Wall Street Auction #XXI, Session 1

City of Saarbrueken, 1927 Specimen Bond with Proof Back. Saar Basin, Territory of Saar, Lot of 2 items, Includes 1927 $500 U.S., 6% Sinking Fund Gold Bond, Black on blue border and underprint, Arms of SAAR in middle, Specimen overprints, POC's and "0000" serial numbers, unfortunately, this bond was used in the design and production of another certificate so a portion of the text from the back panel was cut out which left a 1.2 inch by 2.5 inch hole in the middle of the bond text below the vignette, still extremely rare and the only example found in the archives. Also included is approval proof in brown of the back panel with all of the detail included. Fine condition other than the missing piece, SBNC. *The Territory of the Saar Basin (French: Le Territoire du Basin de la Sarre; German: Saarbeckengebiet ), also referred as the Saar or Saargebiet, was a region of Germany occupied and governed by the United Kingdom and France from 1920 to 1935 under a League of Nations mandate. Initially, the occupation was under the auspices of the Treaty of Versailles. Its population in 1933 was 812,000, and its capital was Saarbrucken. After a plebiscite was held in 1935, it was restored to Germany. (*Wikipedia)