Archives International Auctions Sale 60 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Coins, Historic Ephemera, Security Printing Ephemera, Stamps & Postal History July 7 & 8, 2020

Archives International Auctions - Sale 60 149 July 7-8,2020 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Maine 971 971 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. $140-200 Massachusetts 972 972 Bay State Steamboat Co., 1863 $3,000 Worth of Stock I/C Certificate, VF MA. Bay State Steamboat Co., 1863 $3,000 Worth of Stock I/C Certificate, VF. Low S/N 17, Organized in 1847, the Bay State Steamboat Company provided the first steamboat communication between Fall River and New York. Signed by 4 different trustees and Issued to and signed by Charles F. Choate, Choate was born in Salem, Mass. and graduated from Harvard College (1849) and Harvard Law School (1854). He devoted much of his practice to railroad law acting as counsel for the Boston and Maine Railroad. In 1865, he became counsel for the Old Colony Railroad, becoming its director (1872), and later its president (1877). In 1877, he was chosen president of the Old Colony Steamboat Company. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $75-120 New Jersey 973 973 Cumana & Carupano Pier & Tramway Co. 1916 Specimen Bond New Jersey, 1916. $1000 Specimen 9% First Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond in English and Spanish, Black text with green border, Woman reclining next to pier with docked ship. Red specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, POCs, VF condition, ABNC.������� Est. $55-110 974 974 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. $350-700 Pennsylvania 975 975 Franklin Canal Company (Authorized to Construct the lake Erie Rail road), ca.1840-1850 I/U Stock Certificate Pennsylvania... 3 1/2 Shares at $50 per share, Issued Capital Stock Certificate, Black print on simple black border printed on blue check sized certificate with light toning, Low serial number #7, Fine-VF condition with staining and toning. Rare early railroad and canal company stock certificate. Signed by John Galbraith as president of the Franklin Canal Company. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $120-200 976 976 Large Group of Pennsylvania Canal Co. Bonds PA. Lot of 7 pieces, all are $1000 I/U General Mortgage Bonds in Fine to VF condition. The Pennsylvania Railroad formed the Pennsylvania Canal Company in 1867 and continued to use canals to haul freight. However, the canal business declined steadily in the last quarter of the century, and most Pennsylvania canals no longer functioned after 1900. The Delaware and Lehigh canals were exceptions, staying in business until the early 1930s. All are signed by Alfred Mordecai Jr, he was the son of Major Alfred Mordecai. He was an active assistant Adjutant-General during the defense of Washington in August of 1861, and participated in the battle of Bull Run in 1861. Document was also signed by General Isaac Jones Wistar as the President of the Company. At this time he was president of the Pennsylvania’s Railroad Co.������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $200-400