Associated Telephone and Telegraph Co Specimen Stock Certificate

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This Associated Telephone and Telegraph Co Specimen Stock Certificate is a rare find. Formed in 1925 as a subsidiary of the Theodore Gary & Company which controlled telephone companies in Latin American and telephone manufacturing in Europe in the 1920s and 30s. They would merge with General Telephone Corp in 1955 which would become known as GTE.

About Specimens:
Specimen stock certificates are certificates that were archived by printers and the company as perfect examples of the company’s stock issue. Specimen’s can be identified by their “specimen” stamp, stamped holes spelling “specimen”, or they are often issued with a serial number of a series of zeros. Often, they are also issued with no serial number at all. Specimens can also represent a design that was never issued. All of these attributes make the specimen stock certificate rarer than the issued version of the share. Many enthusiasts collect specimens as a whole new category of Scripophily.