Archives International Auctions Auction 104 July 23, 2025

Archives International Auctions - Sale 104 103 July 23, 2025 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 487 487 TX. Houston, Tap and Brazoria Railway Co. 1861 I/U Stock Certificate Issued 1 month After Texas Seceded From the Union Houston, Texas, April 5, 1861. 6 Shares I/U Capital Stock Certificate, S/N 242, Black text with black border, Train passing on tracks at top center. VF condition with some toning and a pair of small holes at top left corner where the certificate was probably stored in a file. The certificate was issued exactly 1 month after Texas became a Confederate State and Seceded from the Union (March 5, 1861). Signed by E.W. Taylor as president; E.F. May as secretary and Issued to Thomas Thatcher. Rare issued and rarer as a Confederate Railroad Issue. The Houston Tap and Brazoria Railway was chartered in September 1856 to extend southward from Houston to West Columbia in Brazoria County. The railroad’s nicknames were the Columbia Tap and the Sugar Road. The railway absorbed track from an earlier short-lived line and reached West Columbia in 1860. After the American Civil War, the railroad ran into serious financial difficulties and was sold to the Houston and Great Northern Railroad. ���������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-400 488 488 TX. Kansas & Gulf Short Line Railroad Co., 1881 Unique Approval Proof Stock Certificate. Tyler, Texas. Unique Approval Proof. Odd Shrs Stock Certificate. Printed on india paper with approval crayon notations on front including punctuation corrections and dated Nov 3 /(18)81 with additional notes on counterfoil which is folded back. VF-XF. Very possibly unique. This is the certificate pictured in Cox. No specimens or issued stock certificates are known on this railroad. This is it. ABNC. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $250-500 489 489 TX. Northern Texas Traction Co., ca.1900-1920 Specimen Stock Certificate Texas. <100 Shares Specimen Capital Stock Certificate, Black print on blue border and under tint, Street car beside horse and buggy at top, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, ABNC. Only known as a specimen in Cox. Rare. ����� Est. $80-140 Virginia 490 490 VA. Virginia, Fredericksburg & Western Railroad Co., 1895 Specimen Bond Virginia. $1,000 Specimen 5% Thirty Year First Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond, Spectacular large format with black print on ornate green border and under tint, Small portrait of George Washington at top with large image of locomotive passing over bridge under title, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, ABNC. Rare specimen with only 2 examples found in the ABN archives in 2002. Est. $150-250