Archives International Auctions Sale 50 The Milestone Auction U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Autographs and Security Printing Ephemera

Archives International Auctions - Sale 50 168 December 3-4,2018 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Florida 1137 1137 City of Pensacola, 1853 Cancelled Bond Pensacola, Florida. $100 Issued and Cancelled 3% Bond, Black print on black border orange under tint printed on large square sized certificate, Company title at top with seal of Florida below flanked by allegorical figures, Punched out cancelled along bottom, VF-XF condition, Western B.N & Engraving Co. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $120-200 1138 1138State of Florida, 1873 Cancelled Bond Tallahassee, Florida. $100 Issued and Cancelled 6% Gold Bond, Black print on green border with green and gold under tint printed on large square sized certificate, Company title at top with seal of Florida below flanked by allegorical figures to left and mill at right, Punched out cancelled and pin punched cancelled, VF-XF condition, Henry Seibert & Bros.�������������������������������� Est. $110-220 1139 1139State of Florida, 1873 Cancelled Bond Tallahassee, Florida. $1,000 Issued and Cancelled 6% Gold Bond, Black print on green border with green and gold under tint printed on large square sized certificate, Company title at top with seal of Florida below flanked by allegorical figures to left and mill at right, Punched out cancelled and pin punched cancelled, VF-XF condition, Henry Seibert & Bros.�������������������������� Est. $110-220 Florida Territory 1140 1140United States of America Territory of Florida, 1835 Issued Bond Tallahassee, Florida. $1,000 Issued 6% Coupon Bond, Black print with simple black border printed on blueish paper, Company title at top, S/N 739, The state acknowledges it is indebted to the Union Bank of Florida. Fine/VF condition with splitting at fold lines and pin point stains. coupons attached, Scarce.������������������������������������������������������ Est. $150-300 Louisiana 1141 1141State of Louisiana, 1892Cancelled Bond Signed by Murphy Foster as Governor. Louisiana. $100 Issued and Cancelled 4% New Consolidated Bond, Black print on brown border and under tint, Ornate title at top above image of large building, Multiple POC’s across whole of bond, Fine-VF condition. ABNC. Murphy James Foster (1849-1921) was a Louisiana politician who served two terms as the 31st Governor of Louisiana from 1892 to 1900. Foster adopted the Louisiana Constitution of 1898, which effectively disfranchised the black majority, who comprised most of the Republicans, thus leading to Louisiana’s becoming essentially a one-party (Democratic) state for several generations and excluding African Americans from the political system. Louisiana followed Mississippi (1890) in adopting a new constitution with devices to disfranchise blacks, chiefly by making voter registration more difficult. This situation of discriminatory political exclusion was not corrected until after enforcement of constitutional rights by the federal government under the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Sounds familiar.����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $35-70 1142 1142State of Louisiana, 1862 issued Bond. Baton Rouge, LA. 1862 $500 Bond, LA#62F, R-7, Black on thin light brown paper, Pelican at top, S/N 394, Issued for arming and equipping the Volunteers and militia for defense of the state and to repel invasion. Fine to VF condition with small tears and minor ink burn at signatures. Rare Louisiana bond. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $300-500