Objects of Our Affection - February 2020

Four Certificates. Incorp. The Norwich and Worcester Railroad was an 1837 consolidation of the Boston, Norwich and New London Railroad Company of Con

Delaware & Eastern Railway Co. 1st Mortgage $1,000 Bond issued in 1907. 5%, fifty year bond matured in 1957. 65 coupons stapled to the bond. Rus...

Nice printer's proof from The Delaware Rail Road Company. Proof is dated 1859, with written instructions to the printer to print 500 copies of t...

Variety not listed in Cox. Corporate seal is stamped 1852 for the year of incorporation. Issued for 6 shares in 1890. Stamp and hole cxled. Exchanged

Two certificates. In 1857, the Junction & Breakwater Railroad (J&B ) was chartered to build from a connection with the Delaware Railroad a...

#616, issued for 4 shares to Thomas Biddle & Co. Office of the Railroad Company, issuee. Both signatures torn off to cancel (paper torn off in ...

Stock certificate issued for 3 shares in 1857. Crude train vignette at the top. Black on blue. Uncancelled. Unlisted in Cox. Likely unknown. 2-3) Bond

Cert. #34, issued for 20 shares at Chicago in 1887. Shares were $100 Each. Blakely-Marsh Printing Co., Chicago. The company was incorporated to manuf

Multiple formats and dates. Includes: Fancy certificates (2) issued in 1918 and 1938 with vignettes circling the entire certificate. Both green, under

This lot contains three signature pieces, 2 common stocks and one bond. 1) 10 shares issued in 1852, signed by John B. Jervis as president. Jervis was

Nice group of seven certificates. Lot includes: Chicago & Ohio River Railroad Co., 1886, 13 shares, train at bottom, Unc. ABN, N.Y.; Chicago &am...

Four Railroad Stock Certificates. All are I/C, no seal, vignette top allegorical female resting on two circles: left train passing under bridge, rig

The Joliet and Chicago Railroad was chartered February 15, 1855 and opened in 1856, continuing north and northeast from Joliet to downtown Chicago.

This is a nice one. Inc. in Illinois. Issued for 1 share in 1862 at Chicago to Willard Gibson and signed by G.L. Howard, president. On the header it s

Cert. #4858, issued in 1880 for 10 shares. Two trains passing in the foreground, with a farm scene and a river behind. One train is marked, Mobile &...

This certificate was issued for 36% (12,991.5) of the total authorized shares to Clark (Senator from Montana and mining and railroad executive) and Ha

Cert. #151, issued in 1862. Train runs left to right. Black and pink. $1,000 Pfd. 1st Mtg. Sinking Fund bond. 15 year, 7%. Lady Indian lower left and

Nice group of five from this railroad. Stock issued in 1868. Train runs right to left. Revenue stamp top right. Stamp cxled. Henry Siebert, N.Y. Also

Common stock cert. #85, issued for 200 shares to P.L. Cable of Rock Island, Illinois in 1873. Signed by the co. officers. Train exiting tunnel going l

1-4) Four common stock certificates issued in the 1930's. An orange, 100 share common stock along with a brown, 100 share preferred. Then a gree...

Cert. #15, issued for 100 shares to Charles H. Carr and signed by W.D. Judson as president. Eagle on shield with outstretched wings at top left. 25 ce

Cert. #709, issued in 1875. Thirty year bond due 1905. $1,000, First Mortgage Convertible, Sinking Fund Bond. Train runs in front of factory at header

Bond certificate #1503, 1912, First Mortgage, 5%, gold bond, due 1932 is not listed in Cox. Streetcars with people milling about, horse drawn carriage

One share issued in 1856. Shares were $100 Each. Train behind telephone poles running left to right. Issued to Ryan Jacobs. Snyder, Black & Stur...

Cert. #A63, issued for 100 shares. Traincars below company name and a cherub sitting in the "C" of the company name. Shares were $100 Each...

Three certificates I/U from 1914, 1930 and 1931. Two trains at the station. One arriving and one leaving. Ten more certificates I/C dated 1920, 1924,

Three preferred stocks in green, brown and orange, all signed by Samuel Insull Jr as vice president. Track workers in between two electric trains. Ins

One hundred preferred shares issued to John D. Rockefeller in 1898. Three vignettes. Two of trains and workers surround a standing female. Stamp and h

Nice certificate #B3359, blue gray, <100 shares. Issued for 2 shares in 1903 to Henry T. Blake and signed by the company officers. Three vignette...

Lot includes: Two common stock certificates issued in 1926. Inc. in DE. Large eagle in front of train cars. Both uncancelled. Republic Bank Note, Pitt

Two different specimen bond certificates. Orange, $1,000 Equipment bond, 4 1/2%, gold bond, Series B, 1911 due 1921. Also, Purple, $1,000, Registered

Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co $10,000, Series C Bond Specimen. Green. Train at station runs left to right. This denomination of ...

Two nice Specimen certificates from this railroad. 1) Bond specimen, $1,000, purple, Series A Equipment Bond, 4 1/2% gold bond. 1911, due 1921. Twenty

Cert. #1 issued in 1908. Train r-l at crossing. Issued for 1 share to W.C. Mack. Signed by H.W. Seaman as president and F.M. Clark as secretary. Weste

Common stock issued in 1906 for 3 shares. Green undertint. Engine 13 runs left to right. Issued and uncancelled. ABN. Also, preferred stock issued in

One common and one preferred stock, both issued at Amsterdam in 1929. Both are uncancelled. Provenance: Ken Prag Collection Country (if not USA):

Two different bonds, one issued in 1909, $100. 4 1/2% gold bond due 1939. Two oncoming trains from left to right. Franklin Lee Bank Note. Unc. Second

Nice group of bonds from the two railroads. Two, I/C, $50,000 bonds along with two U/U $50,000 Bonds from Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Rwy. Also,...

Three Specimen stock certificates from the railroad in three different colors. Common stock, 6% Preferred, and 7% Preferred are represented. Stamped...

Cert. #48, issued in 1883. $1,000, 30 year, 6%, 1st Mortgage gold bond. 59 coupons attached. Brakeman at the left and man waving flag at right. Small

Cert. #1046, issued for 3 shares. State seal at center with cherubs around mine portal at top right and Niagara Falls at top left. This certificate is

Two certificates. The IC was one of the oldest Class I railroads in the United States. The company was incorporated by the Illinois General Assembly o

Two certificates. 1. #34963, I/C, 5 shares $100 par, issued Oct 30, 1865. Signed president (illegible), Black, vignette top train passing over ca

Stocks from four different Chicago rails. 1) Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway Co., seven partially issued certificates, different styles and c...

The Joliet and Chicago Railroad was chartered February 15, 1855 and opened in 1856, continuing north and northeast from Joliet to downtown Chicago.

Three, issued and cancelled bonds from the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company. Includes 1st Mortgage bond, $1,000, issued 1862, payable 1893; Inco...

Group of common share certificates from this Indiana railroad company. Stocks issued in 1888, 1896, 1899, 1945 and 1957. All are pen or hole cxled. or

Three Specimen certificates including one orange and one brown Class A Common Specimens, along with a crimson Class B Specimen. Vignettes of a seated

Cert. #B33, issued for 100 shares to Clarence A. Knight in 1902 and signed by the company officers. Engine #25 runs left to right passing another rail

Three preferred stock certificates issued between 1937 and 1946. Two red orange and one orange certificate. All have a vignette of a brakeman and cond