Western Trails & Treasures Auction (February 2022)

Rare. Unissued. No. 186. Green border, black print, and vignette of locomotive moving away from the mountains. Printed by Franklin Bank Note Co. 8 x 1

Lot of 3. 1) Two stocks issued in 1927 and 1937. Neither is cancelled. Both have the same design: red border, black print, and locomotive vignette. 2)

Lot of 4. 1) The Gilpin Tramway Company. Two stocks, issued in 1888 and 1889. Stamp cancelled. Black border and print, railroad in mountains vignette.

Lot of two $1,000 bonds, issued in 1875 and 1878. Signed by president Jas. Nickerson and treasurer Thos. Nickerson. Punch and large cut cancels that a

Lot of 3. 1) London, South Park & Leadville Railroad Company. $1,000 bond issued in 1883. Not cancelled. Low number 28. Signed by vice president...

Lot of 7, two different companies. 1) The Colorado & Southern Railway Company. Three different stocks, two Specimen, one issued in 1972. Orange,...

No. 3441. $1,000 bond issued in 1897. Signed by the president and secretary. Purple stamp cancelled. Seventy coupons attached. Green border, black pri

Lot of 5 different. Includes: two different $1,000 bonds issued in 1862 (one pen cancelled, one punch cancelled), both with locomotive vignette; $1,00

Lot of 10. Six different plus dupes. All pictorial. Issued 1886, 1889, 1892, 1899, 1901, 1902, and some with corp. signatures but unissued. Operated 1

Lot of 11. Nearly all different. Included: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (1899); Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad (two different,...

Lot of 12, all different. 1) Stocks: 1930 (blue and purple), 1939, 1943, and 1970. All with vignette that has a train vignette and sign with the compa

Lot of 7, most different. Includes: Wabash Railroad ($100 bond, 1955; 1910 stock; and foreign 1910 stock); Belt Railroad & Stock Yard Co. (1893 ...

Lot of 5. Issued in 1857, 1868, and 1870. Pen cancelled. Two others are for the railroad's division in Nebraska, issued in 1878. Punch cancelled...

Rare. RN-VI and RN-PI over printed on RN-W2. $1,000 bond issued in 1867. Punch cancelled. Signed by the president and treasurer. Two railroad vignette

Lot of 7 different. 1) Burlington and Northwestern Railway Company. Issued in 1877, not cancelled, locomotive vignette. 2) Dubuque & Sioux City ...

Specimen $1,000 bond. Due in 1941. Green border, black print, and locomotive vignette. Printed by Hamilton Bank Note Co. Stamped Specimen on signature

Early $1,000 bond No. 166. Oct. 4, 1872. Signed by president Ginery Twichell, treasurer Charles Pierce and three members of the finance committee. Sig

No. 50913 issued for $1,000 in July 1889. Stamp, cut cancelled, and punch cancelled. Green border and background, black print, and locomotive vignette

No. 28939, issued for $500 in July 1889. Stamp, cut cancelled, and punch cancelled. Brown border, black print, and locomotive vignette. Franklin Bank

Specimen $1,000 ten year, 5% convertible gold bond. Dated June 1907. Stamped Specimen across signature lines and punch cancelled. Blue border, black p

Specimen certificate for Preferred Capital Stock. Orange border, black print, and three vignettes: locomotive (left), Native American chief (center),

Specimen certificate for Preferred Capital Stock. Green border, black print, and three vignettes: locomotive (left), cow head (center), and Native Ame

Specimen certificate for $200 of a 4%, 100-year adjustment bond. Union Trust Company of New York. Brown border, black print, and locomotive vignette.

Lot of five. 1) 1889 black on white with man stoking engine vignette. General Mortgage Goal Bond Scrip. 2) 1888 stock with three countryside vignettes

"Formerly the Atchison and Pikes Peak Railroad Company." $1,000 bond no. 636. April 1879. Unissued, but signed by secretary Henry McFarlan...

Lot of 4 different. Included: Kansas City, Wyandotte and North-Western Railway Co. ($1,000 bond, 1886, punch cancelled); Kansas City, Mexico & O...

Lot of 6 different. Included: Kentucky & Tennessee Railroad Company (1872 bond, punch cxl); Cadiz Railroad Company (1903 stock, not cxl); Coving...

Lot of 11. A few duplicates. Includes: Boston & Providence Railroad Corp. (1849); Fall River Railroad (1854 and 1840s unissued); Charles River B...

Lot of two different $1,000 bonds issued in 1868. Both punch cancelled. Each has 3 RN stamps: RN-P5 (front and back) and RN-W2. Both have vignette of

Inc. in Montana. Low number 19, issued for 3,733 shares to Mrs. Thos. G. Hall on Oct. 1st, 1904. Signed by the president and secretary. Punch cancelle

Lot of 5 different, all unissued. Includes: Helena Hot Springs & Smelter Railroad Company (1800s, rail vignette); Gallatin Valley Electric Railw...

Six different certificates from this iconic Nevada railroad. The railroad known as the Tonopah & Goldfield began in 1905 and operated until 1947...

Lot of 4 different, all unissued as is usual. Rare group. Orange, gold, blue, and green (in PASS-CO holder) varieties. Nice vignette of train pulling

Extremely rare. This proof is very early in the process of creating stock for this railroad. It has pencil notations and corrections, including changi

Extremely rare. This proof is the second stage in creating a stock for this company. (The earlier version is also in this sale).Has only one pencil no

Rare. Specimen $1,000 bond. May 1899. Green border and background, black print, and locomotive with cowboys vignette. Printed by ABN. Stamped Specimen

Incredibly rare. We have sold later (1890s) pieces from a California/Colorado venture with the same name, but not for this earlier Nevada incarnation.

Lot of 7, all of which are rare. First, an unissued Virginia and Truckee Railroad stock from the 1860's. These are very rare to see even in unis...

Stunning. Cert. number 469, issued for 5 shares to Ben. Lee in 1868. Signed by president Stebers(?) and treasurer Lee. Pen and stamp cancelled. Fancy

Very rare. This Specimen bond #00000 is for $1,000 with a 1901 dateline. Stamped Specimen on the president line and hole punched. Red border, black pr

Lot of 4 different. Rare group. Includes: New Mexico & Southern Pacific Railroad Company (1882 stock, punch cancelled, train vignette); Santa Fe...

Specimen $1,000 bond. Red border, black print, and nice locomotive vignette. June 1st, 1903 dateline. Printed by ABN. Stamped Specimen across signatur

We have not sold this stock before. Inc. in the Territory of New Mexico. Low number 6, issued for one share to HL Waldo on Dec. 31st, 1881 on Santa Fe

Lot of 19. Duplication. Includes: Cooperstown & Susquehanna Valley RR (1888 bond); Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville RR (uniss.. stock); Delaw...

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

Lot of 20, most different. Includes: Cincinnati & Fort Wayne Railroad (1855); Indianapolis & Cincinnati Railroad (corp. signatures but not i...

Lot of 8 (most different). Includes: Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Railway (1901 stock); Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway (1...

Lot of 8. Only one dupe. Includes: Columbus & Xenia Railroad Company (1851 stock); Cairo Railroad Co. (two stocks, one partially filled out); Co...

Inc. in 1862. No. 3463, issued for 1 share on May 15th, 1874 to Edwin A Lewis, trustee of Jay Cooke & Co. in Bankruptcy. Signed by sec. Theodore...

Very rare. This is a proof printing of a promissory note/bond done on thicker paper (cardstock). Upper right pencil notations date it as 1874. Stamp o