"Christmas Chronicles", 2023 December Live Auction

Lot of 12 stocks, two types, all issued in 1899 and punch and stamp cancelled. Eight stocks feature brown border, black print, and a vignette of a top

Issued red 1869 Mansfield & Framingham Railroad stock. Incorporated in 1862 to provide a rail connection from Mansfield through Foxborough to Wa...

Rare. Negotiable Certificate Receipt for First Mortgage Bond, $1,000, 1901. Issued to Frank Mills. Signed by the secretary Hellman. Green border and b

6 different, extra rare, excellent condition unissued Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Company stock certificates. Nice vignette of train pulling into

Cert. #564, $500, 6%, Mortgage Bond from this Nevada railroad company. The bond was issued in 1909 and signed by the company officers, L.H. Curtis and

4 unissued 100 shares each of Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Company stock, certificates, 213, 218, 230 and 274. Nice vignette of train pulling into

Very nice certificate issued for 100 shares. The company incorporated in 1886. _x000D_ In 1887, An ordinance was granted the Electro - Pneumatic Trans

#3692 issued in 1884. Extremely large 45x18î and in extremely nice condition. Coupons 3-82 attached. Signed by president WC Andrews an importan...

Number 80 issued in 1875. Very nice, complex vignette of trains, trestle and industries in a valley. All 52 coupons attached. Underprint $1000. Edge i

Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road Company. #756 for 10 shares issued to trustee Welton. President's name has been hole punch cancelled. Small vignett...

Lot of 4 stocks, issued 1915-1917. All have the same design: black border and print and locomotive vignette. Inc. in Ohio. Signed by president Platt (

14 Oregon railroad stocks. Oregon Railroad and Navigation. United Railways, Oregon and Transcontinental, Oregon Trunk, Oregon Branch Pacific, Des Chut

#971, issued to H.C. Frick for 120 shares at Philadelphia in 1885. Henry Clay Frick (December 19, 1849- December 2, 1919) was an American industrialis

Philadelphia and Easton Railway Company $1000 5% 40 year bond, signed by president Rosenberger(?), #448. Nice Railway Car vignette. All 80 coupons att

Issued 1883 Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway stock. The construction of the railway was spurred by a shift in river shipping and Cinc

Unissued Lawrenceburg & Indianapolis Rail Road stock, c. 1830's. Nice vignette of an old fashioned steam locomotive pulling a full stagecoac...

27 mostly issued post 1900 railroad stocks. Pullman, Baltimore and Ohio, Peoria Terminal, Western Pacific, New York Central, Pacific Railway, Denver a

8 railroad stocks, c. 1840-79, all issued. 2x Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern, 1876. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 1862. Mississippi and Mi...

Lot of 3 different. All have RN-U1 imprinted revenues. 1) Warren & Venango Railroad Company. Unissued, 1800s. Two locomotive vignettes and one a...

Lot of 3 different. All have the signature of Collis P. Huntington, one of the "Big Four" founders of the Central Pacific Railroad. 1) Sho...

22 pre 1900 unissued railroad stocks. Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific. Waverly Short Line. Newton & Monroe. Carthage, Watertown & Sacket...

The Virginia & Tennessee Railroad Company Interest Bond No. 203 for 1000 dollars. Issued on December 2, 1869. Signed by President, William Mahon...

Four General Electric Oversees Capital Corporation bond. 1965. Allegorical. Very nice condition. Coupons 20 to 40 attached. Sequential numbering. Not

Lot of 3 stocks, issued 1921-24. Punch cancelled. Three different vice president signatures. Brown or purple borders, black print, and vignette of bal

Lot of 5 issued and cancelled stocks, 1955-1958. Identical design: green border, black print, and vignette of tobacco field and a Native American chie

Issued California railroads. 1910 Geary Street Railway with nice street vignette. Stocks-1916 California Street Cable Railroad with cable car vignette

3 issued Colorado railroad stocks. 1906 Denver, Northwestern and Pacific with founder D H Moffat signature. 1910 Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. 1896

4 Oregon river transportation stocks. 1863 Columbia Transportation. 1906 Open River Transportation. 1890 Oregon Improvement. 1927 Daughs Ship Crane.

17x Bald Mountain Gold &Silver Mining Company, incorporated in April 1869, dated 1878, La Porte, CA. A total capital stock of 40 shares, at a ...

Utility stock certificates (39) include The Intermountain Rural Electric Association, Gold Seal Electric Company (5), Samson Electric Company (2), Nat

6 albums from Postal Commemorative Society with gold covers of US Stamps. 22kt gold proof replicas of stamps on mostly FDC's. Blue album has rep...

US First Day Cover collection, about 300-500 covers in 3 albums. c. 1930-80's. A few UN, Canada. Lots of cacheted covers. 14.8 lbs.

A box of about 200 first day covers with coins from countries around the world. Circa 1960s-1970s. Packaged two to a page with descriptions of the coi

One of the earliest letters known to exist from the Breckinridge, Colorado Territory area. The letter is dated 1861, one year after the post office w

Lot of 22 full sheets and some partial sheets of Christmas Seals, from the 1940s-1960s.In the early 20th century, tuberculosis was the leading cause

Rare 1883 Christmas card from the San Jose agent of the Pacific Branch of The Lion Fire Insurance Company of London, England. The lion looks serious.

Tabletop letter-sorting box made of straight-grained white oak with dovetailed joints on the base. It has three rows of 18 compartments, each with div

Mail-sorting cabinet made from quarter-sawn white oak. It has eight rows with ten compartments each, and all dividers are present. It appears there w

Original, small Post Office frontispiece from the Postmaster Supply Co of Baltimore, Maryland, and Kansas City, Missouri. It has a small, 8.5 x 12.5-i

Post Office sorting table and trays. Oak cabinet. Waist-high sorting area with four rows of 25 cubby holes for envelopes. Great for a personal Post Of

Post Office sorting table with four rows of 15 cubby holes for mail sorting. Oak construction, well used, 43 x 28 inches, c1890-1910. LOCAL PICK-UP I

Cast iron RWY strong box measuring 14"x 20"x 13". It is unlocked and dates from 1900-1915Has red railway express markings that appear...

Large railway express strong box made from sheet and cast iron and measures 16" x 16"x 26". This one is locked and we have no key, W...

Brass and steel, street-side letter box for US Mail made by Cutler Mail Chute Company of Rochester, NY. Cutler Mailing System authorized by United Sta

Lot of five Bank of California certificates, with rare imprinted revenue stamps. Two are signed by William Alvord. Includes: 1) Bank of California Dup

Elaborate insurance policy issued by The Phoenix Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut with three California revenue stamps and one U. S. 25 cent

Collection of older foreign stamps, perhaps 80 cacheted US and Canada first day covers 1947-89. About 100 US mostly 3c commemorative plate blocks etc.

Cover addressed to Capt. Thomas Buckley, superintendent of the Bodie Tunnel and Mining Company. It also has a Wells Fargo & Company Express log...

No contents. Sent to Fretz & Ralston, Bankers, San Francisco. Wells Faro & Co.'s Express Columbia oval cancel over 3 cent imprinted stam...

Handwritten letter and cover. Letter originates from Columbia Esmeralda County Nevada and is addressed to one Mr. F.T. Treitmyer of Drytown, Amador Co