Archives International Auctions Auction 80 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2022: Lots 1 to 826 in 2 SESSIONS

Archives International Auctions - Sale 80 152 October 25, 2022 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 750 750 Houston Natural Gas Corp - ENRON Predecessor Company, 1969 Unique Production Progress Proof Group 4 Pcs ENRON PREDECESSOR COMPANY. Houston, TX. Unique Progress proof vignettes and Stock Certificate. Items, Includes Portrait of Sam Houston by itself; a portrait of a monument with an oval area; a complete specimen with the monument and portrait and the final proof of the stock certificate with title, text, and matching vignette. All printed on lightly glossy paper. Approval signature on the large stock certificate. From the ABN archives and printed by SCBNC. Uncirculated. (4 proofs). Houston Natural Gas Corp (HNG) was a gas utility headquartered in Houston, Texas. The company was acquired by InterNorth Inc. in 1985, with HNG executives taking top positions at InterNorth. Following the transaction, InterNorth was renamed Enron Corporation, and the company headquarters was moved from InterNorth’s base in Omaha to the former HNG offices in Houston. The company is notable for former CEO Kenneth Lay who became CEO of the newly formed Enron. ����������������������������������������������������� Est. $325-650 SCRIPOPHILY - RAILROADS Alaska 751 751 Council City & Solomon River Railroad Co. 1905 Stock Certificate Alaska (Incorporated in New Jersey), 1905. 100 Shares I/U Capital Stock Certificate, Black text with brown border and underprint, Train exiting busy terminal at top center. VF condition, ABNC. The Council City and Solomon River railroad was founded on March 27, 1902, in New Jersey. The line was planned to run from Dickson, at the mouth of the Solomon River, 134 miles to the mines at City Council, traversing the Seward Peninsula. Construction on the line began later that year, and the first locomotives (used since 1881 on the New York Elevated Railroad) and cars were delivered the following year. Its name refers to Solomon River and the city of Council in the Nome Census Area. The railway operated from 1903 to 1907. The remains of the abandoned railroad can be found at Mile 31 of the Nome-Council Highway, comprising three locomotives, two flat cars and a boiler and were listed as an historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. Rare Alaska Railroad. ��������������������������������������������������� Est. $300-500 California 752 752 San Diego and Arizona Railway Co. 1917 Specimen Bond California, 1917. $10,000 Specimen 6% Registered First Mortgage Bond, Black text with blue border and underprint, Men at work near passing train at top center. Red specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, and POCs. VF condition, ABNC. One of two bonds listed in Cox and only known as a specimen. Only 3 examples found in the ABN Archives. ����� Est. $150-300 Canada & New York 753 753 St. Lawrence & Adirondack Railway Co. 1896 I/U Bond Rarity Canada & New York, 1896. $1000 I/U 6% Second Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond, Black text with brown border and underprint, Train passing by a man on horseback in water at top center. Fine condition, with some staining along margins, IBC. Rare specimen, only listed as unissued in Cox, no specimens or issued examples known. This is an issued example. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-400