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Certificate Issuance Registry Log

This exceptional mid-century security certificate features a striking, geometric Green border frame executed with high-security intaglio steel engraving matrices by the American Bank Note Company, Philadelphia. Established and incorporated in 1850, the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company was a premier American industrial chemical powerhouse.

This specific certificate (#35797) was officially issued on October 19, 1938 for 25 shares at a par value of $50 each out of a total corporate capitalization threshold of $7,500,000. It was issued directly to the legendary Wall Street brokerage house E. A. Pierce & Co. (the primary predecessor firm to Merrill Lynch). The face bears the signatures of the President and Treasurer, alongside a clean countersign verification stamp from the Girard Trust Company on October 19, 1938.

Surface Engraving & Historical Condition

The lower-center margin features a prominent architectural vignette displaying a historical profile silhouette framed within a bold Pennsylvania Keystone state crest symbol. The right border contains a specialized vertical numeral punch grid matrix for auditing share tiers.

Reverse Endorsement & Philatelic Variants

The reverse backing maps out a rapid legal transaction. On October 20, 1938, E. A. Pierce & Co. formally signed and endorsed the certificate, assigning the share blocks over to (Mrs.) Henrietta A. S. Ingersoll, living at the prestigious 1815 Walnut Street address in Philadelphia.

To legally clear the stock volume transfer within the state, three matching fiscal stamps were affixed and hand-canceled:

• State Revenue Tenders: Three 2-cent blue Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Stock Transfer Tax stamps, each displaying the engraved portrait architecture of the state capitol building.
• Perforation Security: The right-hand backing features an elegant, circular pin-hole perforation matrix stamp validating the document’s legal cancellation pipeline.

Certificate Issuance Registry Log

This historic regional security instrument showcases a detailed, dual-tone aesthetic profile. The face is executed in a rich charcoal-brown intaglio border frame by specialized financial security stationers, while the reverse features a striking emerald-green security backing. Incorporated under the laws of Montana and operating out of Lewistown, The Melton Corporation maintained a total capital stock threshold framework of $500,000.

This specific certificate (#2644) was hand-issued on March 9, 1929—months prior to the historic October market crash—to D. M. Filson for a volume of 800 shares. The corporate capitalization features a micro-tier par valuation of exactly 25 Cents per share, typical of early 20th-century frontier resource extraction or land development ventures. The document is signed by Secretary A. J. Schmitt and President W. G. Melton.

Surface Engraving & Historical Condition

The upper-center margin features a prominent, high-fidelity architectural engraving displaying the Montana State Capitol Building in Helena. Flanking the vignette are decorative ornamental shields featuring the unique serial number (2644) and share quantity (800). The lower-left corner retains its original, vibrant toothed gold-foil corporate seal, completely uncompromised by cancellation alterations.

Reverse Endorsement & Philatelic Variants

The backing canvas features a beautiful, symmetrical green lathe-work pattern framing a central text block. The panel documents the company name, origin city, share allocation, and original issuance date layout written in elegant manuscript ink.

Because the share transfer columns and proxy signatures remain completely blank and unexecuted, this document represents an active, un-canceled security instrument that was held privately and never traded back into the corporate treasury ledger.

Certificate Issuance Registry Log

This exceptional security instrument features an intricate, ornate black border frame with delicate geometric lathe patterns, characteristic of early 20th-century financial printing. Established as a real estate investment trust under a Massachusetts declaration dated February 14, 1895, this specific certificate (#568) was hand-issued on March 8, 1919 for 10 shares valued at $100 par value each.

The face is hand-signed by prominent Boston trustees, including Richard H. Dana (noted lawyer and author) and Laurence Minot, with legal countersigning executed by the State Street Trust Company as the official transfer agent.

Legal Cancellation & Archival Condition

The certificate represents a complete, active financial life cycle documented by sharp historical chronological markings:

• The Cancellation Timeline: A massive purple ink-stamp running diagonally across the face records the certificate’s official redemption and termination on April 11, 1938, by the State Street Trust Company.
• The Quantity Limit: A red warning print across the upper margin states “NOT OVER TEN SHARES”, ensuring security limits during physical manual issuance.

Reverse Endorsement & Philatelic Variants

The reverse backing contains rich documentation charting a private sale execution that occurred on June 17, 1937, transferring ownership from the original holder to Frank H. Kaan, with signature guarantees verified by New York Stock Exchange members A. Long & Co.

To legally execute and clear the 1937 transfer, two highly detailed fiscal stamps were affixed and hand-canceled in early 1938:

• Federal Revenue: A 50-cent pink US Internal Revenue Stock Transfer tax stamp.
• State Revenue: A 20-cent brown Commonwealth of Massachusetts Stock Transfer tax stamp.

Certificate Issuance Registry Log

This historical security instrument features an intricate, geometric Green border frame engraved by Thos. W. Stationers, Boston. Incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the certificate represents capital stock holdings valued at a par value of $20 per share, out of a highly specific total corporate authorized volume capitalization of 9,602 shares yielding a corporate value limit of $192,040.

This specific certificate (#85) was hand-issued to Adelbert Stephenson for exactly 4 shares on March 22, 1910, in Lynn, Mass., bearing a crisp embossed corporate seal in the lower-left corner highlighting the 1910 operational tracking timeline.

Legal Cancellation & Archival Condition

The certificate represents a complete corporate lifecycle, terminated exactly a decade after printing:

• Security Voiding: Distinctive star-shaped safety cancellation punches are driven directly through the executive signature fields of the Treasurer and President.
• Corporate Status: A faded purple ink overprint reading “CANCELLED / TRUST” runs diagonally across the face, matched by a mechanical margin stamp recording the final treasury redemption on December 14, 1920.

Reverse Endorsement, Probate Administration & Philatelic Variants

The backing canvas holds rich, extensive legal histories documenting an estate liquidation following the death of the original holder:

• Probate Court Intervention: Detailed manuscript notations trace an authorization by the Essex County Probate Court dated July 26, 1920 (Registry Case #135605), appointing Charles H. Stephenson as Administrator of the estate of Adelbert Stephenson. The transfer assigns the 4 shares over to Charles H. Stephenson.
• Signature Guarantees: The legal transfer proxy is witnessed by John B. Newhall and explicitly verified via a stamped signature guarantee block from the Essex Trust Company of Lynn, Mass.
• Fiscal Stamps Added: To legally finalize the transfer tax transaction on December 14, 1920, a 2-cent red US Internal Revenue Documentary stamp and a 2-cent orange Commonwealth of Massachusetts Stock Transfer Tax stamp were affixed. Both stamps feature matching star-shaped cancels and are hand-dated 12/14/20.