first edition Unbound
1944 · Jacksonville, Florida
by [LEWIS, Abraham Lincoln]
Jacksonville, Florida: The Afro-American Life Insurance Company, 1944. Unbound. Good. Original printed life insurance policy certificate issued October 2, 1944. Large, single sheet, measuring 10.5" x 15", printed on both sides, text in green and red within decorative border printed in green. Prints details about premiums and benefits, "Conditions, Privileges and Limitations," details about the policy holder (Willie Allen) and the beneficiary, (his sister, Lela Nesbitt), etc. Signed in holograph facsimile by James H. Lewis, the president and son of one of the company founders. Verso prints charts of extended term insurance and premiums. Also with a small (truncated)