Simon and Schuster, Inc. - 1972 dated Specimen Stock Certificate
Inv# SE4141 Specimen Stock
Specimen Stock printed by Federated Banknote Company. Simon & Schuster LLC is a prominent American publishing firm that is owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. Established in New York City on January 2, 1924, by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster, the company is recognized as one of the 'Big Five' English language publishers, alongside Penguin Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins, and Macmillan Publishers. As of 2017, Simon & Schuster ranked as the third largest publisher in the United States, releasing approximately 2,000 titles each year across 35 distinct imprints.
Stock and Bond Specimens are made and usually retained by a printer as a record of the contract with a client, generally with manuscript contract notes such as the quantity printed. Specimens are sometimes produced for use by the printing company's sales team as examples of the firm’s products. These are usually marked "Specimen" and have no serial numbers.
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