Archives International Auctions Summer Auction June 25th, 2015

Archives International Auctions 192 June 25, 2015 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Virginia & North Carolina 1149 1149 Norfolk & Southern Railroad Co. 1891 Specimen 1st Mortgage 5% 50 Year Gold Coupon Bond North Carolina and Virginia. 1891. $1000. Green border and undertint. Locomotive R-L approaching track workers with allegorical woman on left over ornate title on top and cotton boll on bottom. Coupons attached. XF condition. Red specimen overprint and POC’s. ABNC. Rare and attractive. Est. $350-700 Washington 1150 1150 Puget Sound, Chelan & Spokane Railway Co. Stock Certificate. Washington, 1910, 1667 Shares, Issued and uncancelled, Black with green borders and underprint, hydro-electric plant in middle flanked by Diesel train on left and farmland on right, Cert.# 113, XF condition with paper clip mark on top left margin. Rare and attractive Washington state stock. WBNC. ����������������������������������������� Est. $140-280 Washington Territory 1151 1151 Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway Co. Stock Certificate. Seattle, Washington Territory, 1885, 50 Shares, Issued and Ink cancelled, small locomotive R-L in middle and mountain and train scene on bottom left, Cert.# 45, Issued to and signed by D. H. Gilman and signed by J.R. McDonald as president. Fine to VF condition. Rare Washington Territory railroad. D. H. Gilman was an American attorney and railroad builder who made his career in Seattle. At the age of 19 during the American Civil War, he enlisted in one of the Maine companies of the First District of Columbia Calvary. He served as a sergeant with his regiment inGeneral Kautz’s division of Calvary, Army of the James, during the spring and summer of 1864. He was severely wounded at the Battle of Staunton River Bridge on June 25, 1864, but returned to duty four months later as a Quartermaster Sergeant in the First Maine Calvary. He assisted in the establishment of the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway in 1885. �����Est. $150-300 West Virginia 1152 1152 Parkersburg Branch Railroad Co., 1866 Stock Certificate. Parkersburg, W.VA. 1866. Issued and uncancelled stock certificate. 6 shares. Black border and vignettes. Speeding train with group of people waving at it. RareWest Virginia railroad stock certificate. VF condition. Printer Toppan, Carpenter & Co.. Rare railroad stock that is unlisted as uncancelled in Cox. �����������������������������������������Est. $120-240