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137 NewYork Steamboat License Specimen.New York, 1897, Specimen
license. “NY State Steamboat Inspectors’ License to Masters”. New York
Arms on top and small steamboat on bottom. Blue border. Counterfoil
on left with text relating to license and warranties by licensee. VF
condition with light toning in areas. ABNC. ��������������������������������Est.
$120-240
138
138 Submarine Monitor Co. of N.Y. 1885.New York. 100 Shrs Stock
Certificate. Issued. ABNC. Choice Very Fine. Nice.���������������������Est.
$100-150
SCRIPOPHILY - NAVIGATION &
SHIPPING
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139 Rush Marine Signal Company, ca.1910-20 Specimen StockNew
York, 19xx (ca.1910-20). Odd Shs. Orange border and undertint. Red
“Cancelled” overprint and POC’s. Vignette of steamship. XF condition.
Rare. SBNC. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Est.
$85-150
140
140 Standard Shipbuilding Corp., ND ca.1900 Proof Stock Certificate.New York, Odd Shares, Proof Stock certificate, Black printing only,
no border or undertint, steamship being pulled by a tug boat, Purple
cancelled overprints and crayon numerals referring to the printing plate
number. This was the cancellation impression for the company’s records.
Fine. Republic BNC. Rare if not unique navigation certificate. ��Est.
$120-200
Nicaragua
Rare Cornelius Vanderbilt Company
Established during the California Gold
Rush
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141 Accessory Transit Co. (of Nicaragua), 1855 Issued Historic Bond fromCornelius Vanderbilt’s Company.Nicaragua (Incorporated and
offices in NY), 1855, $1000, I/U bond, #13, black on thin off white paper,
steamship in middle, VF condition. Historic company that was set up by
Cornelius Vanderbilt and others during the California Gold Rush in the
early 1850’s to transport 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 the cheapest method of traveling to California, $300
initially 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 stopping his business for a monthly
stipend of $56,000. Rare and historic certificate that is missing frommost
collections. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������Est.
$700-1000