Lot 14
(Hawaii - Territory of Hawaii Stock Certificates). Mutual Telephone Company Stock Certificate, 6¼"x11½", Honolulu, 1902 Aug. 18. 500 shares issued to Charles H. Atherton. Fine. Cream and black with blue border; light toning; show-through from three lines on verso. Atherton signs as secretary of the company; his father, Joseph B. Atherton, signs as president of the company (he was a member and trustee for over 20 years of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association). This stock, No. 193, is actually a reissue to consolidate several other share numbers; the original stub is unattached and accompanies this piece. Cancelled Pioneer Mill Company Certificate, 6"x10¾", Honolulu, 1900 Jul. 1. Light toning, else fine. Four shares, issued to A.G. M. Robertson; four green Hawaii Islands 25¢ Duty stamps with gold overprint, and two 10¢ U.S. documentary stamps. Scarce mixed U.S. and Hawaiian franking. The original stub is unattached and accompanies this piece.
Estimated Value $300 - 500.
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