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330 Coney Island & Brooklyn Railroad. Four Shares.
1919. NY. S/N
1766. Electric streetcar. VF+. Also included is an unissued example.
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$70-140
331 Eleven Piece Lot of Broadway Surface Railroad Bonds.
1885. NY.
Green $1000. Large eagle, shield and flag. One has condition prob-
lems, but the rest are mostlyVF+ with some minor edge roughness.
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$90-180
332 Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Certificates, Lot of Nineteen
1940’s, mostly. Nine examples are fully issued and feature trains
running under the Great White Fleet in the Hudson. The other ten
are unissued. XF on average. (19)���������������������������������������Est.
$100-200
333
333 Lake Ontario, Auburn and New York Railroad Co. 1861, Stock
Certificate
NewYork, NY. 1861. 10 Shs. Issued and uncancelled (no
secretarial signature, but vice-president and corporate seal pres-
ent). Green seal. Certificate #92. Locomotive R-L around curve with
lake in background. VF+ condition. Rare railroad stock with 4 found
in an old estate 10 years ago. ���������������������������������������������Est.
$150-300
334 Lake Ontario, Auburn and New York Railroad Company Stock
Certificate- Subscription Agreement
NewYork, NY. 1856. 14 Shs.
Issued and uncancelled. No vignette, black printing on light blue
paper. Red seal. Certificate #50. VF condition. One of 5 certificates
found 10 years ago in an old estate. �����������������������������������Est.
$100-200
335 Lionel Corporation 1961 Proof Stock Certificate.
1961. Odd
shares. Proof stock certificate of vignette, title, text without bor-
der with signature of new president, John Medaris in black and new
secretary,W.T.Watson. TheVignette proof is dated 10/30/61 on top.
Approval form stapled to LL corner to start printing. Famous image
of young boy with engineers hat playing with toy electric trains. XF
condition with staple holes in left margin. SBNC. �������������Est.
$150-300
336 Lot of Eleven, Twenty Third Street Railway Stocks and Bonds.
1891-1934 Shares. NY. IC. XF mostly. Women flank shield; 1912
Improvement and Refunding Mortgage Fifty-Five Year Five Per
Cent Gold Bonds. Orange. Streetcar. ABN. Stamped endorsement,
otherwise XF. (11) ��������������������������������������������������������������Est.
$120-240
337
337 Manhattan Railway Company, 1881. ABN Proof Grouping.
New
York, 100 common shares, sailor and Indian flank New York City
arms, dog below, red frame, India paper Proof mounted on card.
VF+, although a fold split reaches just into the top right border. Also
included is a red Proof on India paper of the frame and under print
for 100 Second Preferred shares, a Proof on card of the black por-
tions of the certificate, and an American Bank Note Company order
form for similar certificates. ABN color proofs from this time period
are truly scarce. Bid accordingly. EX Lot 5708 R. M. Smythe Febru-
ary 1995. [4]����������������������������������������������������������������������Est.
$100-200
338 Metropolitan Cross-Town Railway Bonds, Lot of Six
1890. NY.
First Mortgage Five Per Cent. Green border and underprint. IBN. XF.
Crisp, bright and attractive. (6) ������������������������������������������� Est.
$90-180
339
339 Mostly Brooklyn &NewYorkCity Railroad & Bus Bonds &Shares,
Lot of Thirty+
1880’s to early 1950’s. Broadway Surface Railroad
1884 $1,000 bond, horse drawn railway car, rough right edge, oth-
erwise XF; 1928 City of NY $1,000 bond for the construction of the
RapidTransit Railroad, wonderful cross-section of street scene. Sea
Beach Railway 1896. Avenue Coach; Hudson &Manhattan Railroad
and others. Some unissued, some with minor condition problems,
several are XF. Nice colorful grouping. Sold as is, no returns. (30)
������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Est.
$150-300
340 Mostly Brooklyn Railroad Bonds &Shares, Lot of Seven
1890’s to
early 1900’s. NY. Brooklyn Ferry; Nassau Electric. Railroad; Broad-
way & SeventhAve., Canarsie Railroad.The last two unissued. Nice,
colorful grouping. Mostly XF. (7)������������������������������������������ Est.
$80-160
341
341 NewYork & Coney Island Railroad. Fifty Shares.
1879. NY. S/N 7.
Red seal. Steamboat and map of Coney Island. Issued to Andrew
R. Culver, and signed by him as president of the railroad. Dividend
payments guaranteed by the Long Island Railroad. A stunning,
fully issued example of a stock certificate usually found unissued
or in deplorable condition. XF with one small nick in the bottom
margin.������������������������������������������������������������������������������Est.
$120-240