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Archives International Auctions
www.archivesinternational.comIndiana
874
874 Town od Santa Claus, 1974 Specimen BondSanta Claus, Indiana.
$5000 Specimen 6 3/4% Economic Development 1st Mortgage Revenue
Coupon Bond, Black print on bright green border and under tint, Bald
Eagle at top, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, NBNC.
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$180-250
Kansas
875
875 Township of Lincoln, 1887 Specimen BondLincoln-Ellsworth,
Kansas. $500 Specimen 6% Coupon Bond, Black print on green border
and under tint, Bald Eagle at top under bond title, Specimen overprints
and POC’s, Fine condition with splitting along fold lines and tears along
margins, ABNC.����������������������������������������������������������������������������Est.
$180-300
Louisiana
876
876 Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, 1904 Specimen BondLouisiana. $500 Specimen 5% Series B, Mortgage
Coupon Bond, Black print on brown border and under tint, Port of New
Orleans at top with steamship at dock, Specimen overprints and POC’s,
Fine-VF condition, ABNC.�����������������������������������������������������������Est.
$200-300
Massachusetts
877
877 Charles River Embankment Co, 1893 Specimen Bond.Massachusetts. $500 Specimen 7% 1st Mortgage Coupon Bond. Black
print with a red/brown border and underprint. Small sized vignette of
Embankment at top center. Red SPECIMEN overprints, POC’s, and red
s/n 0000”. VF condition with minor splitting and coupons attached.
ABNC. This company was incorporated in 1881 by property owners
on the Cambridge side of the Charles River. In 1887 they persuaded
the Legislature to build a bridge over the river between Boston and
Cambridge and was named in honor of John Harvard and still stands to
this day. “ ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Est.
$140-210