Archives International Auctions Sale 62 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, and Security Printing Ephemera and Historic Ephemera October 29, 2020

Archives International Auctions - Sale 62 78 October 29,2020 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 548 548 Franklin Silver Mining Company of Colorado, 1869 I/U Bond Signed by B. Franklin Fisher, Civil War Military Hero.. Territory of Colorado, March 20th, 1869, $100, 10% Coupon Bond, gold ink on white paper, mining and mill scene in middle, blacksmith at left, standing Justice at right, eagle on left and Colorado arms at right, and portrait of Benjamin Franklin at bottom middle. Signed by Benjamin Franklin Fisher, (1834-1915), Civil War Soldier, Officer, Lawyer and war hero. He enlisted on June 18, 1861, the first summer of the Civil War, for three years in Company H, 32nd Pennsylvania Volunteers, being formed in Bucks County. (Two brothers also served, one as an assistant surgeon and the second as a Lieutenant who was killed at the Wilderness in 1864.) He then joined the Army of the Potomac for the Peninsula Campaign in the Signal Corp., and was in action at Lee’s Mill, Williamsburg, Gaines’s Mill, and Malvern Hill. In September, 1862, Capt. Fisher was appointed Chief Signal Officer of the Army of the Potomac. His job was to produce intelligence reports from “stations of observation”. In some cases, he provided the intelligence from the saddle. This appears to have been the case as the battle of Chancellorsville was concluding, and Union forces were under orders to make every effort to learn where enemy forces were going next. On June 17, 1863, while shadowing Confederate columns near Aldie, Virginia, Capt. Fisher was captured and sent to Libby Prison in Richmond. On February 9, 1864, 109 prisoners tunneled out of Libby Prison. Fisher led the second party of ten, which included his future brother-in-law, Lt. Causten. Fisher evaded searchers for eleven days, and found his way to Union lines at Williamsburg. Brevetted Lieutenant-colonel for gallant and meritorious services in 1864, Fisher was with the Army of the Potomac from the Rapidan to Petersburg. After the war, Fisher practiced law in Philadelphia and was active in many financial ventures including mining. Historic stock certificate signed by the last surviving escapee of notorious Libby Prison. � Est. $140-280 549 549 Pequea Coal Co. Inc. 1920’s Specimen Stock Certificate Pennsylvania, ND (1940s). Odd Shares Specimen Stock Certificate, Black text with green border, Mining scene at top center. Canceled POC at bottom right. Fine-VF condition. ���� Est. $70-120 550 550 Topton Iron Co., 1874 I/U Stock Certificate Pennsylvania. 100 Shares #10 issued and uncancelled stock certificate, black printing on thin beige paper, Seal of Pennsylvania at top, VF-XF condition.���������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $70-120 Rhodesia and England 551 551 Rhodesian Anglo American, Ltd. 1932 Specimen Bond England, 1932. $1000 Specimen 7 3/4% Gold Debenture Bond, Black text with green border and undertint, Allegorical man seated on rock with a pick at top center. Red specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, POCs. VF condition, ABNC. Also known as Rhoanglo, this company was formed in December 1928, and was a financing company for African mining endeavors. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $130-260 Utah 552 552 Pleasant Valley Coal Co. 1898 Specimen Bond Utah, 1898. $1000 Specimen 5% First Mortgage Gold Sinking Fund Bond, Black text with brown border and undertint, Men at work in mine depicted at top center. Red specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, POCs. Fine condition with extended top margin, FLBN. ���� Est. $85-140 553 553 Stormont Mining Co. of Utah, 1887 I/U Stock Certificate. Utah, 1887, 100 Shares, I/U Stock certificate, Black on green border and underprint, Vignette of cherubs with U.S. coins holding sword and arrow, XF condition, ABNC. ����������������� Est. $50-90