601		"Howell Petroleum Corporation Production File of Unissued Design," "DE. 1980. Production file. Essay certificates that were never issued due to the merger of Howell Corporation and Howell Petroleum corporation in 1980. 4 different certificates and 1 border proof. Includes specimen, odd shs, green border with eagle vignette; Unique approval model of Odd shs, green border with oil worker holding globe with oil wells behind him. Back of grey folder has typed note on yellow paper, ""Hold up all work on the two accounts. Both companies are going to merge""; Proof of entire certificate with green border and same vignette as model; Proof of Vignette, title and text without border; Proof of border without vignette, title and text. Also includes miscellaneous production department correspondence and LDP's of vignette, title and text. Eventually acquired by Andarko Petroleum. SC-USBNC. XF." (Photo)	300-600
602		Mesa Petroleum Co. Bond Specimens - T. Boon (2) "DE. 1981-1984. Specimen. Bond specimens. 1) $ odd, Variable Note, brown. 2) 8 1/2% Debenture, green. Both vignettes with allegorical man and woman looking at flaming torch. Mesa Petroleum, at one time, that nation's largest independent producer of domestic oil and gas and one of its largest gas producers, is headquartered in Dallas and offices in Amarillo, Fort Worth and Las Colinas. Thomas Boone Pickens founded the company that became Mesa Petroleum in 1956. Both certificates have facsimile signatures of T.B. Picken as President. ABNC. XF." (Photo)	150-300
603		"Mixed Oil Company Proof Stocks (9)," "MD, TX, DE, PA, UT. 1970-1990's. Odd shares except where noted. 1) Union Pacific Resouces Group Inc. UT. Not More Than 100,000 Shares. Vignette of oil workers with pipe. Red border. 2) Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc. MD. Vignette of allegorical woman with oil wells. Red border. 3) Enserch Corporation. TX. Vignette company logo flanked by allegorical women. Red border. 4) Enserch Exploration Inc. TX. Vignette of allegorical woman with globe and oil wells. Green border. 5) Freeport-McMoRan Oil and Gas Royalty Trust. TX. Vignette of woman pointing to oil drilling platform in the ocean. Green border. 6) Mesa Inc. TX. Vignette of oil worker and wells. Brown border. 7) Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P. DE. Vignette of oil worker with wells and globe. Green border. 8) Occidental Petroleum Corporation. DE. Vignette of oil worker in front of world map. Company logo vignette. Red border. 9) Sunoco Inc. PA. Proof of vignette, title and text without border and proof of matching border with undertint. Vignette of company logo flanked by alelgorical man and woman. All unique or only 2 present in archive. SC-USBNC, ABNC." (Photo)	250-500
604		"Mobil Alaska Pipeline Co. Impressive Registered Bond Group," "Alaska, AK. 1973. Specimen. A fantastic assortment of Mobil Alaska Pipeline Co. registered bonds. 5 different. All are 8.45% Note Registered Bonds, Due 2005. All have vignette of allegorical woman, globe and oil wells. All have blue borders. 1) $odd. 2)$1000. 3) $5000. 4) $10000. 5) $25,000. Rare Alaska oil pipeline certificates. ABNC. XF." (Photo)	500-1,000
605		Mobil Oil Corporation Registered Bonds "NY. 1976. Specimen. 6 different registered bonds. All with vignette of allegorical woman and torch in circle on right and ""Pegasus"" flying horse in circle on left. All are 8 1/2% Debentures Due 2001. 1)to6) All are blue. $ odd; $100; $500; $1,000; $5,000; $10,000. Only 3 sets found of this type; Scarce oil company bonds from one of the original Standard Oil Trust (John D. Rockefeller) Companies. In 1955, Socony-Vacuum became Socony Mobil Oil Co. and in 1966, simply Mobil Oil Corp. A decade later, a newly incorporated Mobil Corporation embraced Mobile Oil as a wholly owned subsidiary. In 1998 Exxon and Mobil merged to form Exxon Mobile. ABNC. XF." (Photo)	250-500
606		Mobil Oil Corporation Registered Bonds (7) "NY. 1971. Specimen. 7 different registered bonds. All with vignette of allegorical woman and torch in circle on right and ""Pegasus"" flying horse in circle on left. 2 different series of certificates. All are 7 3/8% Debentures Due 2001. 1)to3) All are green. $ odd; $1000; $10,000. Only 3 sets found of this type. 4)to7) $1,000, red; $5,00, purple; $10,000, yellow; $ odd, green. Scarce oil company bonds from one of the original Standard Oil Trust (John D, Rockefeller) Companies. In 1955, Socony-Vacuum became Socony Mobil Co. and in 1966, simply Mobil Oil Corp. A decade later, a newly incorporated Mobil Corporation embraced Mobil Oil as a wholly owned subsidiary. In 1998 Exxon and Mobile merged to form Exxon Mobile. ABNC. XF." (Photo)	200-400
607		"Occidental Petroleum Corp. Archive Assortment," "CA. 1960-89. Specimen. 22 different certificates, 7 stocks and 15 registered bonds. All with different colors, deniminations or share amounts, series and types. Famous oil company. SC-USBNC. XF." (Photo)	250-500
608		"Occidental Petroleum Corp. Unique Production File with Model and Specimen," "CA. 1986. Production file for Not More than 100,000 shares, common shs, red. Vignette of oil worker on right with map behind him. 1). Approval Model or mockup in grey folder. Not More Than 100,000 shs. Vignette as described previously. Unique. 2). Specimen of model in same color. Same vignette as previous. 3). Miscellaneous correspondence and order forms (2 items). SC-USBNC. Choice group." (Photo)	200-400
609		"Pennsylvania Water, Oil, Gas & Assorted Stock Specimens (13)," "PA. 1900-1930's. 1) Tuckahoe Mineral Springs Company. Northumberland, PA. Eagle vignette. Odd shares, brown. 2) Point Marion Bridge Company. Eagle vignette. Odd shares, blue. 3) United Oil Manufacturing Company. Eagle vignette. Odd shares, black. 4)-6) National Transit Pump and Machine Company. 100 shares with blue border, < 100 shares with orange border, Odd shares with brown border variants. 7) Shenago Valley Water Company. Eagle vignette. Odd shares, green. 8)-9) Shenandoah Citizens Water & Gas Company. Vignette of waterfall. Odd common shares with green border. Odd preferred shares with orange border. 10) Penn Central Light and Power Company. Vignette of allegorical figure with wings and sword holding up electric light bulb. Odd shares, orange. 11)-12) Reading Suburban Water Company. Vignette of waterfall. Odd common shares with green border. Odd preferred shares with orange border. 13) Petroleum Fuel Engineering Company. Eagle vignette. Odd shares, green. Another scarce group. SBNC. VG to VF with only one VG due to tattered upper margin." (Photo)	150-300
610		"Quaker State Oil Refining Corp. Unique Production File with Models and Speicmens," "DE. 1983. 2 different certificates. Production file for Registered 8 7/8% Bond. Large vignette of man in Quaker clothes with early oil well and tanks on left and modern refinery on right. 1). Approval Model or mockup in grey folder. $ odd , Purple color. Vignette as described previously. Unique 2). Specimen of certificate that was used as guide in the production of model with changes and alterations noted in pen and pencil. Same vignette as previous. 3). Miscellaneous correspondence and order forms (3 items). In 1913, Chicago entrepreneur and stockbroker Charles Pape brought together 19 small oil companies in Oil City, Pennsylvania to create a new corporation, Quaker State Oil Refining Corporation. In 1998, Quaker State Corporation was merged with Pennzoil Company's marketing, manufacturing and fast oil change businesses to form Pennzoil-Quaker State Company. SCBNC. Choice group." (Photo)	125-250
611		"Shell Oil Company Unique Production Model," "DE. 1971. Mockup. $1,000, Registered Bond, green. Allegorical woman and man holding globes flank shell in circle. Unique Approval production mockup or model. Endorsed on back ""OK to Engrave"". Mounted on white card in grey folder. Shell Petroleum Inc. is a holding company that is 60 percent owned by Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and 40 percent owned by The Shell Transport and Trading Company. Unique in archive. SCBNC. XF." (Photo)	200-400
612		"Standard Oil Company," "OH. 1930-1940's. Specimen. Odd shs, Common Stock, red. Vignette of allegorical man flanked by refinery on left and old fashioned gasoline truck delivering gas to gas station. The signature of the president is crossed out in pencil, evidently for a change in the stock certificate design. SBNC. XF." (Photo)	100-200
613		"Standard Oil Company," "OH. 1957. $1000, 4 1/4% Sinking Fund Debenture, due 1982, orange. Vignette of gushing oile well flanked by 2 allegorical men. Coupons attached. SBNC. XF." (Photo)	100-200
614		"Standard Oil Company Unique Production File," "OH. 1976. Production file for Registered 8 7/8% Bond. 3 different registered bond certificates. All have vignette of allegorical man flanked by refinery on left and old fashioned gasoline truck delivering gas to gas station. 1). Approval Model or mockup in grey folder. $ odd, light blue color. Vignette as described previously. Unique. 2). Specimen of 8 1/2% bond that was used as guide in the production of the model with changes and alterations noted in red and blue pen. Same vignette as previous. 3). Proof on glossy white paper of vignette, title and text with all specific information missing (no denomination, interest rate or bond type listed). 4). Miscellaneous correspondence, production material and order forms (9 items). SC-USBNC. Choice group." (Photo)	300-600
615		"Standard Oil Company Registered Bonds," "OH. 1970. Specimen. 2 different 8 1/2% Registered Bonds, due 2000. Both have vignette of allegorical man flanked by refinery on left and old fashioned gasoline truck delivering gas to gas station. 1). $1000, light blue. 2). $5000, yellow. Standard Oil began as an Ohio partnership formed by the well-known industrialist John D. Rockefeller, his brother William Rockefeller, Henry Flagler, chemist Samuel Andrews, and a silent partner Stephen V. Harkness. In 1870, the Standard Oil Company was incorporated in Ohio. This would later become Sohio, and was the leading organization in the Standard Oil Trust for many years. Using highly effective and widely criticized tactics, Standard Oil absorbed or destroyed most of its competition in Cleveland, Ohio, then throughout the northeastern United States. In 1882, they combined their disparate companies, spread across dozens of states, under a single group of trustees. This organization proved so successful that othe giant enterprises adopted this ""trust"" from. At the same time, state and federal laws sought to counter this development with ""anti-trust"" laws. Ohio successfully sued Standard Oil, compelling the dissolution of the trust in 1892. Eventually, New Jersey changed its incorporation laws to allow a single company to hold shares in other companies in any state. In 1899, the Standard Oil Trust was legally reborn as a holding company, a corporation known as the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. SCBNC. XF." (Photo)	200-400
616		Standard Oil Company Registered Bonds "IN. 1958. Specimen. 2 different 4 1/2% Debentures, due 1983. Both have vignette of allegorical woman holding globe flanked by refinery on right and oil wells on left, both in small ovals. 1). $1000, green. 2). $100,000, purple. Coupons attached. American Oil Corporation was founded in 1889 by John Rockefeller and first incorporated as Standard Oil of Indiana. Standard Oil Company opened its new refinery in Whiting, Indiana, in 1890 and the facility was ranked as the largest refinery in the world at that time. In 1985, Standard Oil Company of Indiana changed it's name to AMOCO. SCBNC. XF." (Photo)	150-300
617		"Standard Oil Company Specimen," "NJ. 1960. Specimen. Odd shs, purple. Vignette of oil well with 2 allegorial men. Facsimile signature of Monroe J. Rathbone, as CEO of Standard Oil of New Jersey from 1960 to 1965. Rathbone is credited for making Jersey Standard into an international company. Seeing problems with an ever increasing dependence on oil from the Middle East, Rathbone had the foresight to push his company to search for alternative oil resources years before the first oil embargo. In 1882, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey (""Standard"") was formed to take advantage of New Jersey laws that allowed corporations to own stock in other corporations. In 1892, due to court action by the State of Ohio, the Standard Oil Trust officially dissolved. Jersey Standard becomes the controlling organization for Standard. ABNC. XF." (Photo)	125-250
618		"Standard Oil Company Unique Production File with Models and Artwork," "NJ. 1964. Essay model of proposed but unused design. 1). Odd shs, green. Vignette of overlapping circles, one with oil worker, the other with map of world. 2). Original 2 inch diameter painting of vignette that is used on model and bound in grey folder also included. 3). 3 additional photo-copy essay proofs of proposed designs that were also not used. 4) Photographs of vignettes to be used on proposed certificate designs. Unique production file grouping of famous oil company SCBNC. Choice group." (Photo)	300-600
619		"Sunray Oil Corp. Unique Production File with Proofs and Speicmens," "DE. 1948. 1)to4) 4 different color proofs on white paper of common and preferred stock certificates. 5) Included is a vertical pair (2) of proofs of the vignette, title and text with no border on a large sheet of light brown paper. 6) Specimen with no vignette. 7) Miscellaneous correspondence. Unique archival production file. SBNC. Choice group." (Photo)	150-300
620		Texaco Inc. DE. 1920-30's. Specimen. Specimen stock certificate. 100 shares. Vignette of oil refineries with flanking oil well and ship. Purple border. Rare early Texaco certificate. ABNC. XF. (Photo)	125-250
621		Enron Corp. Bond Specimens (2) "DE. 1987-1988. Specimen. 1) $ odd, 10 3/4% Due 1998. Dated 1988. Vignette of oil worker with globe and oil wells with company logo in blue. Red border. 2) 9 1/4% Note Due 1996 dated 1986, $5000. Coupons attached. Green border. Both certificate have facsimile signature of Kenneth Lay as Chairman of the Board. Rare pair of early Enron certificates. SC-USBNC. XF." (Photo)	150-300
622		Enron Corp. Registered Bond Specimens "DE. 1986-1998. Specimen. 4 different registered bonds or notes. All are $ odd. 1)to3) Vignette of ""Enron"" company logo on top. Borders in yellow, red and brown. 4) 9 1/4% Note due 1996, Dated 1986, blue border. All 4 certificates have facsimile signature of Kenneth Lay as Chairman of the Board. Rare group of early Enron certificates. SC-USBNC. XF." (Photo)	200-400
623		Enron Corp. Stock Certificate Specimens (3) "DE. 1986-1988. Specimen. Vignette of oil worker with globe and oil wells with company logo in blue. 1) Odd shares, 1986, red. 2) Odd shares, 1986, brown. 3) Odd shares, 1988, blue. All 3 certificates have facsimile signature of Kenneth Lay as Chairman of the Board. Rare group of early Enron certificates. SC-USBNC. XF." (Photo)	200-400
624		"Enron Corp. Stock Specimen," "OR. 1997. Common stock specimen. Vignette of oil worker with globe and oil wells. Tiny vignette of ""Enron"" company logo. Odd shares. Blue border. Facsimile signature of Ken Lay as Chairman of the Board. ABNC. XF." (Photo)	100-200
625		Houston Natural Gas Corporation (Enron Predecessor Co.) Bond & Stock Specimens (11) "Houston, TX. 1940-1980's. Speicmen. 1),2) Odd shs, Specimen Preference Stock, green (ca. 1940); Odd shs, Specimen Preferred Stock, brown (ca. 1940). Both have vignette of wreath and star flanked by allegorical woman. 3)to6) Bond specimens, various issues. Vignette logo with gas flame on Texas silhouette. $1000 to $10,000 denominations. 7)to10) Stock certificate specimens. Vignette portrait of Sam Houston with monument behind. > 100 shares with olive border; 100 shares with orange border; < 100 shares with red border. 11) Odd shares, purple border. Vignette logo with gas flame on Texas shilhouette. Odd shares. Border in olive and brown variants. The merger of Internorth and Houston Natural Gas formed Enron. Ken Lay was president of HNG at the time of the merger. Its name speaks for itself. Rare group of Enron predecessor company stock and bond certificates. EAWBNC, SCBNC. XF." (Photo)	500-1,000
626		Houston Oil Company of Texas (Enron Predecessor Co.) Stock Certificate Specimens (4) "Houston, TX. 1910-1950's. All with allegorical woman and oil wells. 1) 100 shs, Common stock, lime green, (ca. 1910-20). 2)to4) < than 100 shs, orange; 100 shs, blue; Odd shs, brown. In 1901, John Kirby went on to form Houston Natural Gas (HNG) in 1925. HNG later merged with Internorth to form Enron in 1985. Another group of rare Enron predecessor companies. SBNC. XF." (Photo)	200-400
627		"InterNorth, Inc. (Enron Corp) Transition Certificate Specimen" "DE. 1985. Specimen. Internorth, Inc. certificate with red overprint ""Name Changed to ENRON CORP."" Vignette of allegorical man and woman with globe, lamp and wreath. Not More Than 100,000 shares. Green border. Rare early Enron certificate. SC-USBNC. XF." (Photo)	125-250
628		"InterNorth, Inc. (Enron Corp) Transition Certificate Specimen" "DE. 1986. Specimen. Internorth, Inc. certificate with red overprint ""Name Changed to ENRON CORP."" Vignette of allegorical man and woman with globe, lamp and wreath. Not More Than 100,000 shares. Blue border. Another rare variety of early Enron certificate. SC-USBNC. XF." (Photo)	125-250
629		"InterNorth, Inc. (Enron Corp) Transition Certificate Specimens (2)" "DE. 1983. Specimen. Internorth, Inc. certificates with red overprint ""Name Changed to ENRON CORP."" Vignette of allegorical man and woman with globe, lamp and wreath. 1) Not More Than 100,000 shares, red border. 2) Not More Than 100,000 shares, brown border variants. Rare varieties of early Enron certificates. SC-USBNC. XF." (Photo)	200-400
630		Enron Predecessor Company - Houston Natural Gas Stocks and Bonds "TX. 1976-1984. Specimen. 15 different stock and bond certificates. 3 have facsimile signature of Kenneth Lay as Chairman of the Board. 1-4). 9 3/4% Registered Bond Due 1995. All dated 1975. $ odd; $1000; $5,000 and $10,000 registered bonds. All in different colors and with vignette of Sam Houston on upper right in oval with monument of tower with Texas star on top. 5-8). 8.20% Registered Bond Due 2001. All dated 1976. $ odd; $1000; $5,000 and $10,000 registered bonds. All in different colors and with vignette of Sam Houston on upper right in oval with monument of tower with Texas star on top. 9-10). < than 100 shs, green, dated 1982; > than 100 shs, brown, dated 1984. Both Common Stock. Both with similar vignettes as previous certificates. 11-12). 8.70% Registered Bonds due 2003. $1,000; $5,000. Dated 1978. Vignette of stylized flame over artistic representation of Texas. 13-15). Similar design to previous bonds with stylized flame. Different percentages and due dates. All $ odd. All with facsimile signature of Kenneth Lay. SCBNC, SC-USBNC. XF." (Photo)	250-500