^Lot 872 Knight-Ridder Publishing and Media Certificates

FL. 1970-1985. Specimen. 6 different certificates. Vignette of allegorical man holding globe flanked by newspaper printing presses and stack of newspapers. 1,2,3). Knight Ridder, Inc. Odd shs, blue, vignette; Odd shs, blue, no vignette; $ odd, registered 7 1/4% bond, no vignette. 4,5,6). Knight Ridder Newspapers, Inc. than 100 shs, red, vignette. Knight Ridder is the sconde largest newspaper publisher in the United States, with 31 daily and 26 nondaily newspapers in 28 U.S. markets, including the well known and prize-winning Detroit Free Press, Miami Herald, Philadelphia Inquirer, and San Jose Mercury News. Knight Ridder's newspapers have won 84 Pulitzer Prizes, and its online news service with the Tribune Company has become equally respected and used by millions around the world. SC-USBNC, SCBNC. XF.