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<p>[QUOTE="gsalexan, post: 2958058, member: 24274"]And here are a couple more obscure specimens that I recently acquired:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Kihn Brothers Bank Note Co.</b> - Around 1905 the Kihn Brothers bought the assets of Philadelphia Bank Note Co. and set up shop in New York City. They produced some tax and revenue stamps, and engraved tickets, but their mainstay was "blank" bonds and stock certificates. They marketed these under the "KB" brand. These were steel engraved and printed in mass quantities with the text left off. Smaller print shops could buy the style and colors their clients preferred, then add the company name and other legalese. It was less expensive for short print runs. Gugler Lithography in Milwaukee, which letter punched this sample in the lower right, was one of the printers that would custom print the KB blanks.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's unclear what became of Kihn Bros. They were still around in the early 1940s but seem to have disappeared after that.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]723528[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]723529[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>De La Rue Bank Note Co.</b> - Thomas De La Rue is a very well-known name in Europe, having printed banknotes and securities in England since the 1850s. In the 1960s De La Rue tried to make in-roads in the U.S. market. They printed engraved stocks and bonds under both the De La Rue name and Federated Banknote Co. This specimen shows their signature female figure, who also appeared in numerous other vignettes. De La Rue never got a foothold in the U.S. and eventually backed out in the 1980s.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]723531[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]723533[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]723536[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]723534[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]723535[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsalexan, post: 2958058, member: 24274"]And here are a couple more obscure specimens that I recently acquired: [B]Kihn Brothers Bank Note Co.[/B] - Around 1905 the Kihn Brothers bought the assets of Philadelphia Bank Note Co. and set up shop in New York City. They produced some tax and revenue stamps, and engraved tickets, but their mainstay was "blank" bonds and stock certificates. They marketed these under the "KB" brand. These were steel engraved and printed in mass quantities with the text left off. Smaller print shops could buy the style and colors their clients preferred, then add the company name and other legalese. It was less expensive for short print runs. Gugler Lithography in Milwaukee, which letter punched this sample in the lower right, was one of the printers that would custom print the KB blanks. It's unclear what became of Kihn Bros. They were still around in the early 1940s but seem to have disappeared after that. [ATTACH=full]723528[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]723529[/ATTACH] [B]De La Rue Bank Note Co.[/B] - Thomas De La Rue is a very well-known name in Europe, having printed banknotes and securities in England since the 1850s. In the 1960s De La Rue tried to make in-roads in the U.S. market. They printed engraved stocks and bonds under both the De La Rue name and Federated Banknote Co. This specimen shows their signature female figure, who also appeared in numerous other vignettes. De La Rue never got a foothold in the U.S. and eventually backed out in the 1980s. [ATTACH=full]723531[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]723533[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]723536[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]723534[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]723535[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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