Archives International Auctions Auction 83 February 28, 2023

Archives International Auctions - Sale 83 129 February 28, 2023 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 607 607 New Orleans Railways Co., 1902 Specimen Bond, Archivally Reinforced Folds Louisiana. $500 Specimen 4 1/2% Sinking Fund Gold Coupon Bond, Black print on orange border and under tint, Slaves picking cotton to left of tittle and slave woman and child to right, Specimen overprints and POC’s, Fine-VF condition with splitting at fold lines, ABNC. Listed Bond on Cox, Unlisted Variety. �� Est. $80-160 Louisiana & Texas 608 608 Morgan’s Louisiana & Texas Railroad & Steamship Co. 1879 Specimen Bond Rarity New Orleans, Louisiana and Texas, 1879. $500 Specimen 6%Coupon Bond, Black text with black border and green underprint with train at center passing along river scene under curved title. Cut-out cancellations on signature lines at bottom, Fine-VF condition. Incorporated April 1, 1878, as successor to the New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western. About 1883 the Morgan’s Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company came under the influence of Central Pacific management and on March 1, 1885, was leased to the Southern Pacific Company, but was operated as a separated company until title transferred to the Texas and New Orlean on March 1, 1927. The road had about fifty locomotives, which, in 1884, went into the T&NO roster, although the initials ML&T, indicating corporate ownership, remained on the engines until 1916. Rare and possibly unique bond and it is the same (and possibly only) example pictured in Cox. �� Est. $325-650 Maine 609 609 Augusta-Aiken Railway & Electric Corp., 1910 Specimen Bond Maine. $1000 Specimen 5% Sinking Fund Gold Coupon Bond, Black print on green border and under tint, Allegorical figure at top with locomotive and generator behind her, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, ABNC. �� Est. $75-150