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Archives International Auctions, Part XXI
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267 Boyer Valley Railway Company Specimen Bond.
Iowa, 1898.
$5000. Registered 1st Mortgage 3-1/2%Gold Bond. Slate-blue bor-
der. Train L-R in middle flanked by two large allegorical figures in
robes. Red specimen overprints, POC’s and “”00000”” serial num-
bers. No coupons attached. XF condition. Only known as Specimen
in Cox. Rare bond.������������������������������������������������������Est.
$150-300
268
268 Burlington, Cedar Rapids andMinnesota RailwayCo., 1874 Stock
Certificate.
Iowa. 1874. 100 Shs, Issued and uncancelled, Locomo-
tive speeding by miners left to right in middle and patriotic Liberty
vignette on the lower left. Black border and vignette. XF condition.
Possibly unique issued. Signed by George Greene as president.
George Greene, (April 15, 1817 – June 23, 1880) was a lawyer, justice
of the Iowa Supreme Court, and one of the founders of Cedar Rap-
ids, Iowa. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������Est.
$300-600
269
269 Chicago, St.Paul and Kansas City Railway Co., 1889 Approval
Proof Bond.
Iowa. 1889, $1000 Proof bond printed on india paper,
Black with green border and undertint, Locomotive at station on
left, ornate title and borders, Red hand stamp for approval on low-
er left, POC’s, VF to XF condition which is superb for proof bonds.
Franklin BNC. Extremely rare as a proof and unique as an approval
proof. Rarely found this nice and so attractive. ����������������� Est.
$400-800
270
270 Keokuk and North Western Railroad Co., 1880 Specimen Bond.
Iowa. 1880, $1000 Specimen 1st Mortgage 6% Coupon Bond,
Black without underprint, Locomotive R-L with steamboat in back-
ground, POC’s, Mounting remnants on top margin, otherwise in
Fine condition. Unknown as an issued bond and extremely rare as
a bond. Franklin BNC. �����������������������������������������������������Est.
$500-1000