412 New York State Steamboat Inspectors’ License to Engineers
Specimen.
New York, 1907, Specimen certificate, black with red
border and underprint, arms of NY on top with small steamboat on
bottom, Specimen overprint, POC’s, S/N 000000, Return To Issue
Room… on top in purple, XF condition. ABNC. Scarce early naviga-
tion related certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Est. $150-300
EARLY PANAMA CANAL RELATED STOCK
Nicaragua
413 Accessory Transit Co. Stock Certificate.
Nicaragua
(Incorporated and offices in NY), 1856, 100 Shares, Issued and
uncancelled but endorsed on back, black on thin off white paper,
steamship in middle, Capital $7,870,000 on left end panel. VF condi-
tion. Historic company that was set up by Cornelius Vanderbilt and
others during the California Gold Rush in the early 1850’s to trans-
port prospects from the East Coast of the U.S. to the West Coast.
Travelers would take a steamer from NY to the Mosquito Coast of
Nicaragua where they would travel by stagecoach and steamboat to
the pacific coast and then onto San Francisco. Accessory Transit
offered thee cheapest method of traveling to California, $300 ini-
tially and then later reduced to $150 and at its peak was carrying
over 2000 passengers per month. After 1857, Vanderbilt
approached Pacific and U.S. Mail Steamship Companies that ran a
route across Panama and agreed to basically Green mail by stop-
ping his business for a monthly stipend of $56,000. Rare and historic
certificate that is missing from most collections. . . . . .
Est. $600-1200
Ohio
414 Steel Steamship Co. Specimen Bond.
Ohio, 1902, $1000 bond,
Series D, Specimen, Red, Series D, POC’s, XF. One of 2 found, both
different colors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Est. $200-400
Texas
415 Trinity River Navigation Co., Stock Certificate.
Dallas, Texas,
1894, 10 Shares, Issued and uncancelled, Black on peach underprint,
Landing of Columbus on top middle, gold foil seal, VF condition.
Scarce and early Texas related Navigation certificate.
Est. $150-300
415
414
413
412
416 Orinoco Steam Navigation Co.
New York and Venezuela, 1852,
$1000 bond, Steamboat and wagon, floating Venus, Red
1000, Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson. Bank note quality engrav-
ing! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Est. $150-30
Scripophily - Railroads
AL, KY, MS & TN
417 Mobile and Ohio Railroad Co. Specimen Bond.
AL, KY, MS &
TN, 1879, $1000, 3rd Preferred Income and Sinking Fund Debenture,
Specimen, Black on orange border and underprint, Train in motion
with lake in background, VF-XF condition, ABNC. . . . .
Est. $120-24
Alabama
418 Mobile & Montgomery Railway Co. Specimen Bond.
Alabama,
1881, $1000, Specimen Mortgage 6% Bond. Black border. Train at
station with a single coupon on bottom. XF condition.
Coupons attached. Red specimen overprints, POC’s and “00000 “
serial numbers. Rare and attractive bond. Unlisted railroad in Cox.
ABNC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Est. $150-30
419 Mobile and Girard Rail Road Company Stock Certificate.
Girard, Alabama. 4 83/100, 73 cts Shares of Capital Stock. Issued and
uncancelled stock. Black border with light red undertint. Small loco-
motive L-R with 25cts U.S. Revenue stamp on UR. 2 pin holes on
top, but appears in XF condition. Rare early stock certificate. Listed
certificate is dated in the mid 1880’s, this one is from 1867.
Uncommon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Est. $180-35
Arizona Territory
420 Prescott & Arizona Central Railway Company Issued Stock
Certificate.
Prescott, Arizona, 1892. 100 Shares, Issued and uncan-
celled but endorsed and transferred on back, black with no under-
print, locomotive L-R passing trees under arched title, Shares $100
each, Issued to Theo Otto and signed by T.S. Bullock as president.
The Prescott & Arizona Central was built by a group formed by
Thomas S. Bullock and in 1886 they completed a 73 mile line from a
connection with the Atlantic & Pacific at Seligman to Prescott. In
1893 the Prescott & Arizona Central was bankrupt and in receiver-
ship. Rare western railroad stock certificate. . . . . . . . . .
Est. $750-150
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