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Maine
1392 City of Saco, Maine Municipal Loan Specimen Bond. Saco,
Maine, 1887, $1000, 2% Specimen Bond, Coupons attached, Black
print with ornate border and red $1000 underprint, Small vignette
bottom center of Maine’s seal, Red diagonal line overprints, VF con7
dition, McLellan, Mosher & Co...................................... Est. $754125
Scripophily -
Telecommunications
Delaware
1393 ITT Corp. Specimen Stock. ND (ca.1960770), Odd Shs, Black on
olive green border and underprint, workers with globes on top,
Specimen, POC, XF Condition. ABNC. .......................... Est. $40480
Denmark
1394 Copenhagen Telephone Co. 1929 Specimen Bond. Denmark,
1929, $1000, 25 year sinking fund external 5% gold bond, Black on
blue border and underprint, Allegorical female sitting by globe top
center, Coupons attached, VF7XF condition, ABNC. ..... Est. $1204200
Hawaii
1395 Mutual Telephone Co., 1907 Issued Stock Certificate with 2
Hawaiian Revenue Stamps. Hawaii, 1907, 100 Shares, Issued and
Uncancelled Stock, Black on blue border and underprint, Vignette
bottom left of building, Grieve, Pr., Honolulu, 2 blue one Dollar/ Kala
Hawaiian Islands Revenue Stamps on top left corner, VF7XF condi7
tion with minor creases from folding and rarely seen uncancelled
and with revenue stamps. Rare early Hawaiian telephone co. (PH) Est. $2504400
Kentucky & Louisiana
1396 New Orleans & Ohio Telegraph Lessees 1858 Issued Stock
Certificate. Louisville, Kentucky, 1858, 100 Shares, Issued and
Uncancelled Stock, #168, Black on black border and underprint,
Three reclined allegorical women top center, modes of transporta7
tion on right and various fruits on left with a portrait possibly of
Norvin Green, VF condition with folds and paper discoloration,
Toppan Carpenter & Co., Green was future president of Western
Union. During the Civil War, Norvin was superintendent of the
South Western Telegraph Company. The government asked him to
discontinue doing business with the Confederacy and to allow a
temporary managing superintendent to be placed in charge by
General McClellan. Rare, attractive and one of the first telegraph
certificates. (PH) .......................................................... Est. $2504400
1395
1396
Montana
1397 Billings and Musselshell Telephone Co. 1899 Issued Stock
Certificate. Billings, Montana, 1899, 2 Shares, Issued and
Uncancelled Stock, #37, Black on black border and orange under7
print, Vignette of Bald Eagle top center with gold seal on bottom
left, VF7XF condition, Early Montana telephone company. Est. $904180
New Jersey
1398 Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co., 1917, Issued Stock. New
Jersey, 1917, Issued and Uncancelled Stock, Black on purple border
and underprint, Allegorical woman flanked by two globes and ealry
hydro towers top center, Fine condition, ABNC. ........... Est. $1004150
Scripophily -
Communications
New York
1399 Empire State Telephone and Telegraph Co. Specimen Bond.
New York, 1900, $1000, 5% First Mortgage Gold Bond, Black on
brown border and underprint, Topless woman vignette riding a
wheel top center, VF7XF condition, Franklin7Lee BNC. . Est. $1204200
Utah
1400 Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Co. 1888 Issued Stock
Certificate. Ogden, Utah, 1888, 10 Shares, Issued and Cancelled
Stock, #337, Fist clenching lightning bolts top center flanked by
telephone lines with gold foil seal bottom left, Blue cancellation
stamp mid right, VF7XF condition, Gibson, Miller & Richardson.Est $1504300
Scripophily - U.S
Confederate Bonds
Virginia
1401 Civil War Militia Issued Bond. Chesterfield County, Virginia,
1861, $100, 6% Issued and Cancelled Bond, #13, Dark blue print on
light blue paper with ornate border and no vignette, Fine condition
with small piece missing from lower left corner and fine splits on
folds, Ritchie & Dunnavant Print. ................................. Est. $1254250
1402 Confederate States of America Issued Bond. Richmond,
Virginia, 1864, $1000, 6% 2nd Series Issued and Uncancelled Bearer
Bond, #160, 20 Coupons attached, Black print on light orange
underprint, Small vignettes of Liberty and Justice on the right and
left margins with Confederate Seal top center, Signed by Apperson,
Fine condition, Engraved by J. Archerand printed by Evans &
Cogswell. Ball Confederate Bond catalogue #323 rarity 3+. Est. $604100
1403 Confederate States of America Issued Bond. Virginia, August
29th, 1864, $3000, 4% Issued and Uncancelled Call Certificate,
#582, Handwriting on bond reads “Redeemable at Richmond, Va.”,
Fine condition. Note was issued to reduce the outstanding currency
amount. Printed by Ritchie & Dunnavant. Ball Confederate Bond
catalogue #347 rarity 67................................................ Est. $754150
1404 Confederate States of America Lot of 2 Issued Bonds.
Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia, 1864, $1200 and $8900, Issued
and Uncancelled lot of 2 bond receipts for conversion of outstand7
ing debt to 4% debt, #’s 1584 and 243, Black print on pink and
brown paper, Fine condition with minor creases along fold lines.Est $754150
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