Archives International Auctions Sale 63 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, and Security Printing Ephemera and Historic Ephemera December 9th & 10th 2020

Archives International Auctions - Sale 63 218 December 9-10,2020 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Louisiana & Mississippi 1319 1319NewOrleans and Northeastern RailroadCo., 1917 Specimen Bond Rarity LA & MS. $10,000 Specimen 4.5% Registered Refunding and Improvement Mortgage Gold Bond, Black text with blue border and underprint, Louisiana State Seal depicted at top center flanked by railroad scenes. Red specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, POCs. Fine condition, ABNC. Unlisted as a specimen in Cox, Rare.����� Est. $110-220 Louisiana 1320 1320 Rock Island, Arkansas & Louisiana Railroad Co. 1906 Specimen Bond. Louisiana. $5000 Registered 1st Mortgage 4% Registered Gold Bond Specimen. Black on brown border and underprint, locomotive passing fields R-L over title, XF, ABNC. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $100-200 1321 1321 St. Louis, Avoyelles & Southwestern Railroad Co. 1897. 100 Shrs Stock I/U Marksville, Louisiana. 1897 I/U, 100 Shares, St. Louis, Avoyelles & Southwestern Railroad Company, black without underprint, Locomotive in middle flanked by men with mule pulled wagons hauling sugar cane on left and right. S/N 131, VF condition. Scarce. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $70-120 Louisiana & Mexico 1322 1322 Tehuantepec Co., 1853 I/U Bond, Panama Canal Forerunner New Orleans, Louisiana and Mexico. 125 Pounds Sterling I/U 7% Bond. Black print with simple black border and a red under print. Vignettes frame the border of the certificate including George Washington, two allegorical figures flanking the Mexican Seal, and a locomotive. All coupons attached at bottom of certificate. The Tehuantepec Company was formed as a result of a grant given to Don Jose de Goray by in 1842 by Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the President of the Republic of Mexico. The grant stated the purpose of the company was to open “a line of communication...between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, through the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.” Through a combination of canals, railroads and steam-carriages, the Tehuantepec Company would provide a fast, commercially feasible link between the two oceans opening a profitable Asiatic trade via San Francisco and Tehuantepec. Support of the concept was widespread and included Judah Benjamin, President Fillmore, Daniel Webster and numerous other notables. Unfortunately, the company dissolved amid a rivalry between the promoters and ultimately, financial failure. An attempt at resurrecting the company was begun with four rival groups claiming ownership to de Goray’s original grant in 1842. An extremely historic forerunner to the Panama Canal. VF to XF condition. RWH&E. ��������� Est. $500-1000 Maine 1323 1323 Lewiston, Augusta andWaterville Street Railway, 1910 I/U Stock Certificate Maine. 100 Shares I/U Preferred Stock Certificate, Black print on brown border and under tint, Small image of street car “121” at top left corner beside company title, S/N P52, VF-XF condition, ABNC.������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $60-120