Archives International Auctions - Auction 107 October 29, 2025

Archives International Auctions - Sale 107 117 October 29, 2025 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Minnesota and Others 514 514 MN. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie, 1929, Specimen (Registered and Coupon) Railroad Bond Trio. Minnesota and Others, 1929, Lot of 3 Specimen Bonds, Includes: $500 5 1/2% Series B First Refunding Mortgage Coupon Bond, Black with blue border; $1000 5 1/2% Series B First Refunding Mortgage Coupon Bond, Black with purple border; AND, $50,000 Registered 5 1/2% Series B First Refunding Mortgage Bond, Black with orange border. All have train passing signal man at top, Specimen overprints, POCS, are in VF to XF condition, printed by ABNC. (3). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. The $50,000 Registered Bond is an unlisted denomination in Cox, the other two are only known as specimens, no issued examples known. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $140-200 Mississippi Extremely rare if not unique Serial #1 “Southern Railroad” - Unlisted as a stock certificate in Cox. 515 515 MI. Southern Rail Road Co., 1858, Serial #1, I/C Stock Certificate, Previously Unlisted in Cox, Only Listed as a Bond.. Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1858. 450 Shares I/C Capital Stock Certificate, Black printing with decorative black border, Overseer of slaves picking cotton on horseback at left; The Steamboat “Vicksburg-New Orleans” at right; and, portrait of man at center, locomotive at bottom center, S/N 1, Red “Cancelled - June 27, 1880)” written vertically at center, VG condition with a few small internal holes or tears, counterfoil on left and minor glue stains where the counterfoil is attached. The certificate is issued the Girard Bank of Philadelphia, signed by William C. Smedes as President, The back has a very long endorsement discussing the company, the shares, the railroad and dividends related to the railroad, all hand written by Smedes. The Southern Railroad Company was organized in 1846 to build a line from Brandon through Meridian to the Mississippi-Alabama state line, with William C. Smedes at the first president. The entire line was completed in June 1861. After the Civil War the company was reorganized as the Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad. On February 1, 1889, it was sold under foreclosure to the owners of the Queen & Crescent, and on March 18 was reorganized as the Alabama & Vicksburg Railway. TCC. Unlisted as a stock certificate in Cox and very possibly unique with the designation of Serial #1 only adding to its desirability. ���������������������������������������������������������� Est. $500-1,000 Missouri 516 516 MO. Kansas City Southern Railway Co., 1945, Specimen Coupon Bond Quartet. Missouri, 1945. Lot of 4 Specimen coupon bonds, Includes: $1000 4% First Mortgage Thirty Year Series A Coupon Bond with brown border and underprint; Registered 4% First Mortgage Thirty Year Series A Bond with green border and underprint; $1000 3 5/8% First Mortgage Twenty Year Series B Coupon Bond with red/orange border and underprint; $1000 3 1/4% First Mortgage Thirty Year Series C Coupon Bond with purple border and underprint. All have specimen overprints and POCs and are in XF-AU condition. ABNC. (4). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. Est. $140-280 517 517 MO. Southern Missouri and Arkansas Railroad Co., 1899, Specimen Gold Coupon Bond Pair Missouri, 1899. Lot of 2 Specimen Bonds, both 5% First Mortgage Gold Coupon Bonds, including: $500 with green border and train approaching in countryside at top; and $1000 with train at stop near conductor at top. Both have red specimen overprints, and POCs. VF condition, ABNC. (2). Only 3 examples of each were found in the ABNC Archives in 2002, both are only known as specimens, no issued examples known. ������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $200-300