Publisher Cyrus Curtis

1892, Pennsylvania. 11 ¾" x 9". Philadelphia Bourse stock certificate for 4 shares. Green/Black. Attractive triple vignette at top center of the Pennsylvania State Seal flanked by a sailing ship and steam locomotive. Litho. This was a grain trading exchange. Issued to and signed on the attached stub by Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis (1850 - 1933) was an American publisher of magazines and newspapers. He founded the Curtis Publishing Company in 1891, its publications included the Ladies' Home Journal and the Saturday Evening Post. Cut cancelled with all paper intact. Curtis' signature is uncancelled. Very Fine