The Diamond State Telephone Company Specimen Bond

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Product Code: SPEC60

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This scarce Diamond State Telephone Company Specimen Bond Certificate is from 1959. Founded in 1897, they became part of the Bell System in 1905 serving Delaware and parts of Pennsylvania. After the Bell System breakup in 1984, they became part of Bell Atlantic and in 1994 Diamond State became Bell Atlantic - Delaware, Inc. In 2000, Bell Atlantic merged with GTE to become Verizon Communications. They are now known as Verizon Delaware, Inc.

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.