Archives International Auctions Sale 54 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, and Security Printing Ephemera July 24, 2019

Archives International Auctions - Sale 54 Archives International Auctions www.arcchivesinternational.com 104 July 24,2019 740 Port of Pittsburgh 1860 Federal Steamboat License. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1860, Congressional license for carrying on coasting trade (domestic trade only) for one year, attractive steamboat vignette on blue paper, A U.S. Government author- ized License, VF condition. Est. $90-150 740 Pennsylvania 741 Narragansett Steamship Co., 1869 Issued Bond Signed by Civil War General Ambrose Burnside as President. Massachusetts. $1000 7% 1st Mortgage Issued Bond. No vignette. Black border with red $1000 in middle and blue PAID in middle. Signed by Onslow Stearns as trustee, he was 34th governor of New Hampshire. This bond was issued and possibly helped finance the merger of_ the Nar- ragansett Steamship Company with the Boston, Newport and New York Steamboat Company. Ambrose Burnside signature as President. Well known Civil War general, he was the 30th Governor as well as being a U.S senator from Rhode Island. Est. $250-500 741 Rhode Island 742 Brazor River Channel and Dock Co., 1889 I/U Bond Texas. $1,000 I/U 6% First Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond, Black print on brown border and under tint, Seal of Texas at very top with vignette of farmer plowing field and busy dock scene below, VF condition, ABNC. Rare and attractive navigation related bond. Est. $130-260 742 Texas 743 Texas Shipping & Navigation Stock and Bond Certificate Pair, 1899-1909 Texas. Lot of 2 items, Includes 1) 90 Shares Capital Stock Issued Stock Certificate, Black print on green border and under tint, #38, Bald Eagle at top above company title, Fine-VF condition with split at margins. 2) $500 Issued 5% First Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond, Black print on orange border and under tint, #100, Wharf scene at top, Fine-VF condition with damage to bottom. 2 Pieces. Est. $90-180 743 744 Atlantic, Gulf andWest Indies Steamship Lines, 1924 Specimen Bond. Specimen, $1000 Marine Equipment Trust Certificate, 7% Gold Coupon Bond. Black on Blue border and undertint, steamship in middle. Coupons attached. Red specimen overprints, POC’s and “00000” serial numbers. VF condition. Rare and attractive steamship bond. Est. $130-200 744 West Indies 745 Kentucky Oil Co., 1865 Stock Certificate. Erie, Pennsylvania. 100 Shares, I/U, brownish pink, oil scene top middle, printed on thin paper, back printing showing through paper, S/N 90. VF condition. Also includes letter from an old friend, Coleman, to another collector discussing the certificate and adventures in collecting land. Est. $120-240 745 Pennsylvania Scripophily - Oil, Gas & Energy 746 Export Oil & Pipe Line Co. 1901 Stock Certificate. Texas. 667 shares, I/U Stock Certificate. Vignettes of locomotive and ship at top with ornate border. Black print on red-brown border. VF. NYBNC. Est. $90-160 746 Texas 747 HigginsWonder Oil Company, 1914 Spectacular Bond Signed by Pattillo Higgins as President. Houston, Texas, 1914, $10, Issued and uncancelled, black on purple underprint and borders, patriotic eagle flanked by photo vignettes of Patillo Higgins, Sr. President, “Discoverer the Great Beaumont Oil Field” and Higgins Junior on right “Age Four Years, Preparing For Future President”, Certificate # 323, Allegorical liberty with Texas arms on bottom. VF condition with slight wear at folds. Rare, Attractive and a centerpiece for any advanced collection. R.M. Smythe sold a similar example in 2001 for $5775. Self-taught geologist Patillo Higgins became known as the –Prophet of Spindletop” a decade after founding his Gladys City Oil, Gas & Manufacturing Company in 1892. He was instrumental in discovering the world-famous Spindletop oilfield at Beaumont, Texas. Although Higgins had left the company, he wisely retained some leases at Spindletop field. He subsequently formed the Higgins Oil and Fuel Company and then the Higgins Wonder Oil Company, which drilled actively in Chambers, Wilson, Bexar, and Gonzales counties, Texas, in 1916-1918. Rare, dramatic and historic bond. Est. $3000-5000 747