U.S. & Worldwide Banknotes and Scripophily

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On behalf of the entire Archives International Auctions team, I would like to personally welcome you to our 24th exciting auction we have held over the last eight years. We are offering over 800 lots of U.S. and Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily & Security Printing Ephemera at our offices in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
The auction begins with over 160 lots of worldwide banknotes and will be followed by 30 additional lots of U.S. banknotes and Security Printing Ephemera including a interesting assortment of U.S. Obsoletes from an old collection that has been off of the market for close to 30 years. Additionally we are offering further selections from the “Hamtramck Collection”, put together by a career military officer over a 50 year period beginning in the late 1940’s.
There are close to 600 lots of scripophily including banking, finance, navigation and railroads including the first part of an amazing Texas, Mexico and related area railroad stock and bond collection that comes from a serious Texas collectors holding with many rarities and desirable items that rarely if ever come to auction. Additionally, we will be offering a discovery “Santa Claus” specimen stock certificate that is new to the market as well as hundreds of rare and desirable stocks and bonds.
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The auction will take place on May 7th at our offices located at 1580 Lemoine Ave., Suite 7, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
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Davenport Gazette Issued Shares. 1882.451 - Davenport Gazette Issued Shares. 1882.
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Davenport, Iowa. 20 share, #5, streetcar in front of three story Gazette Building, palm tree, IU, EF, with a small slit upper left.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to e******2 for (50.00) = 50.00
 
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Pacific Alaska Navigation Co., ca.1900 Specimen Stock Certificate.452 - Pacific Alaska Navigation Co., ca.1900 Specimen Stock Certificate.
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Alaska, <100 Shares. Olive green border. Steamship on top, Red specimen overprints, XF ABNC.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (150.00) = 150.00
 
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China Mail Steamship Company. 1916. Issued Shares.453 - China Mail Steamship Company. 1916. Issued Shares.
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California. One share, green border, orange underprint, title in Chinese at the top, red and black house flag with CM monogram. Issued, uncancelled. V
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to v*****d for (290.00) = 290.00
 
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American Hawaiian Steamship Co. ca. 1890-1900 Specimen Stock Certificate.454 - American Hawaiian Steamship Co. ca. 1890-1900 Specimen Stock Certificate.
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Hawaii. ca.1890's-1910, 100 Shares, Steamship on top. Red specimen overprint and POC's. XF condition. ABNC
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (120.00) = 120.00
 
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Atlantic and Pacific Steamship Company Specimen.455 - Atlantic and Pacific Steamship Company Specimen.
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Maine, 1913, $500, 1st Mortgage, 6% Gold Bond, Black on olive green, screaming eagle flanked by 2 different steamships, Specimen overprints, POC'...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 180.00 - 350.00
Sold to floor for (120.00) = 120.00
 
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Consolidated Steamship Lines Specimen Bond. 1907.456 - Consolidated Steamship Lines Specimen Bond. 1907.
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Maine. $1000 Four Per Cent Collateral Trust Specimen Gold Bond, red frame, steamship at anchor, ABNC, EF. The company became financially embarrassed i
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 140.00 - 280.00
Sold to u**a for (100.00) = 100.00
 
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Crowell and Thurlow Steamship Co., 1915 Specimen Bond.457 - Crowell and Thurlow Steamship Co., 1915 Specimen Bond.
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Maine, $1000, Specimen 6% 1st Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond, black on gray-blue border and underprint with steamship under power on top, FLBNC, VF-XF. Ra
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 110.00 - 220.00
Sold to N*******r for (75.00) = 75.00
 
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Lamoine and Mount Desert Land Co., 1890 Stock Certificate.458 - Lamoine and Mount Desert Land Co., 1890 Stock Certificate.
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Maine, 100 Shares, I/U, Black on green border on light orange undertint, steamboat in middle "C.W.Chapin", Attractive and scarce navigatio...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to c********-.. for (40.00) = 40.00
 
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Atlantic Works Bond Specimen. 1923.459 - Atlantic Works Bond Specimen. 1923.
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Massachusetts. $500 $1000 First Mortgage Fifteen Year 6% Sinking Fund Specimen Gold Bond, brown border, ship near pier, FL-ABNC, EF. The Atlantic Work
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (75.00) = 75.00
 
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Boston Sub-Marine & Wrecking Company, 1854 Issued Stock Certificate with Under Sea Divers.460 - Boston Sub-Marine & Wrecking Company, 1854 Issued Stock Certificate with Under Sea Divers.
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Boston, Massachusetts, 1854, 2 Shares, Issued and uncancelled stock certificate, 6 x 7 inches, black printing on off white paper with small corporate
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 750.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to v*****d for (800.00) = 800.00
 
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Crowell & Thurlow Steamship Company Specimen Bond. 1913.461 - Crowell & Thurlow Steamship Company Specimen Bond. 1913.
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Boston, Massachusetts. $1000 First Mortgage 6% Specimen Gold Bond, red frame, steamship, Franklin-Lee, EF. Although it was a steamship company, by the
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 110.00 - 220.00
Sold to N*******r for (80.00) = 80.00
 
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Lewis Wharf Co., ND (ca.1870-1880's), Remainder or Specimen Stock Certificate.462 - Lewis Wharf Co., ND (ca.1870-1880's), Remainder or Specimen Stock Certificate.
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Boston, MA. Odd Shares, U/U and possibly a specimen, Black on light blue-green paper, Building on top, wharf on left, XF. Scarce certificate.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to floor for (20.00) = 20.00
 
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Marine safety Rapid Transit Co., 1886 Stock Certificate.463 - Marine safety Rapid Transit Co., 1886 Stock Certificate.
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New Hampshire. 350 Shares, I/U, Black with speeding steamship vignette nearly the entire length of the stock certificate, S/N 35, Gold seal on lower l
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to N*******r for (280.00) = 280.00
 
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Electric Boat Company Specimen Shares. 1899.464 - Electric Boat Company Specimen Shares. 1899.
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New Jersey incorporation. Facilities in Groton, Connecticut and Quonset Point, Rhode Island. Red frame, submarine, ABNC, EF. Manufacturing submarines
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (170.00) = 170.00
 
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International Mercantile Marine Specimen Shares. CA 1902.465 - International Mercantile Marine Specimen Shares. CA 1902.
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New Jersey. Purple borders, ocean liner, woman below, ABNC, AU. J. P. Morgan reorganized the International Navigation Company into International Merca
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (150.00) = 150.00
 
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Pacific Packing and Navigation Co., 190x ca.1900 Specimen Stock Certificate.466 - Pacific Packing and Navigation Co., 190x ca.1900 Specimen Stock Certificate.
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New Jersey, 100 Shares. Blue border. Steamship straight on, Red specimen overprints, XF ABNC. Possibly an Alaska related company. ABNC.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 240.00
Sold to u**a for (100.00) = 100.00
 
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Southern Transportation Co. 1924 Specimen Bond.467 - Southern Transportation Co. 1924 Specimen Bond.
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New Jersey, $1000, 1st Mortgage 7% Gold Coupon Bond, Steamship and sailboats at sea. Orange border. VF-XF condition. ABNC.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 110.00 - 240.00
Sold to floor for (85.00) = 85.00
 
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Standard Rope and Twine Co., 1896 Specimen Bond.468 - Standard Rope and Twine Co., 1896 Specimen Bond.
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New Jersey. $1000, Specimen 6% Gold Coupon Bond, Black on blue, Ship captain at right, Screaming eagle in middle and steamship at left, Specimen overp
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 180.00 - 350.00
Sold to floor for (110.00) = 110.00
 
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Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies Steamship Lines, Marine Equipment Trust Certificate, 1921 Specimen Bo469 - Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies Steamship Lines, Marine Equipment Trust Certificate, 1921 Specimen Bo
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NY. $1000. Specimen Series B, Coupon Bond, Black on green border and underprint, Steamship L-R on top, Specimen overprints, Diagonal red overprint of
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (160.00) = 160.00
 
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Cateret Ferry Co., 1916 Specimen Bond.470 - Cateret Ferry Co., 1916 Specimen Bond.
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NY. $500. Specimen 1st Mortgage 6% 20 Year Gold Coupon Bond, Black on green border and underprint, Ferry near terminal, Specimen overprints, VF condit
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (240.00) = 240.00
 
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Coney Island Steamship Corp. 1930. Issued bond.471 - Coney Island Steamship Corp. 1930. Issued bond.
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New York. $1000 Seven Per Cent Income Gold Bond, orange border, eagle and shield., IU, VF+. The company controlled a 550 ft. pier that was built to se
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (100.00) = 100.00
 
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Elder Steel Steamship Company, Inc. Specimen Bond. 1920.472 - Elder Steel Steamship Company, Inc. Specimen Bond. 1920.
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New York offices. $1000 First Mortgage Serial Seven Per Cent Specimen Gold Bond, orange frame and underprint, ocean liner, tug and barges, ABNC, VF+,
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to N*******r for (65.00) = 65.00
 
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Harlem & Spuyten Duyvil Navigation Co. 1860. Issued Shares.473 - Harlem & Spuyten Duyvil Navigation Co. 1860. Issued Shares.
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Fordham, New York. Two shares, steamboat, eagle and state arms in left end panel, printed on parchment, issued to Samuel Galpin, and signed by him as
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (65.00) = 65.00
 
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Metropolitan Ferry Co., Specimen Bond.474 - Metropolitan Ferry Co., Specimen Bond.
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New York, 1887. $1000. Ornate green border and undertint with title flanked by sea serpents on top with three allegorical figures underneath title and
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 325.00 - 650.00
Sold to floor for (210.00) = 210.00
 
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New York Shipbuilding Corp. 1916 Specimen Stock Certificate.475 - New York Shipbuilding Corp. 1916 Specimen Stock Certificate.
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New York, <100 Shares. Green border. Battleship, Steamship and factory building on top, Red specimen overprints, XF ABNC.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 90.00 - 180.00
Sold to floor for (130.00) = 130.00
 
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Swiftsure Oil Transport, Inc. 1920 Specimen Bond.476 - Swiftsure Oil Transport, Inc. 1920 Specimen Bond.
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New York, 1920, $1000, 7% Gold Serial Bond Specimen, Black on green border and underprint, oil cargo ship on top, XF condition, FLD-ABNC.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 90.00 - 180.00
Sold to floor for (70.00) = 70.00
 
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Interlake Steamship Co., 1913 Specimen Bond.477 - Interlake Steamship Co., 1913 Specimen Bond.
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OH. $1000, 1st Mortgage 6% Gold Coupon Bond, Black on Green border and underprint, Allegorical women flanking company logo on top, steamship on bottom
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (150.00) = 150.00
 
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Kinney Steamship Co., 1920 Stock Certificate.478 - Kinney Steamship Co., 1920 Stock Certificate.
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Mentor Special District, Lake County, Ohio. 100 Shares, Black on green border, Allegorical woman on top left, Pin-punch cancelled, Signed by Kinney as
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 75.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (40.00) = 40.00
 
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Pioneer Steamship Co.  Stock Certificate Fleet.479 - Pioneer Steamship Co. Stock Certificate Fleet.
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Ohio. ca.1910s. Lot of 95 certificates. Issued. Many with counterfoil from stock book.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to c********-.. for (140.00) = 140.00
 
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Sun Shipbuilding Company Specimen Bond. 1917.480 - Sun Shipbuilding Company Specimen Bond. 1917.
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Pennsylvania. 1917, $1000 First Mortgage Serial Five Per Cent Specimen Bond, brown frame and underprint, tanker ship, EF. Sun oil organized this comp
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (120.00) = 120.00
 
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William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co., 1903 Specimen Stock Certificate.481 - William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co., 1903 Specimen Stock Certificate.
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Pennsylvania, <100 Shares , Voting Trust Certificate, Specimen, Green border and underprint, battleship in dry dock on top right, ornate title on...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 140.00 - 280.00
Sold to floor for (180.00) = 180.00
 
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American Export Lines, Inc. Specimen Bond. 1961.482 - American Export Lines, Inc. Specimen Bond. 1961.
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$1000 United States Government Insured Merchant Marine Specimen Bond, orange frame and underprint, steamship, Security-Columbian, EF, minor ink stains
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (25.00) = 25.00
 
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Gaston Williams & Wigmore Steamship Corp., 1923 Issued and Uncancelled Stock Certificate.483 - Gaston Williams & Wigmore Steamship Corp., 1923 Issued and Uncancelled Stock Certificate.
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33 Shares, I/U, Back on green border, steamship on top, signed by president E. Murphy, Serial # 27, Fine, Includes bank papers describing financial hi
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 240.00
Sold to N*******r for (70.00) = 70.00
 
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Standard Shipbuilding Corp., ND ca.1900 Proof Stock Certificate.484 - Standard Shipbuilding Corp., ND ca.1900 Proof Stock Certificate.
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New York, Odd Shares, Proof Stock certificate, Black printing only, no border or undertint, steamship being pulled by a tug boat, Purple cancelled ove
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 240.00
Sold to floor for (95.00) = 95.00
 
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Mexican Petroleum Co. Ltd., Specimen Bond.485 - Mexican Petroleum Co. Ltd., Specimen Bond.
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Delaware, 1911, Series C 10 Year 6% Convertible 1st Lien and Refunding Sinking Fund Gold Specimen Bond, Vertical format and coupons attached, Black on
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 160.00
Sold to floor for (55.00) = 55.00
 
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Standard Oil Company Issued Shares. 1922.486 - Standard Oil Company Issued Shares. 1922.
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Kentucky. 674,012 / 983,383rds of one share, blue border, woman with spear holds flag flowing in the wind behind her, IC, IBN, VF+. The peculiar denom
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to J**********s for (65.00) = 65.00
 
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Standard Oil Company of Louisiana, ca.1900 Specimen Stock Certificate.487 - Standard Oil Company of Louisiana, ca.1900 Specimen Stock Certificate.
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Louisiana. Odd Shares, Capital Stock, Allegorical Standing Liberty with flag and capital at top, Specimen overprints, rare Louisiana branch of Standar
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to r******e for (270.00) = 270.00
 
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Standard Oil Trust, 1882 Stock Certificate with J.D. Rockefeller & Charles Pratt Signatures.488 - Standard Oil Trust, 1882 Stock Certificate with J.D. Rockefeller & Charles Pratt Signatures.
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New York, NY, 1882, 50 Shares, Cert.# 450, black on green border and underprint, Lightly red ink cancelled over signatures on face, ITASB Charles M.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,250.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to s******i for (1,100.00) = 1,100.00
 
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Standard Oil Co. 1876 Issued Stock certificate with J.D. Rockefeller & Henry Flagler Signatures.489 - Standard Oil Co. 1876 Issued Stock certificate with J.D. Rockefeller & Henry Flagler Signatures.
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Cleveland, Ohio. Standard Oil Co. 86 Shares, I/C Stock certificate. #102. This historic document has an ornate border with a vignette of the U. S. Ca
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,250.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to m*****2 for (2,400.00) = 2,400.00
 
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American Type Founders Specimen Bond. 1935.490 - American Type Founders Specimen Bond. 1935.
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New Jersey corporation. Fields and mills in Cuba. $1000 Fifteen-Year Seven Per Cent Sinking Fund Convertible Debenture, blue frame, sugar cane fields,
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 90.00 - 180.00
Sold to floor for (65.00) = 65.00
 
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Mobile Street Railroad Co. 1893 Specimen Bond.491 - Mobile Street Railroad Co. 1893 Specimen Bond.
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Alabama. 1893. $1000. Green border and undertint. Electric trolley car with conductor in front. Coupons attached. VF condition. Red specimen overprint
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to r******n for (140.00) = 140.00
 
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Tennessee Coal & Iron Railroad Specimen Bond. 1901.492 - Tennessee Coal & Iron Railroad Specimen Bond. 1901.
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Alabama and Tennessee. $1000 General Mortgage Gold Specimen Bond, mill, coal cars and train, coal miners below, EF, with a small edge tear. At one tim
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (70.00) = 70.00
 
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Central Argentine Railway Limited - 10 Year 6% Convertible Gold Note493 - Central Argentine Railway Limited - 10 Year 6% Convertible Gold Note
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Argentina. Specimen Bond. 1917. $1000 - 206 Pounds 3s..8 1/2d.. Green border and undertint. Angel on top over "1000" counter. Unlisted rai...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 75.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (45.00) = 45.00
 
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Memphis & Little Rock Railway Issued Shares. 1874.494 - Memphis & Little Rock Railway Issued Shares. 1874.
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Arkansas. 73 shares, #231, green border and full tint, train in oval frame, IU, VF+ with a few inconsequential pinholes.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to v*****d for (90.00) = 90.00
 
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Midland Valley Railroad Company Specimen Bond. 1913.495 - Midland Valley Railroad Company Specimen Bond. 1913.
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Arkansas. $1000 First Mortgage Five Per Cent Thirty Year Gold Specimen Bond, olive frame and underprint, steam trains passing station, ABNC, EF. Unlis
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to c********-.. for (70.00) = 70.00
 
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California Railways Co. 1914, Proof Bond.496 - California Railways Co. 1914, Proof Bond.
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California. 100 Pounds Sterling, Proof First and Refunding Mortgage, 5 %, 30 Year, Gold Bond. Printed on white paper. Purple "CANCELLED"...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (95.00) = 95.00
 
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Los Angles Terminal Railway Co., 1891 Stock Certificate.497 - Los Angles Terminal Railway Co., 1891 Stock Certificate.
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Los Angeles, CA. 1 Share, Locomotive straight on, S/N 14, Uncancelled. VF
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 240.00
Sold to floor for (110.00) = 110.00
 
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San Diego and Arizona Railway Co.1917 Specimen Registered 6% Gold Bond.498 - San Diego and Arizona Railway Co.1917 Specimen Registered 6% Gold Bond.
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California, 1917, Horizontal $1000 1st Mortgage 6% bond specimen, Orange border with locomotive L/R with track workers, specimen overprints, POCs, ABN
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 160.00 - 300.00
Sold to c********-.. for (100.00) = 100.00
 
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Southern Pacific Company. Specimen Bond. 1899.499 - Southern Pacific Company. Specimen Bond. 1899.
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$500 Four Per Cent Gold Bond -Central Pacific Stock Collateral, olive frame, helmeted women flanked by angels, one coupon in the bottom borders, other
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to d*****x for (110.00) = 110.00
 
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Southern Pacific Railroad Company (of California), 1893 Specimen Bond.500 - Southern Pacific Railroad Company (of California), 1893 Specimen Bond.
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California, 1900. $500. Series A, Specimen bond, 1st Consolidated Mortgage, 5%, Gold bond, Brown border with allegorical women flanking ornate title w
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 350.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for (350.00) = 350.00
 
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