2003 St. Louis, MO (CAA) Signature Sale - Session 1

Buchanan Farm Oil Company (New York) A certificate in black and white with an imprinted revenue stamp. Multiple vignettes showing allegorical figures

Cherry Tree Run & Oil Creek Company (Pennsylvania)A 1865 certificate for 800 shares with a central vignette of oilfield derricks and storage tan...

Eames Petroleum Iron Company (New York) Dated 1882 with a central vignette of the New York state seal. Blue. Lithographed. Uncancelled. Extremely Fine

Germania Petroleum Company (New York) A black/white certificate for 500 shares with a revenue stamp attached at left and a drilling and refining vigne

Government Oil and Mining Company (West Virginia) A certificate for 200 shares issued in 1865. Black on white paper with a red revenue stamp. An unusu

Imperial and Kanawha Valley Oil Company (Pennsylvania and West Virginia) A 1865 certificate for 50 shares. Black. Vignette of an oil field with derric

National Petroleum Association (Pennsylvania) A 1866 dated certificate in black and purple. The central theme vignette depicts a panoramic view of oil

New England Petroleum Company (New York) A 1864 certificate for 500 shares. Black. Vignette of an oil field at top center with a smaller oil worker sc

New York and Philadelphia Petroleum Company (New York) A 100 share certificate dated 1865 and bearing the same central vignette as the Brooklyn Petrol

Newhall Petroleum Company (California) An early California petroleum certificate dated 1876 with an oil field vignette. Lithographed. This is a scarce

Pennsylvania Imperial Oil Company (Pennsylvania) A 1865 certificate for 200 shares. Black/white with a top center vignette of a crest flanked by horse

Sandy River Petroleum Prize Company (New York) A black/white certificate for 200 shares with an engraved vignette of an early petroleum facility. Reve

Story Farm Oil Company (Pennsylvania) A certificate for 100 shares issued in 1864, the year this venture was incorporated. There is an attractive cent

Adams Express Company - Specimen (New York) An orange and black certificate for 100 shares. Adams Express was founded in 1840 by Alvin Adams as a cour

American Street Railway Paving & Improvement Company (Massachusetts) A 1905 certificate for 25 shares with a top center vignette of a streetcar....

American Submarine Company (New York) A 1870 black and white certificate from a company formed to construct a submarine for use as a privateer during

Atchison & Pikes Peak Railroad Company and Telegraph Line Central Branch Union Pacific (Kansas) An unissued 1865 $1000 Gold Bond with a steam lo...

Atlantic & Great Western Rail Road Company (Ohio) Issued for four shares in 1863. Black on white. A highly graphic multi-vignetted certificate d...

Atlantic Wharf Company (Massachusetts) A black on white certificate for 100 shares from 1851. There is a nice vignette of an early Boston port scene w

Atlantic-Pacific Railway Tunnel (Colorado) A $250 bond issued in 1887 with an 8% coupon. This attractive certificate was signed as President by Marcus