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Archives International Auctions - Sale 65 144 March 26,2021 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Florida 905 905 Florida Southern Railway Company, 1883 Unique Approval Proof Bond. Florida. 1883. Lot of 4 items, Includes $100, 6% 40 Year Gold Coupon Bond Proof face, Back Panel Proof and 2 coupon front sheets, all printed in black on india paper. Locomotive in middle flanked by slaves carrying cotton on left and stacking sugar cane on cart on right, large light green “100” in middle with black border and text. Rare proof bond and possibly the only format it is collectible. Appears VF but it is missing a 5 inch by 2.5 inch piece on the top right border, still possibly unique in this format as an approval proof and will be impossible to improve upon. ABNC. �������������������������� Est. $450-750 906 906 Port Inglis Terminal Co. 1904 Specimen Stock Certificate Florida, 1904. Odd Shares Specimen Capital Stock Certificate, Black text with purple border and underprint, Train approaching on tracks at top center. Red specimen overprints, 00000 serial number, and POCs. VF condition, ABNC. Rare and only known as a specimen in Cox, no issued examples known. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $180-280 907 907 Tampa & Gulf Coast Railroad Co., 1913 Unique Progress Proof Bond Florida, 1913. $1000 Progress Proof 5% First Mortgage Gold Bond, Black text on off-white paper, no border or underprint, Train passing on tracks with factory in background at top center. Writing at top, Cancelled stamps at bottom, Fine condition with some damage along margins. Unique proof in Cox, this being the pictured example. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-350 908 908 Tavares, Apopka and Gulf Railroad Co. 1886 I/U Bond Florida, 1886. $1000 I/U 6% First Mortgage Coupon Bond, S/N 48, Black text with green border and undertint, Train arriving at station with waiting passengers at top center. Fine condition, slight toning along margins, FBN. �������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $230-350 Georgia 909 909 Brunswick and Albany Rail Road Co., 1869 I/U Bond With RN- P5(2) and RN-W2 Imprinted Revenues Georgia. 1869. I/U, $1000, 2nd Mortgage 7% Coupon Bond. Locomotive passing river and town. Coupons attached. VF condition. The bond has 3 different imprinted Revenues, 2 on the face and one on the back, The N.Y. Printing Co., 85 Centre, NY. Signed by Charles L.Frost as President and Henry Clews as Treasurer. Henry Clews was born in England. He emigrated to the United States ca.1850 and joined an import business as a junior clerk. His own firm, Clews and Company, was formed in 1877. Refusing public office, he nevertheless organized the “Committee of 70,” which deposed the Tweed Ring in New York City. He served as President Grant’s economic consultant in Japan and wrote and lectured widely on diverse social, political, and economic issues. He wrote Fifty Years in Wall Street (1908). Rare, attractive and historic bond. ������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $200-350 910 910 Central ofGeorgia RailwayCompany 1895 Specimen Bond. Georgia, 1895, $1000, 1st Mortgage, 5% Gold Bond, Black on brown, ornate title with locomotive straight on upper right, coupons attached, XF condition. International BNC. ����� Est. $120-200