Co. Ltd., 1909, Specimen Bond Brazil (Inc. in London, England), 1909. 100 Pounds Sterling Specimen 5% Debenture Coupon Bond, Black on green border and underprint, Tram at top with image of cherub above, Specimen overprint and POCs, XF to AU condition, BWC. Manaus has one of the world’s most exotic locations: 1,500 km up the Amazon River, 3° south of the Equator, in the middle of the world’s largest rain forest, inaccessible until 1972 by automobile and never reached by railroad. The city was a product of the 19th century rubber boom: foreigners flocked to the Equatorial region, grew fabulously rich and built a lavish jungle metropolis that compared architecturally and culturally with capitals in Europe. However, in the early 1900s rubber seeds were smuggled to Ceylon and boom turned to bust: exports slipped to one-third, the foreigners fled and the city fell into a half-century of stagnation. In 1965 the Brazilian government made Manaus a free port and today the avenues are lined with skyscrapers and duty-free shops selling Japanese cameras and automobiles. The city’s name was written Manáos until 1937. ������������������������������ Est. $100-200