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Archives International Auctions AIA XXIX Part I
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189 San Luis Southern Railway Co., 1910, $1000 Specimen Bond.Colorado, 1910, $1000 1st Mortgage 30 Year 5% Gold Specimen
Bond, Black printing with brown border and underprint, Moving
locomotive top center, POC’s and red SPECIMEN overprints, VF-XF
condition, FLBNC. Railroad not listed in Cox. ����������������������Est.
$200-400
Colorado and Utah
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190 Rio Grande Western Railway Co., 1st Trust Mortgage 4% 50 Year Gold Registered Bond SpecimenColorado and Utah. Specimen
1889. $1000. Green border and undertint. Locomotive #188
approaching L-R with harbor scene in background. XF condition. Red
specimen overprint and POC’s. Franklin BNC. The original Denver
and Rio Grande Western Railway built a narrow gauge line from
Ogden, Utah via Soldier Summit, Utah to Grand Junction, Colorado.
The railroad became the Rio GrandeWestern Railway in 1889 as part
of a finance plan to upgrade the line from narrow gauge to standard
gauge, and built several branch lines in Utah to reach lucrative coal
fields. One of only 3 found in archives, stunning appearance and rare.
Only known as specimen.���������������������������������������������������� Est.
$250-500
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191 Rio Grande Western Railway Co., ND (ca.1900) SpecimenBond.
Colorado. Specimen $1000 1st Consolidated 4% Gold
Registered Bond, purple border and undertint. Locomotive
approaching L-R with industrial scene in background. XF condition.
ABNC. Only known as a specimen in Cox. One of 3 found in the
archives.������������������������������������������������������������������������������Est.
$140-240
Connecticut
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192 McLeod Air Railroad Signal Co. Issued Stock.Connecticut, 1880,
1 Share, Issued Stock, Black on green border and underprint, Three
vignettes top center middle one is of moving locomotive, one on
right depicts scene of railway crash with dead horse and passenger,
vignette on left is of a railway crossing with the “McLeod” Air
Railroad signal system to save lives, VF-XF condition, J.H. Buffords
Sons Lithography. ������������������������������������������������������������Est.
$200-400
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193 New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co. ca.1880’s Specimen Bond.Connecticut, 18xx, $1000, Series A Registered
Specimen Bond, Black on brown border and underprint, Moving
locomotive l-r top left corner, POC’s, VF condition, ABNC. Unlisted
earlier design, date and type in Cox. Only 2 found in the ABN
Archives. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������Est.
$200-400
Dakota Territory
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194 Dakota Central Railway Co., Southeastern Division, 1882 Specimen Bond.Dakota Territory. Specimen $5000 1st Mortgage
6% Registered Bond, Horizontal, Black on brown border and
underprint, train sitting at station in middle under title flanked
by allegorical children, VF with minor splitting at folds, ABNC.
Extremely attractive bond. Listed in Cox as a specimen only issue.
This example last sold in Smythe’s 2000 Strasburg auction and I
do not think any have been offered since. Territorial railroads are
extremely rare. If this were a territorial national banknote, you could
add 2 or 3 zero’s after the price. ����������������������������������������� Est.
$400-800