Montana Big Sky & Western Americana

A second certificate. No. 238. Issued on April 24, 1888 for 100 shares to G.W. Hunt. Corporate signatures. Locomotive vignette. Crisp! Prag Collection

A very nice condition pictorial check with RN-B revenue imprint. Signed by Ben Holladay, stagecoach pioneer, as president. Reverse has instructions to

Lot of nine pieces. Five stocks: Oregon & Transcontinental Company (1882, stamp and punch cancelled), Cochran & Southern Logging Railroad Co...

Pendleton, 1888, 7500 shares of stock issued. Also 1891 billhead from Portland and East Portland Express Co. and unissued stock certificate from First

Lot of thirteen. Six different varieties! Only two were issued (1910, punch cancelled). Earliest two have vignette of electric train car with company

1) 1906 issued stock for 3,900 shares in Portland. Pen cancelled. Vignette of electric railway car. Folds and pinholes, otherwise clean. 8.5" x...

Lot of six issued. Includes: The Harrisburg Traction Co. (1899, punched, pictorial), The East Harrisburg Passenger Railway Co. (1894 & 1911, pun...

Two certificates, both issued 1863. No. 1098 & 1114. Both pen cancelled. Two vignettes: locomotive and interior of workers near furnace. Each ha...

Lot of eleven from four different Lehigh rails. 1) Lehigh Valley Railroad Company: early pictorial stock (1892, punched), and two later stocks (1919,

Lot of 22, issued and unissued. Some are pictorial, but no railroad vignettes. Issued: Philadelphia & Baltimore Central Railroad (1856 & 185...

Lot of six. Includes: Green & Coates Street Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company (1862, pen cancelled), Huntington & Broad Top Mountain Ra...

Lot of 24. Includes: Ridge Avenue Passenger Railway (1935, cxl), The Chester Street Railway Co. (1905 & 1912, cxl), Philadelphia & Western R...

Lot of 35. Includes: Philadelphia City Passenger Railroad Company, Union Traction Co., West End Street Railway Co., Citizens Passenger Railway Co., Se

Lot of twelve from four West Philadelphia rails. 1) The West Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company. Nine stocks, three different types. Four 1859 iss

Lot of 18 pictorial from multiple Pittsburg rails. 1) Best two pieces are two stocks for The Pittsburgh, McKeesport and Youghioghney Railroad Company

Five stocks for The Pittsburgh, McKeesport and Youghiogheny Railroad Company signed on the reverse by Cornelius Vanderbilt II as acting secretary. As

Lot of seven choice. Includes: two different for Lykens Valley Rail Road & Coal Company (1834 & 1857, both pen cancelled), Green & Coate...

Lot of twenty-seven, issued and unissued. Most pictorial. Issued include: Federal Street & Pleasant Valley Passenger Railway (1890, cancelled), ...

Lot of 52 certificates from a variety of Pennsylvania railroads. Earliest is a bond from 1881, latest is a certificate from 1959. Roughly fall into: p

Lot of 13 from rails other than Pittsburgh or Philadelphia. Includes: Middletown, Highspire & Steelton Street Railway (1926), Fort Pitt Traction...

Lot seventeen (non-Philadelphia or Pittsburgh). Includes: The Erie & North East Rail Road Co. (1862, pen cancelled, bent left side), Hanover &am...

Lot of 7 different early railroad stocks. Best is 1) The Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain RR and Coal Company, issued 1862, four vignettes (incl. Geo

Lot of ten different pictorial. Includes: Huntington & Broad Top Mountain Railroad & Coal Co. (1854, pen cxl), Mt. Penn Gravity Railroad Co....

Two different certificates for the Lykens Valley Rail Road & Coal Company. Very early stock issued in 1834, pen cancelled, 5.5" x 7.5"...

Lot of 2. 1) Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad Co. certificate No. 356, issued for 4 shares August 1855. Pen cancelled. Signed by the treasurer.

$500 bond issued to raise money for the 105 mile road between Charleston & Savannah. Issued in 1869. Not cancelled. Signed by Alexander Isaacs a...

Lot of 18. Includes: Nashville & Decatur Railroad Co. (1887, cancelled and 1959 cancelled); Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway (1953...

Lot of two. 1) Very attractive $1,000 bond for The Memphis and Ohio Railroad Company. Issued in 1856. Punch cancelled. Fifteen coupons still attached.

Lot of five. 1) Unissued, but very attractive $1,000 bond for The International Railroad Company with four vignettes (locomotive, cowboys, etc). 1871.

Two different bonds. 1) $1,000 bond for The Houston and Great Northern Railroad Company of Texas. Not issued, but has signature of treasurer. Two vign

Lot of six from three rails. 1) Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railway Company. Stock issued 1892. Pen cancelled. 2) Missouri, Kansas and Texas...

Lot of four. Includes: 1) Gorgeous $1,000 bond for the Texas, Saline Valley and Northwestern Railway Company signed by Easton as president, dated 1888

1) Unissued 1872 $1,000 bond for The Houston & Great Northern Railroad Company of Texas. Ornate green border and locomotive vignette. 38 coupons...

Lot of seven: three stocks and four bonds. 1) Stocks: Ogden & Northwestern Railroad Co. (unissued 190-, pictorial), and Salt Lake & Ogden Ra...

Lot of thirteen. Stocks: Truss Rail Joint Company (1914, not cxl), Clark Metal Tie & Rail Co. (1915, rail tie vignette, not cxl), Bingham Centra...

1) Two certificates for The Universal Metallic Tie Company. Inc. in Utah, issued 1912 & 1914. Neither cancelled. Gold seal and locomotive vignet...

Thirty-eight pictorial pieces for this company, divided into three categories: 1) Twenty-three stock certificates, five different styles, issued 1916-

Lot of 17. Includes: $1,000 bond for Richmond & York River RR Company, issued in 1857, locomotive and steamer vignette, punch cancelled with 22 ...

Inc. in Washington. No. 25. Issued for one share to J.L. Cook on Aug. 10, 1918. Signed by company president and secretary. Ornate green border. Eagle

1) No. 16. Issued for ten shares to Spran & Gosch on Sept. 16, 1905. Signed by Cochran (president) and Finch (secretary). Two vignettes: eagle (...

Inc. in Washington in 1900. No. 918. Issued for 120 shares to Harry de la Montanya on Nov. 21st, 1901. Orante border and vignette at upper left of mag

Lot of 14 of many different types. Earliest two are unissued (190-), followed by four larger issued certificates, all different, issued 1930-1944, all

Lot of 12, all pictorial. Stocks: issued 1913 & 1946 (green, both punched), 1952 (orange, punched) and 1968 (purple, punched). Bonds: two early ...

Inc. in Washington. No. 56. Stamp cancelled. Issued for 1 share to E.D. Sevall on Jan. 21, 1915. Signed by Earling (president) and Sarky (Asst. Secret

Lot of nine, three different types. Best is issued 1907 with great pictorial of people walking through giant tree, not cancelled. Also, two issued 190

Lot of nine. 1) Two certificates, one issued (1903, pen & stamp cancelled) and one unissued for Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad Co. Locomoti...

Lot of seven from four companies. 1) Four certificates, two issued (1907 & 1917, stamp cancelled) and two unissued for Chicago, Milwaukee and Pu...

Lot of four. 1) Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad Company stock certificate issued 1881. Pen cancelled. Signed by only the secretary for one share...

Lot of eight. Washington: Seattle, Port Angeles & Lake Crescent Railway (unissued 191-, pictorial), Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad Co. (18-...

Lot of 11, including very pictorial pieces. Bonds: very attractive punch cancelled $1,000 bond for Northern & Southern West Virginia Rail Road C...

Lot of seven. Includes: St. Paul Eastern Grand Trunk Railway Co. (two issued 1883, pen cancelled); Galena & Wisconsin Railroad Co. (issued 1880)...

Three badges: 1) red, white & blue Lorimer Lodge No. 293 B.R.C. of A. Cape Girardeau Mo., 9 " long with enameled railcar at top; 2) 1915 Sa...

By Benjamin F. Taylor. S.C. Griggs and Company. Eleventh Edition. Taylor describes in great detail his recollections and observations of that portion

Lot of nine from Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Pennsylvania. Includes: Northern Railroad (1881, pen cancel), Rhode Island & Massachu...

Lot of 21. Includes: Baltimore & Ohio (five, 1900-1922), Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern (two unissued 18--), Seaboard Air Line Railway (six, ...

Lot of thirteen, most pictorial. Includes: Millstone and New Brunswick RR (1855, punch cxl), Wagner Palace Car Co. (1892, punch cxl), The Cape May and

Lot of ten with good variety. Includes: American Safety Steel Rail Company stock (North Dakota, 1914, not cancelled); Kansas City & Pacific Rail...

Lot of 15. Includes: seven $1,000 bonds for Northern Pacific, all with great vignettes, three 1896, two 1954, 1960 and 1962. All punch cancelled. Earl

Lot of nine. First is an early (c.1860s) unissued stock certificate for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. Blue font and patriotic vignette. The r

Lot of four, three different. Rarest is larger grey bordered certificate issued in 1933 (not cancelled, locomotive vignette). Three others: two green

Lot of 19. Seven bonds (three $100, one $1,000, three $10,000, punch cancelled, issued 1939-1950, all with train vignette), plus twelve stock certific

Lot of 18 western railroad stocks and bonds. From Market Street Railway Company: six stock certificates (1921 issued and punch cancelled, 1921 stamp a

Four page handwritten document was an express contract between American Express Company, James C. Fargo, president, and the Fredericton Railroad Compa

Lot of four. 1) Photograph of Rogers Pass and the Selkirk Mountains from Glacier BC. 2) Illicilliwact Glacier in the Selkirk Mountains. Both pictures

Merida is in Mexico on the Yucatan peninsula. We believe this strange looking train engine comes from there. 14 x 11". City: State: zMexi...

1 Peruvian, Melting, Smelting and Refining Company bond c. 1906, About 20 National Railways of Mexico stock certificates c. 1910 City: State:

Panoramic photo of the S. S. Spokane on the Taku River in Alaska. Photograph by Metzger. Photo: 5.75" x 29.75", framed 9" x 33"....

Eleven items. includes Alaska Excursions 1915, maps, baggage tags, menus, brochures, informational booklets, and schedules. One Steamship Spokane auto

Fifteen items. Eclectic Group. Triangular Southern Sun / Southern Lights menus. Grand Trunk Pacific Steamships brochure and map. Nice 1918 piece. Larg

SS Aleutian Broadcast 1939. 1940 fares. Stickers. 1931 letterheads - many. 1937 passenger list. SS Baranof 1953 menus. Maps. Eleven 1930's menus...

About eleven letters from various steamer lines working in Alaska. Includes Pacific Coast Steamship Co., Straits Steamship Co., Alaska Steamship Co.,

Vintage post card of the Alaska Steamship Company's S.S. Farallon, named after the islands off the coast of San Francisco. Alaska has its Farall...

Nice archive of a steamship line working Alaska and the gold regions. There are about 15 pieces of correspondence c 1902 on printed letterheads, and 4

Seven different passes: 1909, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1928, 1929, and 1938. The company ran ships from Los Angeles to Santa Catalina Island. Prag Collection

Sixteen passes, including duplicate years: 1925 (2), 1926 (2), 1927, 1928 (2), 1929 (2), 1930, 1931 (2), 1932 (3), and 1935. Prag Collection City:

Cert. #13, issued for 19 shares to A. McPhail in 1908. Signed by Wm. Matson as president. The company incorporated in California in 1901. Large shippi

Billhead for Steamer Gold, Nath. Gould, Agent. General Office at "Gold Pier" between Washington and Jackson Streets, San Francisco. Charge...

Steamer Chrysopolis delivering Standard Mill flour. J Hupon received payment. The greatest Sacramento riverboat of them all, the steamer Chrysopolis,

Very attractive certificate! No. 514, issued for 100 shares to Genevieve F. Peters on Sept. 21, 1908. Signed by the president (Sidney Howell) and sec

Inc. in Oregon. No. 25. Pen cancelled. Issued for two shares to W.E. Connan on April 7th, 1930. Signed by W.J. Turner as president and N.H. Marsh as s

Lot of 4. 1) A pair of certificates for Oregon Improvement Company with seaport vignette. One issued 1889, the other 1890. Both are punch cancelled an

Choice. No. 3105, issued for 1 share on May 15th, 1874 to Jay Cooke & Co. Signed by the president, vice president and secretary. Punch cancelled...

Photograph measures 10" x 12". Contrast is medium. Seventeen people and one dog are visible, along with hundreds of rolls of cotton balls....

SIxteen passes total. Pacific Steamship Co.: 1919, 1925, 1926, 1928 (2), 1929, 1930,1931 (2), 1932 (3), and 1935 (3). Also a document announcing that

Lot of four stock certificates. Includes: Camden & Philadelphia Steamboat Ferry Company (1891, stamp and punch cancelled, three vignettes includ...

Fourteen items. 1) 1936 TSS Prince Robert Passenger list. Autographed by crew including Captain Mabbs. From Vancouver to Gardner Canal. 2-6) Five smal