876 Gulf Transit Co., 1896 to 1954 Issued and Cancelled stock
Certificates.
Lot of 12 stock certificates, Pensacola, Florida,
Includes stocks that are all handwritten or typed on generic goes
certificates, includes a few varieties including a typed certificate
from 1896, VG to VF. The company operated in Florida and trans-
ported”Export and Bunker Coal”. It appears that they owned 2 dif-
ferent wharves and a coal dock. .....................................
Est. $100-200
877 Transcontinental Aerial Navigation Co., 1888, Amazing Early
“Lighter than Air” Aviation Stock.
Illinois. 1888. 25 Shares, I/U
Stock. #736. Black print on black border and underprint. Vignette of
flying Blimp over coastal city top center. VF condition. John Morris
Co Lith. Rare, popular and very attractive early aviation certificate.
(PH)
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Est. $350-600
878 American Dock and Improvement Co. Specimen Bond.
New
Jersey, 1881, $1000, First Mortgage 5% Bond, Specimen, Black on
violet border and underprint, Canal scene top center with moving
train on upper left and docked ship on upper right, Coupons
attached, VF-XF condition, ABNC. ..................................
Est. $125-250
879 Atlantic Yacht Club of the City of New York Specimen Bond.
New York, NY, 1898, $1000, Specimen, 2nd Mortgage Bond. Black
with yacht in middle, VF condition. Coupons attached. Attractive
and rare yachting bond. ABNC.
(PH)
...............................
Est. $150-300
880 Larchmont Yacht Club Specimen Bond.
Larchmont, New York,
1926, $250, Specimen 10 Year, 5-1/2%Gold Debenture. Blue border.
Photo vignette of “Flagship Varuna” under full sail. No coupons
attached. Red specimen overprints, POC’s and “00000” serial num-
bers. XF condition. Rare and attractive yacht club bond.
ABNC.
(PH)
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Est. $150-300
877
879
880
881 Manhattan Shipping Company, Limited, 1882 Stock
Certificate.
New York, 25 Shares, I/U Gold foil seal with sailing ship
embossed, S/N 5, central vignette of steam ship, VF to XF. Scarce
early shipping company.
(PH)
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Est. $100-200
882 Union Ferry Company of New York and Brooklyn, ca. 1900,
Specimen.
New York, Odd Shares, Specimen, Sailing and
steamships in front of Brooklyn bridge with ferry boat in the back-
ground. XF. ABNC. Scarce New York navigation certificate. ABNC.
(PH)
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Est. $150-300
883 Nicaragua Canal Construction Company, ca. 1880’s,
Specimen Stock Certificate
New York and Nicaragua
(Incorporated in Colorado), 18xx (ca.1870’s), 100 Shares, Specimen,
Black on green border and underprint, Steamship top left, harbor
scene with ships and locomotive on middle under ornate title. XF,
ABNC, Extremely attractive and rare specimen of this failed venture
predating the Panama Canal.
(PH)
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Est. $600-1200
884 Charleston Coastwise Transportation Co., 1875 Issued Stock
Certificate.
Charleston, SC. 4 Shares, I/U with detailed endorse-
ment on back, South Carolina Arms in middle, Red seal, VF with ink
from back endorsement running through to the face of the stock,
Signed by Benjamin Simmons as president and Edwin Welling, They
used mostly sailing vessels to transport goods and freight between
Charleston up and down the East Coast to the Caribbean. Scarce
early Southern post Civil War navigation company.
(PH)
Est. $140-250
883
884
881
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