Bekins Company ( Moving and Storage ) - California

Beautifully engraved SCARCE SPECIMEN certificate from the Bekins Company. This historic document was printed by the Federated Banknote Company and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of the company logo. This item has the printed signatures of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.








Certificate Vignette

Bekins began its drive toward leadership in logistics and transportation back in 1891. The heritage of leadership written by Bekins began in the horse and buggy days and has continued into the Information Age. Whereas a strong back was the primary criterion for moving goods in the late 1800s, information technology and 24/7 access to inventory visibility define today's logistics industry. Bekins led the industry with important advancements.

Bekins has led the way in moving and storage with many firsts:

First to specialize in moving household goods

When covered moving vans were introduced, they carried the Bekins name They led the moving and storage business away from horse-drawn wagons with the first motor trucks

Developed the concept of containerization

The first concrete and steel warehouse was built by Bekins

The first transcontinental motor van move was completed by Bekins

Bekins Van Lines, LLC (HHG) operates through a vast network of agents in North America with a combined fleet of over 1600 operators. Bekins Van Lines is the seventh largest provider of household goods relocation services to corporations, individuals and the US government. The household goods network is comprised of agents located throughout the U.S. with hauling capacity provided by 150 independent owner operators and 1450 agent drivers. Bekins Worldwide Solutions (BWS) utilizes its dedicated agency network of over 60 distribution centers with a combined Bekins fleet of over 2100 tractor/ trailers and straight truck units to provide a variety of specialty transportation services. BWS also provides comprehensive logistics services and home delivery through 75 plus agent distribution centers, which supply in excess of four million square feet of warehouse space for the transportation, distribution and warehousing of high-value products.

History from Bekins Press Information.

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About Specimens

Specimen Certificates are actual certificates that have never been issued. They were usually kept by the printers in their permanent archives as their only example of a particular certificate. Sometimes you will see a hand stamp on the certificate that says "Do not remove from file".

Specimens were also used to show prospective clients different types of certificate designs that were available. Specimen certificates are usually much scarcer than issued certificates. In fact, many times they are the only way to get a certificate for a particular company because the issued certificates were redeemed and destroyed. In a few instances, Specimen certificates we made for a company but were never used because a different design was chosen by the company.

These certificates are normally stamped "Specimen" or they have small holes spelling the word specimen. Most of the time they don't have a serial number, or they have a serial number of 00000. This is an exciting sector of the hobby that grown in popularity and realized nice appreciation in value over the past several years.