1231		"Constitution Indemnity Co. of Philadelphia," "Philadelphia, PA. 1900-20. Odd shs. Capital stock, brown. Dramatic Vigette of the ""U.S.S. Contitution"" AKA ""Old ironsides"" under sail. First time seen. Insurance Company. SBNC. XF." (Photo)	200-400
1232		Fire Association of Philadelphia Stock Production File "Philadelphia, PA. 1920-30's. Proof. Production File. 1) Mockup of stock certificate. < 100 shares, brown border. Vignette of fire hose and hydrant. 2) Specimen of previous certificate, < than 100 shs. 3) Sample company seal embossed in white paper, of fire hose and hyrant. SBNC. VF." (Photo)	200-400
1233		"Fire Insurance Co. Proofs from NY and NJ," "CA, NJ. 1930-1940's. Specimen. 2 different Proof stock certificates. 1) Fireman's Fund Insurance Co., Incorporated in California. 100 shs, Capital Stock, blue border. Fireman with old fashioned fire helmet rescuing young child from burning building flanked by 2 allegorical men. Archival notations on top. 2) Fireman's Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey. Odd shs, Common Stock, green border. NJ state arms with fireman in corporate seal on bottom. Both very scarce insurance certificates and only 2 proofs found in archive of each. SBNC. XF." (Photo)	200-400
1234		"Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.," "CA. 1930-40's. Specimen. 100 shs, Capital Stock, blue. Vignette of fireman rescuing child with allegorical males flanking him. Signature of secretary is crossed out and new name written in by hand. Red specimen overprints and POC. SBNC. XF." (Photo)	125-250
1235		"Fireman's Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey Production File," "NJ. 1949-1954. Specimen, Proof. 2 different Proof certificates and 1 specimen certificate. All certificates with NJ state seal on top and old fashioned fireman in corporate seal on bottom. All printed on white paper. 1) Specimen. Odd shs, Common Stock, green border. Red specimen overprints and POC. 2) Proof on white paper. Odd shs, Common Stock, green border. 3) Proof on white paper of vignette, title and text with a separate corresponding border proof in green with archival notations of plate numbers. 4) Proof of title and text (2). 5) Miscellaneous correspondence and production material. SBNC. XF." (Photo)	200-400
1236		"Hartford Life, Inc. & Aetna Life Insurance Co. Stocks (2)," "CT, DE. 1930-1990's. Specimen. 2 different certificates. 1) Hartford Life, Inc. Odd shs, Class A Common Stock. 1990's. Green end panel on left with multicolor elk taking up the left side of the certificate and Lincoln and Robert E. Lee portraits on top middle with office building behind them. 2) Aetna Life Insurance Co. 1 Share, Capital Stock. 1930-40's. View of volcano smoking in background. Olive green border. Certificate has vertical fold in middle due to archival storage. Attractive and important insurance pair. ABN, E.A. Wright. Fine, XF." (Photo)	200-400
1237		"Insurance Company Certificate Collection," "KY, CT, NH, RI. 1940-1980's. Specimen. 11 different certificates. 1) Lincoln Income Life insurance Co., Eagle. 2)-5) Cigna Corp. Various vignettes. 6) The Hanover Insurance Co., NH state arms. 7)-9) Hartford Fire Insurance Co. Elk. 10) The Security Corp. Revolutionary soldiers firing cannon. 11) Providence Washington Insurance Co. Providence, RI. Original insurance building on top. Scarce insurance certificates. ABNC. XF." (Photo)	200-400
1238		"Insurance Company Trio," "Philadelphia, PA; VA; TN. 1940-1960's. Specimen. 3 different certificates. 1) Insurance Company of North America. Philadelphia, PA, 100 shares, brown. Sailor receiving coins from allegorical woman with cornucopia. 2) The Life Insurance Company of Virginia. < than 100 shares, green. Virginia state arms. 3) Life and Casualty Insurance Company of Tennessee. Nashville, TN. Odd shares, blue. Modern undertint of building. ABNC. XF." (Photo)	125-250
1239		"Interesting Insurance Proof Stock Group (7)," "DE, CT, TN. 1960-1990's. Odd shares. All printed on white paper. 1) Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. DE. Vignette of allegorical man with scroll. Gray border. 2) Aetna Inc. CT. Vignette of state of liberty within brown border. 3) ITT Hartford Group, Inc. DE. Vignette of workers, musician, scientist. Vignette stag logo worked into brown border. 4) Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company of America. TN. Vignette of allegorical woman with light held aloft. Green border. 5)-7) The Travelers Inc. DE. Vignette of allegorical man and eagle. Certificates with red, orange and brown borders. All unique or only 2 present in archive. Rare insurance group that would be impossible to recreate. SC-USBNC, ABNC. XF." (Photo)	300-600
1240		"John Hancock Investors Inc. Production File," "DE. 1970-1979. 5 different certificates and 3 border proofs. All with vignette of allegorical man holding globe with observatory behind him. 1)-3) Proofs of entire certificates. < than 100 shs, red border on light brown paper; 100 shs, blue border on light brown paper; 100 shs, yellow border on white paper. 4) Proof of vignette, title and text without border and proof of borders without vignette, title and text (3 different). 5) Unique Model of design in green of < than 100 shs. Also includes miscellaneous production department correspondence and LDP's of text, title, corporate seal and latework border. Famous insurance, investment and mutual fund company. SCBNC. XF." (Photo)	250-500
1241		"Lincoln National Company Stock Specimens (4)," "Philadelphia, PA. 1)-2) Vignette portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Odd shares with green border and 100 shares with blue border variants. 3) No vignette. Stock certificate, 75 shares with orange border. Has attached $1000 7% Debenture. 4) No vignette. Stock certificate, Odd shares with tan border. Has attached $ odd 7% Debenture. Lincoln National Corporation traces its origins to the Lincoln Insurance Company. With origins in life insurance, Lincoln National Corporation has evolved into a financial services company whose principal offerings include life insurance, annuities and reinsurance. SCBNC. XF." (Photo)	200-400
1242		"New Hampshire Insurance Co.," "NH. 19- (ca. 1930-40's). Specimen. Odd shs, capital stock, green. Vignette of Horse drawn racing fire engine. ABNC. XF." (Photo)	200-400
1243		"Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Stock Group (4)," "PA. 1920-1930's. Stock specimens. Eagle vignette except where noted. 1) Manufacturers' Fire Insurance Co. PA. Odd shares, orange. 2) Manufacturers' Casualty Insurance Co. PA. Odd shares, orange. 3) Sylvania Insurance Company. PA. 192-, Odd shares, green border. 4) Wm Penn Fire Insurance Co. Vignette of small building as company seal. 192-, Odd shares, brown border. SBNC. F to XF." (Photo)	125-250
1244		Philadelphia Insurance Pair "Philadelphia, PA. 1890-1900. Specimen. 2 different certificates. 1). American Union Fire Insurance Co. 100 shs, capital stock, orange, vignette of Indepenence Hall. 2) Philadelphia National Insurance Co. (Photo)	200-400
1245		"Quaker City Life Insurance Co.," "Philadelphia, PA. 1908. Specimen. Odd shs, capital stock, brown. Vignette of profile of either Benjamin Franklin or Quaker. Pencil notation on top. Never seen before. Evidently a remainder used as a specimen. SBNC. XF." (Photo)	400-800
1246		"The Hanover Insurance and Aetna Life and Casulty Company Group," "NH, CT. 1974-1979. Specimen. 6 different certificates. 1)-2) The Hanover Insurance Co. < than 100 shares, Green; 100 shares, Blue. Allegorical women flank state arms with eagle and coins at feet. 3)-6) Aetna Life and Casualty Co. < than 100 shs, 100 shs, > than 100 shs, odd shs. All different colors. Allegorical woman standing in front of globe. Scarce insurance group. ABNC. XF." (Photo)	200-400
1247		"The Home Group, Inc. Production File with Proofs and Models," "DE. 1985. Production file. 2 different certificates. Both with allegorical woman holding torch and ""Not for More than 100,000 Shares"". 1) Proof with green border, vignette, text and title on white paper. 2) Unique Approval Model of design with ""OK to Engrave"" stamped on back in grey folder with 3 additional vignette proofs of allegorical women that were not used mounted also. 3) LDP's of the title and end panel. 4) Miscellaneous correspondence and related material. Home Group Inc., the parent of the Home Insurance Company was divested from the City Investing Co. in 1985. It was taken private in the 1990's. SCBNC. XF." (Photo)	200-400
1248		"The Home Insurance Company Production File with Proofs and Models," "NH. 1985. Production file. 2 different certificates. Both with allegorical woman holding large piece of unrolled paper. 1) Proof with green border, vignette, text and title on white paper. 2) Unique Approval Model of design with ""OK to Engrave"" stamped on back in grey folder. 3) LDP's of the title and text. 4) Miscellaneous correspondence and related material. Home Insurance Company was a subsiderary of the Home Group Inc. which was divested from the City Investing Co. in 1985. It was taken private in the 1990's. Rare insurance company certificates. SC-USBNC. XF." (Photo)	200-400
1249		"The Home Insurance Company Specimen Stock," "NY. 1890-1900. Specimen. 1) Specimen stock certificate of odd shs, Capital Stock, black. Notations in pencil on bottom measuring seal. Allegorical women on top sitting on globe, fireman on bottom right and family with children and dog on the lower left. 2) Green border proof on white paper. Also includes letter from company describing the potential order and history of the account and photo-proofs of different vignettes and a model of a proposed certificate. ABN. VF." (Photo)	125-250
1250		"Travelers Group and Travelers Certificates," "DE. 1994-2000. Specimen. 4 different certificates. All with Allegorical man, cornucopia and eagle. 1)-2) Travelers Group, Inc. Odd shares, Common Stock, red; Odd shares, Depositary Receipt, green. 3) Travelers Property Casualty Corp. Odd shares, Class A common, red. 4) The Travelers Inc. Odd shares, Preferred Stock, orange. Transition certificate with name change in red from Travelers to the Travelers Group. All with facsimile signature of Sanford, Weil. Rare certificates for company that is now part of Citigroup. ABNC. XF." (Photo)	150-300

1251		"ABC - American Broadcasting - Paramount Theatres, Inc. Transition Certificate." "NY. 1965. Specimen. 100 shs, common stock, green. Vignette of 2 allegorical women flanking theatre marquis and tall antenna. Overprinted in red ""The Name of this Corporation Has Been Changed to American Broadcasting Companies"". In 1948, Paramount was in the center of an anti-trust investigation into the practices of movie and television stations. Leonard Goldenson was named to run the spun off television portion of Paramount called United Paramount Theatres, inc. On February 11, 1953, ABC and United Paramount Theaters, Inc. mergered. In 1965, the name was shortened to American Broadcasting Company (ABC) for which it is presently known by. Facsimile signature of Leonard Goldenson as president. Historic television broadcasting history certificate and possibly one of the first ABC certificates issued with mention of ""ABC"". Evidently an archival copy remainder used as a production specimen for the banknote companies records. Unique in archive. SBNC. XF." (Photo)	200-400
1252		"ACNielson Corporation Stock Proof," "DE. 1996. Vignette of allegorical woman standing on giant computer keyboard, with abacus behind and computer punch tape in front. Odd shares, blue border. ACNielsen Corporation is the global leader in consumer research, offering comprehensive information that tracks sales, volume, shares, trends, pricing, promotions, distribution and inventory levels for corporate clients in a variety of industries worldwide. The company was started in 1923 by Arthur C. Nielsen to run quality tests and offering buying suggestions on conveyor belts, turbine generators and other machine-related parts. In 1935, Nielsen helped pioneer key market research tools--including the concept of market share. In the 1950's, the advent of television and the need for ever-quicker rating techniques spurred the development of meter readers that Nielsen attached to telephone lines for 'overnight' TV ratings. This method saved time over past techniques, but costs were extremely high. In 1952, the company acquired one of the first computers manufactured by IBM. Although it was unwieldy in size and function compared to later models, it nonetheless marked a milestone in efficiency. In 1996, while under the owership of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, the research firm was split off into two separate entities: ACNielsen and Nielsen Media Research. This certificate is from the split up of the company in 1996 by Dun & Bradstreet. The corporate seal has an incorporation date of 1996. In 2000 the Netherlands-based VNU N.V. announced that it would be acquiring ACNielsen and reuniting it with Nielsen Media, which the information powerhouse had purchased the previous year. Unique in archive as a proof and no specimens found. ABNC. XF." (Photo)	200-400
1253		"American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. Stock (4)," "NY. 1980's. Specimen stocks. Vignette of allegorical woman with globe flanked by TV camera, audiotape and phonograph record. Vignette ABC logo repeated at left margin. 1) Foreign share certificate. < 100 shares, blue. 2) Odd shares, tan. 3) < 100 shares, blue. 4) 100 shares, green. SCBNC. XF." (Photo)	200-400
1254		"B.F. Keith's New York Theatres Company," "Specimen. Odd shs, Class A voting Stock. Orange. Fancy title. Among the major players in the Vaudeville circuit were B.F. Keith N.Y. Theatres Co. with 7 theatres. In the late 1880s, Benjamin Franklin Keith and Edward F. Albee, acquaintances from their earlier days in the circus business, joined forces to promote ""polite"" vaudeville. To this end, Keith and Albee opened several lavishly remodeled theatres on the east coast, censored most crude remarks and revealing costumes from performances at their theatres and prohibited boisterous behavior such as hissing at performers during their productions. The Keith and Albee brand of ""high class"" vaudeville was thus underway by the end of the nineteenth century. In the mid-1920s vaudeville's popularity began to ebb as the success of motion pictures increased. Albee first tried to stem the decline of ""high-class"" vaudeville by merging with a prominent western chain of vaudeville theatres, the Orpheum Circuit, forming the Keith-Albee-Orpheum Circuit in 1927, but in 1928 he sold $4,500,000 worth of stock to film magnate Joseph P. Kennedy. (3) After Keith-Albee-Orpheum combined with Kennedy's Radio Corporation of America (RCA) to establish Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO), Albee lost his control over the organization and films became the primary entertainment, although vaudeville survived as an accmopaniemtn to feature films through the mid-1930s. Rare stock certificate of RCA predecessor company. SBNC. XF." (Photo)	300-600
1255		"Burkhart Corporation," "Buffalo, NY. 191-. Specimen. Mysterious contraption, possibly either for shoe shining or watching an early movie from a strange angle. SBNC. XF." (Photo)	200-400
1256		"Capitol Industries, Inc.," "NY. 1973. Specimen. Odd shs, common stock, blue. Seated woman with Capital Industries Logo. The Capitol Records company was founded by the songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of movie producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs, (1910-1971) (owner of Wallichs Music City, at the time the biggest record store in Los Angeles, California). The Capitol Records building is also one of the most distinctive landmarks in Hollywood, California, round and record shaped. Rare record business certificate for famous company that had signed the Beatles and Beachboys to name a few. SCBNC. XF." (Photo)	200-400
1257		"CBS Inc. Registered Bonds Transition Certificates," "NY. 1985-1990. Specimen. 5 different registered bonds. All have allegorical woman on left with hand held out and atom and electron representation on her fingertip. 1)-4) Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. (transition certificates with red ""Name Changed to CBS, Inc."" overprinted in middle). All are 7.85% Debentures Due 2001. $ odd, red; $1,000, orange; $5,000, green; $10,000, blue. All with facsimile signature of William S. Paley as Chairman of the Board. 5) CBS Inc., 14 1/2% Note due 1992. $ odd, orange. Facsimile signature of Thomas Wyman as President. These are transition bonds from the mid 1980's when Ted Turner of Turner Broadcasting System (TBS), announced his intentions to take over CBS. In order to prevent this, CBS swallowed a $954.8 million posion pill by purchasing 21 precent of its own outstanding stock. Following a power struggle between Tisch and Wyman, who continued to serve as president of CBS, William S. Paley returned as chairman of the board and Wyman was forced to resign. Rare certificates from this historic company documenting a tumultuos tmie period in its history. ABNC. XF." (Photo)	300-600
1258		"Century Communications Corp. Unique Production File," "NJ, CA. 1986. Production file for Class A Common Stock with models, proofs and correspondence. All certificates have vignette of an allegorical man with electrons orbiting him. 1) Odd shs, common stock, blue. Proof on light brown paper, similar to specimen certificate. 2) Approval model or mockup proof of final proposed design. Unique in archive. 3) Proof of title on white paper and mockup of corporate seal in large format. 4) Miscellaneous production and design correspondence relating to this stock certificate (6 items) including photocopy of certificate with production design notes. Century Communications was founded by Leonard Tow in 1973 and is the company's majority owner, chief executive officer and cheif financial officer. Tow got his start in the industry in 1964, when he went to work for cable industry pioneer Teleprompter Corp. Tow took the company public on the NASDAQ exchange in February of 1986 in an effort to generate investment capital. Century effectively doubled its liquid assets during that year to $16 billion. In 1988, Century began purchasing cellular licenses, which would allow it to provide cellular telephone service to the regions it 'owned'. Unique production file of pioneer cable TV and cellular telephone company. SC-USBNC. Mostly choice group." (Photo)	300-600
1259		"Chris-Craft Industries, Inc. Unique Stock Production File" "DE. 1986. Proof, Specimen. Production File. 1) Mockup of Class B Common Stock, odd shares, blue border. Vignette of allegorical woman with globe and clouds. Unique in archive. 2) Stock proof. Green border on white paper. 3) Convertible preferred Stock specimen, > 100 shares, blue border. 4),5) Vignettes. Also miscellaneous correspndence. Famous Michigan boat manufacturing company started in 1922. In 1960 it was pruchased by NAFI. Herbert J. Siegel, chairman of Baldwin-Montrose, led a takeover of Chris-Craft, which was completed in 1968. Siegel then assumed the chairmanship of Chris-Craft. Eventually, the company became heavily involved in television broadcasting including full ownership of the UPN network. SCBNC; SC-USBNC. Choice group." (Photo)	350-700
1260		Columbia Pictures Bond Group "NY. Specimen. 4 different registered bond certificates. All have vignette of allegorical woman standing holding torch with ""Columbia"" on top. 1). Columbia Pictures Corp., 1967. $ odd, 4 3/4% due 1987, orange. 2). Columbia Pictures Corp., 1967. $5,000, 4 3/4% due 1987, green. 3). Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., 1969. $1,000, 5 3/4% due 1994, blue. 4). Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. 1969. $5,000, 5 3/4% due 1994, red. ABNC. XF." (Photo)	150-300