GRUMMAN AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING CORPORATION SPECIMEN BOND CERTIFICATE 1967 SCARCE

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SCARCE OUTSTANDING PIECE OF AVIATION/AEROSPACE HISTORY/MEMORABILIA........00 SPECIMEN BOND CERTIFICATE 1967, NEW YORK... 4& 1/4% REGISTERED BOND DUE 1992.........ORNATE ENGRAVED ORANGE BORDERS WITH VIGNETTE OF ALLEGORICAL SEATED MERCURY OVERLOOKING CITY'S SKYLINE.....RED SPCIMEN OVERPRINTS WITH RED "00000" SERIAL NUMBERS.....THE GRUMMAN AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING CORPORATION OF BETHPAGE,NEW YORK , LATER GRUMMAN AEROSPACE CORP., WAS A LEADING 20TH CENTURY U.S. MANUFACTURER OF MILITARY AND CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT...FOUNDED DECEMBER 6, 1929, BY LEROY GRUMMAN , IT MERGED IN 1994 WITH NORTHROP CORPORATION TO FORM NORTHROP GRUMMAN...THE COMPANY HAS BEEN AWARDED MANY CONTRACTS FROM THE US DEFENSE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING THE US NAVY, PRODUCING VARIOUS SUCCESSFULLY DESIGNED AIRCRAFTS...THUS ESTABLISHING THE FIRM'S REPUTATION FOR TOP NOTCH AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING...GRUMANN BUILT THE AMERICAN COMBAT PLANE OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR , THE F6F "HELLCAT"....THE LUNAR MODULES OF THE APOLLO PROGRAM , BUILT BY GRUMMAN, LANDED ON THE MOON...AEROSPACE / MILITARY AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER VINTAGE COLLECTIBLE CERTIFICATE.......ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE IN EXTRAFINE CONDITION...PRINTED BY AMERICAN BANKNOTE COMPANY...