Archives International Auctions Part XVI

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We are offering over 1400 lots of U.S. and Worldwide Scripophily, Banknotes, Autographs, Security Printing Ephemera and Historic artifacts and Documents over a two day period. We are privileged to be the auctioneer for the Third Annual Wall Street Coin, Currency and Collectibles Show being held at the Museum of American Finance located at 48 Wall Street in New York City.
The sale begins with The First Hour which includes historic documents & objects including an Edison Stock Ticker; a piece of the original cable from the Brooklyn Bridge as well as artwork and interesting objects including generous donations from Tiffany, Baccarat and Pelikan.
We are featuring The Copps Collection of historic Colonial Fiscal Paper, Documents and Stock & Bond Certificates put together over 30 years ago and highlighted by a spectacular 1792 dated U.S. Federal Bond issued to and signed by George Washington while President of the United States. This is the first time an instrument of this sort has been offered publically at auction. We think there will be serious interest in this amazing piece of U.S. Financial and Presidential history.
The first auction session being held at the Museum of American Finance in New York City, scheduled for Saturday, October 19th includes the First Hour, the Copps Collection, Scripophily and Autographs. There are over 50 lots of historic autographs including 3 different Standard Oil Company Stock certificates signed by John D. Rockefeller; 3 different Thomas Edison signed certificates; a historic “Short Snorter” signed by Harry Truman as well as many other WW II military notables; aviation autographs including 3 different Charles Lindbergh as well as Amelia Earhart’s autographs; Buffalo Bill Cody’s autograph and many other well known signatures. The Scripophily section consists of over 500 different stock and bond certificates highlighted by a Wells Fargo Mining Stock Certificate with a racing stagecoach vignette; One of the earliest Alaska stock certificates known, dated from the late 1870’s; Liberty Loan Bonds; Railroad stocks and bonds and hundreds of other interesting U.S. & Worldwide Bonds & Shares.
The second session scheduled for Tuesday, October 22nd at our offices in Fort Lee, New Jersey includes U.S. & Worldwide banknotes; Security Printing Ephemera; Confederate Banknotes & Bonds; Historic ephemera including a fresh estate “Wells Fargo” collection put together over a century ago with many rare Wells Fargo documents, Broadsides, Exchanges and Fiscal paper that have never been offered at auction. The Worldwide Banknote section is highlighted by a U.A.E. Specimen set of 5 notes; a China, Hupeh Government Cash Bank, 1904 rarity; Mexico is represented by a significant selection of rarities seldom seen at auction including high denomination proofs from the Banco period as well as an interesting selection of Bono De Caja Specimens with a discovery note that is unlisted. The U.S. section offers Colonial banknotes; Obsolete banknotes; Fractional Currency; Large & Small Type including an 1896 Educational banknote set of $1, $2 and $5 in high grade and dozens of other desirable notes. The sale is rounded out with an offering of Penn Central stock certificates that had been selected for a reference collection as well as Security Printing Ephemera and stocks and bonds.
We are looking forward to another exciting auction and hope you enjoy our current offerings. Our next live auction is scheduled for late January to early February, 2014 at our offices in Fort Lee, New Jersey. If you have suitable material, we are still seeking consignments for our upcoming 2014 auctions. I would like to thank everyone who has participated in our previous auctions and has helped make this auction series a resounding success.
Best of luck, Bob Schwartz
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Interwoven Socks for ChristmasÉ" At the Holly Tree Tavern", ca.1940's51 - Interwoven Socks for ChristmasÉ" At the Holly Tree Tavern", ca.1940's
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This beautiful banner of a long gone era is Christmas themed and advertises Interwoven Socks. The banner reads: "Interwoven Socks for Christmas...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (150.00) = 150.00
 
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Interwoven Socks for Christmas "Christmas in America", 194552 - Interwoven Socks for Christmas "Christmas in America", 1945
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By Conrad Dickel, Another wonderfully nostalgic post War holiday advertising banner for Interwoven Socks! The Banner depicts family and friends at pla
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Death and Taxes by Ray Beldner, 2001 - After Paul Klee's "Love and Death", 191453 - Death and Taxes by Ray Beldner, 2001 - After Paul Klee's "Love and Death", 1914
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Creative Sewn U.S. Currency Design, 18 inches by 17 inches, Well over 100 U.S. $1 Bills were used in this work. From the series "Counterfeit&qu...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
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Washington City Canal54 - Washington City Canal
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ca.1796, Lottery tickets (3, hinged to a decorative page) for the 1796 fund-raising effort. George Washington had begun the Potowmack Company in 1785
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
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Washington City Canal55 - Washington City Canal
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Two additional lottery tickets similar to above (2) hinged to a decorative page, AU with stains on bottom.
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Estimate : 65.00 - 100.00
Sold to m**s for (95.00) = 95.00
 
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Second Bill for Interest Due, 1779, Signed by Francis Hopkinson and William Hart, Declaration of Ind56 - Second Bill for Interest Due, 1779, Signed by Francis Hopkinson and William Hart, Declaration of Ind
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Money due from the United States, $12 in Livres Tournois, 17 November 1779, to William Hart and signed on verso, also signed by Francis Hopkinson, wit
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to s**********w for (375.00) = 375.00
 
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An Exceptionally Rare and Historic United States Loan Office Certificate Issued Following Alexander57 - An Exceptionally Rare and Historic United States Loan Office Certificate Issued Following Alexander
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George Washington (1732 - 1799). First President of the United States. Document Signed. January 17, 1792. Size 6"x18." Anderson US-195. Pr...
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Estimate : 35,000.00 - 70,000.00
Sold to floor for (225,000.00) = 225,000.00
 
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Virginia Almanac for the Year of our Lord, 1793 by Robert Andrems, Philo.58 - Virginia Almanac for the Year of our Lord, 1793 by Robert Andrems, Philo.
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Norfolk, Virginia. Printed by Baxter & Wilson, 3.25 x 5.75 inches, Previously string bound but it is missing, There are 2 different sections, th...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to a*******s for (350.00) = 350.00
 
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Celebrate Hamilton59 - Celebrate Hamilton
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Send a donation this way to the Alexander Hamilton Museum on Nevis, as his birthplace rises to celebrate their native son's accomplishments in A...
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Estimate : 25.00 - 100.00
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U. S. "Imlay" Loan from 1793.60 - U. S. "Imlay" Loan from 1793.
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Connecticut, $594.44 payable to Prosper Wetmore Brothers, April 19, 1793, and signed by Wm. Imlay, cut cancelled, strong vertical middle fold, but sti
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Estimate : 300.00 - 450.00
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Treasury Department, 1797 Expenses from Quartermaster.61 - Treasury Department, 1797 Expenses from Quartermaster.
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Expenses in the Quarter Master General's department for 1797 -1801, 26pps, and signed in type by Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury. Li...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (85.00) = 85.00
 
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Treasury Department, 1805 Document Signed by Albert Gallatin.62 - Treasury Department, 1805 Document Signed by Albert Gallatin.
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An Act to regulate the clearance of armed merchant vessels passes 3rd March 1805, 2 pages, with the signature of Albert Gallatin, VF but evidently rem
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
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Pay Order, 1776, Signed by Erastus Wolcott.63 - Pay Order, 1776, Signed by Erastus Wolcott.
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Hartford, CT., 1776, S/verso by Woolcott, Revolutionary War general, member of Continental Congress, VF condition.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
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Pay Order for Services  at Battle of Lexington, 1776, Signed by Oliver Ellsworth.64 - Pay Order for Services at Battle of Lexington, 1776, Signed by Oliver Ellsworth.
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Hartford, CT. For service at Battle of Lexington; s/Oliver Ellsworth, 1776, 2nd Chief Justice of Supreme Court, Only 4 of these certificates are known
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for (700.00) = 700.00
 
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Pay Order to Captain for Enlisting His Men in the Continental Battalion, 1777.65 - Pay Order to Captain for Enlisting His Men in the Continental Battalion, 1777.
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Printed form, 1777, s/Oliver Ellsworth, with engraving, VF.
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Estimate : 60.00 - 90.00
Sold to floor for (220.00) = 220.00
 
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Certificates of Service, 1778 & 1783.66 - Certificates of Service, 1778 & 1783.
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For service in the Continental Army, 1778, also certification of widow (3), Fine with light foxing.
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Estimate : 65.00 - 90.00
Sold to floor for (150.00) = 150.00
 
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Pay Order on English GR & Crown Watermarked Paper.67 - Pay Order on English GR & Crown Watermarked Paper.
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Hartford, CT. 1778, and with a British watermark in the paper, unusual, VF.
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Estimate : 35.00 - 50.00
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Treasury Certificate68 - Treasury Certificate
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1779, Anderson No. CT 18, manuscript form and one of only 8 known examples, Choice Fine with minor foxing. Also, a printed interest certificate, CT 5
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Estimate : 70.00 - 100.00
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Colonial Currency, Connecticut, 1780, Five Shillings Note69 - Colonial Currency, Connecticut, 1780, Five Shillings Note
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1780, nice condition though signatures are faded, Cut cancelled, Choice Fine to VF.
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Estimate : 140.00 - 200.00
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Certification Notes70 - Certification Notes
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1780, Two examples of service in the Continental Army, Fine with toning and foxing spots.
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Estimate : 65.00 - 90.00
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Treasury Office71 - Treasury Office
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Uncut sheet of 4 notes, 1781, s/John Lawrence, VF and now increasingly unusual; with watermark of Liberty Bell, Fine with light foxing.
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Estimate : 125.00 - 200.00
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Treasury Office72 - Treasury Office
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Uncut sheet of 4 notes, 1781, s/John Lawrence, VF and now increasingly unusual; with watermark of Liberty Bell, VF with light foxing.
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Estimate : 125.00 - 200.00
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Treasury Office, 1780 & 1782.73 - Treasury Office, 1780 & 1782.
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Three (3) separate notes, the first signed by Peter Colt, grandfather of the revolver maker, uncancelled and XF and the others by John Lawrence, CT 20
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
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Treasury Office, 1782.74 - Treasury Office, 1782.
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Single note, CT 20, cancelled, and once torn, but beautifully sewn together, indicating the value of these obligations for their owners. Interest pay
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Estimate : 40.00 - 70.00
Sold to floor for (35.00) = 35.00
 
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Pay Table Office, 1781 Trio.75 - Pay Table Office, 1781 Trio.
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Three notes for payments to the holders out of the tax of Two Shillings and Six Pence on the pound, granted May 1781. VF.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 70.00
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Pay-Table Office, 1787 Trio.76 - Pay-Table Office, 1787 Trio.
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Lot of 3 notes, Similar notes to previous lot, though a different issue, for monies due for the Payment of the Civil List, 1787. Choice Fine to VF.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 70.00
Sold to d*******r for (65.00) = 65.00
 
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Treasury-Office77 - Treasury-Office
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Hartford, 1789, Debt restructuring note, unissued, but signed by Jedediah Huntington as Treasurer. Born and died in Connecticut, a Harvard graduate,
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Estimate : 45.00 - 75.00
Sold to d*******r for (40.00) = 40.00
 
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Comptroller's Office, 1793 Early Yale College Related Warrant.78 - Comptroller's Office, 1793 Early Yale College Related Warrant.
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Feby 14th, 1794, No.25, to be paid Erastus Wolcott, as Executor. The note contains the following wording: "an Act for enlarging the Powers and...
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Estimate : 85.00 - 125.00
Sold to floor for (95.00) = 95.00
 
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Treasury Office 1780-1790 Quartet of Colonial Fiscal Items.79 - Treasury Office 1780-1790 Quartet of Colonial Fiscal Items.
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Hartford, Connecticut, Lot of 4 items, Includes 1780, "For Payment of the Connecticut Line" Warrants (2), both signed by Peter Colt, both ...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 240.00
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Letter Requesting Payment80 - Letter Requesting Payment
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Chester Town, August, 1792, Signed by Joseph Williams, asking the second time for funds to pay the troops under his command. In his hand, and conditi
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
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Colonial Banknote, 1774, Maryland.81 - Colonial Banknote, 1774, Maryland.
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For "Two Thirds of a Dollar..payable in London, passed by the Assembly, Tenth day of April, Annapolis, 1774." Also, "Financial Histo...
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Estimate : 125.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (100.00) = 100.00
 
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Principio Company 1769 Colonial Bill of Exchange.82 - Principio Company 1769 Colonial Bill of Exchange.
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Kingsbury Furnace, Maryland. 1769. 180 Pounds Stg, 1st of Exchange, for the account of North East Forge. William Russell, one of the founders of this
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (525.00) = 525.00
 
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Boston Massacre83 - Boston Massacre
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A glass lantern slide, 3"x3", of the event on March 5, 1770 which was so important in persuading the colonies to favor independence from E...
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold to floor for (110.00) = 110.00
 
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Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, 1775 Issued Bond Engraved by Paul Revere.84 - Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, 1775 Issued Bond Engraved by Paul Revere.
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£ 16.18.10 6% due 1 June 1777, with vignette at left engraved by Paul Revere, showing a codfish, King Philip, and the words (Am)erican Paper be...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to s**********w for (5,250.00) = 5,250.00
 
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State of the Massachusetts Bay85 - State of the Massachusetts Bay
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£ 65, 6% due 1 June 1780, MA 7, with Sword-in-Hand vignette engraved by Nathaniel Hurd, and a very attractive bond. VF condition with a minor e...
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Estimate : 350.00 - 650.00
Sold to m**s for (525.00) = 525.00
 
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State of Massachusetts Bay.86 - State of Massachusetts Bay.
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Lot of 2 Treasury notes, 1777, "Bounty Note" in border, MA 6, VF (2).
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Estimate : 75.00 - 125.00
Sold to floor for (120.00) = 120.00
 
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State of the Massachusetts Bay87 - State of the Massachusetts Bay
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Bond, Dec. 1, 1777, £ 11.12, 6% due March 1, 1782. Rattlesnake circles a pine tree, MA 12, scarce, and VF.
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (325.00) = 325.00
 
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State of the Massachusetts Bay88 - State of the Massachusetts Bay
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Fully Issued, 1779, £ 150, With "Advance Pay to Officers, First Moiety" in right border. Pine Tree Vignette on upper left engraved by...
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Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to c****n for (240.00) = 240.00
 
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State of the Massachusetts Bay89 - State of the Massachusetts Bay
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Partially Issued, 1779, Similar to Above, but different variety, with "Advance Pay to Officers, fecond Moiety" in right border. MA 19, VF
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for (170.00) = 170.00
 
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State of Massachusetts Bay, 1780 Bond.90 - State of Massachusetts Bay, 1780 Bond.
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Treasury bond, £ 1830, January 1, 1780, 6% due 1 March 1784, and likely the first derivative instrument, it is redeemable in various commoditie...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 350.00
Sold to floor for (400.00) = 400.00
 
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State of Massachusetts Bay, 1780 over 177x Bond.91 - State of Massachusetts Bay, 1780 over 177x Bond.
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Like MA 19, but issued 1780, £ 15, with "Maffachufetts State Lottery, Class the Fourth" in right border. MA 16, VF
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to c****n for (150.00) = 150.00
 
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1781.92 - Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1781.
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Massachusetts, Change to this style in the 1780 state constitution. £ 100, Feby 7th, 1781, #410 of 500 issued, with small bit of a red pine tr...
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold to s**********w for (625.00) = 625.00
 
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1782.93 - Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1782.
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Massachusetts, "Borrowed and Received £ 20.3.7; with B in an ornamental typeset box, MA 31 VF with POC and scarce. This band last traded...
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Estimate : 250.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (300.00) = 300.00
 
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Treasurer's Office94 - Treasurer's Office
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Massachusetts, Tax receipt, April 1, 1786 "Equal to the same in Gold and Silver"., Fine with light foxing.
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Estimate : 75.00 - 125.00
Sold to floor for (70.00) = 70.00
 
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Massachusetts Semi-Annual State Lottery, 1790 Uncut Pair Signed by George Minot.95 - Massachusetts Semi-Annual State Lottery, 1790 Uncut Pair Signed by George Minot.
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MA. Lot of 2 uncut lottery tickets, "Class Second", Act of General Court Passed march, 1790, POC's. Wavy border and left where cut fro...
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Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to s**********w for (270.00) = 270.00
 
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Charlestown, Massachusetts 1798 Cancelled Note with 10 cents Embossed Massachusetts Revenue.96 - Charlestown, Massachusetts 1798 Cancelled Note with 10 cents Embossed Massachusetts Revenue.
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MA, 10 Cents Embossed Revenue with Spread Winged Eagle on Shield, RM261, Issued for $505, XF.
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Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to floor for (40.00) = 40.00
 
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Blodget Canal Company Colonial Stock Certificate.97 - Blodget Canal Company Colonial Stock Certificate.
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1 share, No. 994, unissued, not dated but February 1779, and signed by Boldget, a successful business man. Scarce, VF
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (290.00) = 290.00
 
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Hackensack, New Jersey 1776 Receipts for John Suffern Which Suffern, New York is named after.98 - Hackensack, New Jersey 1776 Receipts for John Suffern Which Suffern, New York is named after.
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NJ, Lot of 2 receipts, Both dated October 22, 1776, one for 117 gallons of Rum that he paid £93 for, it must have been a big party. Both in VG ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (150.00) = 150.00
 
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Receipt for Hay Signed by Revolutionary War General.99 - Receipt for Hay Signed by Revolutionary War General.
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Grown in the New York Bowery, and sold by Horatio Gates, 1793. Signed "Gates" and a rare autograph of this important Revolutionary War ge...
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Estimate : 125.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for (110.00) = 110.00
 
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Colonial Slavery 1797 "Memorandum of Negroes Sold at Mecklenburg Courthouse by A. Burwell".100 - Colonial Slavery 1797 "Memorandum of Negroes Sold at Mecklenburg Courthouse by A. Burwell".
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Mecklenburg, NC. February 13th, 1797. 5.5 x 4 inches, light toning and small stains, The memorandum lists: Negro Boy Dick to Rich Brown at £40;...
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Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to s**********w for (425.00) = 425.00
 
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