Archives International Auctions Sale 67 May 26, 2021 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Coins, Historic Financial Ephemera and Security Printing Ephemera

Archives International Auctions - Sale 67 181 May 26, 2021 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Pennsylvania 1037 1037 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1872 Issued Bond Signed by Civil War General John Geary, First Mayor of San Francisco. Pennsylvania, 1872, $1780.69, Certificate of Adjudicated Claim for War Damages Issued and Uncancelled, Black print with black ornate border Pennsylvania seal top center and portrait of Ulysses S. Grant bottom center, S/N 159. Fine to VF condition with creases from folding, ABNC. In 1849, after military service in the Mexican War, President James Polk appointed John Geary postmaster of San Francisco. In 1850, he was elected that city’s first mayor. President Pierce appointed him governor of the controversial Kansas Territory in 1856, where he served for six months. Geary County, Kansas, was renamed in 1869 for John Geary. Geary was a general throughout the Civil War, serving at Cedar Mountain, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg and was wounded several times. At the battle of Wauhatchie, Tennessee, Jefferson Davis ordered his six thousand Confederate troops to attack Geary’s 1,500. During the battle, Geary’s son Edward died in his arms but Geary won the battle. After Sherman’s destruction of Atlanta, Geary accepted the peaceful surrender of Savannah, Georgia, and became the military governor of the city in December 1864. Governor Geary died unexpectedly of a heart attack at age 53 on February 8, 1873. This Pennsylvania Bond was issued 1 year before he died. ������� Est. $110-180 South Carolina 1038 1038State of South Carolina, 1912 Specimen Bond South Carolina. $1000 Specimen 4% Refunding Coupon Bond, Black print on ornate brown border and under tint, South Carolina state seal at top and allegorical female at bottom, Specimen overprints, POC’s, VF-XF condition. ABNC ����������������������������������������������������������� Est. $140-250 Virginia 1039 1039Commonwealth of Virginia Specimen Bond. Virginia, 1891, $10000, Funded Debt of Virginia, Specimen, Black on brown border and underprint, Thomas Jackson statue bottom center with notable on upper left, VF-XF condition, Homer Lee BNC. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $100-200 Scripophily - Sugar & Tobacco Utah 1040 1040Amalgamated Sugar Co., ca.1900-1910 Specimen Mormon Related Stock Certificate with David Eccles Portrait. Utah, 19xx (ca.1900-1910), Specimen Stock, Odd Shares, Black on brown border and underprint, Portrait at top center of David Eccles, POC’s, SBNC. The Ogden Sugar Company was incorporated on December 6, 1897 at the Weber Club in Ogden, Utah. Directors included David Eccles as president. They refined sugar beets. Eccles was a Mormon who was also the first Millionaire in Utah. He made his fortune in railroad and related industries in Oregon and Utah. SBNC. ������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $450-750 Scripophily - Utilities Montana Territory 1041 1041Helena Steam Power and Lighting Co. 1887 I/U Stock Certificate Helena, Montana Territory, 1887. 2 Shares I/U Capital Stock Certificate, S/N 37, Black text with golden brown border, Egyptian sphinx at left. VF condition. �������������������� Est. $50-90 South Carolina 1042 1042North Augusta Electric and Improvement Co., 1901 Specimen Bond South Carolina. $1,000 Specimen 5% First General Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond, Black print on ornate brown border and under tint, Street cars passing factory at top, POC’s along bottom, VF-XF condition, WBNC. �������������������������������������������� Est. $140-280