Archives International Auctions Sale 57 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, and Security Printing Ephemera and Historic U.S. Liberty Loan Bonds February 13, 2020

Archives International Auctions - Sale 57 87 February 13,2020 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 599 599 Old Dominion Steamship Co. 1898 Specimen Bond Delaware, 1898. $1000 Specimen 5% General Mortgage Bond, Black text with brown border and underprint, At top is an illustration of the Princess Anne ship at sea. Red specimen overprints, “00000” serial numbers, POC’s, Fine condition with toning along margins and signs of wear along fold lines. Printed by ABNC. The Princess Anne ship that is shown sunk in 1930 when the ship missed the New York Harbor entrance and ran aground on Rockaway Shoals. One of 3 bonds found in the ABN Archives.��������� Est. $200-300 Kansas 600 600 Kansas City Viaduct & Terminal Railway Co. 1905 Specimen Bond Kansas, 1905 Specimen $1000 First Mortgage 4 1/2% Gold Coupon Bond, black printing with green border, panoramic scene of railyard, City and river. Red specimen overprints, POC’s and “00000” serial numbers. VF-XF condition with very slight signs of wear along edges, ABNC NY. This is the only bond variety listed in Cox and it is only known as a specimen/ �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $300-500 Maine 601 601 Atlantic and Pacific SteamshipCo., 1913 Specimen Bond Maine. $500 Specimen 6% First Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond. Black print with an olive green border and under tint. Vignette of a screaming eagle flanked by 2 different steamships at top. Specimen overprints, POC’s, XF condition with coupons attached. HBNC.��������� Est. $120-200 New Jersey 602 602 International Mercantile Marine Co., 1902 Specimen Bond, Builder & Owner of the Titanic. New Jersey. $1000 4 1/2% Mortgage and Collateral Trust Gold Coupon Bond, Black print on brown border and under tint, Large ship docked at top, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, ABNC. J.P. Morgan & Co. announced the details of the trust’s organization on October 1, 1902. Named the International Mercantile Marine Company, a reorganization and renaming of the International Navigation Company. The capital stock was increased from $15 million to $60 million preferred and $60 million common stock. It was holding company under which “subsidiary lines will be permitted full liberty in managing their own affairs”. Winthrop L. Marvin wrote in 1902, “the greatest shipping enterprise which the world has ever known in the work of American capital.” Rare Bond with only 2 found in the ABN archives. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $400-800 New York 603 603 Submarine Monitor Co. of N.Y. 1885 Stock Certificate, Historic Early Military Submarine Manufacturer. New York. 100 Shrs, I/U Stock Certificate. Black on green border and underprint, eagle at left with title at right, S/N 22, Choice Very Fine. The company designed and manufactured a submarine boat designed for use in placing torpedoes under the bottoms of war vessels. It is the design of her owners, The Submarine Monitor Company, to construct a larger vessel, to be provided with many additional improvements. Yet the little Peacemaker has obtained such success that, if the new craft does any better, it will be a subject of congratulation for those interested. The Peacemaker is thirty feet long, seven and a half feet wide, and six feet deep. Signed by M. Rosewell Schuyler as president. ABNC.���������������������������������� Est. $110-200