Stocks of America's pioneering telecommunications © 2016 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – AMERICAN STOCK AND BOND COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION LLC – ASBCA- SCRIPOPHILYUSA.ORG

Early Telegraph Technology © 2016 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – AMERICAN STOCK AND BOND COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION LLC – ASBCA- SCRIPOPHILYUSA.ORG

Telegraph © 2016 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – AMERICAN STOCK AND BOND COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION LLC – ASBCA- SCRIPOPHILYUSA.ORG

New Orleans & Ohio telegraph lessees Formed in 1853 with the merger of competitors New Orleans & Ohio Telegraph Company and Louisville and New Orleans Telegraph Company. Served as President by Norvin Green, who would consolidate the company with others to ultimately form Western Union Telegraph. © 2016 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – AMERICAN STOCK AND BOND COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION LLC – ASBCA- SCRIPOPHILYUSA.ORG

The Western Union Telegraph Company Originally formed in 1851 as the New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company, Western Union would go on to become the first transcontinental telecommunications company. It was one of the first companies established following Samuel Morse’s invention of the telegraph and grew to national prominence as it absorbed hundreds of competitors. Western Union was one of the original 11 companies tracked by the Dow Jones. © 2016 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – AMERICAN STOCK AND BOND COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION LLC – ASBCA- SCRIPOPHILYUSA.ORG

St. Louis and New Orleans Telegraph Line An early St. Louis and New Orleans Telegraph Line stock certificate dated October 28, 1850. Signed by Telegraph Pioneer Taliaferro P. Shaffener. This telegraph laid the first submarine telegraph cable across the Ohio River in 1853. © 2016 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – AMERICAN STOCK AND BOND COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION LLC – ASBCA- SCRIPOPHILYUSA.ORG

St. Louis & Missouri River Telegraph Company Founded in 1851,the company operated under the early Morse Patents. An early certificate for dating January 1, 1852 signed by Isaac M. Veitch as president. © 2016 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – AMERICAN STOCK AND BOND COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION LLC – ASBCA- SCRIPOPHILYUSA.ORG

Telephone © 2016 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – AMERICAN STOCK AND BOND COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION LLC – ASBCA- SCRIPOPHILYUSA.ORG

Best Telephone Manufacturing Company An interesting certificate with a vignette depicting an early telephone apparatus. The company manufactured telephones and switching equipment. W. J. Atkinson, to whom this certificate was issued served as a manager of the company and was accused of falsifying stockholder and financial reports while emptying the company’s coffers. © 2016 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – AMERICAN STOCK AND BOND COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION LLC – ASBCA- SCRIPOPHILYUSA.ORG

The Connecticut Telephone Company Incorporated in 1878 as a member of the Bell Network, the New Haven District Telephone Company was the world’s first telephone exchange company with 21 customers. After being acquired by Jay Gould of Western Union, the company was bought back by Hartford investors in 1880 and reorganized as The Connecticut Telephone Company with former Gov. Marshall Jewell serving as President. By the end of 1882 the company was again reorganized, this time as the Southern New England Telephone Company. © 2016 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – AMERICAN STOCK AND BOND COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION LLC – ASBCA- SCRIPOPHILYUSA.ORG

Hawaiian Bell Telephone Company Established in 1880 as the first telecommunications company in Hawaii. In 1883, the Hawaiian Bell Telephone Company merged with the Mutual Telephone Company, which bought its competitors, eventually owning all telephone communications on the Hawaiian Islands. In 1954, Mutual Telephone changed its name to the Hawaiian Telephone Company. © 2016 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – AMERICAN STOCK AND BOND COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION LLC – ASBCA- SCRIPOPHILYUSA.ORG

Peoples’ Mutual Telephone Company Peoples’ Mutual Telephone Company was created in 1905 to unite various independent telephone lines being set up to allow for communication between towns and settlements in Kansas. LaCygne became the site of the company’s switchboard to manage the telephone lines originally established by the Border Telephone Company (created by shareholders in LaCygne, Mound City and Pleasanton, KS) and independent groups in the area. © 2016 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – AMERICAN STOCK AND BOND COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION LLC – ASBCA- SCRIPOPHILYUSA.ORG

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company Four telephone companies operated by GTE (America’s largest independent telecommunications company of the time) were merged by an Act of the Philippine Legislature and approved by Governor-General Henry L. Stimson in 1928 forming the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company. Since its inception, PLDT has been the largest telecommunications provider in the country. © 2016 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – AMERICAN STOCK AND BOND COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION LLC – ASBCA- SCRIPOPHILYUSA.ORG

The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania The Bell Telephone Company of Philadelphia was established in 1879 to service the city. In 1899, National Bell Telephone, it’s holding company, was bought by AT&T. The name was then changed in 1907 to The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania. Under this name, the company bought out numerous other telephone providers becoming the largest telecommunications entity in the state. © 2016 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – AMERICAN STOCK AND BOND COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION LLC – ASBCA- SCRIPOPHILYUSA.ORG

Western Union Corporation The Western Union Telegraph Company began operations in 1851. After losing a legal battle with Bell Telephone in 1879, Western Union was forced to abandon its efforts into telephone and focus on telegraphy. By the middle of the 20th century as telegraphy began to become outdated, Western Union Telegraph began pioneering new technology such as teleprinter networking and money order services. The company was reorganized as Western Union Corp in 1988 to work predominantly in money transfers. © 2016 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – AMERICAN STOCK AND BOND COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION LLC – ASBCA- SCRIPOPHILYUSA.ORG

American Telephone & Telegraph Company With the advent of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell, a new age in telecommunications was born. Bell created the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1885 to acquire his company Bell Telephone (est. 1877). In doing so, Bell created a monopoly through AT&T on telephone communications and services in the United States that would last 100 years. © 2016 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – AMERICAN STOCK AND BOND COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION LLC – ASBCA- SCRIPOPHILYUSA.ORG

American Telephone & Telegraph Company © 2016 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – AMERICAN STOCK AND BOND COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION LLC – ASBCA- SCRIPOPHILYUSA.ORG

The North Western Telephone Exchange Company of Minnesota The North Western Telephone Exchange Company was incorporated in December of 1878. The area’s first telephone exchange was operated by Western Union, but do to a court ruling of patent infringement, all of Western Union’s telephone assets were sold to Bell Telephone, the parent company of North Western Telephone Exchange. After the successful establishment of a telephone exchange in Minneapolis, the North Western Telephone Exchange Company was formed. © 2016 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – AMERICAN STOCK AND BOND COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION LLC – ASBCA- SCRIPOPHILYUSA.ORG

American Portable Telephone Company A fine graphic certificate signed by Henry W. Pope, an early telephone engineer and co-founder of the Bell Telephone Company of New York. © 2016 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – AMERICAN STOCK AND BOND COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION LLC – ASBCA- SCRIPOPHILYUSA.ORG

Sprint Corporation PCS Group Sprint PCS group was merged into Sprint Corp. on April 23, 2004 and operated the company’s wireless network in the United States. © 2016 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – AMERICAN STOCK AND BOND COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION LLC – ASBCA- SCRIPOPHILYUSA.ORG

MCI Communications Corporation Microwave Communications, Inc. was created in 1963, quickly becoming the United States’ second largest telecom provider behind AT&T. MCI was founded on the basis of short distance two way radio communications that would be carried over long distances by a series of relay stations. The company’s operation was met with opposition by AT&T due to its monopoly on telephone services in the country. MCI would be important in bringing about the legislature ending AT&T unrivaled telephone operations. The company merged with WorldCom in 1998. © 2016 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – AMERICAN STOCK AND BOND COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION LLC – ASBCA- SCRIPOPHILYUSA.ORG

United Telecommunications, Inc. United Telecommunications, Inc. arose in 1972 with the renaming of United Utilities. The company traces its roots to the Brown Telephone Company, created in Kansas in 1899. Brown Telephone absorbed other companies and through several mergers became United Telephone and Electric, which would be reorganized as United Utilities following the Great Depression. In the late 1980’s, United Telecom took part in the formation of US Sprint and subsequently bought control of the company. By 1991, the company had officially reorganized as Sprint Corporation, the United States’ fourth largest mobile carrier. © 2016 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – AMERICAN STOCK AND BOND COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION LLC – ASBCA- SCRIPOPHILYUSA.ORG

Deutsche Telekom Formed in 1996, Deutsche Telekom is the controlling shareholder of T-Mobile, the United States’ third largest mobile provider. The company was originally under government control, arising from reform of the Deutsche Bundespost . This reform created three entities, one being Deutsche Bundespost Telekom. The company was reorganized ad Deutsche Telekom AG in 1995, and became privatized in 1996. © 2016 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – AMERICAN STOCK AND BOND COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION LLC – ASBCA- SCRIPOPHILYUSA.ORG

Hong Kong Telecommunications Limited Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd was formed from the 1988 merger of Hong Kong Telephone Company and Cable and Wireless. From 1988 until 2000, Hong Kong Telecom was the leading telecommunications company in Hong Kong. The company is now a subsidiary of Cable & Wireless. © 2016 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – AMERICAN STOCK AND BOND COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION LLC – ASBCA- SCRIPOPHILYUSA.ORG

BellSouth Corporation BellSouth was created in 1983 due to the U.S. government mandating that AT&T relinquish control of its 7 regional operating companies, ending its 100 year long monopoly of telephone services in America. © 2016 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – AMERICAN STOCK AND BOND COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION LLC – ASBCA- SCRIPOPHILYUSA.ORG

U S West, Inc. U.S. West, Inc was created in 1983 due to the U.S. government mandating that AT&T relinquish control of its 7 regional operating companies, ending its 100 year long monopoly of telephone services in America. © 2016 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – AMERICAN STOCK AND BOND COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION LLC – ASBCA- SCRIPOPHILYUSA.ORG

New England Telephone & Telegraph Company signed by Theodore Vail (First President of AT&T) - New York 1883 Historic Stock certificate from the New England Telephone & Telegraph Company issued in 1883. This early Bell Operating Company Stock Certificate which has the signatures of the Company’s President, Theodore Vail and Treasurer, William R. Driver. This is the first Telephone Company certificate we have seen hand signed by Theodore Vail. © 2016 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – AMERICAN STOCK AND BOND COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION LLC – ASBCA- SCRIPOPHILYUSA.ORG