Archives International Auctions Sale 61 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, and Security Printing Ephemera and Historic Ephemera October 4 & 5, 2020

Archives International Auctions - Sale 61 169 October 4-5,2020 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 1142 1142 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co., 1914 Specimen Bond Pair Virginia. Lot includes 2 pieces: $1000 Specimen 4.5% General Unified Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond in green, vertical format; $1000 Specimen 4% Registered General Unified Mortgage Gold Bond in copper, horizontal format. Both have specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, and POCs. The green bond is an unlisted design in Cox while the copper bond is an unlisted series in Cox. Both are rare specimens.������������������������� Est. $90-150 1143 1143 Atlantic Land and Improvement Co., 1909Specimen Bond. Virginia. 1909 Specimen $1000 1st Mortgage 4% Gold Coupon Bond, black on green border and underprint, trains at harbor terminal on top, specimen overprints, POC’s, VF condition with minor separation at top horizontal fold, ABNC. Unlisted railroad related company. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $70-140 1144 1144 Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio Rail Road Co. 1871 Bond, Signed by CivilWar Maj. GeneralWilliamMahone, Virginia, 1871. $1000 I/C 7% First Mortgage Gold Bond, Black text with green border, Train passing through pastoral scene at top center. Heavy POCs throughout, Fine condition with some signs of toning along vertical fold lines. Signed by company President William Mahone, an American civil engineer, railroad executive, Confederate States Army general, and Virginia politician. He served as a State Senator for Virginia from 1881 to 1887. ��������������� Est. $100-200 1145 1145 Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio Rail Road Co. 1871 I/U Stock Certificate Signed by Confederate Major Gen. William Mahone Virginia, ND (1870s). 16 Shares I/U Capital Stock Certificate #118, Black text with green border, Train passing through countryside at top center. VF condition but barely cut into the left border, USIR Imprinted Revenue in middle, Continental Bank Note Co. Signed by William Mahone (1826-1895) as president of the company. Mahone was an American civil engineer, railroad executive, Confederate States Army general, and Virginia politician. In the American Civil War, Mahone was pro-secession and served as a general in the southern Confederate States Army. After the war, he returned to railroad building, merging three lines to form the important Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad (AM&O), headquartered in Lynchburg. The AM&O was promoted as a trade link to the west, and further expansion was envisioned with the goal of increasing Virginia’s Ohio Valley and Mississippi Valley commerce. It was heavily backed by investors from England and Scotland.�������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $130-200 1146 1146Maryland Virginia Railway Co., 1900-20 Stock Certificate Rarity Virginia, ND (190-30s). <100 Shares U/C Capital Stock Certificate, Black text with blue border and underprint, Bridge over a wooded valley at top center. Red Cancelled overprint, POCs, Fine condition, SBN. Unlisted color in Cox, Rare. �������������������� Est. $130-250 1147 1147 Meherrin Valley Railroad Co. 1884 Specimen Bond Rarity Virginia, 1884. $1000 Specimen 6% First Mortgage Railroad Bond, Black text with green border and undertint, Train exiting busy station in circular frame at top left corner. Red specimen overprints, 0000 serial number, POCs, Fine condition with toning along vertical fold lines, some splitting along fold lines as well. ABNC. Unlisted design in Cox. This was the only example in the ABN Archives in 2002. This is it. ��������������������� Est. $400-600