Archives International Auctions Auction 92 March 6, 2024

Archives International Auctions - Sale 92 123 March 6, 2024 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com SCRIPOPHILY - NAVIGATION & SHIPPING Illinois 592 592 Illinois. Cairo City and Canal Co. 1838 I/C $1000 6% Coupon Bond. Cairo, Illinois, 1838, $1000 6%Coupon Bond, Ink Cancelled with ink burn in cancellation areas, Fine to VF condition. Rare and very early Canal Bond. The city is located at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Fort Defiance, a Civil War camp, was built at the confluence in 1862 by Union General Ulysses S. Grant to control strategic access to the river. Cairo has the lowest elevation of any location in Illinois and is the only Illinois city to be surrounded by levees. It is in the area of Southern Illinois known as Little Egypt. The first municipal charter for Cairo and for the Bank of Cairo were issued in 1818, but without any settlement and without any depositors. A second and successful effort to establish a town was made by the Cairo City and Canal Company in 1836–37, with a large levee built to encircle the site. Historic bond issued in 1838 when the town was formed. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $130-260 Maine 593 593 Eastern Steamship Co. 1909 I/U Stock Certificate Maine….., 1909. 13 Shares I/U Capital Stock Certificate, Black print with green border and undertint. Fine- VF condition with slight tearing along top edge, John A. Lowell & Co. ����������������� Est. $60-120 SCRIPOPHILY - RAILROADS Georgia 594 594 Brunswick & Western Railroad Co., 1883, Unique Approval Proof Stock Certificate Georgia, 1883. Common Capital Stock Proof Certificate, Black on blue border with locomotive below company title at right-center, Printed on india paper that is unmounted. Approval signatures and dates on the lower left and upper left, POCs along bottom, Choice VF to XF condition, ABNC. ������������������������������������� Est. $200-350 Illinois 595 595 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co., 1942 Specimen Registered $700,000 Bond Illinois. $700,000, Specimen Registered 2 1/4% Serial Collateral Trust Note, Black on light brown border and underprint, Photograph of a Diesel Zephyr Locomotive, FLD-ABNC. Listed as a coupon vertical bond in Cox but unlisted as a registered bond. Rare and very attractive. ����������������������������������� Est. $100-200 596 596 Railroad Securities Co. Bond, 1901 Specimen Registered Bond Illinois, 1901, $5000, Specimen, Registered 3 1/2% 1st Mortgage 50 year Gold Bond “(Illinois Central Stock Collateral Series A)”, Orange border with locomotive L-R, POC’s, XF, ABNC. Unlisted in Cox. ���������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $100-200