Archives International Auctions Part XXI Fall Auction 2014

Archives International Auctions, Part XXI 49 October 25, 2014 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Reissued Bond with Gold Clause ca.1934 402 Southern Railway EquipmentTrust, 1916Specimen 4 1/2%Bond. Virginia. $1000 Specimen Coupon Bond, Black on blue border and underprint, Due May 1926, Series U, Trains in yard with large grain elevators with ship in background, VF-XF, Unlisted earlier date and design in Cox. Rare and attractive, ABNC. ��������������������������Est. $100-200 403 403 Virginia and Southwestern Railway Co., 1908 Specimen 1st Con- solidated 5% Gold Coupon Bond. Virginia, $1000 Specimen Bond. Black on brown border and underprint, Coal train R-L passing fac- tories in hills, Specimen overprints, POC’s, VF-XF, ABNC. 4 found in ABN archives 12 years ago. �����������������������������������������������Est. $150-300 Virginia and West Virginia 404 404 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co. 1889 Specimen Bond. VA.WV. $10,000 Specimen First Consolidated Mortgage, 5%, 50Year Regis- tered Gold Bond. orange-red border and underprint. Locomotive over trestle with telegraph pole in front if it and Native American at bottom. Red specimen overprints, POC’s and “00000” serial num- bers. XF condition. Rare and attractive bond. This is the bond used in the image in Cox, this is the only example of this type known. Rare. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������Est. $300-600 Washington 405 Queen City Railway Co. of Seattle, Issued Bond. Washington, 1889, $1000, 1st Mortgage Sinking Fund 30 Year 5% Issued Bond, Coupons attached, #190, Black on green border and underprint, Gold seal bottom left with electric trolley top center, VF condition, S.C. Law. Listed railroad and bond in Cox. ���������������������������Est. $50-100 Washington, D.C. 406 406 Washington and Georgetown Railroad Co. 1895 Specimen 6% Coupon Bond. Washington, D.C., 1895, $1,000. 6% 3rd Mortgage Coupon bond. Green border and underprint w/ trolley vignette. ABNCo. Specimen w/coupons, VF, scarce and attractive. This certif- icate is only known as a specimen. This is the second of 3 found 14 years ago. The one listed in Cox was from our 5th auction in 2009, this is the second to be offered. ����������������������������������������Est. $130-260 West Virginia 407 Coal and Coke Railway Co., 1904 Specimen 1st Mortgage 5% Gold Coupon Bond. West Virginia, $1000 Specimen Bond, Black on green border and underprint, Portrait of H.G.David in middle top flanked by locomotive and miners, Specimen overprints, POC;s, VF to XF condition. ABNC. One of 4 certificates found of this variety. Only known as specimen in Cox. ����������������������������������������Est. $130-260 408 408 Coal and Iron Railway Co., 1900 Specimen Bond. West Virginia. 1890, $1000 Specimen 1st Mortgage 5% Gold Coupon Bond, Black on green border and underprint Denomination medallion flanked by train under bridge and men working by tracks with miner at bot- tom, Fine toVF with minor edge splits. The railroad is known but no previous examples have been found by Cox up to this point. One of 2 found in the archives. ABNC. �������������������������������������������Est. $300-600