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 63 251 December 9-10,2020 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 1525 1525 NewOrleans and Louisiana Specimen BondTrio, ca.1964 to 1989. New Orleans, LA. Lot includes 3 pieces: Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District $Odd Specimen 7 3/8% Port Facilities Revenue Bond in teal; City of New Orleans $5000 Specimen 5.90% Water Revenue Coupon Bond in blue; City of New Orleans $5000 Specimen 3.30% Public Improvement Bond in green. All have specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, POCs and are in VF condition. ABNC. (3)�������������������������� Est. $110-180 1526 1526State of Louisiana 1871 Bond Louisiana, 1871. $1000 I/U 8% Coupon Bond, Black text with brown border, Allegorical women flank top left and right corners. Fine condition, NBN. Signed by Louisiana Secretary of State George E. Bovee, and Henry C. Warmoth as the Governor of the State of Louisiana. Warmoth was an American attorney and veteran Civil War officer in the Union Army who was elected governor and state representative of Louisiana. A Republican, he was 26 years old when elected as 23rd Governor of Louisiana, one of the youngest governors elected in United States history. He served during the early Reconstruction Era, from 1868 to 1872. ������������������������� Est. $55-90 Massachusetts 1527 1527 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1900 to 1920 Specimen Bond Pair Massachusetts, Lot of 2 pieces: Includes $Odd Specimen %Odd Development of the Port of Boston Gold Bond, Black text with blue border and underprint and harbor scene at top center; and $Odd Specimen %Odd Metropolitan Water Bond, Black text with brown border and underprint, small waterfall scene at top center. Both have red specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, POCs, and have Return to Issue Room stamps at top right corner. Fine condition, ABNC. (2)����������������������������������������������� Est. $50-85 Mississippi 1528 1528State of Mississippi 1833 I/U Bond. Mississippi, 1833, $1000, 6% Bond, Issued Bond, Black on black border and underprint, Coupons attached on sides, VF-XF condition, Natchez Courier Office. ���������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $120-240 Missouri 1529 1529City of St. Louis 1908 Specimen Bond St. Louis, Missouri, 1908. $1000 Specimen 4% Public Buildings and Improvement Coupon Bond, Black text with purple border and undertint, Birds-eye view of St. Louis at top center. Red specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, POCs. VF condition, ABNC.����������������������������������������������� Est. $120-200 1530 1530State of Missouri 1875 I/C Bond Signed by the Governor Hardin. Missouri, 1875. $1000 I/C 6% Coupon Bond #12, Black text with green border, Missouri State Seal at top center, Allegorical women at both top corners. POCs throughout, Coupons have been removed and adhered to a cardstock background. Fine condition with damage to bottom right corner. This bond was issued to pay damages to contractors for convict labor. Signed by Charles Henry Hardin as governor. He began public service in 1848 as an attorney for the Second Judicial Circuit, and then served in the Missouri House of Representatives. In 1860, he was elected to the Missouri Senate. As state senator, he attended Claiborne Fox Jackson’s secessionist meeting in Neosho, Missouri, and was the only senator present to vote against secession. In 1872, Hardin was again voted to the state senate. He served as 22nd Governor of Missouri between 1875 and 1877. During his term, Hardin reduced Missouri’s debt from the Civil War and state funding for railroad expansion by ending wasteful practices and refinancing bonds. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $120-240