Bond Stores Incorporated 1944 Stock Certificate 25 Shares Preferred Cancelled
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Condition: Punch-cancelled as retired certificates are, with a center fold crease, yellow toning along the top edge, two file holes, and red stamps and ink endorsements on the back; see photos. This is a collectible, not a live security.
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Issued in 1944, while World War II was still underway, this is a temporary stock certificate for 25 shares of Bond Stores, Incorporated 4 1/2% Convertible Preferred Stock, the kind of certificate handed out until the permanent engraved ones were ready. It was printed by American Bank Note Company with a green border and the corporate seal. Certificates like this are collected as scripophily and business ephemera, and framed they make a good conversation piece for an office, den or shop wall.
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- Certificate number TCPO 1600, dated May 1, 1944, for 25 shares of $100 par preferred stock of Bond Stores, Incorporated, a Maryland corporation.
- It was issued to American Express Company.
- The registrar is The Commercial National Bank and Trust Company of New York, countersigned by the Bank of the Manhattan Company as transfer agent.
- The back is endorsed for transfer and stamped January 19, 1945.
Condition: Punch-cancelled as retired certificates are, with a center fold crease, yellow toning along the top edge, two file holes, and red stamps and ink endorsements on the back; see photos. This is a collectible, not a live security.
Flaws: Creased.
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