Archives International Auctions Auction 83 February 28, 2023

Archives International Auctions - Sale 83 139 February 28, 2023 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Pennsylvania 649 649 Buffalo, St. Mary’s and Southwestern Railroad Co., 1897, Specimen Bond Pennsylvania, 1897. $1000 Specimen 5% First Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond, Black on olive green border and underprint, Multiple vignettes of allegorical figures at top and miners at bottom, Specimen overprints and POCs, VF-XF condition. ABNC. Only 3 examples were found in the ABN Archives in 2002. ���� Est. $100-200 650 650 Lackawanna Rail Road Co. 1855 I/U Bond Signed by Morris Ketchum Jesup Pennsylvania, 1855. $500 I/U 7% Coupon Bond, Black text with black border, Long coal train passing on tracks at top center. VF condition. Signed by Morris K. Jesup as company president. Morris Ketchum Jesup ( June 21, 1830 – January 22, 1908), was an American banker and philanthropist. He was one of the original founders of the American Museum of Natural History, and served as the Museum’s president for over 25 years, overseeing its expansion and much of its golden age of exploration and collection. The Museum’s hall of Northwest Coast Indians is named after him. He also was a major contributor to fund the Arctic expeditions of Robert Peary. Cape Morris Jesup, the northernmost point of mainland Greenland, as well as Morris Jesup Glacier, were named in his honor. He also funded the Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1902), a major ethnographic project led by the anthropologist Franz Boas. In 1905, he was knighted by Tsar Nicholas II of Russia for his philanthropic work aiding immigrants from the Russian Empire. ��������������������������������������������������������� Est. $120-200 651 651 Northumberland County Traction Co., ca.1920-1930 Specimen Stock Certificate Pennsylvania. Preferred Stock Specimen Certificate, Black print on brown border and under tint, Interurban electric street at top, Red “Cancelled” overprint. POC’s. XF condition. Unlisted railroad in Cox. Rare and attractive. SBNC. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $75-150 652 652 Pennsylvania Railroad I/C Stock Certificate Trio, ca.1872-1923 Pennsylvania, 1872-1923. Lot of 3 Railroad I/C Stock Certificates, Includes: 1872, Dunkirk, Warren & Pittsburgh Railway Co., 1 Share Capital Stock; 1872, East Pennsylvania Rail Road Co., 2 Shares Capital Stock; and, 19923, Harrisburg City Passenger Railway Co., 6 Shares Capital Stock. Fine to VF condition. (3). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $75-120