Archives International Auctions Auction 79B October 4, 2022 Timed Internet Auction U.S., & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Historic Ephemera and Security Printing Ephemera

Archives International Auctions - Sale 79b 217 October 4, 2022 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Various States 1872 1872NewYork (11) and Michigan (2) I/C Railroad Bond Group ca.1888 to 1892, Some Signed by Chauncey Depew and Jeptha Wade New York and Michigan. lot includes 13 pieces, all I/C and in fine condition, some with damage to margins and splitting. Highlights include Kalamazoo, Allegan and Grand Rapids Railroad Co. 1888 $1000 I/C 5% Bond and Supplemental Agreement #75 & #76 Bonds in brown (2); Utica and Black River 1890 $1000 I/C 4% First Mortgage Gold Bond in brown, some sequential (9); and Carthage and Adirondack Railway Co. 1892 $1000 I/C 4% First Mortgage Gold Bond in green (2). The Kalamazoo, Allegan and Grand Rapids Railroad bonds are both signed by Jeptha Wade. Jeptha Homer Wade was an American industrialist, philanthropist, and one of the founding members of Western Union Telegraph. Wade was born in Romulus, New York, the youngest of nine children of Jeptha and Sarah Wade. Carthage & Adirondack Railway bonds are both signed by Chauncey Depew. Chauncey Mitchell Depew was an attorney for Cornelius Vanderbilt’s railroad interests, president of the New York Central Railroad System, and a United States Senator from New York from 1899 to 1911. (13) �������������������������������������������� Est. $50-100 1873 1873Southern Pacific Co., 1914 Specimen Gold Bond. Specimen $500 5% Gold Coupon Bond, Black on brown border, Ship and train on top. POC’s and red SPECIMEN overprints, VF condition, ABNC. �������������������������������������������������������� Est. $50-100 Virginia 1874 1874Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co., 1902 “Louisville & Nashville” Unlisted Specimen BondTrio. Virginia. Lot of 3 pieces, all are 1902, Louisville & Nashville Collateral specimens, Includes: $10,000 Specimen 4% Registered Gold Bond in orange; $50,000 Specimen 4% Registered Gold Bond in brown; $5000 Specimen 4% Registered Gold Bond in blue. All with the same design of trains at wharf with harbor scene on the right, All have red specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, and POCs. VF condition, ABNC. All are an unlisted designs and bond type in Cox, Very Rare. (3) ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $130-260