The January 2012 Collectors Series Sale
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Lotos Club (NY), $1000 mortgage bond, specimen, 1892, semi-nude woman with eagle and shield, eagle top, black and green, EF. Formed in 1872, the Lotos Club was conceived as a literary and social gathering place, and exists to this day. Est. 100-150
3498
Martin Johnson African Expedition Corp (NY), Preferred shs, 1930, #55 and higher, brown and orange, subs reattached, VF+. [4] Est. 150-250
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New York State Bar Assn Invitation to a celebration in honor of Chief Justice John Marshall, Specimen on card, 1901, fine engraved vignette of Marshall at top, file stamp, closed tear at upper left, toned, VF. Est. 100-150
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Patriotic Certificates With some ephemera; includes American Flag House and Betsy Ross Memorial Assn memberships, 1913-18 full color vignette, flag house, Betsy Ross memorial, red seal (2, edge wear, one foxed); “Any Bonds Today?” “God Bless America” and “This is the Army” sheet music, all by Irving Berlin, plus “Over There,” “Sons of America , America Needs You,” “National Emblem March,” and “When the Boys Come Home”; Francis Scott Key Memorial Assn memberships unissued 1908-11, all vignettes full color of Scott’s inspiration, US flags, Old Key Home, Ft McHenry, red and blue seal (2, one trimmed); Harding Memorial Assn associate membership unused ca 1924 printed Coolidge sig, Harding portrait, black, ABN; Junior Astronaut certificates, 1962, for savings stamps purchase, blue (2); Mount Rushmore Memorial Inscription Competition Certificates of Merit, specimens, George Washington, black (5); “Our Country’s Call” Liberty Bond broadside, ca 1917, US flags, Statue of Liberty, blue and red; Third Liberty Loan subscriber certificate 1918 blue and red; US Treasury Dept citation for participation in Seven War Loan and Victory Loan campaigns, 1945, to 1st NB & Trust Co, Evanston, black with blue underprint of Treasury building and seal; World War II service certificate (unofficial), 1945, as previously described (6); with a handful of related items; VF-VF+. [34] Est. 750-1,000
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Pennsylvania Maccabee Home (PA), life membership certificate for $1 contribution, 19(10), #21531, Great Camp Knights of the Maccabees for Pennsylvania logo at top center, flanked by vignettes of a farm with livestock, farmer, and plow horses left and a building - perhaps the Maccabee Home - right, green, folds, light toning, good VF+. Est. 100-150
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Revolutionary Memorial Society of New Jersey, Model for membership certificate, ca 1897, with several items illustrating planned vignette of George Washington’s Revolutionary War NJ residence including two photographs; generally about VF. [7] Est. 60-80
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Sporting Clubs Altwold Country Club (NJ) 1916 green (18); Brandywine Sports Inc (DE) 1977 blue; Bridgeport Driving Assn Corp (CT) 1898 black and green; Las Vegas Thoroughbred Racing Assn (NV) 1950-51 brown and tan (4); East Side Tennis Club (NY) 1970 olive; Keystone Athletic Club membership 1929 black and green; and Seaview Golf Club (NJ) 1928 olive; VF+-EF. [27] Est. 150-200
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United States of Freedom (MA), 1 Share, 1895, Statue of Liberty, brown, EF. Issued for work of the Columbian Liberty Bell Committee. Est. 100-150
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New York Thistle Curling Association (NY), $25 shs, 1890, #36-42 and #51, wonderful engraving of a curling stone, black and green, uncanceled, VF+. The Thistle Club had been the first American curling organization, formed in Detroit in 1840; revived in 1885, it no doubt inspired the New York club represented here. A rare sporting stock! [8] (photo) Est. 300-400 New-Orleans Concordia Lodge of Ancient York Masons No 3 $50 shs, 1832, #96 and #100, ornate column designs, masonic implements at top, black with red handstamp, scalloped left edges, toned, with fold wear including minor edge splits, VF. [2] Est. 100-150 Odd Fellows Hall Association of Sacramento (CA), $25 shs, 1867, three joined rings, Old Glory, black, revenue stamps, stubs reattached, toning and soiling, some with edge wear, good VF. [12] Est. 150-200
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