Page 113 - Archive International Auctions Part XIV Rare U.S. & World Banknotes, Scripophily,Autographs,Security Printing Ephemera
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Scripophily- Mining
Honduras
783 Santa Elena Mining Co. 1886. I/U Stock.
Yuscaran, Honduras,
(Incorporated in New York), 1886, 50 Shares, Issued and uncan-
celled stock certificate, Red border with ornate birdseye view of
Manhattan vignette. XF condition. Scarce and very attractive min-
ing stock. Kendall BNC. ..............................................
EST. $100-200
784 Yuscaran Mining Co. 1886. I/U Stock.
Yuscaran, Honduras,
(Incorporated in New York), 1885, 50 Shares, Issued and uncancelled
stock certificate, Black on light red underprint, large mining
vignette on left and right has man with wheelbarrow of ore, under-
print of screaming eagle, Mines located in Yuscaran, Honduras. XF
condition. Scarce and very attractive mining stock. ..
EST. $110-220
Illinois
785 Benton Gold & Silver Mining Co. 1876. I/U Bond.
Illinois. 1876.
$1000 1st Mortgage Convertible Specimen Bond with coupons
attached. #12. Black print with black ornate border and silver under-
print and seal. Mining vignette top center. VF condition. Western
B.N. & Engraving Co. .................................................
EST. $150-300
Michigan
786 Ojibway Mining Co. ND (Ca.1900-1920) Specimen Stock.
Michigan. 100 Shares, Specimen Stock. Black print with orange bor-
der and underprint with vignette of Native American Chief top cen-
ter. POC’s and red SPECIMEN overprints. VF-XF condition. ABNC.
Rare as specimen. ......................................................
EST. $200-400
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Scripophily- Navigation
New York
787 Accessory Transit Co. 1855. $1000 Issued Bond - Well Known
Early Vanderbilt Company.
Nicaragua (Incorporated and offices
in NY), 1855, $1000 7% I/U Bond, #6. black on thin off white paper,
steamship in middle, $1000 on left end panel. 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. $600-1200
Scripophily- Oil & Gas
788 Buchanan FarmOil Co. 1869, Pennsylvania Oil Company With
Imprinted Revenue Stamp.
New York. 1869. 100 Shares I/U
Stock. Black print with ornate black border and vignette of oil wells
center. VF condition. W.W. Rose Lith. 25 cent orange revenue
stamp center. ............................................................
EST. $200-400
Scripophily- Railroads
California & Utah
789 Central Pacific Railway Co. 1911. Specimen Bond. European
Multi-Currency Issue in English and French.
California & Utah.
1911, 500 fcs./ £19.15, Specimen 4% Gold Bond, Brown border with
locomotive vignette, POC’s, Coupons attached, XF, ABNC. Only
known as Specimen and rare. ....................................
EST. $200-400
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Archives International Auctions, Part XIV
April 16, 2013
Archives International Auctions
