New York Telephone Company (56k jpg), 1922. An unusual vignette showing a switch board operator holding dozens of wires from telephone poles. Price: Low-Moderate.

American Deforest Wireless Telegraph Company (62k jpg) Lee DeForest had over 300 patents, the first leading to the development of headphones. He developed the triode in 1906 and is credited with inventing the regenerative circuit that resulted in radio. He broadcast the first music over radio in 1910 featuring Enrico Caruso at the Metropolitan Opera. He developed a sound system for motion pictures in 1919.
Price: Inexpensive

The Société des Téléphones Ericsson (55k jpg) plus vignette [26k jpg] The Société des Téléphones Ericsson is a beautiful French certificate. Two attractive blue vignettes show European telephones of the 1911 period, one wall and the other a table phone.
Price: Inexpensive to Low

The Gray Telephone Pay Station Company (50k jpg) plus vignette [26k jpg] The Gray Telephone Pay Station Company has an interesting vignette of the rotary pay phone used by many older American from the 1930's through the 1950's and even into the 60's.
Price: Very Inexpensive

The American Cable Company (For S. F. B. Morse 1877) (40k jpg) The American Cable Company (NY) has an engraving of Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph, at the bottom center of the certificate. This certificate is issued to, but not signed by Morse. Most of these certificates have water stains.
Price: Moderate

American Telegraphone Company (1907) (25k jpg) While Telegraphone is unique, there is no association with American Telephone & Telegraph.
Price: Inexpensive

Submarine Signal Company (46k jpg) Interesting and attractive shares in a company associated with the laying of under seas telephone cables.
Price: Inexpensive

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