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269 Hawaiian Specimens: [3]
1) Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. (HI) 100 shares. Blue.
Globe. Stamped “Last Specimen Return to Files
Promptly.” EF.
2) Honolulu Oil Corp. Shares. Orange. Allegorical
woman. EF.
3) Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar. 100 shs. Green.
Tropical vignette with allegorical female. “To Be Held
for Reference” stamped at top right. Tape on back
over tear at upper right, otherwise VF.
Est. 100-150
264 Edison Phonograph Works (NJ) 1888. 600 shs.
#144. Issued to Thomas A. Edison, Inc., signed by
Thomas Edison as president, and transferred to
him on the back. Brown. Small eagle at bottom. Pin
canceled through signature, otherwise VF. Stub, and
two Edison Portland Cement certificates (1909 &
1916) are also included, both VF+.
While Thomas Edison was not considered a profound scientific
genius, he had a tremendous talent for applying
scientific principles to practical applications. In 1876,
while experimenting with a needle attached to a telephone
receiver, Edison discovered a method that reproduced
sounds on a wax cylinder and the recording
industry was born. [4] (photo) Est. 500-750
265 Farmers’ Union of San Jose (CA), $100 shs, San
Jose, 1880-90, cattle, plow and train, woman picks
grapes left, plow below. IC. Some very light age toning,
mostly VF-VF+. [7] Est. 50-75
266 Film Follies, Inc. (DE), 1976, 400 shs, No. P1, issued
to Penthouse International and signed by Bob
Guccione, the publisher. IC. EF. Est. 100-150
267 Gillette Safety Razor (DE). SPECIMEN. Shares.
Orange. Men’s razor. Famous Gillette logo below.
ABN. AU. Est. 100-200
268 Hawaiian Share Certificate Assortment.
1) C. Brewer & Company, Ltd. (HI) 1928. Honolulu.
60 Capital shares. Purple. Missionary Packet. Stub attached
at left, numerous small POCs, otherwise VF.
2) A scarce SPECIMEN example of the same certificate.
EF. Also includes American Hawaiian Steam
Ship 1916 IC; Castle & Cooke, Limited 1928 IC;
Hauula Land 1941 IC; Spreckels Sugar 1929; Hawaiian
Electric SPECIMEN 1981; Hutchinson Sugar
Plantation 1909 IC; Territory of Hawaii Public Improvement
Bond IC, stain. Most are VF+. [9]
Est. 150-250
270
270 International Business Machines (NY). SPECI-
MEN shares. Brown. Logo in circular frame flanked
by two seated allegorical figures. Facsimile signature of
Thomas Watson, Jr. as president. SBN. EF. One of the
most admired companies of the 20th century. (photo)
Est. 150-250
271 Scarce Virginia Transportation. James River &
Kanawha Company (VA). 1866. $1,000. All blue
text and ornate borders. The goal of this company was
to connect the Virginia tidewater with the Ohio River
via canals and river improvements, something George
Washington envisioned when he was President. IU.
VF or better. Est. 75-125
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