Archives International Auctions Sale 64 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Scripophily; U.S. & World Coins; Medals January 27, 2021

Archives International Auctions - Sale 64 163 January 27,2021 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 884 884 State of California, San Francisco Harbor Improvement Act of 1929, 1953 Specimen Bond California, 1953. $1000 Specimen 3% Harbor Improvement Coupon Bond, Black text with red border and underprint, Large clocktower depicted at top center. Red specimen overprints and POCs. VF condition, SBN. �� Est. $50-85 Florida 885 885 State of Florida, 1870 I/U Bond Signed byGovernor Harrison Reed Florida, 1870. $1000 Specimen 8% Gold Coupon Bond #434, Black text with black border, orange underprint, “Return of Peace” depicted at top center. Gold foil seal at lower left, coupons attached, VF condition, National BNC. Signed by Harrison Reed as Governor of Florida. Harrison Reed (August 26, 1813 – May 25, 1899) was an American editor and politician who had most of his political career in Florida. He was elected in 1868 as the ninth Governor of Florida, serving until 1873 during the Reconstruction era. Born in Littleton, Massachusetts, he moved as a youth with his family to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he had a grocery store and started farming. He also owned and edited the Milwaukee Sentinel for several years. Reed became active in the Republican Party and in 1861 he began his political career, moving to Washington, DC for a patronage job in the Treasury Department. In 1863 he was appointed as the Tax Commissioner of Florida, to oversee confiscation and sales of Confederate properties in Union-occupied areas. In 1865 he was appointed as Postal Agent for the state. In 1868 he was elected as Governor under the new constitution, which enfranchised freedmen. He served one term, with challenges by factions of the Republican Party resulting in two attempts in the state senate at impeachment. He strongly supported public education, where the growth in new schools served one-quarter of the children by 1872. Rare and attractive bond �� Est. $600-1200 Georgia 886 886 State of Georgia 1870 I/U Bond Signed by Governor Rufus B. Bullock. Georgia. October 17, 1870. $1000, 7% I/U Coupon Bond, Black on green border and underprint, State Arms in middle under title flanked by portraits of Liberty with Sailors sitting on cotton bales at a dock on the left and slaves lacing large cotton bale on cart on right, with allegorical women on bottom, the folds have been archivally reinforced to prevent splitting and to repair the bond otherwise the bond appears Fine to VF. Continental Bank Note Co.. Signed by Rufus Brown Bullock (March 28, 1834 – April 27, 1907) who was a Republican Party politician and businessman in Georgia. During the Reconstruction Era he served as the state’s governor and called for equal economic opportunity and political rights for blacks and whites in Georgia. He also promoted public education for both, and encouraged railroads, banks, and industrial development. During his governorship he requested federal military help to ensure the rights of freedmen; this made him “the most hated man in the state”, and he had to flee the state without completing his term. After returning to Georgia and being found “not guilty” of corruption charges, for three decades afterwards he was an esteemed private citizen. �� Est. $350-500 Louisiana 887 887 Board of Commissioners of the Pontchartrain Levee District, 1892 I/C Bond Parish of St. James, Louisiana, 1892. $1000 I/C 6% Coupon Bond #187, Black text with brown border and underprint, Louisiana State Seal at center. Cancelled stamps throughout. VF condition. Located in St. James Parish, Louisiana. St. James is one of the state’s nineteen original parishes, created by act of the territorial legislature, March 31, 1807. The original seat of government was the community of St. James, on the west bank of the Mississippi, but this was moved in 1869 to what is now Convent, on the east bank. �� Est. $200-400