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Nicaragua
671 Accessory Transit Co. (of Nicaragua), Issued Bond.
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 cheap-
est 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. $400-800
Oregon
672 Oregon Steam Navigation Co., Issued Stock.
Oregon, 1874, I/U
Stock, 1 Share, #3452, Black print with steamship top center, VF
condition, Lith. Britton, Rey & Co. ................................
Est. $140-250
673 Portland Yacht Club Issued Bond.
Oregon, 1885, $50, 6% Issued
Bond, Portland Yacht Club flag top center with large gold seal bot-
tom left, VF condition with coupons attached. ..............
Est. $250-500
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Rhode Island
674 Narragansett Steamship Co., Issued Bond.
Massachusetts,
1869, $1000, 1st Mortgage 7% Issued Bond, #326, No vignette, Red
$1000 in middle and blue PAID in middle, Signed by Onslow Stearns
as trustee, he was 34th governor of New Hampshire. This bond was
issued and possibly helped finance the merger of the Narragansett
Steamship Company with the Boston, Newport and New York
Steamboat Company. Ambrose Burnside signature as President.
Well known Civil War general, he was the 30th Governor as well as
being a U.S senator from Rhode Island. ........................
Est. $100-200
South Carolina
675 Consolidated Steamship Co. Issued Stock.
South Carolina.
1864, 1 Share. Issued and uncancelled. Blue border and blue and red
text with steamship in middle and small dog on bottom. The certifi-
cate has toning, but is intact and is very attractive and would grade
VG+ to Fine. After the war, most Blockade runner companies
took care of their investors, however Consolidated president, Henry
Hart, fled for New York claiming he had no liability since the busi-
ness was illegal under United States law. Signed by Hart as presi-
dent. Rare and notorious Civil War Shipping “Blockade Runner “
company. ......................................................................
Est. $1800-2500
Texas
676 Port Arthur Canal & Dock Co., Specimen Bond.
Texas, 1923,
$1000, Series A 1st Mortgage 6% Specimen Bond, Horizontal for-
mat, POC’s, ABNC. Unlisted railway in Cox. ..................
Est. $150-300
Scripophily - Oil & Gas
Kentucky
677 Standard Oil Co. Specimen Stock.
Kentucky, 19xx, Specimen
Shares, VF-XF condition, Hamilton BNC. ......................
Est. $100-200
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October 20-23, 2012
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