Archives International Auctions Auction 81 December 15th & 16th 2022

Archives International Auctions - Sale 81 110 December 15, 2022 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Wisconsin 502 502 Imperial Land and Mining Syndicate, 1888, I/U Stock Certificate Algoma, Wisconsin, 1888. 167 Shares I/U Capital Stock Certificate. Black print with green border. Native American man at top with locomotive behind him, with lion and bald eagle towards bottom. Low serial number: 202. VF condition. ��������������������� Est. $100-200 Scripophily - Navigation & Railroads Louisiana & Mexico 503 503 Tehuantepec Company. 1853 I/U Historic Panama Railroad Predecessor Bond Louisiana and Mexico. 1853. 250 Pounds Sterling I/U 7% Coupon Bond, S/N 712, Black text with black border and red underprint, Louisiana state seal at top center flanked by allegorical women. Vignettes frame the border of the certificate including a ship, train and allegorical woman. All coupons attached at bottom of certificate. XF to Uncirculated condition. The Tehuantepec Company was formed as a result of a grant given to Don Jose de Goray by in 1842 by Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the President of the Republic of Mexico. The grant stated the purpose of the company was to open “a line of communication...between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, through the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.” Through a combination of canals, railroads and steam-carriages, the Tehuantepec Company would provide a fast, commercially feasible link between the two oceans opening a profitable Asiatic trade via San Francisco and Tehuantepec. Support of the concept was widespread and included Judah Benjamin, President Fillmore, Daniel Webster and numerous other notables. Unfortunately, the company dissolved amid a rivalry between the promoters and ultimately, financial failure. An attempt at resurrecting the company was begun with four rival groups claiming ownership to de Goray’s original grant in 1842. An extremely historic and early forerunner to the Panama Canal. ����������������������������������������������� Est. $400-800 Scripophily - Oil, Gas & Energy West Virginia 504 504 Charter Oak PetroleumCo., 1865, I/U Stock Certificate West Virginia, 1865. 409 Shares Capital Stock I/U Certificate, Black on pink underprint with small vignettes under title and to left of certificate, S/N 43, VF-XF condition. �������������� Est. $150-250 505 505 Government Oil and Mining Company of West Virginia. 1865 I/U Stock Certificate. WV. (Offices in Philadelphia). 50 Shares, I/U Stock Certificate, Black printing, oil workers unloading barrels from train in middle, large counterfoil on left, 25cts USIR Adhesive Revenue stamp. S/N 279, VF condition, possibly trimmed margins on top. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $110-220 Scripophily - Railroads Florida 506 506 Florida Southern Railway Co., 1883 Unique Approval Proof Bond Florida. $1,000 Proof 6% Forty year Gold Bond, Black print on black border, Multiple vignettes at top - one scene showing slaves picking cotton, another cutting sugar cane, and a third image of locomotive under title, Archival notes at bottom margin, ABNC. Unlisted on Cox. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $300-600