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Gulf Oil Corp., 1922 Specimen Bond

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Certificates Start Price:575.00 USD Estimated At:800.00 - 1,200.00 USD
Gulf Oil Corp., 1922 Specimen Bond
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Pennsylvania. $1000 Specimen 5% Debenture Gold Coupon Bond, Black print on green border and under tint, Company title at top, Specimen overprints and POC's, Fine condition with splitting along fold lines condition, FL-ABNC. Gulf Oil was a major global oil company from the 1900s to the 1980s. The eighth-largest American manufacturing company in 1941 and the ninth-largest in 1979, Gulf Oil was one of the so-called Seven Sisters oil companies. Prior to its merger with Standard Oil of California, Gulf was one of the chief instruments of the Mellon family fortune; both Gulf and Mellon Financial had their headquarters in Pittsburgh. Gulf Oil started in 1901 with the discovery of oil at Spindletop near Beaumont, Texas. A group of investors came together to promote the development of a modern refinery at nearby Port Arthur to process the oil. The largest investor was William Larimer Mellon of the Pittsburgh Mellon banking family. Other investors included many of Mellon's Pennsylvania clients as well as some Texas wildcatters. Mellon Bank and Gulf Oil remained closely associated thereafter. The Gulf Oil Corporation itself was formed in 1907 through the amalgamation of a number of oil businesses, principally the J.M. Guffey Petroleum and Gulf Refining companies of Texas. Extremely rare and historic oil bond. First time offered by us and possibly unique.