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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;midas1, post: 1984329, member: 21309&quot;]&quot;is this your first bond purchase from that era? If you are used to collecting 100 year old acid-filled wood pulp paper ephemera&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>rugrats, No, this is not my first purchase from the era however, of my purchases from that era most were printed in the USA. I&#039;ve been collecting ephemera for decades, including some in old wood frames.&nbsp; This week I removed from wood frames - a certificate from 1898 &quot;American Flag House and Betsy Ross Memorial Association&quot; w/ four very interesting signatures; 1914 &quot;National Star Spangled Banner Centennial,&quot; with one interesting signature and my favorite 1938, &quot;Charted Institute of American Inventors&quot;&nbsp; with images of a Hupmobile style vehicle,a period seaplane and two radio towers. </p><p><br /></p><p>Had I not removed these documents from the frames I would not question their authenticity due to the printing, paper, appearance and overall &quot;feel.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s interesting that some very experienced ephemera dealers stated the print and/paper wasn&#039;t right. OTOH, one or two said it was right.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ll find out for sure at &quot;<a href="http://www.rsschell.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.rsschell.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.rsschell.com/</a>&quot; next year.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;reputable seller is not knowingly going to sell a fake.&quot;</p><p>I agree.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;My mom just left for a trip to Europe for a river cruise, and this morning texted me a photo from her hotel room in Bruges, which is in the castle of the Duke of Burgundy...&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Your mom is a very lucky lady.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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