Beautifully engraved SPECIMEN certificate from the Pratt & Lambert Inc. This historic document was printed by the Security-Columbian Banknote Company in 1979 and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of an allegorical woman with a shield. This item has the printed signatures of the Company's Chairman and Secretary. 
Certificate Vignette Pratt and Lambert Inc is a leading producer of architectural finishes, chemical coatings and adhesives for both the industrial and consumer markets. As well as distributing architectural finishes, the company purchases for resale a variety of sundry products, primarily wallcoverings, brushes, rollers and ladders. The company has operations in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
About Specimen Certificates 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. Scripophily.com is the largest buyer and seller of Specimen Stocks and Bonds on the Internet.
Certificate Vignette
About Specimen Certificates 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. Scripophily.com is the largest buyer and seller of Specimen Stocks and Bonds on the Internet.
