Archives International Auctions Auction 82 January 24th, 2023

Archives International Auctions - Sale 82 138 January 24, 2023 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Missouri 680 680 Saint Louis & Iron Mountain Railroad Co. 1857 I/C State Bond Missouri, 1857. $1000 I/C 6% Coupon Bond, Black text with thin black border with 33 coupons attached, countryside scenes at left and right borders, Allegorical man reclining an at bottom center. POCs over signatures and seal. VG condition with some toning and staining, split down center, and has been mounted on thick cardstock. Signed by Robert Marcellus Stewart (March 12, 1815 – September 21, 1871) who was the 14th Governor of Missouri from 1857 to 1861, during the critical years just prior to the American Civil War. Stewart was a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1845, and served as a member of the state senate for ten years. In 1856 Trusten Polk was elected as governor; and then U.S. Senator at the beginning of 1857. Polk opted for the Senate, and Stewart then ran for the governorship. He won the August election and was installed as governor in October 1857. When Stewart left office in January 1861, he urged Missouri to adopt an armed neutrality in the impending Civil War and not to provide men or arms to either side though his own preference was for preserving the Union. Rarely seen in any condition. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $120-240 Missouri, Kansas & Texas 681 681 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Co. 1890 Uncancelled Specimen-Proof Bond. MO, KS & TX, 1890. $500 Specimen-Proof 4% First Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond, Black text with olive border and undertint, Train approaching by river with factories in distance at top center. VF condition, FBN. Unlisted in Proof format in Cox, Very Rare. ���������������������������������������������������������� Est. $100-200 Nevada and California 682 682 Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad Co. 1907 Specimen Bond Nevada and California. (Inc. in NJ), 1907. 100 Pounds Specimen 5% Redeemable Sterling Coupon Bond, Black text with green border and undertint, Allegorical figure with train in background at top center. Red specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, and POCs. VF condition, ABNC. Rare specimen in Cox. The Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad was a former class II railroad that served eastern California and southwestern Nevada. The railroad was originally intended to run from Tonopah, Nevada to San Diego, California (the “tidewater”), but never made it to either on its own rails. It was famous for being the last of the three railroads built to cross the Death Valley region, and outlasting them by over 30 years. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $250-500 Nevada, California & Oregon 683 683 Nevada-California-Oregon Railway 1899 Specimen Bond NV, CA & OR, 1899. $1000 Specimen 5% First Mortgage Gold Bond, Black text with green border and undertint, Train passing by men and men on horseback at top center. Red specimen overprints, 0000 serial numbers, and POCs. VF condition, ABNC. Only found as a specimen with no issued examples known. Rare railroad bond with only 4 examples found in the ABN Archives in 2002. ������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $150-300