Four bidders and some mighty snipes!
That is an early one -- looks like the imprint is C. Durand, Wright & Co. which puts it around 1823-26. Very beautimous!
The philatelic collectors will cringe at this, but I would have no problem soaking or steaming that revenue stamp off the check. As long as the...
I've got the other three, but this is the one I don't have. None of them are very expensive, but the engraving is most excellent. Very nice!
While reorganizing my collection I happened upon an exact match for one of my corner element proofs. This one appears on the back of a Chicago,...
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I've been working on an article for the Souvenir Card Journal on the banner year of 1993 for IPPDS&E Union cards. (Do a search for "union" on this...
Thanks for the post, Harry! I haven't seen one of the "100 Years" variety, although I'd heard of it. Do you think the orange band variation you...
Ha! I just stumbled on this thread after, um, three years. Here's the lion I promised -- on a stock certificate for Dominion Stores, printed by...
Let's see it!
Indeed it does - it's one of my favorites. That was one reason I picked up the M&C RR stock. Looks like you might have the ABNCo American Paper...
That's a gorgeous certificate! And how unusual to have an odd denomination (80 shares) printed on it. Very nice!
Picked up another really attractive railroad bond -- payable in GOLD, at the time. Makes me wonder if it was cashed in during January 1933 with...
Love the ant note! What would possess the Swiss to put those on their currency?
AJ, thanks a lot for letting us know how things are going. Please tell him he has a lot of friends who are thinking of him.
Now that you mention it, I have not heard from him or seen a post since February, which concerns me. I know the last round of treatment took a lot...
That's the one souvenir card that ABN issued which shows a note not produced by them. It illustrates the common practice, represented by your...
Nope, they're the government remember? And back in the 1870s when the government said we'd like our printing plates now, if you please, the bank...
If you skip back to page 29 on this thread you'll discover an interesting finding regarding the central engraving on this card. It's the only card...
I think I'll add one tonight just for grins. This card is B234, the Bureau's 1999 card for employees who participated in their savings bond...
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