GEORGIA PACIFIC bond certificates -- set of 3

Georgia Pacific Corporation

Bond Certificate Set

This auction is for a set of three bond certificates from Georgia Pacific ($1,000 - $10,000 - $25,000)

These are authentic  bond certificates from the Georgia-Pacific Corporation.  Wonderful globe vignette with the Statue of Liberty in front.  GP logo in the left border.  Dated in the 1970s

Georgia-Pacific Corporation engages in the manufacture and marketing of tissue, packaging, paper, building products, and related chemicals. The company manufactures tissue products, including bath and facial tissue, paper towels, and napkins; disposable tabletop products, such as disposable cups, plates, containers, and cutlery; and containerboard and packaging that include linerboard, medium, and corrugated packaging. It also produces paper, including office and writing papers, bleached board, and bleached and unbleached kraft papers. In addition, Georgia-Pacific manufactures building products, such as plywood, oriented strand board, various industrial wood products, and softwood and hardwood lumber, as well as certain nonwood products, including gypsum products and chemicals. The company offers its products primarily in North America and Europe. Georgia-Pacific is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Company History:
1927 - Founded in Augusta, Ga., by Owen R. Cheatham as the Georgia Hardwood Lumber Co., a wholesaler of hardwood lumber.
1938 - Operated five sawmills in the South.
1941-5 - Was the largest supplier of lumber to the U.S. armed forces. Awarded the Army-Navy "E" for outstanding service in the war effort.
1947 - Acquired first West Coast facility, a plywood plant at Bellingham, Wash. 

1948 - Changed name to Georgia-Pacific Plywood & Lumber Co. Added plywood mills at Olympia, Wash., and Springfield, Ore. 1949 - Listed on New York Stock Exchange. Acquired hardwood plywood plant at Savannah, Ga.

1951 - Changed name to Georgia-Pacific Plywood Co. Acquired C.D. Johnson Lumber Corp., Toledo, Ore.
1953 - Moved headquarters from Augusta, Ga., to Olympia, Wash.
1954 - Moved headquarters to Portland, Ore.
1956 - Acquired Coos Bay Lumber Co., Coos Bay, Ore., and Hammond Lumber Co. in northern California. Changed name to Georgia-Pacific Corp. 
1957 - Entered pulp and paper business at Toledo, Ore., with construction of a kraft pulp and linerboard mill.
1959 - Added 15 distribution centers for a total of 60. Acquired Booth-Kelly Lumber Co., Springfield, Ore. Opened first resin adhesive plant at Coos Bay, Ore.
1960 - Acquired W. M. Ritter Lumber Co. in the Southeast, including timberlands, oil, coal and other minerals. Timberland ownership totaled 1 million acres.
1961 - Added paper converting facilities in Washington, California, Iowa, Illinois and Arkansas. Built first corrugated container plant at Olympia, Wash.
1962 - Acquired Crossett Lumber Co.. Added corrugated container plant at Modesto, Calif., and grocery bag k plant at Toledo, Ore.
1963 - Acquired Puget Sound Pulp and Timber Co., Bellingham, Wash., including Hopper Paper Division. Acquired Vanity Fair Paper Mills, Plattsburgh, N.Y.; St. Croix Paper Co., Woodland, Maine; and Fordyce Lumber Co., Fordyce, Ark. With the Bellingham and Plattsburgh mills, the company entered the tissue business. Began operating the nation's first Southern pine plywood plant at Fordyce.
1965 - Acquired Bestwall Gypsum Co., Paoli, Pa. Expanded paper and chemical facilities.
1966 - Added 13 manufacturing plants, expanded five facilities. Acquired from National Polychemicals, Inc., the Lufkin, Texas, and Conway, N.C. chemical facilities. Added chip export facility at Coos Bay, Ore.
1967 - Acquired Kalamazoo Paper Co., Kalamazoo, Mich.
1968 - Began construction of large chemical refining complex in Louisiana. Added timberlands and plywood plants. Sales exceeded $1 billion for the first time.
1969 - Acquired kraft pulp mill at Port Hudson, La. Completed new gypsum plant at Buchanan, N.Y. Donated California redwood groves to the public.
1970 - Completed first corporate headquarters building in Portland, Ore
1972 - Spun off $305 million in assets as Louisiana-Pacific, Corp., pursuant to a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.
1973 - Acquired redwood timberlands and sawmills at Fort Bragg, Calif. Announced $1 billion, five-year capital investment program. Sales reached $2.2 billion.
1975 - Acquired Exchange Oil & Gas Corp., New Orleans, La. Completed construction of plywood plants in Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina.
1976 - Announced entry into roofing manufacturing with plans for a plant at Franklin, Ohio. Pulp and paper mill expansions at Plattsburgh, N.Y., Crossett, Ark., and Port Hudson, La. Added new corrugated container facility at Plano, Texas.
1978 - Built or expanded 15 operations, including two new Southern pine plywood plants and a Franklin, Ohio, roofing plant.
1979 - Acquired Hudson Pulp and Paper Corp. of Palatka, Fla., including pulp and paper production, tissue converting, 550,000 acres of timberlands, two multiwall bag plants and a polyethylene film chemical plant. Exceeded $5 billion in sales for the first time.
1980 - Began production of Oriented Strand Board (OSB) at Woodland, Maine. Developed OSB production at Dudley, N.C.
1981 - Acquired eight container plants, six resin facilities and the Holly Hill Lumber Co., Holly Hill, S.C
1982 - Moved headquarters from Portland, Ore., to Atlanta, Ga. 
1984 - Sold commodity chemicals business.
1985 - Acquired two sawmills in Virginia. Began production at new OSB plants at Grenada, Miss., and Skippers, Va. Sold Exchange Oil & Gas Corp
1986 - Entered the premium bath tissue market with the introduction of Angel Soft. 
1987 - Purchased U.S. Plywood, including distribution and shipping facilities, five sawmills, a plywood plant and 200,000 acres of timberlands
1988 - Acquired Brunswick Pulp & Paper Co. at Brunswick, Ga., including a pulp and paperboard mill, three sawmills and more than 500,000 acres of timberlands.Also purchased assets of American Forest Products Co. at Martell, Calif., with two sawmills, a particleboard plant and 125,000 acres of timberlands.
1989 - Announced proposed merger with Great Northern Nekoosa Corp. and began cash tender offer.
1990 - Completed the merger of Great Northern Nekoosa Corp.,
1993 - Entered into first-of-its-kind agreement with Department of the Interior to protect the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker on company lands.
1994 - Entered into a unique land agreement with The Nature Conservancy to protect more than 21,000 acres along the Lower Roanoke River in North Carolina. 
1996 - Acquired Domtar Inc.'s gypsum wallboard business.
1997 - Georgia-Pacific completed its seventh decade. Closed sale of Martell, Calif., timberlands, sawmill and particleboard plant. Created The Timber Company, a separate operating group with its own common stock that tracked the performance and value of the company's timber business.
1998 - Acquired CeCorr, the leading independent producer of corrugated sheets in the U.S. The company formed a relationship with Southeast Wood Treating, Inc. The Timber Company and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service renewed their landmark agreement to protect endangered red-cockaded woodpecker habitats.
1999 - Acquired Unisource Worldwide, the leading independent marketer and distributor of printing and imaging paper and supply systems in North America. Formed joint venture with Wisconsin Tissue to combine away-from-home tissue business.
2000 - Acquired Fort James Corp. and its consumer brands Brawny, Quilted Northern and Dixie, becoming the world's leading manufacturer of tissue products.
2002 - Georgia-Pacific celebrated 75th year in business. 

Outstanding piece for framing.  Very desirable and uncommon collector's piece.

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