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Archives International Auctions, Part XXI
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October 25, 2014
Archives International Auctions
www.archivesinternational.comReissued Bond with Gold Clause ca.1934
402 Southern Railway EquipmentTrust, 1916Specimen 4 1/2%Bond.
Virginia. $1000 Specimen Coupon Bond, Black on blue border and
underprint, Due May 1926, Series U, Trains in yard with large grain
elevators with ship in background, VF-XF, Unlisted earlier date and
design in Cox. Rare and attractive, ABNC.��������������������������Est.
$100-200
403
403 Virginia and Southwestern Railway Co., 1908 Specimen 1st Con-
solidated 5% Gold Coupon Bond.
Virginia, $1000 Specimen Bond.
Black on brown border and underprint, Coal train R-L passing fac-
tories in hills, Specimen overprints, POC’s, VF-XF, ABNC. 4 found in
ABN archives 12 years ago. �����������������������������������������������Est.
$150-300
Virginia and West Virginia
404
404 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co. 1889 Specimen Bond.
VA.WV.
$10,000 Specimen First Consolidated Mortgage, 5%, 50Year Regis-
tered Gold Bond. orange-red border and underprint. Locomotive
over trestle with telegraph pole in front if it and Native American at
bottom. Red specimen overprints, POC’s and “00000” serial num-
bers. XF condition. Rare and attractive bond.This is the bond used
in the image in Cox, this is the only example of this type known.
Rare.����������������������������������������������������������������������������������Est.
$300-600
Washington
405 Queen City Railway Co. of Seattle, Issued Bond.
Washington,
1889, $1000, 1st Mortgage Sinking Fund 30 Year 5% Issued Bond,
Coupons attached, #190, Black on green border and underprint,
Gold seal bottom left with electric trolley top center, VF condition,
S.C. Law. Listed railroad and bond in Cox. ���������������������������Est.
$50-100
Washington, D.C.
406
406 Washington and Georgetown Railroad Co. 1895 Specimen 6%
Coupon Bond.
Washington, D.C., 1895, $1,000. 6% 3rd Mortgage
Coupon bond. Green border and underprint w/ trolley vignette.
ABNCo. Specimen w/coupons, VF, scarce and attractive. This certif-
icate is only known as a specimen. This is the second of 3 found 14
years ago. The one listed in Cox was from our 5th auction in 2009,
this is the second to be offered. ����������������������������������������Est.
$130-260
West Virginia
407 Coal and Coke Railway Co., 1904 Specimen 1st Mortgage 5%
Gold Coupon Bond.
West Virginia, $1000 Specimen Bond, Black on
green border and underprint, Portrait of H.G.David in middle top
flanked by locomotive and miners, Specimen overprints, POC;s, VF
to XF condition. ABNC. One of 4 certificates found of this variety.
Only known as specimen in Cox. ����������������������������������������Est.
$130-260
408
408 Coal and Iron Railway Co., 1900 Specimen Bond.
West Virginia.
1890, $1000 Specimen 1st Mortgage 5% Gold Coupon Bond, Black
on green border and underprint Denomination medallion flanked
by train under bridge and men working by tracks with miner at bot-
tom, Fine toVF with minor edge splits. The railroad is known but no
previous examples have been found by Cox up to this point. One of
2 found in the archives. ABNC.�������������������������������������������Est.
$300-600