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 63 240 December 9-10,2020 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com South Carolina 1455 1455South Carolina Western Extension Railway 1913 Specimen Bond. South Carolina. $1000, 1st Mortgage 6% Gold Bond, Issued Bond, Black on orange border and underprint, Locomotive R-L, Coupons attached, VF-XF condition, ABNC. Only known as a specimen bond, no issued examples known. 3 were found in the ABN archives in 2002. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $130-260 Southern States 1456 1456Southern Railroad Stock Certificate Trio, ca.1855 to 1913. Southern States, 3 pieces: Virginia and Tennessee Rail Road Co. 1855 5 Shares I/U Stock Certificate, Black text with black border; Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Rail Road Co. 1871 5 Shares I/U Stock Certificate on pink paper; New Orleans Great Northern Railroad Co. 1913 100 Shares I/C Capital Stock Certificate, Black text with purple border and underprint. 3 pieces. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $70-120 Tennessee 1457 1457Knoxville and Ohio Railroad Co., ca.1900-1910 Specimen Bond Tennessee. $-Odd Specimen 4% Registered 1st Consolidated Mortgage Gold Bond, Black print on green border and under tint in horizontal format, Locomotive leaving station at top, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, ABNC. Unlisted as a specimen in Cox.������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $65-120 Tennessee, Virginia and Kentucky 1458 1458Knoxville, CumberlandGap and Louisville RailroadCo. 1888 Bond TN, VA &KY, 1888. $1000 I/U 5% First Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond, Black text with ornate green border and undertint, Profile of a train passing at bottom center. Fine-VG condition, HLBN.������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $75-150 Territory of Hawaii 1459 1459Kona and Kau RailwayCo., Ltd. 1902 I/U Bond Territory of Hawaii, 1902. $100 I/U 6% First Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond #177, Black text with green border, Train approaching on tracks in circular frame at top center. Fine-VF condition. � Est. $180-250 Texas 1460 1460Houston & Great Northern Railroad Co., 1872 I/U Bond. Signed by Galusha Aaran Grow Texas. $1000 Gold Coupon Bond. I/U. Very nice large format. Very Fine+. Signed by Galusha Aaran Grow as president. He was a prominent American politician, lawyer, writer and businessman, who served as 24th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1861 to 1863. Elected as a Democrat in the 1850 congressional elections, he switched to the newly-organized Republican Party in the mid-1850s when the Democratic Party refused to prohibit the extension of slavery into western territories. Elected speaker for the 37th Congress, Grow presided over the House during the initial years of the American Civil War. ����������������������������������� Est. $140-280 1461 1461Houston East and West Texas Railway Co. 1889 Specimen Bond Texas. $1000 Specimen 5% Consolidated First Mortgage Coupon Bond. Black print with an ornate green border and under tint. Vignette at top of certificate of slaves with cotton bales and steamboats at dock on top left and train at station on top right. Specimen overprints, POC’s, Fine condition with minor tears along margins and coupons attached. Listed railroad, unlisted bond type in Cox. ABNC.������������������������������������������������ Est. $250-500