867 Colossal Cavern Co., 1921-1931 Issued stock certificates.
KY.
Lot of 5 stocks, all cancelled, all handwritten or typed on generic
goes certificates, Colossal Cavern is a cave in Kentucky, the main
entrance is at the foot of a steep hill beyond Eaton Valley and 14
miles fromMammoth Cave. It is connected with what has long been
known as the Bed Quilt Cave. Several entrances found by local
explorers were rough and difficult. They were closed when the prop-
erty was bought in 1896 by the Louisville & Nashville railway and a
new approach made. These certificates are of the new company.
Unique Cave or cavern topic. ..........................................
Est. $150-250
868 Southwestern Louisiana Land, Co., 188x ca. 1880’s Specimen
Stock.
Opelousas, Louisiana. Odd Shares, Specimen stock certifi-
cate, black on green border and underprint, Young girl’s portrait on
top, Rare early Louisiana Stock Certificate. VF-XF, ABNC.
(PH)
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Est. $250-500
869 New York Southern Society Specimen Bond.
New York, 1899,
$100, 4% Bond. Black on brown, ornate border around it with a
vignette of New York City Arms in circle flanked by field hands har-
vesting sugar, loading a sugar wagon and driving a cotton wagon,
bottom has allegorical women representing North and South with
globe, patriotic shield and flag, Specimen overprints, POC’s, XF con-
dition, ABNC. The New York Southern Society was founded by
Algernon Sydney Sullivan. Mr. Sullivan, was a southerner who
became a prominent lawyer, businessman, and philanthropist in
New York in the late nineteenth century. Mary Mildred Sullivan,
Algernon Sullivan’s wife, a Virginian, was likewise a person imbued
with humanitarian spirit. In 1940, the New York Chapter of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy, which Mrs. Sullivan had
helped establish and which she had been the first president, created
the Mary Mildred Sullivan Award. The Southern Society went out of
existence in 1973.
(PH)
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Est. $150-250
870 North American Lumber Co. 1839. I/C Stock.
New York. 1839. 8
I/C Stock. Black print with vignette of Washington top left and gen-
tlemen bottom left and allegorical woman top center with farm and
ship in the distance. VF condition. Draper, Toppan,
Longacre & Co. ..............................................................
Est. $75-150
868
869
UNIQUE OWL VIGNETTE
871 Owl Commercial Company, ca.1890-1900 Specimen Stock
Certificate.
New York, NY, 1xxx (ca.1890-1900), Odd Shares,
Common, Specimen, Black on light brick red underprint, Charming
owl on top left with allegorical woman middle top, XF Rare and very
attractive with unique “Owl” vignette. ABNC.
(PH)
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Est. $400-800
872 Plaza Operating Company, 190x, Specimen Stock Certificate.
New York, NY, 190x (ca.1900), Odd Shares, Specimen, Black on
brick red border and underprint, New York arms at middle top, Rare
stock certificate of this famous New York Landmark Hotel “The
Plaza”. XF. ABNC.
(PH)
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Est. $100-200
Scripophily - Navigation
873 Los Angeles Steamship Co., 1923 Issued Stock Certificate.
California, 6 1/4 Shares, Black on brown border, Steamship at top,
Ink cancelled, Jeffries BNC. .............................................
Est. $80-160
874 New England Steamship Co., 1913 Issued Stock Certificate.
CT. 1 Share, Black on green border, Steamship vignette in middle
over title, POC’s, S/N 32, ABNC, Scarce navigation certificate.
(PH).....................................................................................
Est. $100-200
875 Leavitt Lusitania Salvage Co., Inc. 1922 Issued Stock
Certificate.
Delaware Incorporation, 5 Shares, I/U, Goes form, S/n
138, signed by B.F. Leavitt as president, XF. The Lusitania was sunk
by the Germans early in 1915 at the beginning of WW I.
(PH)
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Est. $100-200
871
872
874
875
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