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Lot 887
Sale 1047 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Lots Open
Jun 17, 2022
Lots Close
Jun 28, 2022
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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$300 -
500
Price Realized
$750
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Lot Description
[STOCKS & BONDS] Lot of 33 both used and unused stocks, checks, and bonds as well as store certificates.
Lot of 32+
The Ulster and Delaware Railroad Company, Stock number 68 for 15 shares, 1 Jan. 1876, 6-1/4 x 10”, matted and shrink wrapped to 16 x 22”. Large vignette of train upper center.
Railroad pass for William M. White & Family, Director of the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg R.R. 1893. Pass No. 189.
Two certificates for The Centaur Bank, New York City, one for five (shares?), the other for ten. Small vignettes all over the page, including plants, Centaurs, stack of boxes addressed to companies all over the world, from Cincinnati to London to Brazil. 3-1/2 x 7-1/2”. Larger version of the centaur vignette on verso. (small “bite” out of lower left corner of “5”)
Two certificates for The Centaur Bank, New York City, one for five (shares?), the other for ten. Small vignettes all over the page, including plants, Centaurs, stack of boxes addressed to companies all over the world, from Cincinnati to London to Brazil. 3-1/2 x 7-1/2”. Larger version of the centaur vignette on verso. (small “bite” out of lower left corner of “5”)
Baker & Godwin Steam Printers, New York, n.d., ca 1860s. (affixed to cloth-wrapped card backing) 3 x 7-1/4”
The Central Mining Company, $5 certificate, 1 Jan. 1864, New York City. Vignette of three young women/ girls lower left. (rough condition)
Col. Robinson’s New Humpty Dumpty Pantomime, “Charter of Perpetual Phun.” N.d. Elaborate scene on verso showing human and animal acts.
The Lafayette Bank, Boston, 28 Jan. 1837. $10. With large vignette of Boston upper center. Almost 3 x 6-112”.
Bond for The Mississippi & Matama Rail Road. 1 Oct. 1837. $25. 3 x 7”. Vignette of Railroad in center, 4 individuals in corners including George Washington.
The City of Newark, N.J. 25 cents. Approx. 2-1/2 x 5-12” (rough condition)
Bank of Manchester, State of Michigan, $5, 20 Nov. 1837. Wit vignette of cattle on right, approx. 3 x 7”. Two same.
Cancelled check on State Bank of Newark, 9 June 1829, 2-1/2 x 5-3/4”.
Store coupon for 2 cents in goods, at the store, Fitchburg, 8 Feb. 1850. (was previously mounted on another page)
Store coupon for 5 cents, Fitchburg, 8 Feb. 1850 (was previously mounted elsewhere)
Store coupon for 1 cent, Fitchburg, 8 Feb. 1850 (was previously mounted on another sheet)
Store coupon for Tucker & Stiles, for 10 cents, approx. 1-3/4 x 4”.
The Hoboken Banking and Grazing Compony, “Opposite the City of New York.” For 1 dollar, 3 Apr. 1827. 2-3/4 x 7”. Vignette of Franklin in upper center.
The Commercial Bank of Columbia, South Carolina. 6 Oct. 1847. $1. Approx. 3 x 7”.
Post office draft, 27 May 1857. With small vignettes of ships and trains along left edge. Approx. 4-1/4 x 8”.
Sheet of four store coupons, Bridgeton, N.J. November 1869. Four unused coupons printed on a 4-1/2 x 8-1/2” sheet.
Six Certificates for the American Mining Company, San Augustin Mine, 20 Feb. 1851. With Vignettes of Columbia and a native American. Approx. 3-1/2 x 7-3/4”.
Stock Certificate for the Telluride Mining, Milling and Development Company, unused, early 20th century. 8-1/2 x 10-3/4”. With vignettes of miners and the surface view of the mine.
Blank check/bond, 2-3/4 x 6-1/4”. One side has the government proposed new bills (“…there will be eleven denominations of the new, reduced size currency. Each will have a portrait on the face of the bill. $1 Washington, $2 Jefferson, $5 Lincoln (etc.)… All bills of $100 and under, except the 1’s, will have engravings of buildings on the back. The 1’s and the higher denominations will have ornate backs.”
Book of unused certificates, Dimes Saving Institution of Bethlehem. Bethlehem, PA, ca 1860s. Book of 33.
Stock certificate for Republic of Texas, 10% consolidated fund. With 10 certificates. June 1840.
Uncut sheet of four $5 notes, Canal & Banking Co., New Orleans, LA. Vignette of Ben Franklin on left, a group of women and children at top, and the “5” on the right side made up of Columbia and several items (stool, picture of Washington, etc.
Uncut sheet of four notes, $3, $10, $20, $50, Union Bank of New London, each with different vignette at top – (milkmaid, sailing vessels, sculptor, builders
Unused check, "Assistant Treasurer of the United States, New York. Portrait of John Cisco? in upper right corner. Cisco was the Assistant Treasurer from October 1853 to August 1864. Check is preprinted "186___."
Canadian one dollar bank note with portrait of George V, July 2, 1923 issue. Not graded but in fairly good condition.
Unused check, "Assistant Treasurer of the United States, New York. Portrait of John Cisco? in upper right corner. Cisco was the Assistant Treasurer from October 1853 to August 1864. Check is preprinted "186___."
Canadian one dollar bank note with portrait of George V, July 2, 1923 issue. Not graded but in fairly good condition.



