Archives International Auctions Sale 48 May 23, 2018

Archives International Auctions - Sale 48 121 May 23,2018 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com New York 837 837 Submarine Monitor Co. of N.Y. 1885 Issued Stock Certificate. New York. 100 Shrs, I/U Stock Certificate. Black on green border and underprint, eagle at left with title at right, S/N 150, Choice Very Fine. The company designed and manufactured a submarine boat designed for use in placing torpedoes under the bottoms of war vessels. It is the design of her owners, The Submarine Monitor Company, to construct a larger vessel, to be provided with many additional improvements. Yet the little Peacemaker has obtained such success that, if the new craft does any better, it will be a subject of congratulation for those interested. The Peacemaker is thirty feet long, seven and a half feet wide, and six feet deep. Signed by M. Rosewell Schuyler as president. ABNC. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $120-200 Nicaragua Rare Cornelius Vanderbilt Company Established during the California Gold Rush 838 838 Accessory Transit Co. (of Nicaragua), 1855 Issued Historic Bond fromCorneliusVanderbilt’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 from most collections.�������������������������������� Est. $650-900 Scripophily - Oil, Gas & Energy New York 839 839 Central PetroleumCo. 1866 Issued Stock Certificate. New York, 1866, 100 Shares, I/U, Stock, S/N 160, Black ornate border, Oil well with barrels and storage facility along with their offices top center, VF condition, Hatch & Co.����������������� Est. $180-280 Pennsylvania 840 840 Excelsior Oil Co. Group of Stocks, 1864 Group of Issued Stock Certificates Pennsylvania. Lot of 12 Issued and Cancelled Stock Certificates, ranging from 100 Shares to 500 shares each, Fine-VF condition, J. Haenlen. 12 Pieces. ���� Est. $130-200 Scripophily - Railroads Alabama, Mississippi, & Tennessee 841 841 NewOrleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad Co., 1909 Issued Bond Alabama, Mississippi, & Tennessee. $100 Issued 5% 1st and Refunding Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond, Black print on green border and under tint printed in English and French, Men standing between tracks and oncoming locomotives at top, VF-XF condition with coupons included but not attached, ABNC. ����������������������������������������������������������� Est. $120-200 Arizona, New Mexico, & Texas 842 842 El Paso and Southwestern Railroad Co., 1915 Specimen Bond Arizona, New Mexico, & Texas. $1,000 Specimen 5% 1st and Refunding Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond, Black print on green border and under tint, Men working beside oncoming locomotive at top, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, ABNC. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-300