S.D. Warren Company Stock Certificate 1929 Temporary 64 Shares Boston Cancelled

This is a piece of New England paper-making history: a temporary common stock certificate from S. D. Warren Company, the Massachusetts paper manufacturer. It was issued in the heady final months of the 1920s market boom and handled through Boston banks. Cancelled certificates like this one are popular with scripophily collectors and history buffs, and with anyone who likes old financial documents framed in a den or office.

Details

• S. D. Warren Company, incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• Temporary certificate, exchangeable for engraved certificate when ready for delivery.
• Common Capital Stock, no par value.
• Certificate No. TO 214 (red number) for 64 shares (Sixty Four), issued to Osborn M. Curtis, Jr. Printed by American Bank Note Company with a decorative engraved border.
• Registrar: The First National Bank of Boston.
• Transfer agent: State Street Trust Company, Boston.
• Purple CANCELLED stamp dated Oct 3 1929, a grey Cancelled stamp and punch-hole cancellation.
• The back carries a blank assignment form with a C. E. Standish attorney stamp.

Condition: Cancelled as issued, with punch holes and ink stamps on the front. The back has toning, edge staining and a few ink spots, and there is a faint fold line near one edge. See photos.

Please note: Ships flat and carefully packed.

Please note: collectible only, not a valid security.

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