Conoco Inc. - Specimen Stock Certificate - Originally the Continental Oil and Transportation Company
Inv# SE4341 Specimen Stock
New York
Oklahoma
Specimen Stock printed by American Bank Note Company. The Continental Oil and Transportation Company was established by Isaac Elder Blake in 1875. Headquartered in Ogden, Utah, the company was involved in the distribution of oil, kerosene, benzene, and various other products throughout the western United States. In 1884, the Continental Oil Company was acquired by the Standard Oil Company, and it was later divested during the Standard Oil breakup in 1911. Subsequently, the main office was relocated to Ponca City, Oklahoma, following the acquisition of the Continental Oil Company by Marland Oil Company in 1929, a firm founded by the exploration pioneer E. W. Marland. Marland Oil purchased the assets of Continental Oil Company, subject to its liabilities, for a total of 2,317,266 shares of stock. The newly formed entity retained the more recognizable Continental name along with the Conoco brand, while adopting Marland's red triangle logo, which remained in use until 1970 when the now-familiar capsule logo was introduced.
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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