West Virginia
397 Copper Crown Mining Co., 1899 Stock Certificate.
West
Virginia, 25 Shares, I/U, Black on light green underprint with copper
colored crown in middle. VF.
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EST. $809160
Scripophily -
Miscellaneous
Alaska
398 Alaska Interstate Co. Specimen Bond Assortment.
Lot of 4 dif<
ferent specimen bonds. All are 6% Convertible debentures Due
1996 with denominations of $<Odd to $10,000. All in different col<
ors. All with specimen overprints and POC’s. All in choice uncircu<
lated condition. ABNC.
(PH)
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EST. $1209240
Arizona
399 African Ostrich Farm and Feather Company, 1912 Stock.
Arizona, 10,000 Shares, I/U, Unique vignette of ostriches walking
around with mountains and buildings in back ground. Black and
gray, XF condition. Interesting subject matter.
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.....
EST. $2009400
Illinois
400 Bryant& Stratton’s Chain of International Business Colleges,
1865 Issued Tuition Certificate.
Chicago, IL, $50 tuition for one
full course of instruction in the science of accounts, including book<
keeping, lectures, commercial calculations and practical penman<
ship. Black on light red underprint, Arms on top, VF condition with
illustrated envelope with class room scene from the college. Scarce
and early business college certificate.
(PH)
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EST. $1009200
New Jersey
401 Stockton Hotel and Improvement Co. of Cape May, N.J.
NJ,
1881, 100 Shares, I/U, Large vignette of hotel by beach, S/N 57,
Issued to the West Jersey R.R.Co. VF condition with counterfoil on
left. Attractive.
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......................................................
EST. $809160
New York
402 Franklin Manufacturing Co., 1826 Issued Banknote Sized
Bond.
$1000, Issued, Washington on left, Archimedes on top mid<
dle with globe and Franklin on right, small edge faults at left and
right and missing top right corner tip, still attractive, rare early New
York Bond. A.B.& C Durand & Wright imprint.
(PH)
......
EST. $1209240
403 New York Produce Exchange
New York, 19xx (ca.1900<1910),
Certificate of Associate Membership, Specimen, Agricultural prod<
ucts, #A00000, ABNC, POC’s, XF.
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.........................
EST. $1009200
399
400
Texas
404 Franco9Texan Land Co. English & French Stock.
Dallas, Texas,
1876, 1 Share, Issued and uncancelled, Written in English, French
and German, allegorical Liberty with flag in middle flanked by farm<
ers harvesting and cattle resting, 2 miniature stocks on the bottom,
one German and one French, VF condition, Rare Continental BNC
certificate.
(PH)
............................................................
EST. $1509300
405 City, State, Railroad and Foreign Bond Assortment.
Lot of 5
different bonds, Includes Indiana, Indiana Harbor Belt RR, 1918,
$5000 4% Registered Gold Bond, I/C; New York, ND, Hudson &
Manhattan RR, (ca. 1910<20), 100 Shares, Specimen; New York,
Parks Improvement Fund Stock of the City of NY, 1872, $18,800 6%
Bond, I/C; NY, Canal Department, 1870, $500, “Loan for the
Enlargement of the Erie, the Oswego and the Cayuga and Seneca
Canals...”, I/C, Gavit; and a 1913 foreign bond made out to
“Rockefeller” with Austrian revenue stamp, in French and Polish, all
are in Fine to VF condition, interesting and eclectic
assortment.
(PH)
..........................................................
EST. $1509300
406 Early Holographs Used on Specimen U.S. Stock Certificates.
Lot of 3 Specimen or Proof certificates, two with holograms,
American Bank Note Holographics, Inc.. Possibly one of the first
stock certificates to have a holographic image on it, ABNC; 2).
Specimen. Golden Eagle International, Inc. Holographic Eagle
Vignette similar to the previous stock. SC<USBNC; 3). Proof.
American Bank Note Holographics, Inc.. Allegorical woman with
globes and wires. No hologram on this certificate. ABNC. Attractive
and rare assortment.
(PH)
............................................
EST. $1509300
Scripophily - Navigation
New Jersey
407 Lincoln Park Transportation Co. ca. 190091910 Specimen
Stock.
19xx (ca.1900<10). Odd Shs. Green border and undertint.
Great vignette of steamboat docking at pier with Lincoln Park in
background (evidently an amusement park) with man in hot air bal<
loon in background. POC’s. XF condition. Rare subject matter as
well as certificate. SBNC.
(PH)
......................................
EST. $1509300
408 International Mercantile Marine Company, 1916 Specimen
Bond.
New Jersey, 1916, $1000, 6% First Mortgage and Collateral
Trust Sinking Fund Gold Coupon Bond Specimen, Black on green
border and underprint, Large ship approaching harbor with tug
boats surrounding it, VF<XF condition, ABNC. Only 3 found in the
archives. Rare and attractive bond.
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EST. $2509500
404
408
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