Archives International Auctions Auction 71 November 23, 2021 U.S. & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Security Printing Ephemera, and Historic Financial Ephemera

Archives International Auctions - Sale 71 131 November 23, 2021 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 631 631 Pennsylvania Railroad Co., 1921 Specimen Bond Quartet Pennsylvania, 1921. Lot of 4 pieces, all are Specimen 6.5% Registered Secured Gold Bonds, Includes: $500 in orange; $1000 in brown; $5,000 in green; and $10,000 in olive. All with the same vignette of men working by the tracks with locomotive passing them on the right. All have red specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, and POCs. VF to XF condition, ABNC. $500 bond in orange and $5,000 bond in green are unlisted colors in Cox. Rare quartet. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $250-375 632 632 Reading Co. and the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co. 1904 Specimen Bond Pennsylvania.... 1904. $5000 Specimen 4% General Mortgage Gold Bond, Black text with blue border and undertint, Train passing over bridge at top center flanked by men at work in mines at left and right. Red specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, and POCs. Fine condition, ABNC. Only listed as a specimen in this denomination in Cox. ������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $70-120 Texas 633 633 Corpus Christi, San Diego & Rio Grande Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. 1880 Specimen Bond Rarity Texas.... 1880. $1000 Specimen 7% Gold Coupon Bond. POC. Arms of Texas top middle over curved title over man and women herding cattle and sheep, Specimen overprints, POC’s, S/N 0000, ABNC. Archival reinforcement at folds with minor loss at bottom middle. Fine condition. Rare specimen with this the only example found in the ABNC Archives. ������������������������������������� Est. $200-400 Rare Confederate Issued Stock Certificate from Texas - Issued 1 month after Texas Seceded from the Union. 634 634 Houston, Tap and Brazoria Railway Co. 1861 I/U Stock Certificate Issued 1 month After Texas Seceded From the Union Texas, April 5, 1861. 6 Shares I/U Capital Stock Certificate, S/N 242, Black text with black border, Train passing on tracks at top center. VF condition with some toning and a pair of small holes at top left corner where the certificate was probably stored in a file. The certificate was issued exactly 1 month after Texas became a Confederate State and Seceded from the Union (March 5, 1861). Signed by E.W. Taylor as president; E.F. May as secretary and Issued to Thomas Thatcher. Rare issued and rarer as a Confederate Railroad Issue. First time offered by our firm. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $250-400