DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                Lot# 4447 Eastern U.S. 1800’s New York and                                                Lot# 4452 Georgia 1867 Selma,                              Pennsylvania RR’s 2 certificates. 1. Second                                               Rome, and Dalton Railroad Co.                              Avenue Traction Co. Incorp Pittsburgh, Penn.                                              Formed by the consolidation of                              Not numbered, U/U, $1000, 5%, 40 yr. First                                                Alabama and Tennessee River                              Mortgage bearer bond. Dated July 1, 1893.                                                 Rail Road Company Georgia and                              BROWN. Vignette top electric street car w/                                                Alabama Rail Road Company and                              company name on side r-l. $1000 brown                                                     Dalton and Jacksonville Railroad                              underprintMackenzie Davis Co printer. VF                                                  Company on August 6, 1866.[1] The                              2. The Second Avenue Railroad Co. Incorp.                                                 consolidation agreement was ratified                              New York. #140 I/U, $1000, 5%, 50 yr. First                                               by the Georgia General Assembly on                              Mortgage Gold bearer bond. Issued Jan. 20,         December 13, 1866 and by the Alabama Legislature on February                              1898, GREEN, Embossed seal, no vignette, 1000      8, 1867. The consolidation occurred with Former Confederate                              green underprint. Coupons #91-100 attached.        General Joseph E. Johnston after the American Civil War.  International Bank Note Co. printer EF Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-  200 HWAC# 105539                                                               #1304, I/U, $1000, 7%, Mortgage bearer bond due 1887. Issued Oct                                                                                 1, 1867 signed F.H. Belava Pres. BLACK, embossed seal Vignette top                      Lot# 4448 Eastern United States 1800’s Sullivan            farmers in field looking on 4-4-0 crossing bridge. $1000 white outline                      Railroad Co. 3 certificates. 1. Two. The Sullivan          over green underprint. 34 coupons attached. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co                      Railroad was incorporated in Jul 10, 1846, Vermont.        printer. EF Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-200 HWAC# 106097                      Both certificates BLACK, $100 par common stock.                      Embossed seal, 3 vignettes : top Prosperity, left 4-4-0                                           Lot# 4453 Georgia 1864-1888 The                      w/cars, allegorical female bottom left. Signed Henry                                              South Western Rail Road Co (4)                      Hubbard President. Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edison                                                 One of Georgia’s oldest railroads,                      printer. #58 I/U, 10 shares. #11, I/C, 2 shares. VF                                               the South Western was chartered in                      2. Sullivan Railroad Co. New Hampshire. #136b, I/U,                                               1845 to build a railroad from Macon                      $500 bond, due April 1, 1854 or surrender for 5                                                   through southwestern Georgia to                      shares. Issued April 1, 1849. Signed Henry Hubbard                                                the lower Chattahoochee River. 4                      President. BLACK on blue paper, embossed seal, state       certificates all I/C, BLACK, Vignettes of 4-4-0 locomotives l-r top and                      seal top. Coupons 2-10 attached. Beals & Greene            small eagle bottom r-l wings spread, shares @ 4100 par.. #047, 19  printer. EF Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 106084                     shares issued April 1, 1871. #715, 114 shares issued March 16, 1864.                                                                                 #8521, 7 shares issued May 6, 1878 and #1815, 2 shares issued June                                         Lot# 4449 Florida 1925 Seaboard-        27, 1888. Printers: American Bank Note and J.A.H. Hasbrouck. Ken                                         All Florida Railway Two certificates.   Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 106094                                         A subsidiary of the Seaboard Air Line                                         Railroad, incorp.January 7, 1927,                                              Lot# 4454 Georgia 1800-1900’s                                         Florida. Both certificates: I/C, $1000                                         The South Western Rail Road Co.                                         6% First Mortgage Gold bearer bond.                                            4 certificates. Incorp. 1845 Georgia.                                         Vignette top of 4-6-4 loco #7206 @                                             1. #13832, I/C, 10 shares $100                                         station. $1000 in underprint of bond                                           par, issued Dec 14, 1886. Vignette                                         color, 10 coupons attached. Embossed                                           top 4-4-0 crossing bridge, bottom                                         seal, American Bank Note Co. printer.                                          eagle. American Bank Note Co  #M1465, GREEN, series B, issued Aug. 1, 1926. #M8749, ORANGE,                                                         printer. Has some light discoloration.  series A, issued Aug. 1, 1925. Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-200               This certificate is a little larger than the size of check.  HWAC# 104679                                                                   2. Three I/C, w/allegorical female vignette top. Color underprint same                                                                                 as certificates. American Bank Note Co. printer. #A9, GREEN, 3 shares                             Lot# 4450 Florida 1925 Seaboard-All Florida         issued Nov 5, 1896. VF. #A625, RUST, 1 share issued March 12, 1897.                             Railway A subsidiary of the Seaboard Air            VF. #MA143, BROWN, 50 shares issued Nov 23, 1903. VF. Ken Prag                             Line Railroad, incorp.January 7, 1927, Florida.     Collection Est. $120-200 HWAC# 105558                             #D1121, $500 6% 10 yr. First Mortgage Series A                             gold bearer bond. Issued August 1, 1925. BLUE,                          Lot# 4455 Idaho 1900’s Idaho Railroad                             embossed seals, vignette 4-6=4 loco #7102 @                             ephemera Three certificates. 1. Two Idaho and                             station. $1000 blue underprint. 10 coupons                              Western Railway Co. incorp 1909 Idaho. #3, I/C,                             attached, American Bank Note Co. printer. EF.                           1 share @ $100 par issued Dec 31, 1909. BLACK,                             Ken Prag Collection Est. $150-200 HWAC# 104680                          embossed seal. vignette top griffens either side                                                                                                     of union shield. #31, unissued. Unknown printer.                                         Lot# 4451 Georgia 1892-1924                                 2. Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad incorp                                         Georgia Railroad Stock Certificates                         1907 Idaho. #1, I/C, 110 shares @ $100 par issued                                         & Bonds Lot of 7different. Included:                        April 10, 1907, signed H.A. Blackwell President.                                         Marietta & North Georgia Railway Co.                        embossed green seal. BLACK, green ripple underprint.                                         ($1,000 bond, 1892); North Georgia                          Vignette top left Idaho state seal. GOES printer. Ken                                         Mineral Railway (stock no. 3, 1917);                        Prag Collection Est. $80-100 HWAC# 104632                                         Central of Georgia Railway Company                                         (4 different bonds (100, 500, $1,000,                                         three unissued, one issued in 1919);  and Gulfport & Mississippi Coast Traction Co. (stock, 1924). Fair  condition. Ken Prag Collection Est. $150-250 HWAC# 107375    Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859                                                                       299
DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana    Lot# 4456 Jacksonville, Illinois 1800’s Saint                                                Lot# 4460 Illinois 1897 Lefler Electro  Louis, Jacksonville and Chicago Railroad Co. 3                                               Magnetic Railway Stock Unlisted.  certificates. Incorp. 1862 Illinois. 1. #1064, U/U, $100                                     I/C #937 Wm Darrough 1 share 1897  par share, BLACK, no seal, vignette 4-4-0 and cars r-l                                       signed by President Leffler. Leffler  rounding curve, receipt attached. Ed Mendel printer.                                         made the magnetic propulsion system,  AU. 2. Two BLUE, $100 par share, vignettes: bottom                                           not the rail cars. The quiet, efficient  left allegorical female look l-r. Bottom right, eagle on                                     design of the Leffler system was based  rock look r-l. Top, 4-4-0 @depot r-l. American Bank                                          on a series of magnets embedded  Note Co printer. #619, U/C, signed, date 188_. #656,  U/U, date 188_. EF Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-140                                          between tracks. Creases and toning.  HWAC# 105522                                                                                 Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-250                                                                                    HWAC# 85106                                           Lot# 4457 Jacksonville, Illinois 1800’s                                Lot# 4461 Illinois 1886 St. Louis and                                         St. Louis, Jacksonville & Chicago                                      Chicago Railway Co. Incorp 1885 Illinois. #8,                                         Rail Road Co. 4 Unissued certificates.                                 I/C, 1 shares @ $100 par. Issued to H.L. Wuig                                         Incorp. 1862 Illinois. 1. #522, U/C                                    Dec. 13. 1886. Signed H.L. Wuig, president.                                         signed illegible, BROWN, $100 par                                      BROWN, vignette 4-4-0 American loco l-r                                         shares, date 186_, vignette 4-4-0 r-l,                                 from roundhouse. SHARES $100 EACH brown                                         revenue stamp box right. Receipt                                       underprint. American Bank Note Co printer.                                         attached. Wm. D. Roe & Co. printer AU.                                 VF Ken Prag Collection Est. $110-180 HWAC#                                         2.#525, U/U, $100 par shares, GREEN,                                       105541  date 186_, vignette 4-4-0 loco r-l, revenue stamp box right. Wm. D.  Roe & Co. printer. AU. 3. Two U/C, $10 par shares, date 188_, signed,                                                  Lot# 4462 Illinois 1882 St. Louis  vignette upper left of Brakeman. American Bank Note Co. printer.                                                       Central Railway Co. Incorp Illinois.  #542, BLACK and #A27 GREEN, 100 shares (printed) EF Ken Prag                                                           #11, I/U, 440 shares @ $100 par. Issued  Collection Est. $100-160 HWAC# 105523                                                                                  June 1, 1882 to James C. Brown. Signed                                                                                                                         George W. Andrews, president. BLACK,                                       Lot# 4458 Illinois 1800-1900’s Illinois                                           embossed seal w?4-4-0 loco center.                                       and Indiana RR stock 8 certificates.                                              Vignette 4-4-0 American loco l-r and                                       1. Six certificates of The St. Louis,                                             eagle w/shield. American Bank Note                                       Alton and Terre Haute Railroad Co.                                                Co. RARE, prior only known issued was                                       chartered January 1851. U/U, $100          1884 and a proof certificate. EF Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-300                                       par, Henry Seibert & Bro, Litho printer.   HWAC# 105540                                       #5460, BLUE, common stock, date                                       18__, vignette 4-4-0 loco #201 @                                                  Lot# 4463 Illinois 1864 St. Louis,                                       depot. receipt attached. EF. #1238                                                Jacksonville & Chicago Rail Road                                       A, RED, 100 shares date 188_receipt                                               Co. Incorp.in 1851 in Illinois as the                                       attached, entire bottom scene 4-4-0                                               Jacksonville and Carrollton Railroad                                       approaching depot upper cows, 100 red                                             Company. It was renamed in 1862.                                       underprint. Nice looking. #’s 1476V &                                             Bond #742, I/C, $1000 7% 30 year  2396, BLACK, date 188_, vignettes eagle on bottom, 4-4-0 r-l, 4-4-0                                                    Mortgage bearer bond issued March  left side, 100 black underprint. EF. #4286, BROWN, Date 188_, 6%,                                                      16. 1864 President signature illegible,  PREFERRED brown underprint, vignette 4-4-0 l-r top. EF. #1131,                                                         also signed by Morris K. Jessup Trustee.  I/C. RED, same as 1238A. Issued April 18, 1865. No receipt. VF.                                                        BLACK, embossed seal w/4-4-0 loco  2. Two St. Joseph, South Bend & Southern Railroad Co. incorp. August            center. Vignettes : top left men working field, top center 4-4-0 and  1890. #186, U/U, Fractional Scrip Preferred Stock, BLUE, no vignette,           cars l-r, top right Indian looking r-l as train approaches. “1000” in grey  date 1901. EF 2. #979, U/C, $100 par common stock, vignette top 4-4-            underprint. Sackett & Cobb printer . EF Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-  0 loco 88 r-l.EF. Edgar C. Ruwe Co printer. Ken Prag Collection Est.            200 HWAC# 105521  $100-170 HWAC# 105527                         Lot# 4459 Illinois 1800-1900’s Illinois RR                                                        Lot# 4464 Illinois 1882 St. Louis,                       ephemera 3 certificates. 1.The Streator and Clinton                                               Jerseyville and Springfield Railroad                       Railroad started operations in 1899 and stopped                                                   Co. Incorp. Illinois in 1880 and stopped                                                                                                                         service in 1888. #59, I/U, 100 shares                       service in 1900 for a total period of operations                       of 1 years. #81, U/U, dated 1___ BLACK, LAdy                                                      @ $100 par. Issued Jan. 7, 1882. Signed                       liberty vignette holding shield w/ state seal. $100                                               Morris B. Locke, president. BLACK,                                                                                                                         embossed seal, vignette 4-4-0 and                       par common stock, Green seal. The Streator and                       Clinton Railroad Co Printed by S. D. Charles & Co. AU                                             coal cars r-l. American Bank Note Co.                       2. The Springfield and Southern Railway Co. #7, I.U,       printer. EF Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-120 HWAC# 105535                       500 shares @ $100 par. Issued March 26, 1884, signed                       A.W. Bishop Pres. BLACK, embossed seal, vignette top                       4-4-0 w/cars on bridge passing cattle. Possibly only                       known year of issue. R.P. Studley & Co. printer. AU  3. Southern Illinois and St. Louis Railway Co. incorp Illinois. #112, I/U,    20 shares preferred stock @ $100 par. Issued Sept 28, 1914 signed  by President. BLUE, embossed seal, no vignette, PREFERRED blue  underprint. Western Bank Note & Engraving Western Division of  American Bank Note Co. EF Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-200 HWAC#  106100    300 July 2019 Americana Auction
Lot# 4465 Illinois 1887 The St. Louis, Alton,                                     DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana  and Springfield Railroad Co. Incorp. June 1887  Illinois and went into receivership 1890. #618 of                                                                       Lot# 4471 Indiana 1908 The Southern  1200 authorized, I/C, cancelled by order of the                                                                         Indiana Railway Co. 2 certificates.  court. $1000 5%, 30 year, First Mortgage Gold                                                                           Incorp 1897 Indiana. Both: GREEN,  bearer bond. Issued Sept. 1, 1887, signed Delos                                                                         $1000, 6%, 2 yr. Receiver’s Certificate,  R. Haynes, president. GREEN, embossed seal,                                                                             First Series . Myron Carpenter Receiver.  vignette top Lady liberty w/union shield looking                                                                        Vignette 4-6-0 passing by lake, $1000  l-r at 4-4-0 passing. 1000 green underprint.                                                                            green underprint. Western Bank Note  Coupons #3-60 ( 4-4-0 loco vignette on each)                                                                            Co. #66 and #206 issued Nov 2, 1908.  attached. Homer Lee Bank NOte Co. printer. EF.                                                                          EF. Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-150  Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-120 HWAC# 105536                                                                                HWAC# 105566                Lot# 4466 Indiana 1880-90                                                                         Lot# 4472 Indiana 1906 The Southern              Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad                                                               Indiana Railway Co. Incorp. 1897 Indiana.              Co. 2 bonds. Incorp. 1877 Indiana. 1.                                                             #2442, I/U, $1000, 5 %, 10 yr General Mortgage              #513 of 1500, I/C, $1000, 6%, First                                                               Gold bearer bond. Issued May 1, 1906. RED,              Mortgage bearer bond due 1910.                                                                    embossed seal, 1000 red underprint, vignette              Issued June 1, 1880. Signed J.E. Martin                                                           4-6-0 w/ cars r-l passing lake. Coupons 6-20              Pres. GREEN, embossed seal w/4-4-                                                                 attached (allegorical female facing front              0 loco center. Vignette top 4-4-0 w/                                                              vignette on each), Western Bank Note Co.EF              cars r-l. Coupons 15-60 attached.                                                                 Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-150 HWAC#              Franklin Bank Note Co. printer. EF                                                                    105565    2. #396, I/C, $1000, 5%, Gold bearer Bond due 1930. Issued April 1,                                        Lot# 4473 Dubuque, Iowa 1898 Stacyville  1890. Signed by Pres., GREEN, embossed seal, vignette bottom men                                           Railroad Co 3 certificates. Incorp. Sept 24,  loading mining cars, top Stoker attending fire. ONE THOUSAND green                                         1897 Iowa. All: BLACK, $100 par, no vignette,  underprint.Coupons 3-80 w/eagle vignette attached. New York Bank                                           embossed seal, S.D. Childs & Co. printer. #1, I/C,  Note Co. EF Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-160 HWAC# 106112                                                 100 shares, Issued July 13, 1898. Signed William                                                                                                             Knight President. receipt attached. F cond. #3, I/C,                                         Lot# 4467 Indiana 1911-1930                                         100 shares, issued July 13. 1898. Signed William                                         Indianapolis Traction Railroad                                      Knight President. Revenue stamp front. VF cond.                                         Stocks Lot of three. 1) Indiana and                                 #99, U/U, date 189_, receipt attached. AU cond.                                         Northwestern Traction Company. #                                    Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-180 HWAC# 105557                                         A1109 for a street railway company.                                         1930. 2) Indianapolis Street Railway                                              Lot# 4474 Iowa Atlantic Northern                                         Company. 6% preferred stock. 1930. #                                              & Southern Railway Co. One share of                                         405 for 16 shares. 3) Indianapolis and                                            Atlantic Northern & Southern Railway                                         Cincinnati Traction Company. 1911. #                                              Co. cert. #7 on Jan. 29, 1907 issued to  38 fir 4 25/100 shares. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 104493                                                                       E. L. Anderson. Orange seal, border and                                                                                                                           paper. Inc. in Iowa on Dec 26, 1916.                                         Lot# 4468 Indiana 1800’s New Castle                                               Signed J.A. McWard, Pres and Jas. Stien,                                         and Danville Railroad Co stock                                                    Secy. Vignette of deer. Ran from 1906                                         Incorporated June 10, 1854 State of                                               - 1913 and was replaced with both                                         Indiana. I/U # 34 for 6 shares @ 450 par,                                         Atlantic Northern Railway and Atlantic                                         issued Feb 12, 1855 signed by William      Southern Railway. Prag Collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 82927                                         Twiring president, black writing on                                         blue paper, small train up right side                                             Lot# 4475 Iowa 1855 Demoine                                         embossed seal w/loco in center. Not                                               Navigation & Rail Road Co. Incorp  in Cox, State Journal Steam Press printer. EF Ken Prag Collection Est.                                                   May 19, 1854 Iowa. #236, I/C, 10  $180-350 HWAC# 87025                                                                                                     shares @ $100 par. Issued to Samuel                                                                                                                           K. Zook April, 19, 1855. Signed Orville                                         Lot# 4469 Indiana 1800’s New-                                                     Clark Pres. Transfer on back signed                                         Albany and Salem Rail-Road Co I/U                                                 by S.K. Zook (Civil War General,                                         Incorp. 1847 State of Indiana. #75, $50                                           Wheatfield at Gettysburg) BLACK, no                                         6% bond, issued Aug 1, 1850, signed                                               seal. Vignette 4-4-0 w/ cars r-l passing                                         James Brooks president, black, no          paddle wheelers . Warner & Poor printer. EF Ken Prag Collection Est.                                         vignette, printer George F. Nesbitt, very  $300-500 HWAC# 106103                                         fine paper. Not listed in Cox reference.                                         closest one on internet $400-600. VF.  Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-250 HWAC# 87004    Lot# 4470 Indiana 1861 Peru &  Indianapolis Railroad Bond Very rare  bond. #117 $200 signed by President  Macy. Prag Collection Est. $100-200  HWAC# 84251    Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859                                      301
DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                           Lot# 4476 Iowa 1800-1900’s Iowa                                         Lot# 4480 Kansas 1800’s Kansas railways                                         railroad ephemera (4) 5 certificates.                                   stocks 2certificates. 1. Salina and Southwestern                                         1. Two-The Sioux City and Pacific                                       Railway Co. incorp 1893 Kansas. U/U, no                                         Railroad Co.. Incorp. August 1864 Iowa.                                 number. $100 par . Date 18__. GOLD, vignette                                         Both unissued/uncanceled. Completely                                    top 4-4-0 men on dock. $100 gold underprint.                                         blank. Snyder, Black & Sturn printer.                                   receipt attached. Unknown printer. EF 2. The                                         BLACK, 4 vignettes: Indian woman                                        Salina, Lincoln and Western Railway Co. (wavy                                         upper right, allegorical female left,                                   title) incorp Kansas 1885 and stopped service                                         farmers lower left, man center. Receipt                                 in 1888. #195, U/U, $100 par, date 188_. Red                                         attached dated 187_ . EF . Next GREEN,                                  seal, BLACK, Geo. W. Crane & Co. printer. EF Ken  $100 par common stock, vignettes: man lower left, wagon train upper                                            Prag Collection Est. $100-160 HWAC# 105533  left, horses right. Receipt attached dated 18__ . EF 2. Two Southern  Iowa Railway Co Incorp 1900 Iowa. Both BLACK, green underprint,                                                  Lot# 4481 Kansas 1886 The Chicago Kansas  vignette top eagle wings spread l-r.. hives in both lower corners. EF .                                          and Western Railroad Co. 2 certificates. The  #9, U/U. #3, I/C, 10 shares issued April 6, 1900. Ken Prag Collection                                            Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad was  Est. $80-120 HWAC# 106078                                                                                        formed in 1886 by combining 10 smaller                                                                                                                   railroads.Starting operations in 1886 and                                         Lot# 4477 Iowa 1800’s Sioux City                                          stopped service in 1901 for a total period                                         Railway Co’s 2 certificates. 1. The Sioux                                 of operations of 15 years.The company was                                         City Northwestern Railway Co. Incorp                                      sold to the Santa Fe Railroad in 1901. Both                                         Iowa. #12, I/U, 25 shares common                                          are I/C, BLACK, no seal, two vignettes : top                                         stock $100 par. Issued Oct 24, 1890.                                      frontal view of locomotive, bottom state                                         Embossed seal, RED, vignette 4-4-0                                        seal. American Bank Note CO. printer. AU.                                         l-r. Unknown printer. VF 2. The Sioux                                     #950, $50 6% due 1926. Issued June 1, 1886                                         City Rapid Transit Co. Incorp. March                                      Income Bond Script. #A1166, $20 5%, First                                         26, 1888. Iowa It was the third steam-     Mortgage Gold due 1926. Issued June 1, 1886. Ken Prag Collection Est.                                         powered elevated in the world. (In         $80-120 HWAC# 106102                                         1892, it was changed to electric power                                         and became the first electric-powered                                             Lot# 4482 Kansas 1891 The Solomon  elevated railway in the world.) #61, I/U, 4 shares common stock @                                                        Railroad Co #72, I/C, 10 shares @ $50  $100 par. Issued June 5, 1889. Signed illegible. BLUE, gold embossed                                                     par issued to Jay Gould May 9, 1891.  seal. Vignette 4-4-0 w/cars on elevated rail. ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS                                                        Signature illegible. BLACK, embossed  brown underprint. Sioux City Eng. VF Ken Prag Collection Est. $110-                                                      seal, two vignettes: bottom small 4-4-  200 HWAC# 106077                                                                                                         0 w/cars r-l and top 4-4-0 l-r. 7” X 11”.                                                                                                                           Levison & Blythe printer.F Ken Prag                                         Lot# 4478 Topeka, Kansas 1800’s                                                   Collection Est. $80-120 HWAC# 106101                                         The Manhattan and Blue Valley                                                     Lot# 4483 Kentucky 1864 Louisville                                         Railroad Co. The Manhattan and Blue                                               City Railway Stock, #1 ?C #1 A Hager                                         Valley Railroad started operations                                                50 shares 1864 signed by President                                         in 1879 operating in only one state                                               Boyle. “a streetcar and interurban                                         and stopped service in 1886 for a                                                 rail operator in Louisville, Kentucky.                                         total period of operations of 7 years.                                            It began under the name Louisville                                         #96, U/U. common stock @ $100                                                     City Railway in 1859 as a horsecar                                         par, BLACK, dated 18__, 4-4-0 loco l-r                                            operator and slowly acquired other                                         vignette, receipt attached, Rufus Adams    rival companies. It was renamed in 1880 following the merger of all  & Co printer. In AU condition. Only two are know to exist in a private            Mule operations as the Louisville Railway Company. All tracks were 5  collection, both now available. This is one of the two being offered. Ken         ft gauge.” From wikipedia. creases. Ken Prag Collection Est. $180-300  Prag Collection Est. $160-250 HWAC# 101371                                        HWAC# 85100                                                                                                                           Lot# 4484 New Orleans, Louisiana  200 HWAC# 105534  Lot# 4479 Wichita, Kansas 1887 St.                                                                     1800’s New Orleans, Baton Rouge and                    Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita Railroad                                                                   Vicksburg Railroad Co. Incorporated                    Co A subsidiary of Missouri Pacific                                                                    1869 State of Louisiana. #1403, $1000                    incorp 1879 Kansas, started operations                                                                 (L200), 7% First Mortgage, land grant,                    in1880 and stopped service in 1887.                                                                    sinking fund gold bearer bond, due                    #7, I/U, Certificate of Deposit on 500                                                                 1902. Issued Sept 16, 1872, signed L.                    shares issued May 10, 1887 to J.S.                                                                     Parsons president, black on yellow                    Stanton. BLACK, no vignette. Unknown                                                                   stock, embossed seal with “pelican                    printer. Rare, no known prior existence.                                                               in her piety” center, vignette bottom                    F-VF Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-                             state seal “pelican in her piety”, vignette top smoking train, $1000 red                                                                                    underprint, coupons attached, Maverick, Stephen & Co printers. Ken                                                                                    Prag Collection Est. $120-250 HWAC# 87038    302 July 2019 Americana Auction
DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                           Lot# 4485 New Orleans, Louisiana                                                 Lot# 4490 Maryland 1900’s Western                                         1800’s New Orleans, Baton Rouge and                                              Maryland Railroad Co Bond Incorp                                         Vicksburg Railroad Co. Incorporated                                              1917 State of Maryland. I/C #X641,                                         Dec 30, 1869 State of Louisiana. #1403,                                          $10,000, First Mortgage, 4%, 50 yr                                         $1000 8% First Mortgage Construction                                             registered gold bond, issued to John                                         bond. Issued Sept 16, 1872, signed                                               D. Rockefeller June 4, 1917, black,                                         Bates president, black on yellow stock,                                          imprinted seal, vignette train l-r                                         embossed seal with “pelican in her                                               passing field in box, “$10,000” in gray                                         piety” center, vignette bottom state                                             underprint, revenue stamps upper  seal “pelican in her piety”, vignette top smoking train, $1000 green             left-lower right, printer International Bank Note Co., AU Ken Prag  underprint, coupons attached, Douglas Engraver & Litho printers.                 Collection Est. $90-180 HWAC# 86978  Stains on face, and small tear at the fold Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-                                               Lot# 4491 Maryland Western  250 HWAC# 87039                                                                                                         Maryland Railroad Co Bonds (2)                                         Lot# 4486 Maine 1800-1900’s                                                      #M104, I/C First Mortgage, 4%, 50 yr,                                         Maine and Massachusetts rail                                                     $1000 Registered gold bond. Issued to                                         road ephemera 4 certificates. 1.                                                 The Rockefeller Institute for Medical                                         South Terminal Co. Incorp 1941                                                   Research, May 23, 1917, signed                                         Massachusetts. #59, I/U. 65 shares,                                              (illegible), green “$1000” in green                                         issued Mov. 18, 1941, GREEN embossed                                             underprint, vignette train l-r thru field                                         seal, vignette of state building. Goes                                           in box, printer International Bank Note                                         printer. 2. Somerset Railway Co.          Co, receipt attached, EF #164, I/U, $10,000 Receivers Certificate for                                         Incorp 1904 Maine. #116, I/C, 2 shares    equipment, due 1911, orange, issued March 1, 1909, signed Benjamin                                         common stock, issued Nov. 30, 1909,       Bush receiver, vignette two trains in rail yard one r-l and one l-r,  vignette 4-4-0 $88 r-l, BLACK, J.H. Warner & Co. printer. 3. Somerset            coupons attached, “10,000” in orange underprint, International Bank  and Kennebec Railroad Co., incorp Aug 10, 1848 Maine. U/U, BLACK                 Note Co, AU Ken Prag Collection Est. $90-150 HWAC# 86977  on blue paper, printed red seal, vignette left side cab-less 0-4-0 loco.  Unknown printer. 4. Springfield Railway and Light Co. Incorp Maine.                                                     Lot# 4492 Maryland Western  #327, I/U, 5 shares 7% cumulative preferred stock issued July 15,                                                       Maryland RR Co Bond Incorp. State  1921. BROWN, embossed seal, no vignette. American Bank Note Co                                                          of Maryland 1852. I/C (rubber stamp  printer. Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-120 HWAC# 106105                                                                  cancel) Second Mortgage 6% bond                                                                                                                          # 177 issued July 1 1870 signed Geo                                         Lot# 4487 Maine 1916 Portsmouth,                                                 M Bokee president. Signed on back                                         Kittery and York St. Railway Cert. of                                            by Robert Banks Mayor of Baltimore,                                         Deposit Unlisted. I/U #24 Ed Bailey                                              Black border “$1000” blue underprint,                                         $4000 1916 signed by President                                                   vignette: train l-r countryside. Coupons                                         Smith. “The line from Badgers Island      attached, printer John Y Slater. no holes, tears or stains in overall good                                         to Kittery Point was opened on August     condition. Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-170 HWAC# 86960                                         12, 1897 by the Portsmouth, Kittery, &                                           Lot# 4493 Maryland 1800’s Western                                         York Street Railway. It extended to York                                         Maryland RR Co Bond $500 I/C                                         Village on October 6, 1897 and then on                                           #1127, $500, 6% guaranteed mortgage                                         to York Beach on June 30, 1898. The                                              bearer bond, issued to Robert T Banks  short extension to St. Aspinquid Park was completed in 1900.” from                                                      July 1, 1870, signed by Geo. M. Bokee  mainememory.net. Seam tears, rear tape, fair condition. Ken Prag                                                        president. Reverse signed by Robert  Collection Est. $120-250 HWAC# 84906                                                                                    Banks, black, vignette train l-r passing                         Lot# 4488 Maine 1908 Sandy River and Rangeley                                                    field, stamped cancellation, “$500” red                         Lakes Railroad. Incorp. 1908 Maine. #95 of                overprint, printerJohn Y. Slater. VF Ken Prag Collection Est. $90-140                         1000 authorized, I/U, #1000, 4% 20 year First             HWAC# 87002                         Mortgage Gold bearer bond. Issued Feb. 1, 1908.                         Signed William Lewis President. GREEN, embossed                         seal, vignette 4-4-2 loco #2980 r-l/ $1000 green                         underprint, coupons #30-40 attached. Franklin-Lee                         Bank Note Co. printer. EF Ken Prag Collection Est.                         $80-120 HWAC# 105531                                           Lot# 4489 Baltimore, Maryland 1890-                                           303                                         1894 Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern                                         Railroad Co. Stock Certificates                                         Lot of 4 different. One issued 1890,                                         1891, and 1894. One signed by the                                         vice president and secretary, but not                                         issued. Three punch cancelled. Orange,                                         brown, green, or black borders, three                                         with a locomotive vignette. Part of  the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad system. The Baltimore and Ohio  Southwestern Railroad absorbed the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad in  1893, giving the B&O a connection to St. Louis, Missouri, and finally  the B&OSW disappeared into the rest of the system in 1900. Ken Prag  Collection Est. $80-100 HWAC# 107358                                               Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859
DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                  Lot# 4494 Boston, Massachusetts 1868                                                          Lot# 4497 Massachusetts 1881                                Railroad Broadside Old Colony & Newport                                                       Lowell & Framingham Railroad                                Railway Theatre Train Broadside on purple                                                     Stocks (3) Unissued red. I/C red was                                paper. Friday, Feb. 21, 1868. Fare Reduced!                                                   unknown #106 Annie Hunt 1 share                                Trains for Boston to No. Bridgewater, East                                                    1881 signed by President illegible. I/C                                Stoughton and East Randolph schedule. Fare                                                    black #28 14 shares 1881 signed by                                for the Round Trip, 75cts. W. H. Bullock, Sup’t.                                              President illegible. “The Framingham                                Boston Feb. 14, 1868. The Old Colony Line                                                     and Lowell Railroad was a railroad in                                was operated by the Old Colony Railroad,                                                      Middlesex County, Massachusetts. It                                which was established in 1844 to provide               was incorporated in 1870 to provide a rail connection between the                                service between Boston and Plymouth. Since             growing railroad hub of Framingham and the important mill city of                                then consolidation of neighboring lines grew           Lowell, passing through the towns of Sudbury, Concord, Acton, Carlisle,                                the railroad considerably over the decades,            Westford and Chelmsford.” from wikipedia. Ken Prag Collection Est.  servicing stations throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island and                     $90-150 HWAC# 84930  ensuring it’s survival to 1893. “...never in its long and honorable                                    Lot# 4498 Massachusetts 1800’s Stockbridge and  history has this(consolidation) been in a single instance the result                                   Pittsfield Railroad Co 3 certificates. Incorp March  of selfish interests or a desire to crush out competition. In sparsely                                 20, 1847 Massachusetts. 1. #8795, I/C, 200 shares @  settled districts many lines were early established which, left to                                     $100 par. Issued April 24, 1893 ITASB Wm. Seymour  themselves, would have died the natural death of all such enterprises,                                 President. BLACK on blue paper. small vignette of cab-  but the Old Colony always stepped into the breach in time to rescue                                    less loco and cars r-l unknown printer. EF. Two BLUE  their projectors from financial disaster and invariably supplied the                                   on white paper, $100 par, no vignette, no seal. I/C.  inhabitants along such roads with a service which could never be                                       Unknown printer. VF cond. #8815 for 1 share issued  attained under separate corporations.” [History of the Old Colony                                      Feb 5, 1894 to James Hull trustee. revenue stamp on  Railroad : A Complete History of the Old Colony Railroad from 1844 to                                  front. Signed D. Williams president and James Hull  the Present Time” Hager & Handy Publishers 1893] Highly collectible                                    trustee. #8837 for 3 shares issued D.A. Kimble Aug. 1,  1868 Railway Broadside with slight discoloration of the unusual                                        1894. Signed D. Williams President. Ken Prag Collection  purple colored paper and very faint moisture marks on portions of                                      Est. $80-150 HWAC# 105555  the edge, particularly the bottom left. Otherwise Very Fine condition.                                                      Lot# 4499 Houghton, Michigan  no wholes or tears, edges are near perfect. One crease from folding in                                                      1880’s Railroad Stock / Michigan.  half. Est. $150-250 HWAC# 108053                                                                                            Marquette, Houghton And Ontonagon                                                                                                                              Railroad Company. # 1000. No number                                         Lot# 4495 Somerville Horse RR                                                        of shares shown. Place of incorporation                                         and The Southern Midland RR,                                                         was probably the State of Michigan, and                                         Massachusetts 1858-82 Somerville                                                     issue place Houghton, Mich. But neither                                         Horse RR and The Southern Midland                                                    is shown on the stock. Also, totally un                                         RR 3 certificates. 1. Somerville Horse                                               issued, and unsigned. Printed by the                                         Railroad Co. incorp 1857 Mass. Two            Homer Lee Bank Note Co. New York, with a pink border. 7 3/8” high                                         certificates both I/C, BLACK w/no             x 11 1/2” long. Also, nice vignette of the train in front of the Mineral                                         vignettes, $50 par, embossed seals Geo.       Range Depot, which still stands today. It was in the Duluth South Shore                                         C. Rand & Avery printer. #16, one share       & Atlantic Railroad yard ( DSS & A yard ). Perfect Mint condition. ( RH).  issued July 17, 1858 signed T.J. Leland Pres. and #654, 5 shares issued              Houghton Estate Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 105017  Sept 15, 1882 signed L.E. Sewell Pres. 2, The Southern Midland Rail                                                         Lot# 4500 Michigan 1872 Flint and  Road Co. incorp. 1861 Mass. U/U, $1000, 6%, Loan bearer bond due                                                            Pere Marquette Railway Stock I/U  1888. Printed issue date April1, 1863 and signed Samual P. Benson                                                           #129 EB Ward 100 shares 1872 signed  Pres. No other signatures. BLACK, printed seal, vignette 4-4-0 w/                                                           by President EB Ward. 25c revenue  cars passing under bridge l-r. $1000 red underprint. Coupons 1-50                                                           stamp. Nice condition. Prag Collection.  attached.J.H. Bufford printer. Excellent condition, appearing almost                                                        Est. $100-200 HWAC# 83246  near CU. Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-200 HWAC# 106095                                           Lot# 4496 Massachusetts 1852                                                         Lot# 4501 Michigan 1860’s Michigan                                         Grand Junction Rail Road and Depot                                                   Central Railroad Co. I/C, #21200,                                         Co Bond I/U $1000 #48 signed by                                                      100 shares common stock @ $100 par                                         President illegible. 1852. “The Grand                                                issued June 26, 1869 signed illegible,                                         Junction Railroad is an 8.55-mile                                                    BLACK, vignettes: bottom left state                                         (13.76 km) long railroad in the Boston,                                              seal, right eagle r-l wings spread. Top                                         Massachusetts, area, connecting the                                                  4-4-0 loco r-l passing farmers, revenue                                         railroads heading west and north from                                                stamp left side and on reverse, two                                         Boston. Most of it is still in use, carrying                                         blue cancel stamps dated Aug 2, 1899.  scrap either inbound or outbound to the Schnitzer scrap yard on the                  Sackett & Macay printers. This is the only one of this date known. In  Everett waterfront or freight to the Chelsea Produce Market,[2] and                  fine condition and in plastic sleeve. Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-300  non-revenue transfers of Amtrak and MBTA passenger equipment                         HWAC# 101351  between the lines terminating at North Station and South Station.  The line is also notable for its railroad bridge over the Charles River  that passes under the Boston University Bridge between Boston  and Cambridge, Massachusetts.” from wikipedia. 1 small hole. Prag  Collection. Est. $140-250 HWAC# 83244    304 July 2019 Americana Auction
Lot# 4502 Michigan 1873 Saginaw                                     DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                Valley and St. Louis Rail Road Co                Organized April 27. 1871 Michigan and                                                     Lot# 4506 Mid-Western States 1800-1900’s                stopped service in 1896. #68, I/U, 1                                                      Montana, Wyoming RR. 2 certificates. 1. Montana,                share @ $100 par. Issued June 25, 1873.                                                   Wyoming & Southern railroad Co. incorp. July                Signed L.M. Eastman, president. BLACK,                                                    1909 Montana. Specimen, U/C, $1000 5% 30 yr                no vignette, wavy title, unknown                                                          First Mortgage Gold bearer bond due Sept 1, 1939.                printer. Bonds are known, stock is rare.                                                  Dated Sept. 1, 1909, GREEN, $1000 in green outline                VF Ken Prag Collection Est. $180-250                                                      underprint. Vignette top 4-4-0 leaving yard l-r                                                                                                          above title. Coupons #1-60 attache each w/female  HWAC# 105543                                                                                            looking l-r vignette. International Bank Note Co                                                                                                          printer. AU cond. 2. Montana and Wyoming Railroad                                         Lot# 4503 Michigan 1800’s The                                    Co. incorp Territory of Montana. #73, U/U, shares                                         Michigan Central Railroad Co. I/C,                               @ $100 par. Dated 18__. BLACK. Vignette top 4-4-0                                         #59, $1000 5% First Mortgage bearer                              passenger crossing trestle w. eagle w/wings spread                                         bond due 1931. Issued March 1, 1881       lookin on r-l. Bottom of certificate State of crossed out and Territory                                         signed C. VANDERBILT V. President,        of Montana replaced. Charles A. Searing Co printer. AU cond. Ken Prag                                         cancelled Mar 5, 1887 (purple stamp),     Collection Est. $120-200 HWAC# 104641                                         GREEN, embossed seal, vignette top                                         man w/sheep left of $-$-0 loco r-l depot                             Lot# 4507 Minnesota 1896 Saint Paul                                         w/ female on right, “ONE THOUSANd                                    and Sioux City Rail Road Co. 2 certificates.                                         DOLLARS” green overprint, American                                   Incorporated in 1869, Minnesota the company  Bank Note Co. Cancel hole punches, no tears, stains, light fold creases.                                    lasted until 1881. Both : Special Stock under  Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-160 HWAC# 101350                                                              Agreement of Jan. 2, 1871. $100 par 3%                                                                                                              dividend, BLACK w/ST. P. & S.C.R.R. Co. in                                         Lot# 4504 Michigan The Michigan                                      white letter and green underprint. Vignette                                         Central Railroad Co. bonds Four                                      4-4-0 w/ cars leaving depot. Synder, Black &                                         bonds all cancelled. Three unissued:                                 Stern printer.. #474, U/U, Date 187_, receipt                                         $1000 GREEN 4% gold bond, vignette                                   attached. AU. #4B, I/C, 136 2/3 shares issued                                         4-6-60 train r-l, dated 18__, Western                                Jan 6, 1896 (7 crossed out, 9 handwritten). Top                                         Bank Note Co.. $5000 ORANGE 5%                                       600,000 acres crossed out and 400,000 written                                         bearer bond, dated 19__, vignette                                    in red. Total issue $4,800,000 crossed out and                                         $-4-0 train r-l W/farmer on left and      2,400,000 written in red. Embossed seal. VF Ken Prag Collection Est.                                         allegorical female right, American Bank   $80-120 HWAC# 105547  Note Co. . $5000, ORANGE, 3 1/2 % gold bearer bond, dated 19__,  vignette 4-4-0 train l-r @depot, American Bank Note Co. . One issued,                                                   Lot# 4508 Mississippi 1904  BLUE, #2889, $1000 3 1/2 % gold bearer bond, issued May 1, 1902,                                                        Pascagoula Street Railway and  due 1952, vignette left side loco head on l-r revenue stamp, American                                                   Power Stock Unlisted I/U #29 50  Bank Note Co. . VF-EF condition. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-150                                                      shares 1904 signed by President  HWAC# 101349                                                                                                            Ballard. “The streetcar ran from Moss                                                                                                                          Point down Pascagoula, all the way to                                         Lot# 4505 Michigan 1872 The                                                      the beach, turning on Commerce and                                         Saginaw Valley and St. Louis Rail                                                then to Anderson Park, a streetcar and                                         Road Co. Incorp. Michigan in1871                                                 electric park. It also ran down Krebs                                         and stopped service in 1896. #33,         Avenue, with a loop near the L & W depot. Ice was an important                                         I/U, $1000, 8%, tax free, 30 yr. First    commodity in Pascagoula because of the seafood industry--it was                                         Mortgage bearer bond. Issued May 1.       needed to keep seafood from spoiling in the pre-refrigeration days. The                                         1872. Signed L.M. Eastman, president.     importance of electricity to the local economy is obvious. In 1919 Ebb                                         ORANGE, embossed seal, Two vignettes      J. Ford purchased the company and operated it until 1921, when he                                         : lower right men w. plow horse. Top      disbanded streetcar service due to the prevalence of the automobile.”                                         center 4-4-0 w/ cars passing factory      from flickr.com. Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 84235                                         and canal boat. ONE THOUSAND  DOLLARS orange underprint. Coupons #44-60 attached. The Calvert                                                         Lot# 4509 macon county, Missouri  lithCo. printer. Only two bonds known to exist. EF Ken Prag Collection                                                  1800’s Missouri and Mississippi  Est. $250-400 HWAC# 105542                                                                                              Railroad Co. Macon County in aid to                                                                                                                          Missouri and Mississippi Railroad Co..                                                                                                                          #130 I/U, $1000 8% 20 year due 1890.                                                                                                                          Issued May 2. 1870, GREEN, embossed                                                                                                                          County seal, vignettes : top left                                                                                                                          allegorical female, center 4-4-0-train                                                                                                                          r-l top right State seal. “1000” orange                                                                                   underprint, 3 coupons attached, revenue stamp left side, A. Gast &                                                                                   Co. printer, In plastic cover. Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-300 HWAC#                                                                                   101341                  Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859                       305
DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                                                                   Lot# 4514 Missouri 1912-15 St.                                                                                                                            Francois County Railroad Co. Two                                         Lot# 4510 Missouri 1800’s Missouri,                                                bonds. 1. #1 of 270 authorized, I/C,                                         Kansas and Texas Railway Co. 6                                                     $1000 5%, 2 yr First Mortgage Gold                                         certificates. All are cancelled, vignettes                                         Bearer bond. Issued July1. 1912.                                         top corners cherubs, center cows in                                                GREEN, embossed seal, no vignette.                                         field. Shares @ $100 par. Unknown                                                  green floral underprint w. engraver                                         printer. Two certificates signed by G.B.                                           name repeatedly woven in, Western                                         Gould president: PURPLE 10 shares,                                                 Bank Note & Engraving Co printer. F                                         ROSE unissued. One issued to Jay                                                   2. #1of 250 authorized, I/U, $1000 5$,                                         Gould-GREEN for 100 shares. Three           5 yr, First Mortgage Gold bearer bond. Issued July 1, 1915. Signature                                         certificates BROWN for 25 shares,           illegible. GREEn, no vignette, embossed seal, $1000 and $1000  PURPLE for 10 shares, BLUE 10 shares Ken Prag Collection Est. $140-                repeated seal green underprint, two revenue stamps: one top and one  200 HWAC# 102423                                                                   lower right. VF Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-140 HWAC# 105528                                         Lot# 4511 Missouri 1900’s Missouri/                                                Lot# 4515 Missouri 1900’s St. Louis-                                         Oklahoma Railroad stocks (3) 3                                                     San Francisco Railway Co. Incorp.                                         certificates. 1. Two Missouri, Kansas &                                            1896 Missouri. Three bonds all I/C,                                         Texas Terminal Co of St. Louis, incorp                                             printed seals, vignette top allegorical                                         Missouri. #1, I/U, 100 shares issued to                                            females on either side of company                                         George Henry Stuessi March 30, 1901.                                               name. Receipts attached. American                                         Unsigned. GREEN, no seal, vignette                                                 Bank Note Co printer. #M250, $1000,                                         eagle wings spread. VF. #44, U/U,                                                  RED. D250, $5000, BROWN. #X250,                                         GREEN, eagle wings spread. Date 19__.                                              $10,000, ORANGE. EF. Ken Prag  AU cond. A.G. Adams Stationer printer for both. 2. Missouri, Kansas &                                                     Collection Est. $80-120 HWAC# 105520  Oklahoma Railroad Co. incorp Territory of Oklahoma. #50, U/U, $100  par. GREEN, vignettes: bottom arm w/ hammer. Top Three allegorical                                                        Lot# 4516 Missouri 1900’s St. Louis-  figures: male on left, center figure w/wings, right woman holding                                                         San Francisco Railway Co. Three  union shield all above “AMERICA”. The Broun-Green Co printer. EF Ken                                                      bonds. Incorp. 1876 Missouri. All bonds  Prag Collection Est. $80-120 HWAC# 104670                                                                                 I/C, printed seal, vignette Mercury l-r                                                                                                                            passing San Francisco. 4 1/2 % Second                                         Lot# 4512 Missouri Pacific Railroad                                                Mortgage Income Bonds due Jan 1,                                         of Missouri stock In 1872, the                                                     2022. “REGISTERED” in underprint.                                         Pacific Railroad was reorganized                                                   American Bank Note Co printer. Two                                         as the Missouri Pacific Railway by          $1000, RED and one $500 PURPLE. EF Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-                                         new investors after a railroad debt         120 HWAC# 105519                                         crisis. The Missouri Pacific Railroad                                              Lot# 4517 Missouri 1900’s St.                                         (reporting mark MP), commonly                                                      Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.                                         abbreviated as MoPac and nicknamed                                                 2 certificates in English, 2 in Dutch                                         The Mop, reflected huge changes in                                                 language and 18 coupons in Dutch.  the U.S: from the development of the transcontinental railway system,                                                     The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway  to the labor strikes and boom times of the Gilded Age, through the                                                        (reporting mark SLSF), also known as  financial difficulties of the depression, and finally into the modern age                                                 the Frisco, was a railroad that operated  of business consolidation.. Because of corporate ties extending back                                                      in the Midwest and South Central U.S.  to the Pacific Railroad, Missouri Pacific at one time advertised itself as                                                from 1876 to April 17, 1980. 1. #2042  being “The First Railroad West of the Mississippi”. Cert #4674, issued             (RED) and 2052 (BROWN) in english voting trust certificates. Issued  to James B Colgate 100 shares @ $100 par, March 9, 1875, signed D.                 Jan 14, 1947 and void after Dec. 31, 1951. American Bank Note Co  Manism president, green border, no corp seal, vignette train on trestle            printer. 2. Printed in Dutch #1255 (RED) one share @ $100 par issued  approaching water tower l-r, mulitple notes on transfers, VG condition,            June 8 1927 and #1296 (BLUE) 10 shares @$1000 par issued Nov. 20  Henry Seibert & Bros printer. Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-250                    1918. Durk van J.H. Bussy printer. 3. Printed in Dutch. For certificate  HWAC# 86936                                                                        #1296 bearer dividend coupons #28-46. Unknown date of issue or                                                                                     printer. Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-120 HWAC# 105517                                         Lot# 4513 Missouri 1900’s St.                                         Francois County Railroad and also                                         Railway 7 bonds. Incorp 1904 Missouri.                                         All are issued/cancelled, GREEN, some                                         w/eagle vignette or none at all. 5%                                         First Mortgage Gold bearer bonds.                                         Issued from 1904-1912. Western Bank                                         Note and Goes printers. Two $50, two                                         $100 and three $500 bonds. F-FV. Ken                                         Prag Collection Est. $120-180 HWAC#                                              105529    306 July 2019 Americana Auction
Lot# 4518 Missouri 1900’s St.             DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                         Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. 8                                         certificates. St. Louis–San Francisco                                           Lot# 4522 Nebraska 1800’s Omaha,                                         Railway also known as the Frisco, was                                           Niobrara & Black Hills Railroad                                         a railroad that operated in the Midwest                                         Co. The Omaha, Niobrara and Black                                         and South Central U.S. from 1876 to                                             Hills Railroad started operations in                                         April 17, 1980. 1. Five certificates :                                          Nebraska in 1879 and stopped service                                         I/U, all embossed seals, vignette 4-6-                                          in 1886 for a total period of operations                                         0 loco frontal and club car leaving.                                            of 7 years. #98, U/U, stock @ $100 par.                                         Issued 1927-1962. 3 preferred stock                                             Vignettes scene along bottom of birds-                                         (2 grey and 1 Green), 2 common                                                  plants-snails and oriental building.                                         stock (1 BROWN and 1 BLUE). 2. Two                                              BLACK. Receipt attached. Omaha  certificates printed seal, vignette allegorical male and female l-r                                                    Republican Print printer. Not known to  above San Francisco. Issued 1962-65. One GREEN 100 shares and one               exist, only bonds. EF cond. Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-120 HWAC#  ORANGE less than 100 shares. 3. One certificates #32915, I/U, 6%                103233  preferred stock, printed seal, no vignette, issued 1946. All certificates                                     Lot# 4523 Carson City, Nevada Mid 1870’s  American Bank Note Co printer, VF+ Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-                                             Freight Log book / Virginia & Truckee  200 HWAC# 105518                                                                                              Railroad Co. Very unusual railroad item. It is a                                                                                                                freight log book. Shows the items transported,                               Lot# 4519 Helena, Montana 1891 Montana                                           and and the delivery cost. 246 pages. In fair                               ephemera Two certificates. 1. The Helena                                         condition with the back binding worn away                               Electric Railway Co. incorp March, 1890. #7,                                     and some water damage. But, the contents are                               I/C, 50 shares @ $100 par issued Jan. 14,                                        in great condition . Very interesting reading.(                               1891. GREEN, embossed seal. Vignettes: Top                                       RH). Est. $200-500 HWAC# 106243                               allegorical female on eagle w/wings spread                               looking l-r. Bottom hand holding electrical                                               Lot# 4524 Carson City, Nevada                               bolts. Western Bank Note Co. printer. EF. 2.                                              1948 Virginia & Truckee Railway                               Helena Hot Springs and Smelter Railroad                                                   Correspondence, John Heizer                               Co formed 1889 Montanan Territory. #254,                                                  Estate Lot of 20 or so pieces. Most                               U/U, dated 18__, GOLD, vignette railcar                                                   are 1948 letters typed on Virginia &                               PROSPECTOR 1. $100 gold underprint. Wm. B.                                                Truckee Railway, Carson City, pictorial                               Burford Litho. printer. VF Ken Prag Collection                                            letterhead addressed to Nevada mining  Est. $80-100 HWAC# 104631                                                                                              engineer John Heizer in Lovelock. The                                Lot# 4520 Montana 1889 Helena Montana                                                    main topic seems to be the gypsum                                Stock Cert Two certificates. 1. The Helena                                               at the Mound House property of the                                and Red Mountain Railroad Co. incorp 1886                                                railroad. Most of the letters are from                                Montana. U/U stock @ $100 par, dated 18__                                                V&T vice president GA Sampson. Also                                (front) and 188_ (reverse). BLACK, vignette       receipts for rental of the Foundry Building at their Carson City shops.                                4-4-0 loco r-l “PROGRESS” on tender under         Two messages from Heizer to the V&T regarding tonnage of gypsum                                arched title w/ Helena, Montana beneath.          moved. Also two booklets about mining loans (1943 and 1944) from                                Gies & Co . printer. AU cond. 2. Helena Motor     the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. At the turn of the 20th                                Railway Co. incorp June 1888 Territory of         century, there ere two gypsum operations at Mound House: the Regan                                Montana. #33, I/U, 5 shares @ $100 par            Mill and the Adams operation. In1904, former Nevada Governor                                issued to J.J. Palmer Jan 9, 1989. Signed W.E.    Jewett W. Adams acquired the northern gypsum deposit. Gypsum                                Box President. GOLD, embossed gold seal.          was transported via the SPRR and by large carts to the old Mexican                                Vignette railcar #1 w/company name and            mill for refining in Empire City, Nevada. Adams named his product  PROSPECTER on side. $100 gold underprint. Wm B. Burford Litho                   “Empire” plaster. Empire brand plaster was used in the rebuilding  printer. EF Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC# 104630                      of San Francisco after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. In 1907                                                                                  Adams, J.C. Curry and Nathaniel Bell formed Nevada Gypsum Co.,                                         Lot# 4521 Montana 1917 Montana           which started construction of a new mill and tramway just north of                                         Southern Railway Co. Three bonds .       Mound House on the V&T.Heizer Estate Est. $200-400 HWAC# 107340                                         First incorporated in 1914, Montana.                                            Lot# 4525 Virginia City, Nevada 1870                                         The railroad entered receivership in                                            Virginia and Truckee Rail Road                                         1923 and was reorganized twice, first                                           Stock with Wm Sharon Sig I/U #35                                         as the “Montana Southern Railroad”                                              issued to Wm Sharon 500 shares 1870.                                         and later as the “Montana Southwestern                                          Signed by President Wm Sharon(He                                         Railway.” #D23, D25 and D26 $500 6%                                             was elected as a Republican to the  20 yr First Mortgage Gold bearer bond due 1937. Issued July 1, 1917                                                    United States Senate for Nevada and  signed W.R. Allen President. BROWN, embossed seal, no vignette. Each                                                   served from March 4, 1875, to March 3,  bond has coupons #11-40 attached. #D23 has note guarantees either                                                      1881. He served as the chairman of the  redemption or an option to buy shares @ $1.00 par. GOES printer. EF                                                    Committee on Mines and Mining in the  cond. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-160 HWAC# 104642                            45th United States Congress) from wikipedia and AJ Ralston for Wm                                                                                  Sharon on rear. 25c revenue and Nevada stamps. Train, miners and                                                                                  mountain vignette. Light left toning. 6 pin holes. Prag Collection. Est.                                                                                  $750-1250 HWAC# 84112    Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859                                    307
DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                                                                  Lot# 4531 Nevada 1909 The Nevada                                                                                                                           Copper Belt Railroad Co. The railroad                                         Lot# 4526 Virginia City, Nevada 1874                                              was built south from Wabuska to the                                         Virginia and Truckee Rail Road Bond                                               Walker River at Mason, Nevada. Incorp                                         Issued/redeemed #1004 Thomas Bell                                                 1909. Two bonds, I/U. #446 of 1500,                                         $1000 10% bond. Signed by President                                               $1000 6% 10 yr. First Mortgage Gold                                         illegible. Bond is glued to brown                                                 bearer bond due 1919. Issued June 1,                                         backing paper with glued coupons.                                                 1909 and signed S.H. Curtis President.                                         Mining, train and Native American                                                 BROWN, embossed seal. $1000 gold                                         vignette. Some toning from glue. Prag                                             underprint, no vignette. Reverse has                                         Collection. Est. $140-250 HWAC# 84113      dividends and interest paid stamped.Lakeside Printing Co printer.                                         Lot# 4527 Wadsworth, Nevada cLate          #810 of 1500, 6% 10 yr. First Mortgage Gold bearer bond due 1919.                                         1800’s Framed photos of Wadsworth          Issued June 1, 1909. Signed H.S. Curtis President, GREEN. Embossed                                         (3) 3 photos matted & framed. There        stamp, $500 gold underprint, no vignette. Dividends and interest                                         are 6 men sitting in front of Wadsworth    paid stamped on reverse. Lakeside Printing Co. printer. EF Ken Prag                                         Depot; view from the late 1800’s           Collection Est. $100-160 HWAC# 104645  showing west down Wadsworth Main Street. The last photo shows                                                            Lot# 4532 New Jersey 1800’s  several of the towns folks gathering in front of the General Merchandise                                                 Millstone and New-Brunswick  Store. Each photo is 13” x 8”, framed 48.5”. Est. $140-300 HWAC# 87663                                                   Railroad Co. I/C, #26 for 6 shares of                                                                                                                           common stock @$50 par issued Jan 1,                                         Lot# 4528 Nevada 1898-1916 Boca &                                                 1855. Signed (illegible). Black, vignette                                         Loyalton Part / Engine # 34. Here is                                              open cab loco r-l around curve, no                                         a very strange railroad item. It is from                                          printer identified. Only 200 are known                                         the Boca & Loyalton Railroad Line,                                                to exist, Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-                                         Engine # 34. This line was in business                                            150 HWAC# 101327                                         from 1898-1916. It appears that this                              Lot# 4533 New Jersey 1800’s New Jersey  wooden item may have been used in the station, or on the train to hold                                   ephemera 3 certificates. 1. Untied States Spring  or collect, railroad passes or ticket stubs. Stained black and embossed.                                 Car Motor Construction Co. Incorp 1883 Camden,  11 3/8” High x 24 1/4” long. Has a hole in the center, where it was                                      NJ. U/U, common stock $10 par. Dated 18__ . BLACK,  mounted on the wall. Also slight wood cracking on the left area, but                                     vignette street car. Theo Leonhardt & Son printer.  not bad. Otherwise a really nice part of history. A really unique item, as                               EF. 2. Smith Railroad Lubricator Co. I/U, #15, 1  we have never seen another. From the John Heizer Collection, Mining                                      shares $100 par common stock, BLACK, issued April  Engineer. ( RH). Est. $200-400 HWAC# 106240                                                              6, 1895, embossed seal, vignette lady liberty holding                                         Lot# 4529 Nevada 1800’s Eureka &                                  shield and American Flag, green underprint. Albert                                         Palisade Railroad Co #390 of 1000,                                B. king printer. EF. 3. Swedesboro Railroad Co. The                                         I/C, $1000 7% First Mortgage gold                                 Swedesboro Railroad was built from Woodbury                                         bearer bond due 1907. Issued Sept 13,                             to Swedesboro 10.8 miles (17.4 km) by the WJ.                                         1876 signed (first name obscured) Mills                           Construction started in 1867 and was completed in                                         President, BLACK, gold embossed seal.      October 1869. #101, I/C, for 60 shares @$25 par. Issued Sept 23, 1870                                         Vignettes: bottom 4-4-0 semi-frontal       signed J.S. Thompson President. BLACK, embossed seal, vignette 4-4-0                                         r-l, bottom right men in mine, middle l/r  w/cars r-l exiting overpass. Revenue stamp left side. G.H. Ives printer.                                         men seated, top 4-4-0 passenger train      VF. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-160 HWAC# 106082                                         rounding corner, “FIRST MORTGAGE                                         BOND” white lettering over orange                                                 Lot# 4534 New Jersey 1800’s New                                         underprint box, “CANCELLED” red                                                   Jersey Junction Railroad Co incorp.  stamped several times, cancel hole punch over presidents signature,                                                      February 27, 1886 State of New Jersey.  coupons w/cancel hole punched attached missing first 34 coupons,                                                         I/U, #1746, $1000, 100 yr 4% First  lower left missing some of the edge. Britton-Rey & Co printer. Ken Prag                                                  Mortgage guaranteed bearer bond, due  Collection Est. $500-800 HWAC# 101300                                                                                    1986. Issued to J. Pierpont Morgan and                                         Lot# 4530 Nevada 1800-1900’s                                                      Harris C. Fahnestock June 13, 1886                                         Nevada bond/stock 3 certs. 1. Klamath                                             signed Josiah H. Reed president. Signed                                         River Holding Co. Incorp 1927 Reno, NV                                            on reverse by J. Pierpont Morgan                                         #16 C-A, I/U, 5 shares common stock                                               and Harris C. Fahnestock Trustee                                         non-par value. Issued Nov. 7, 1927,        Certification, Brown w/ “1000” in brown underprint, vignette of river                                         signed J.W. Suffecool president. BLUE,     scene w. paddle wheeler, sail and steam ships.embossed seal corp                                         embossed seal, vignette 4-4-2 r-l semi     seal and upper left embossed seal of New York Central and Hudson                                         frontal view. Pernau-Walsh Printing        River Railroad Co. Reverse vignette of river scene w/steams. Coupons                                         CO.. 2. Northern Pacific Railroad Co.      attached w/female vignette. American Bank Note Co printer. Very rare  Incorp 1864 Wisconsin Office of J.P. Morgan, A1709, I/U, issued                   and Very attractive in AU condition. U/C #161, stock certificate @$100  May 18, 1896 signed J.P. Morgan Company( not the person). GREEN,                  par, blue, vignette of smoking train through intersection carriages in  vignette woman sitting facing r-l. “J.P. Morgan & Co.” green underprint.          background,American Bank Note Co printer Ken Prag Collection Est.  American Bank Note Co. printer. 3. Northern Electric Co Incorp state              $350-600 HWAC# 87045  of Nevada. #1952, I/C, First Mortgage Sinking Fund 50 year 5% Gold  bearer bond. Issued Dec 23, 1905. GREEN, embossed seal, vignette  top street car w/company name top side. Coupons 18-100 attached.  Western Bank Note Co. printer. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-180  HWAC# 104676    308 July 2019 Americana Auction
Lot# 4535 New Jersey 1872 Paterson                                      DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana             and Little Falls Horse Railroad Stock             Unlisted as a stock. I/U #57 James                                                                            Lot# 4540 Staten Island, New York             Crooks 11 shares 1872 signed by                                                                               1869 Staten Island Rail-Road             President Hockenberry. 25c revenue                                                                            Co Incorporated on May 21, 1836.             stamp. Prag Collection. Est. $140-250                                                                         However, the company lost its charter              HWAC# 84234                                                                                                  in 1838 because the railroad was not                                                                                                                           built within two years after it was  Lot# 4536 New Jersey 1916 Pennsylvania and                                                                               incorporated. Since the plan conceived  New Jersey Railroad Bond #1 Unlisted bond                                                                                by the local residents followed  #1 cancelled $500 first mortgage gold bond                                                                               Vanderbilt’s proposed route, he helped  signed by president Allen. Prag Collection. Est.                                  charter the Staten Island Railroad Company (SIRR) on August 2, 1851  $140-250 HWAC# 84231                                                              in order to build the rail line. #334, I/U, 40 shares of common stock                                                                                    @ $50 par. Issued April 20, 1869 to and signed by J.H. Vanderbilt                                                                                    President. BLACK, two vignettes: left side Paddle steamer, top4-4-0                                                                                    w/ cars passing lake. Revenue stamp one front . Hosford & Co. printer.                                                                                    EF Ken Prag Collection Est. $300-500 HWAC# 106088                                           Lot# 4537 New Jersey 1800’s The                                                   Lot# 4541 Staten Island, New York                                         New Jersey and New York Railroad                                                  1864 Staten Island Rail-Road                                         Co Incorp. State of New Jersey and                                                Co Incorporated on May 21, 1836.                                         New York. I/U, #10, 5%, $100 second                                               However, the company lost its charter                                         mortgage 101 yr bond due 1986.                                                    in 1838 because the railroad was not                                         Issued Nov 7, 1885 to H. V. Bush signed                                           built within two years after it was                                         president (Illegible), brown, “$100”                                              incorporated. Since the plan conceived                                         brown underprint, vignette bottom                                                 by the local residents followed                                         train r-l through countryside, embossed                                           Vanderbilt’s proposed route, he helped  seal, reverse vignette of little girl feeding calf. American Bank Note Co                                                charter the Staten Island Railroad  printer. Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-250 HWAC# 87046                            Company (SIRR) on August 2, 1851 in order to build the rail line. #334,                                Lot# 4538 New Jersey 1800-1900’s The                I/C, 40 shares of common stock @ $50 par. Issued April 5, 1864 to                                Pacific Coast Co Two certificates. Incorp.          Jacob H. Vanderbilt and signed by J.H. Vanderbilt President. BLACK,                                1897 New Jersey. 1. #B194, I/C, Less than           two vignettes: left side Paddle steamer, top4-4-0 w/ cars passing lake.                                100 shares cert. 5 shares no par value given.       Two revenue stamps: one front and one reverse side. Hosford & Co.                                Issued to Dyer, Hudson & Co. Jan 14, 1936.          printer. EF Ken Prag Collection Est. $500-750 HWAC# 106087                                Signed Henry M. Brooks President. Red, no                                seal. Vignette top tri-panel coal mill left, 4-6-0                                         Lot# 4542 Staten Island, New York                                center and harbor scene right. Bottom steam                                                1890 The Staten Island Midland                                ship l-r . “FIRST PREFERRED” red underprint.                                               RailRoad Co It was organized in 1890                                Security BankNote Co. printer. VF 2. #891,                                                 as a successor to the Richmond County                                I/C, 100 shares first preferred @ $100 par.                                                Railroad and was in turn replaced in                                Issued to Shaw & Co. Jan 32, 1936 stamped                                                  1907 by the Staten Island Midland                                (certificate has date 189_). Signed president                                              Railway. #107, I/C, 5 %, due 1920,  and secretary, GREEN. Vignettes: bottom steamship l-r. Top left 4-6-                                                     First Mortgage Bearer Bond. Issued Dec  0 r-l. Top right Dock scene w/ ships. “$100 HARES EACH” green                                                            1, 1890. Signed by President. BLACK,  underprint. American Bank Note Co. printer. VF Ken Prag Collection                Three vignettes : left eagle r-l wings spread, right Horse drawn trolley  Est. $80-150 HWAC# 104664                                                         #100 l-r, top state seal. Payable in either gold or lawful money. Dual                                                                                    500 white box numbers on red underprint. 51 coupons attached. Chas.                                         Lot# 4539 Sandy Creek, New York            F. Ketchum & Co printer. Excluding the cancel punch holes, near AU.                                         1870 Town of Sandy Creek, Syracuse         Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-130 HWAC# 106089                                         Northern Railroad Co Issued by                                                    Lot# 4543 Staten Island, New York                                         the State of New York, town of Sandy                                              1869 The Staten Island Shore Rail                                         Creek in aid of the Syracuse Northern                                             Road Co Incorp Feb 24, 1869 New York.                                         Railroad C. .#40, I/C, $100 7% 20 yr                                              #66, I/U, 13 shares @ $50 par. Issued                                         bearer bond. Issued March 1, 1870.                                                Dec 8, 1869. Signed Samuel Maish JR.                                         GREEN, yellow seal, Vignette top 4-4-                                             President. BLACK, embossed seal,. Two                                         0 w. cars leaving town of Sandy Creek                                             vignettes: lower right dockside loading  and bottom left 4-4-0 rounding curve. $100 green underprint. Henry                                                       shipe and top horese drawn trolley  Seibert & Bros printer. Vf Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-150 HWAC#                                                        #10 w/company name on side. Two  106074                                                                            revenue stamps: one front and one on reverse. Henry Seibert & Bros                                                                                    printer. EF Ken Prag Collection Est. $140-250 HWAC# 106086                                                                                                                           Lot# 4544 New York c1866 Utica,                                                                                                                           Shenango, Susquehanna Valley                                                                                                                           Railway Co. Plate Plate made by                                                                                                                           Railway Company, with beautiful                                                                                                                           vignette of train on a bridge. This plate                                                                                                                           is very old and has some 16.5” x 7.75”.                                                                                                                           Est. $100-200 HWAC# 106026    Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859                                      309
DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                                                              Lot# 4551 New York 1800-1900’s                                                                                                                  New York and New Jersey stocks                                 Lot# 4545 New York 1875 Frankfort                                                (8) 8 Certificates. 1. The Syracuse and                                 and Elion Rail Road Stock Very rare.                                             Chenango Railroad Co. The Syracuse,                                 I/U no # James Stewart 1 share 1875                                              Chenango and New York Railroad was                                 signed by president illegible. Street                                            incorporated April 7, 1877, as successor                                 train vignette. Pinholes and lower                                               of the Syracuse and Chenango Railroad,                                 toning, please inspect. Prag Collection.                                         which was incorporated May 14,                                 Est. $140-250 HWAC# 83245                                                        1873, and sold March 17, 1877. Two                                 Lot# 4546 New York 1871 Lake                                                     Certificates, #421 and 146, both GREEN                                 Ontario Shore Rail Road Bond I/C                                                 w/green underprint. U/C, vignette 4-4-                                 #30 $100 Norman Titus 1871. Signed        0 w/ cars passing town r-l. $50 par, dated 18__ . Henry Seibert & Bros.                                 by Titus and 2 other illegible. Ken Prag  printer EF. 2. Syracuse, Ontario, & New York Railway Co. incorp. June                                 Collection Est. $90-180 HWAC# 85116       20, 1883 New York. U/C #38, $100 par common stock, BLUE, vignette                                                                           4-4-0 r-l. E. Wells, Sackett & Rankin printer. EF. 3. Syracuse, Geneva                          Lot# 4547 New York 1871 Lake Ontario             & Corning railway Co. incorp Oct. 1, 1885. New York, I/C, $100 par,                          Shore Rail Road Bonds (2) 2 I/C bonds.           BLACK, vignette trestle over river. Maverick & Wissinger printer. EF                          #856 red $100, signed by Smith, Doolittle        5. State Line & Stony Point Railroad Co, incorp March 1886 New York.                          and Fort, red seal, 5c revenue stamp-            #207, BLUE, U/U. dated 18__ . No vignette, American Bank Note Co. EF.                          creases, toning, holes. #294 blue $500           4. Suburban Traction Co. Incorp New Jersey, I.U, #6 5 shares common                          signed by Smith, Doolittle and Fort, red seal-   stock $100 par issued April 13, 1893. vignette eagle wings spread l-r.                          .5” tear.”The Lake Ontario Shore Railroad        Albert B. King printer. 5. Standard Coupler Co. incorp New Jersey,                          was a short-lived common carrier railroad        #1797, I/U, 50 shares $100 par, issued Dec 15, 1926. BROWN. Korf                          in New York that was absorbed by the Rome,       Bros Co printer. Syracuse, Lake Shore and Northern Railroad Co. #352                          Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad.” Ken          Cert. of Deposit, I/U, $1000 issued Dec 1, 1927, GREEN, no vignette.                          Prag Collection Est. $250-350 HWAC# 85117        Unknown printer. VF Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-120 HWAC# 106079            Lot# 4548 New York 1867 Lebanon                                                                         Lot# 4552 New York 1800-1900’s          Springs Rail Road Bonds (2) #3157                                                                       New York Railroad Co’s ephemera          $1000 7% 1867 signed by President Baxter.                                                               5 certificates. 1. Schenectady Railway          #2324 $1000 7% 1867 signed by President                                                                 Co. incorp New York. U/C, no par value          Clark. “The Lebanon Springs Railroad :                                                                  shares, GREEN, vignette top eagle          completing the most direct route from New                                                               wings spread. Columbian Bank Note          York to Montreal and the Canadas, by way                                                                Co printer. AU. 2.Schenectady and          of The Harlem Railroad, Lebanon Springs,                                                                Margaretville Railroad Co. Incorp 1906.          Bennington, Rutland, and Burlington.” from                                                              #16, I/U, 40 shares $100 par. Issued          catalog.hathitrust.org. Ken Prag Collection                      Jan 9, 1907. Signed Edward Welch President. ROSE, embossed seal, no          Est. $120-250 HWAC# 85107                                        vignette. Adams & Grace printer. VF. 3. Three certificates of The St.                                                                           Louis, Indianapolis and Eastern Railroad Co. originally started in 1869               Lot# 4549 New York 1800’s Mohawk                            as the Springfield, Effingham & Quincy Railway. The railroad emerged               and Hudson Rail-Road Co Cert                                from bankruptcy in 1890 as the St, Louis, Indianapolis and Eastern               #2640 I/C, for 15 shares @ $100 par,                        Railroad. All certificates are U/U, $100 par shares. Date 189_, New               issued Oct 2, 1839 signed E.R. Cooper                       York Bank Note Co. printer, AU. #C498, ORANGE, 100 shares, vignette               (crossed out), black, no vignetted                          of horses. #C82, GREEN, 100 shares, vignette eagle spread sing l-r.               ornamental design left side. E.B.                           #489, BROWN, vignette bottom dog and top eagle wings spread l-r.               Clayton and Stationer printer. EF. Ken                      Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-100 HWAC# 105524               Prag Collection Est. $100-170 HWAC#    101259            Lot# 4550 New York 1800’s New York and New                                                              Lot# 4553 New York 1900’s New York          Jersey stocks 3 stock certificates. 1. Two Sea Beach                                                    Railways Co/Corp Certificates from          Railway Co. Incorp 1896 New York. Both GREEN,                                                           both company and corporation. 1.          $100 par shares, no vignette, wavy title, SHARES                                                        Stock trust certificates I/C 100 shares          $100 EACH green underprint. Corlies, Macy & Co                                                          without par value, blue # 4 orange          printer. #293, U/U, EF cond. # 41, I/C, issued Nov..                                                    # 313 571 and # 03797 brown. #          27, 1897. Singed by president signature not readable                                                    3106 red, preferred stock 100 shares          cancel punch holes. One revenue stamp upper right                                                       without par value, street car vignette,          corner. 2. Seacoast Railroad Co. Incorp 1898 New                                                        American Bank Note Co printer. 2. I/C          Jersey. #98, I/C, 1.85 shares @ $50 par. Issued April                                                   Temporary stock trust cert. without          30, 1898. Signed Thomas Robb President. BLACK,                   par value, # T974, orange 100 shares and green # T01982 for 50          no vignette. Wm. F. Murphy’s Sons Co. printer. Ken               shares, no vignette, American Bank Note Co printer. 3. U/C less than          Prag Collection Est. $80-120 HWAC# 104677                        100 shares # 0127, green, stock trust without par value, I/U #0114                                                                           green for 1 share @ $100 par, issued sept 16, 1912 #03245, gold for                                                                           20 shares without par value and #01252 I/C green, stock trust cert for                                                                           85 shares no par value. All have street car vignette., American Bank                                                                           Note CO printer. Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-250 HWAC# 88907    310 July 2019 Americana Auction
Lot# 4554 New York 1800’s New York,         DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                         Providence and Boston Railroad                                         Co New York, Providence and Boston                                                Lot# 4558 New York 1900’s Northern                                         Railroad Co. # 12 for 100 shares @ $10                                            Pacific Railway Equipment Trust                                         par, issued April 10, 1838 signature not                                          Originally incorp. 1864.Three $1000                                         legible, black border, left side vignette                                         Equipment Trust Certificates. 1. #2608,                                         topless female sitting, top state seal w/                                         I/C, 3 7/8 % issued June 14, 1962,                                         ships and loco background, embossed                                               due 1972. ORANGE, vignette of F7                                         seal, plastic holder, unknown printer,                                            diesel engine. American Bank Note Co.  Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-250 HWAC# 88910                                                                            printer. 2. #5978, I/C, 3 1/8 % issued                                         Lot# 4555 New York 1800-1900’s New         Feb 16, 1956, due 1971. PURPLE, vignette F7 diesel engine. American                                         York, New Jersey RR 4 certificates. 1.     Bank Note Co. 3. Specimen, U/C, BLUE, 2 3/4% dated May, 1937 due                                         Rapid Transit Railroad Co. incorp New      1937. Vignette of 4-6-0 r-l frontal passing lake. Coupons attached 1-20                                         York. U/U, 5%, $100 First Mortgage         female vignette. American Bank Note Co. printer. All EF+ Ken Prag                                         due 1915, dated Jan. 15, 1899, 250         Collection Est. $80-100 HWAC# 104649                                         authorized. State seal vignette, BLACK,                                   Lot# 4559 New York 1886 Port Jervis,                                         unknown printer. 2. The South Easton                                      Monticello and New York Rail Road Stock,                                         & Phillipsburg Railroad Co. incorp                                        with #1 Unissued/cancelled #1,left toning,                                         July 25, 1889 New Jersey. #97, U/U,                                       rear taped cancel cuts. I/C #40 M Graham 10                                         $100 par common stock dated 18__                                          shares 1886 signed by President illegible. 2  no vignette, BLACK, American Bank Note printer. 3. The Sterling Iron                                             cancel cuts. “Leaving New York by the Erie R. R.  and Railway Co. incorp 1892 New York. #7, I/C, 42 shares common                                                  from West Twenty-third Street, or Chambers  stock issued April 18, 1892, GREEN, embossed seal, vignettes: top men                                            Street, Port Jervis is reached quickly, almost  logging, left miners looking @rock. SHARES $100 green underprint.                                                before the distance traveled is realized. The  American Bank Note Co. 4. The See-Saw Pleasure Railway Co. incorp                                                P. J., M. & N. Y. R. R. connects with the Erie  1905 New York. #237, I/U, 17 shares common stock issued Oct. 16,                                                 R. R. here. Pullmans run on the midday and  1902, GREEN, embossed seal, vignette seated liberty looking l-r. Albert                                          through coaches on the evening trains. The  B. King & Co. printer. Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-120 HWAC# 106108                                             road has been newly tied, ballasted, and                                         Lot# 4556 New York 1800’s New York,        entirely overhauled, and is now in first-class order. New engines, and                                         Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad             new passenger coaches. The public can rely upon a first-class service                                         Co Incorporated March 1880 State           and quick transportation, with no delays. Sunday trains are run. The                                         of New York. # 726 for 50 shares           schedules of daily trains are so arranged, that patrons can leave on                                         @$50 par, issued Oct 28, 1881 black,       the daily morning train from any of the places on this road and reach                                         embossed seal w.loco center, vignette      New York at 10.30 A. M. Good fishing and hunting. Beautiful scenery.                                         men w/ horse and canal boats train         Good hotels, cool nights, and no mosquitoes; every night necessitating                                         l-r background, unknown printer, I/U.      a blanket. No chills. Our high altitude is a sure cure for insomnia.” from                                         #2256 $500/100 lb., Second Mortgage        usgenweb.info. Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-250 HWAC# 84907  gold bearer bond, green, embossed seal loco center, Second Mortgage                                     Lot# 4560 New York 1845-57 Saratoga and  underprint, vignette train r-l passing mill, two shillings six pence                                    Schenectady Rail-Road Co. 3 certificates. Incorp.  embossed stamp top right, coupons attached, Franklin Bank Note Co                                       February 16, 1831 New York . The line was opened  I/U. #26498 $1000/200 lb., third mortgage gold bearer bond, due                                         for a total of 20.8 miles. All I/C, $100 par shares,  1915, issued May 7, 1880 H Devereux president, brown, embossed                                          BLACK on white paper. Ornamental design on left.  seal, THIRD MORTGAGE underprint, vignette bottom haystacks,                                             Title ; hollow lettering w/shadow. Embossed seal  top left state seal, top right two horse shield center w/ship coupons                                   w/ cab-less loco center. Unknown printer. #7, 10  attached, I/U, Franklin Bank Note Co printer. Ken Prag Collection Est.                                  shares issued to R.A. Winslow May 5. 1845, signed  $120-180 HWAC# 88913                                                                                    A.B. Hayes Register. #81, 25 shares issued to Samuel                                         Lot# 4557 New York 1800-1900’s New                               Freeman 1850, signed John Taine Register. #189,                                         York/Wisconsin RR ephemera. 4                                    6 shares issued to Wm. H. Warren Sept 14, 1857,                                         certificates. 1. The Spuyten Duyvil and                          signed L. Lehmier Register. Dates of known issue                                         Port Morris Railroad Co. incorp 1842                             were originally thought to be 1849-1860, making                                         New York. U/U, $100 par common             the 1845 issue rare. VF Ken Prag Collection Est. $150-220 HWAC#                                         stock, RED, date 18__ no vignette          105545                                         Unknown printer. 2. State Line and                                         Union Rail Road Co. incorp Wisconsin                                              Lot# 4561 New York 1866 Saratoga  starting operations in 1871 and stopped service in 1880. U/U, $100 par                                                   and Whitehall Rail Road Co.’s Incorp  common stock, date 18__ BLACK vignette 4-4-0 w/ cars l-r, Cameron,                                                       New York 1855 and stopped service  Amberg & Co printer. 3. Syracuse & Utica RailRoad Co. incorp May                                                         in 1868. #547, I/C, $1000, 7%, 20 yr.  11, 1836 New York. U/U, $50 par common stock, date 18__ BLACK,                                                           Mortgage bearer bond. Issued Jan.  vignettes: bottom 4-2 cab-less loco, top same dockside. Rawdon,                                                          1, 1866. Signed Pat Cook, president.  Wright & Hatch printer. 4. The Sixth Avenue RailRoad Co. incorp 1852                                                     GREEn, vignette 4-4-0 passenger train  New York . U/C, $100 par common stock, date One Thousand Nine                                                            l-r. Embossed seal w/building center.  Hundred and ______. BROWN, Vignette of horse drown trolley the Astor              Unknown printer. EF Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-120 HWAC# 105544  House SHARES $100. EACH white outline underprint. Styles & Cash                                                          Lot# 4562 New York 1886 Sea View  printer. Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-100 HWAC# 106107                                                                   Railroad Co Four Certificates. All: $50                                                                                                                           par shares, BLACK on white paper,                                                                                                                           embossed seal, no vignette, Slote &                                                                                                                           Janes Stationers printer. #5, I/C, issued                                                                                                                           Oct 1, 1886, small tear top left. #57, I/C,                                                                                                                           issued Oct. 1, 1886. # 81, I/C, issued Oct                                                                                                                           1, 1886. # 130, U/U. Ken Prag Collection                                                                                    Est. $120-300 HWAC# 104683    Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859                                      311
DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                           Lot# 4563 New York 1900’s                                           Lot# 4568 New York 1900’s Southern Railway                                         Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. 6                                     Co. 2 certificates. Incorp. June 1894 New York 1.                                         stock certificates. 1. Two “less than                               #2111, I/C, $1000, 9%, 3 yr, Equipment Trust                                         100 shares”, I/U, vignettes allegorical                             Certificate (#3 of 1975). ISSUED SEPT 15, 1975.                                         female seated on agriculture products,                              PURPLE, vignette company logo over US map.                                         American Bank Note Co printer.                                      Six coupons attached. American Bank Note Co.                                         #010357, 10 shares, issued Nov 5,                                   VF 2. #MS18, I/C, $1000, 6 % (stamped in red                                         1925. GREEN, PREFERRED green                                        above vignette), Registered Development and                                         underprint. #022060, issued Nov. 7,                                 General Mortgage Gold bearer bond due 1956.                                         1927. ORANGE, COMMON in orange                                      Issued May 19, 1924. BROWN, SOUTHERN brown                                         underprint. 2. Two “100 shares”, I.U,                               underprint, Embossed seal, vignette of rail yard                                         vignette loco and care semi frontal r-l,                            and silos. American Bank Note Co. VF. Ken Prag  Security Bank Note Co printer. #NY7440, BLUE, PREFERRED blue                                               Collection Est. $80-120 HWAC# 105561  underprint. #NY63757, ORANGE, COMMON in orange underprint.  Two “less than 100 shares”, #NY01015, PURPLE, PREFERRED purple                                                          Lot# 4569 New York 1858 Syracuse,  underprint and #NY019585, GREEN, COMMON green underprint. Ken                                                           Binghamton and New York Railroad  Prag Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC# 104682                                                                              Co. The Syracuse and Binghamton                                                                                                                          Railroad was established on August                         Lot# 4564 New York 1865 Smith’s                                                                  18, 1851, and opened for business on                         Rail-Road Air-Light Co. Incorp 1865                                                              October 18, 1854.[1] The road merged                         New York. #30, I/U, $500 bearer bond,                                                            in 1856 into Syracuse and Southern                         due 1867. Issued April 15, 1865, signed                                                          Railroad which was renamed to                         by Pres. BLACK, embossed green seal,                                                             Syracuse, Binghamton and New York                         vignette top 4-4-0 @ depot. Revenue                       Railroad when the company reorganized after foreclosure in 1857.                         stamp left under title. Only year                         #107, I/U, $100, 7%, Mortgage Bond bearer bond due Oct 1, 1866.                         reported of issue. John W. Amerman                        Issued Aug 12, 1858 to William T. Hooker and signed by W.T. Hooker                         printer. VF Ken Prag Collection Est.                      Trustee. BLACK, two embossed seals, w.4-4-0 loco center. Vignette top                                                                                   4-4-0 w. cars l-r under curved “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA”. There  $120-200 HWAC# 106096                                                            are light fold lines, but this is in excellent condition. Unknown printer.                                                                                   Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-300 HWAC# 106081                                         Lot# 4565 New York Southern                                                      Lot# 4570 New York 1882 Syracuse,                                         Railway Co. 2 certificates. Incorp. June                                         Phoenix and Oswego Railway Bond                                         1894 New York . Both, I/C, $1000, 7                                              Unlisted #28 $500 signed by President                                         %, Equipment Trust Certificate, RED,                                             illegible. Town of Schroeppel, NY. “The                                         vignette company logo over US map.                                               Syracuse, Phoenix and Oswego Railroad                                         American Bank Note Co. VF. #M9196                                                was chartered on November 29, 1871,                                         issued Dec. 1, 1972. #6of 1972, Coupons                                          and had a route from Woodard, located                                         6-20 attached. #M2957 issued Oct. 1,                                             north of Syracuse, New York, to Fulton,                                         1969,#5 of 1969, no coupons. Ken Prag                                            New York, a distance of 17.11 miles  Collection Est. $80-120 HWAC# 105564                                                                                    (27.54 km).[1] They merged with the                                                                                                                          Syracuse Northwestern Railroad on  Lot# 4566 New York 1900’s Southern Railway Co.                                   June 10, 1875, and incorporated as Syracuse, Phoenix and Oswego  2 certificates. Incorp. June 1894 New York 1. #0000                              Railway on February 16, 1885. In 1889, the railroad line merged  (specimen) U/C, $1000, 1 7/8%, 10 yr, Equipment                                  with Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad until 1913, when  Trust Certificate . ISSUED April 15, 1943. ORANGE,                               the company became part of the New York Central and Hudson River  vignette Boxcar. #1-20 coupons attached. American                                Railroad which was renamed to New York Central Railroad in 1914.  Bank Note Co-Franklin Lee Division. VF 2. #X26,                                  from wikipedia.com. Prag Collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 84258  I/C, $10,000, 4 % Registered Development and                                                                            Lot# 4571 New York 1870 Town of  General Mortgage Gold bearer bond due 1956.                                                                             Sandy Creek, Syracuse Northern  Issued Nov 24 1908.PRRPLE, SOUTHERN purple                                                                              Railroad Co sued by the State of New  underprint, Embossed seal, vignette of rail yard                                                                        York, town of Sandy Creek in aid of the  and silos. American Bank Note Co. VF. Ken Prag                                                                          Syracuse Northern Railroad Co. .#313,  Collection Est. $80-150 HWAC# 105563                                                                                    I/C, $100 7% 20 yr bearer bond. Issued                                                                                                                          March 1, 1870. GREEN, yellow seal,  Lot# 4567 New York Southern Railway Co.                                                                                 Vignette top 4-4-0 w. cars leaving town  2 certificates. Incorp. June 1894 New York                                                                              of Sandy Creek and bottom left 4-4-0  1. #4885, I/C, $1000, 6%, Equipment Trust                                        rounding curve. $100 green underprint. Henry Seibert & Bros printer.  Certificate (#11 of 1968), due 1977. ISSUED                                      Vf Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-120 HWAC# 106075  March 1, 1968. ORANGE, vignette Boxcar. Three  coupons attached. American Bank Note Co. VF 2.  #VS12, I/C, $5000, 6 % (stamped in red above  vignette), Registered Development and General  Mortgage Gold bearer bond due 1956. Issued Feb  27, 1928. GREEN, SOUTHERN green underprint,  Embossed seal, vignette of rail yard and silos.  American Bank Note Co. VF. Ken Prag Collection  Est. $80-150 HWAC# 105562    312 July 2019 Americana Auction
Lot# 4572 Northern Plains 1900’s            DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                         Oregon, Idaho,Washington RR 6                                         certificates. 1. Lewiston, Nezperce and                                          Lot# 4575 Sandusky, Ohio 1800-1900’s                                         Eastern Railroad, Co. Incorp. March                                              Ohio RR ephemera 4 certificates. 1.                                         29, 1915 Idaho. #254, U/U, common                                                The Sandusky and Columbus ShortLIne                                         stock @ $100 par. BLACK, Printer                                                 Railway Co. Incorp Ohio 1891 and                                         GOES. Vignette Head on l-r 4-4-0 loco,                                           stopped service in 1893. #2832, I/U,                                         EF cond. 2.Lewiston Clarkston Transit                                            $1000 5%, 50 yr. First Mortgage Gold                                         Co., Incorp. State of Idaho. #67, 1 share                                        bearer bond. Issued Oct. 31, 1891.                                         common stock issued April 15, 1915,                                              RUST, embossed seal, vignettes: bottom  signed A.G. Mortz President. BLACK, vignette eagle wings spread, GOES                                                   4-4-0 l-r dockside w/ship and factory.  printer. 3. Indian Valley Railway, Incorp Dec 1902, Calif. #7, I/C/ 689                                                 Top factory/silo and 4-4-0. 1000 rust  shares common stock @ $100 par. Issued May 10, 1905, Signature hole                                                     underprint, coupons #7-100 attached.  punched. BROWN, Vignettes: left Indian w/ embossed seal stamped,                                                        New York Bank Note CO printer. EF  top eagle wings spread on union shield r-l. H.S. Crocker Co. printer.                                                   2. Sandusky, Monroeville, Bellevue  4. Medford & Crescent City Railway Co. Incorp. 1912 State of Oregon,              & Norfolk Traction Co. of Ohio. #55, I/U, $1000 deposit on issue of  #3, I/C, 10 shares @ $100 par. Issued Oct. 1, 1912. All names crossed             600 First Mortgage Bonds. No vignette. Issued Nov 15, 1904. Signed  out. BLACk, gold embossed seal. Vignette head-on l-r 4-4-0 loco. GOEs             B. Bromley, Trustee. BLACK. 3. The Sandusky, Milan and Norwalk  printer. 5. Multnomah Central railway Co. incorp. State of Oregon. #16,           Electric Railway Co. #679, U/U, GREEN, $50 par, date 189_, vignette  I/U, 30 shares @ $100 par. Issued May 6, 1913. Signed E.R. Ernsberger             unusual double decker street car. Williams Bros. Litho. printer. 4.  President. White paper stock, no vignette, embossed seal. The Irvin-              Sandusky Traction Co. Incorp New York. U/U, no number, shares $000  Hudson Co printer. 6. Puget Sound-Spokane International Railroad                  each (right side). GREEN, vignette of mountain top and on bottom dog.  Co. Incorp 1916, State of Washington. #565, I/U, 5 shares @ $10 par.              Receipt attached. The Broun Green Co printer. Ef Ken Prag Collection  Issued July 6, 1920. Signed J.E. Morrison President, GREEN, embossed              Est. $100-160 HWAC# 105532  seal. Vignette allegorical female over orchards. Unknown printer. Ken                                                    Lot# 4576 Ohio 1937 City Railway  Prag Collection Est. $80-110 HWAC# 103225                                                                                Stock I/U #1684 Samuel Markham                                                                                                                           3 shares 1937 signed by VP illegible.                                         Lot# 4573 Akron, Ohio 1944-1965                                                   Punch holes. Prag Collection. Est.                                         Akron, Canton & Youngstown                                                        $100-200 HWAC# 83258                                         Railroad Co. Stock Certificates Lot of                                         5 different. Issued 1944-1965, punch                                              Lot# 4577 Ohio 1875 Lake Erie and                                         cancelled. Brown, orange, or green                                                Louisville Railway Bond #1080 7%                                         borders, locomotive vignette. Hamilton                                            gold bond, orange underprint signed by                                         Bank Note Co. Folds, light wear. 8 x 12”                                          Rawson. Consolidation of the Fremont,                                         Operated 1907-1982. Total track, 171                                              Lima, and Union and the Lake Erie and                                         miles. Taken over by the Norfolk &                                                Pacific Railroads. Ken Prag Collection                                         Western Railway. Ken Prag Collection                                              Est. $250-350 HWAC# 85121                                         Est. $80-100 HWAC# 107356                                                                                                                           Lot# 4578 Ohio Little Miami Railroad                                    Lot# 4574 Sandusky, Ohio 1859 & 1856                                                   Stocks and Dividend Cert, 5 Different                                    Ohio RR bonds 2 certificates. 1. Sandusky,                                             I/C #23136 Irwin Ballman 3 shares                                    Mansfield & Newark Rail Road Co. of Ohio,                                              1909, 32040 10 shares 1853, #45821                                    incorp. in 1846. #113, I/C, $15 Fractional                                             W Scarborough 100 shares 1862, 1                                    Funded Bond Certificate issued Dec. 10,                                                unissued. Dividend cert-1855. Nice                                    1866. BLACK, no vignette, R.C. Root &                                                  vignettes. Ken Prag Collection Est. $90-                                    Co. printer. VF 2. Sandusky, Dayton &                                                  120 HWAC# 84949                                    Cincinnati Railroad Co., incorp.February                                               Lot# 4579 Ohio 1856 Scioto and                                    23, 1858. Name changed to Sandusky &                                                   Hocking Valley Rail Road Stock #662                                    Cincinnati Railroad in May 1866. #56, I/U,                                             $1000 7% first mortgage bond signed                                    $100 6%, 29 yr bearer bond. Issued Fe. 1,                                              by President Spencer. In 1849 The                                    1859. BLACK, embossed red seal w/ cab-                                                 Scioto and Hocking Valley Railroad,                                    less loco center. Coupons 3, 5-38 attached.                                            which eventually was absorbed by  Alfred Mudge & Son printer. VF Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-120                                                          the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, is  HWAC# 105546                                                                                                             chartered in Ohio to build a railroad                                                                                                                           from Portsmouth through Piketon and                                                                                    Chillicothe to Lancaster. Nice vignettes of 2 men, train near a river,                                                                                    family shearing sheep and 2 men picking corn. Red underprint. Prag                                                                                    Collection. Est. $500-1000 HWAC# 83265    Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859                                      313
DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                                                        Lot# 4586 Ohio 1800-1900’s The Cincinnati,                                                                                                                 New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Co                                         Lot# 4580 Ohio 1856 Scioto Hocking                                      2 certificates. Incorp. 1880 Ohio. 1. #122, I/C,                                         Valley Rail Road Co. Incorp date                                        300 shares @ $100 par. Issued Oct. 26, 1902.                                         Ohio not known exactly. #667, I/U,                                      Signed by president. GREEN, embossed seal,                                         $1000, 7% First Mortgage 25 yr. bearer                                  vignette top 4-4-0 #2 r-l w/cars. COMMON                                         bond. Issued May 1, 1856. Signed E.A.                                   STOCK grey underprint, 3 revenue stamps on                                         Spencer, President. BLACK, embossed                                     reverse. The Strobridge Litho Co. printer. VF 2.                                         seal w/cab less loco center. Vignettes:                                 #A139 U/C, $100 par. Dated 188_ . Signed by                                         lower left family scene, lower right                                    secretary and president. BROWN, embossed                                         gathering harvest, top 4-4-0 and cars                                   seal, vignette across center left steamship,  passing farm, two men left/right center. “$1000” red underprint. 49                                            center 4-4-0 l-r, right dock scene. American  coupons attached w/4-4-0 vignette rounding curve. Bald, Cousland &                                             Bank Note Co. printer. VF Ken Prag Collection  Co. printer. VF Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-120 HWAC# 105510                     Est. $80-120 HWAC# 106104                                           Lot# 4581 Ohio 1856 Scioto Hocking                               Lot# 4587 Oklahoma 1904 Missouri, Oklahoma                                         Valley Rail Road Co. Incorp 1849                                 and Gulf Railway Co Two ephemera. Incorp Oct. 1904                                         Ohio. $346, I/U, $500 7%, 25 yr First                            Oklahoma. 1. #619, I/U, Stock Trust Certificate for                                         Mortgage bearer bond issued May 1.                               100 shares @ $100 par. Issued Jul 27, 1910 . BLACK,                                         1856. Signed E.A. Spencer President.                             w/green underprint. No vignette. GOES printer. VF                                         BLACK, embossed seal w/cab-less                                  2. #42033, I/U, $100 5% 40 yr. First Mortgage Gold                                         loco center. Vignettes: lower left family                        bearer bond due 1944. Issued Nov. 1, 1904, signed                                         scene, lower right gathering harvest                             M. Dewar President. GREEN, embossed seal. Vignette                                         and top 4-4-0 r-l passing farm. “500”                            top 4-4-0 heading r-l through countryside above title.  red underprint. 48 coupons attached. Bald,Cousland & Co. printer.EF                                     $100 in white outline over green box underprint.  Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-120 HWAC# 104689                                                           Coupons #18-80 attached each w/vignette of 4-4-0                                                                                                          loco l-r. Security Bank Note Co. printer.EF. cond. Ken                                         Lot# 4582 Ohio 1878 Scioto Valley                                Prag Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC# 104640                                         Railway Co. Incorp 1875 Ohio. #1063,                                         I/U, 4 shares @$50 par, issued March                                              Lot#4588Oklahoma1900’sOklahoma                                         9, 1878. Signed E.T. Mithoff President.                                           Railway Ephemera 4 certificates. 1.                                         BLACK< embossed seal w/4-4-0 loco                                                 Oklahoma Central Railway Co. incorp.                                         center, vignette 4-4-0 rounding curve w                                           1904 Oklahoma Territory. #1244 Stock                                         another on bridge, Krebs Lithographing                                            Trust Certificate, I/U, 1 share @ $100                                         Co. printer. VF Ken Prag Collection Est.                                          par issued to Jose Parker & Co Sept.                                         $80-120 HWAC# 104686                                                              19, 1906. GREEN, embossed seal, no                                                                                                                           vignette. EF. Western Bank Note Co                                         Lot# 4583 Ohio 1876 Scioto Valley                                                 printer. 2. Oklahoma Union Traction                                         Railway Co. Incorp 1875 Ohio. #526,        Co. two certificates: #1, I/U, One shares $100 par issued to Anna B.                                         I/U, 25 shares @ $50 par. Issued to        Small Nov. 4, 1910 signed A.A. Small President and #7, I/U, Five shares                                         George W. Gregg Aug. 29, 1876. Signed      issued to A.A. Small Nov. 4, 1910, signed A.A. small President. BLACK,                                         G.T Mirthoff, President. BLACK,            gold corp. embossed seal, Vignettes: bottom allegorical female looking                                         embossed seal w/4-4-0 loco center.         l-r and top eagle on dome wings spread. GOES printer. VF. 3. Oklahoma                                         Vignette 4-4-0 round curve w/second        City Junction Railway Co.incorp on June 19, 1909. $93, I/C, One share                                         train on bridge. Krebs Lithographing       @ $100 par issued to Geo. Blair May 18, 1922 signed Geo. A. Blair                                         Co. printer. VF Ken Prag Collection Est.   President. GREEN, embossed seal, vignette 4-4-2 #319 heading r-l.                                         $80-120 HWAC# 104688                       Security Bank Note Co. printer. EF Ken Prag Collection Est. $140-210                                                                                    HWAC# 104653                                         Lot# 4584 Ohio 1881 Scioto Valley                                    Lot# 4589 Oklahoma Territory 1898 The                                         Railway Co. Incorp 1875 Ohio. Later                                  Kansas, Oklahoma Central and Southwestern                                         changed to Scioto Valley & New England                               Railway Co. 2 stocks, one issued and one                                         RR Co. #403, I/U, 51 shares @ $50                                    unissued. Incorp. August 1894 Territory of                                         par. Issued Sept 27, 1881. Signed Wm.                                Oklahoma building through Indian and Oklahoma                                         Adaud President. BLACK, embossed                                     territory. #185 unissued, dated 189_. in EF cond.                                         seal w/4-4-0 loco center. Vignette 4-4-                              #68, I/C, 100 shares @ $100 par issued Nov 29,                                         0 and cars @ depot. Franklin Bank                                    1898, embossed seal. BLACK w/ orange semi-                                         Note Co. printer. Research shows only                                circle underprint. Vignette left Columbia w/eagle  known years of issue 1876-79. EF Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-140                                          spread winged. EF. Unknown printer. Ken Prag  HWAC# 104687                                                                                                Collection Est. $100-160 HWAC# 104635                                      Lot# 4585 Ohio 1800’s Steubenville                                    and Indiana Rail Road Co. 2 certificates.                                    Incorp. 1848 1. #1743, I/U, 5 shares                                    common stock $50 par. Issued March 4,                                    1857. signed by president. Black on blue                                    paper, Vignette early cab-less Tom thumb                                    Train. Printed by H. Anderson VF 2. #5, I/C,                                    $50 par 11 shares preferred stock. Issued                                    Dec. 31, 1867 . Signed by president. GREEN,                                    embossed seal, vignetted left side 4-4-0                                    w/ cars traveling countryside. Unknown                                    printer. VF. Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-                                    120 HWAC# 106085    314 July 2019 Americana Auction
Lot# 4590 Oregon 1888 Oregon &             DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                         Washington Territory Railroad Co                                         Incorp. 1886 Oregon. #227, I/U, 500                                  Lot# 4595 Oregon 1880 Oregon Pacific                                         shares stock @ $ 100 par issued to                                   Railroad Co. Incorp.1880 Oregon. #4929, I/U,                                         G.W. Hunt April 24, 1888 and signed                                  $1000 6%10 yr. First Mortgage Land Grant                                         G.W. Hunt President, BLACK, embossed                                 Sinking Fund Gold bearer bond. Issued Oct.                                         seal. Vignette on bottom 4-4-0                                       1, 1880. Signed T.E. Hogg President. BLACK,                                         crossing bridge w/paddle wheeler                                     embossed seal. Vignettes: Bottom state seal. Top  in background. Left side “FIRST SERIES 200 SHARES, $100 EACH”.                                              dock scenes left/right of 4-4-0 dockside center.  Transfer of all shares signed by G.W. Hunt. Lewis & Dryden Litho Co.                                        Coupons 20-40 attached. American Bank Note  printer.EF cond. Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-200 HWAC# 103234                                             Co. EF-AU cond Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-                                         Lot# 4591 Oregon Oregon Electric                                     160 HWAC# 104657                                         Railway Co. Three certificates. Incorp.                                         1908 Oregon. 1. Two Common Stock                                         Lot# 4596 Oregon 1800-1900’s Oregon                                         Trust certificates I/C, BROWN, no                                        Railroad ephemera 1. Oregon railway and                                         vignette, no seal, “COMMON” in brown                                     Navigation Co. incorp 1870 Oregon. #14127,                                         outline underprint. The Broun-Green                                      I.C, 3 shares $ !00 par issued to Isabella M.                                         Co. printer. #1 100 shares Issued to                                     Frost Oct. 10, 1893. BLACK, embossed seal w.                                         Erskine HewittJan 29, 1910 and #2                                        train crossing bridge center. Vignettes: bottom                                         issued to Hewitt Green Jan 29, 1910.                                     steamship @ sea. Top Steamship in harbor @                                         #C249, U/U, GREEN, common stock,                                         dock. American Bank Note Co printer. Ef. 2.                                         19__ and C245, ORANGE, deferred                                          Oregon and Southeastern Railroad Co. incorp.                                         stock, 19__. Ef cond. 2. #17, U.U,                                       1905 Oregon. #750, U/U, shares @ $100 par,                                         Certificate of Exchange for shares $100                                  dated 190_. GREEN, vignette top left 4-4-0 l-r.  par once engraved certificate is prepared. Dated 19__, no vignette.                                             “COMMON” green underprint. Alfred Allen  intricate interlocking triangles “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” green                                               Watts Co printer. AU Ken Prag Collection Est.  underprint. American Bank Note Co. printer. AU. 3. #9, I/C, issued Dec.          $100-150 HWAC# 104661  31, 1906, BLACK, gold embossed seal, vignette street car #2 and name  in gold print. GOES printer. Has cut through Presidents name. Ken Prag                                            Lot# 4597 Oregon 1800-1900’s Oregon  Collection Est. $120-160 HWAC# 104655                                                                             Railroad ephemera Two certificates. !                                                                                                                    Puget Sound Cascaded Railway Co. incorp.                                Lot# 4592 Oregon 1900’s Oregon Electric                                             1912. #44, I/C, 1 share common stock @                                Railway Co. Two U/U certificates . Incorp                                           $100 par issued Jan 14, 1929. BLACK w/                                1906 Oregon. 1. #84, @ $100 par dated 190_.                                         gold sunburst underprint, gold embossed                                Vignette electric street car w/#2 O.E. RY. CO. in                                   seal, vignette upper right eagle wings                                gold letters. Bottom left for gold seal. Sunburst                                   spread on cliff r-l. GOES printer. EF cond.                                gold underprint. Glass & Prudhomme Co                                               2. The Oregon Branch Pacific Rail Road Co.                                printer. AU. 2. #P500, @ $100 par dated 19__.                                       incorporated in Oregon 1867 the company                                Vignette top 4-4-0 left and street car right of                                     represented the proposed railroad between                                two seated allegorical females. “PREFERRED”                                         Eugene OR and Winnnemucca NV. U/U,                                green underprint. American Bank Note Co.                                            stock @ $100 par. Vignette top center of                                printer AU. Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-160      4-4-0 passing mountain scene w/train on background. Stamp box on                                   HWAC# 104654                                    left side. Receipt attached. The Major & Knapp Eng. Mfg. & Litho Co.                                                                                   printer AU cond. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-140 HWAC# 103235                                         Lot# 4593 Oregon 1889 Oregon                                         Improvement Co. Incorp. 1880                                                     Lot# 4598 Oregon 1890 The                                         Oregon. # A4391, I/C, 10 shares @                                                Oregonian Railroad Co. Incorp. 1890                                         $100 par issued to Speyer Brothers,                                              Oregon. #11, I/C, 231 shares @ $100                                         London June 20, 1889. Signed Elijah                                              par issued to C.P. Huntington April 16,                                         Smith President. BLACK, embossed                                                 1890. Signed V.P. and secretary. BLACK,                                         seal w/4-4-0 crossing bridge center.                                             no vignette. embossed seal. This was                                         Vignettes: bottom steam ship at sea,                                             blank sold by David Steel printer and                                         top steam ship @ dock/pier. “O.I.Co.”                                            hand written as needed. This is not  green underprint. Duty stamp upper right corner, 5 dividend stamped              listed in any other research just mostly bonds. EF Ken Prag Collection  paid on reverse. Has diamond cancel cutouts, EF cond.American Bank               Est. $100-180 HWAC# 104662  Note Co. printer. Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-160 HWAC# 104656                                            Lot# 4599 Kingsley, Pennsylvania 1900’s                                         Lot# 4594 Oregon 1890 Oregon                                         Scranton and Binghamton Railroad Co. Three                                         Pacific Railroad Co. Incorp. 1880                                    pieces of ephemera. Incorp. 1910 State of Penn.                                         Oregon. #11,I/U, receivers certificate                               Bond Subscription, $100 issued Sept.21, 1914 for                                         for $1000, 8% due 1892. Issued Nov. 1,                               First Mortgage, Fifty Year, 6% Gold bearer bond.                                         1890. Signed T.E. Hogg receiver. BLACK,                              Bond #12176, I/U, $100 First Mortgage, Fifty                                         no seal. No vignette. Unknown printer.                               Year, 6% Gold Bond, issued June1, 1910 signed                                         EF. Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-120                                 by secretary and V.P. BROWN, gold embossed                                              HWAC# 104660                                                    seal, no vignette, $100 in brown underprint.                                                                                                              Coupons 16-100 attached. Unknown printer.                                                                                                              Also included is the original prospectus. Ken                                                                                                              Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 104684    Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859                                     315
DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                                                               Lot# 4605 Pennsylvania 1856                                                                                                                        Lackawanna Rail Road Stocks, 2                                         Lot# 4600 Spring Garden, Pennsylvania                                          Different #821 $1000 red print 7% signed                                         1850 Spring Garden Six Per Cent                                                by President Jessup-several crease tears.                                         Loan #71, I/C, $1000 6% Loan Due                                               Thick parchment like paper #963 $1000                                         Nov. 15, 1880. Issued Oct. 1, 1850 to                                          red print signed by President Jessup, Wall                                         Pennsylvania Railroad Co.. Signatures                                          St. printer address-rear tape repair, center                                         are cut out. This is a loan by the railroad                                    hole, small cease tears. Please inspect.                                         to the District of Spring Garden. BLACK,                                       Ken Prag Collection Est. $250-500 HWAC#                                         two embossed seals: one form Spring                                                85125  Garden and the other by the railroad (4-4-0 center). Vignettes: bottom  Lady Justice, top allegorical females. SPRING GARDEN RAILROAD                                                              Lot# 4606 Pennsylvania 1901-1916  LOAN down both sides, printed on india paper. Draper, Welsh, & Co                                                          LARGE and UNIQUE Pennsylvania  printer. VF. Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-200 HWAC# 106092                                                                Railroad Collection These are all                                                                                                                             leases for property immediately next                                         Lot# 4601 Pennsylvania 1800-1900’s                                                  to the tracks of various Pennsylvania                                         Five Pennsylvania Certificates 1.                                                   railroads. What is remarkable for these                                         Sunbury and Susquehanna Railway                                                     leases, they all seem to be for leasing                                         Co. I/U, GREEN, #138 2 1/2 shares                                                   prime railroad property. 18 leases.                                         common stock issued March 11, 1913.                                                 6 have letters - one has extensive                                         Vignettes of street cars top. Security                                              communication. The ones we looked                                         bank Note Co. 2. Susquehanna &               at all have maps of the property leased. (See photos). Railroads                                         Clearfield Railroad Co., U/C, BLACK,         represented include the Pittsburg; Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis                                         #475 common stock @ $50 par.                 Railway; Englemont Connecting Railway; Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, and                                         vignette lumbermen cutting trees.            Chicago Railway; Pennsylvania Company; Union Passenger Station in                                         American Bank Note Co. 3. Southern           Chicago; and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. Est. $300-500                                         Pennsylvania Trachon Co., I/C, #3, 1         HWAC# 104501  share $100 par issued July 1, 1910. BROWN, Eagle vignette, embossed                                                       Lot# 4607 Pennsylvania Lehigh  seal. W. F. Murphy & Sons printer. 4. Southern Cambia railway Co., U/U,                                                   Valley Railroad Stocks, 7 Different  #5009, $50 par common stock, dated 19__, vignette of street car r-l                                                       7 different, mostly I/C. #81877 1891,  upper left. E.A. Wright Bank Note Co. 5. Shenango Valley railroad Co,                                                     #23845 1920, #30187 1912, #27742  #57, I/C, 3 shares @ $50 par. Issued Sept 17, 1942. RED, vignetted left.                                                  1957, #64265 1962, #260661 1946,  right of allegorical females. embossed seal. Revenue stamp on reverse.                                                    #271986 1946. Ken Prag Collection  Unknown printer. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-180 HWAC# 106076                                                           Est. $90-180 HWAC# 84965                                           Lot# 4602 Pennsylvania 1869                                                Lot# 4608 Pennsylvania 1913-1948 Lehigh                                         Germantown Passenger Rail Way                                              Valley Transit Stocks, Two #1’s 2 I/C.                                         Stock I/C #273 William Fisher 100                                          Green #1 Thomas Biddle 100 shares signed                                         shares 1869 signed by President                                            by President illegible, $1 doc stamp .5” tear,                                         Warthman. Philadelphia are railway.                                        creases. Orange #1 National Power and Light                                         Vignettes of eagle, 2 different women,                                     545 shares 1948 signed by President illegible.                                         men with horses. 25c revenue stamp.                                        rough condition. Ken Prag Collection Est.                                         Pin holes, 2 dogears. Prag Collection.                                     $120-180 HWAC# 84958                                         Est. $140-250 HWAC# 83243                                         Lot# 4603 Pennsylvania 1890                                                         Lot# 4609 Pennsylvania 1849                                         Greensburgh and Hempfield Electric                                                  Lykens Valley Rail Road & Coal                                         Street Railroad Bond I/U #41 $500                                                   Stock Unknown variety. I/C #253                                         6% bond signed by President Jamison.                                                Edward Faile 30 shares 1849 signed by                                         Most coupons intact. 2 horse vignette.                                              president Hoffman. Ken Prag Collection                                         Operating outside Pittsburg, the                                                    Est. $120-250 HWAC# 84926                                         Greensburg & Hempfield Electric Street                                         Railway with single-truck cars made                                         their debut in the fall of 1890. Prag                                         Collection. Est. $140-250 HWAC# 83262                                         Lot# 4604 Pennsylvania 1855                                         Lackawanna Rail Road Bond #407                                         $500 7% signed by President Jessup.                                         Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-180                                              HWAC# 85126                                                                                                                                           Lot# 4610 Pennsylvania Mt Penn                                                                                                                                         Gravity Railroad Co #83 I/U, 4                                                                                                                                         shares of common stock, no par listed,                                                                                                                                         issued Oct 3, 1889. Signed John Rick                                                                                                                                         President. black, rad embossed seal,                                                                                                                                         “INCORPORATED 1889” printed                                                                                                                                         bottom border, vignette State seal w/                                                                                                                                         clack and white horses. W. F. Murphys                                                                                                                                         Sons printer. tri-fold crease. EF Ken                                                                                                  Prag Collection Est. $140-175 HWAC# 101256  316 July 2019 Americana Auction
Lot# 4611 Pennsylvania 1800’s                DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                         Neversink Mountain Railroad Co                                         Incorp. July 1889 State of Pennsylvania.                                           Lot# 4617 Pennsylvania Philadelphia                                         I/U #51 for 10 shares @ $50 par, issued                                            and Baltimore Central Rail Road                                         July 16, 1890, signed D.W Stehman                                                  Stocks (4 different) I/U #184                                         president, black, embossed seal,                                                   Geo Nelson 1 share 1856 signed by                                         vignette top eagle over union shield,                                              President Taylor. Unissued 1856, black,                                         printer Wm. Martin Co. EF Ken Prag                                                 blue with train vignette. “operated in                                         Collection Est. $90-120 HWAC# 87005                                                Pennsylvania and Maryland in the 19th                                 Lot# 4612 Pennsylvania 1800’s New York                                                     and early 20th centuries. It operated                                 and Penn Railway CO/ White Electric                                                        a 110-mile main line between West                                 traction Co 1. White Electric Traction Co.                                                 Philadelphia and Octoraro Junction,                                 #20 IC, 10 shares of common stock @ $50             Maryland, plus several branch lines.” from wikipedia. Prag Collection.                                 par, issued Feb 11, 1892 To William Denny,          Est. $100-200 HWAC# 84255                                 signature blocked out, green, “SHARES $50                                                  Lot# 4618 Pennsylvania Philadelphia                                 EACH”green underprint, embossed seal,                                                      and Easton Electric Railway Certs                                 vignette of electric streetcar, Homer Lee                                                  (4) I/U #32 JC Hallinger 4 shares                                 Bank Note Co. printer. 2 Western New York                                                  1908 signed by President Byars?-fair                                 and Pennsylvania Railway Co . I/C, #308 100                                                condition. Trust cert #35 6 shares J                                 shares of common stock @ $50 par. issued                                                   Mould 1908. Trust cert #236 Jonathan                                 May 15, 1895 to Joseph R Rhoads, signature                                                 Mould 2 shares 1903-poor condition.                                 illegible, orange, “SHARES $50 EACH” orange                                                #477 $1000 5% 40 year gold bond 1904  underprint, embossed seal, two $1 and one 25c revenue stamps,                                                             signed by President Rauschberger. Prag  vignette top loco r-l The Homer Lee Bank Note Co. printer. Ken Prag                                                       Collection. Est. $100-140 HWAC# 84270  Collection Est. $90-140 HWAC# 88761                                                                                                                            Lot# 4619 Pennsylvania 1859                                         Lot# 4613 Pennsylvania 1800’s New                                                  Pittsburgh and Steubenville Rail                                         York, Susquehanna and Western                                                      Road Stock I/C #50 Charles Hotch? 20                                         Railroad Co. bond I/C #1, $5000, 50                                                shares 1859 signed by President Jones.                                         yr, 5 % terminal first mortgage gold                                               Train station vignette. creases, small                                         bearer bond, issued June 13, 1893,                                                 tears. Prag Collection. Est. $140-250                                         signed but illegible, brown, embossed                                                   HWAC# 84276                                         seal, vignettes : bottom train exiting                                         tunnel, top woman holding shaft,                                                   Lot# 4620 Pennsylvania 1895                                         “5000” brown underprint, Homer Bank                                                Pittsburgh Grafton and Mansfield  Note Co printer. Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-250 HWAC# 88905                                                            Street Railway Stock, #7 Unlisted.                                         Lot# 4614 Pennsylvania 1858 North                                                  I/C #7 James Callery 100 shares 1895                                         Lebanon Rail Road Bond I/C #10 $250                                                signed by President Kelly? Consolidated                                         1858. Signed by President Illegible.                                               with West End Traction. Prag Collection                                         Train vignette. corner missing, toning,                                            Est. $100-200 HWAC# 84274                                         pen cancel, rear ink bleed thru. Please                                         inspect, sold as is. Prag Collection. Est.                                         Lot# 4621 Pennsylvania 1884                                         $100-200 HWAC# 83251                                                               Pittsburgh, McKeesport and                                                                                                                            Youghiogheny Railroad Vanderbilt                     Lot# 4615 Pennsylvania 1800-1900’s Pennsylvania                                                        Stock I/C #125 to Cornelius Vanderbilt                     RR stock/bond Two certs. 1. Scranton, Montrose and                                                     100 shares 1884 signed by President                     Binghamton Railroad Co. incorp. 1919. #C1451, I/U,                                                     illegible. Pin holes, bottom wear. Ken                     $100 6%, 40 yr, First Mortgage Sinking Fund Gold                                                       Prag Collection Est. $180-300 HWAC#                     bearer bond. Issued Oct 1. 1919 signature illegible,                                                        84915                     BROWN, embossed gold seal, no vignette, coupons 47-                                                    Lot# 4622 Pennsylvania 1884                     55 attached. Scranton Litho printer. 2. The Schuylkill                                                 Pittsburgh, McKeesport and                     Haven and Lehigh River Rail Road Co., incorp 1856.                                                     Youghiogheny Railroad Stock I/C                     #384, I/C, 50 shares @ $50 par, issued Feb 24, 1863                                                    #119 W Vanderbilt 100 shares 1884.                     ( date is actually written Second Mo.) signed Glen J.                                                  Signed by President illegible. Crease                     Derbyshire President. BROWN, embossed seal, vignette                                                   and pin holes. Prag Collection. Est.                     cab less loco and cars, revenue stamp lower right.                                                     $100-140 HWAC# 83271                     Unknown printer. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-160  HWAC# 104685                                                                                                              Lot# 4623 Pennsylvania 1906                                                                                                                            Pittsburgh, McKeesport and                                         Lot# 4616 Pennsylvania 1887 Perry                                                  Youghiogheny Railroad Stock with                                         County Railroad Stock, #11 I/U #11                                                 Vanderbilt Sig I/C #1860 to William K                                         WA ? 1 share 1887 signed by President                                              Vanderbilt 500 shares 1906 signed by                                         Mortimer. Prag Collection Est. $100-                                               President Illegible 1906. Signed on rear                                         200 HWAC# 84253                                                                    by WK Vanderbilt. Ken Prag Collection                                                                                                                            Est. $120-250 HWAC# 84913    Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859                                       317
DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                                                                      Lot# 4629 Pennsylvania 1922                                                                                                                          Somerset Coal Railway Co (2)                                 Lot# 4624 Pennsylvania 1883                                                              The Somerset Coal Railway started                                 Pittsburgh, McKeesport and                                                               operations in 1915 (incorp) in                                 Youghiogheny Railroad Stock, #1A                                                         Pennsylvania and stopped service in                                 I/C #1A D Hastutt? 500 shares 1883                                                       1950 for a total period of operations                                 signed by President illegible. Creases,                                                  of 35 years. #7, I/C, 1 share of common                                 pin holes, tattered top. Ken Prag                                                        stock @ $50 par. Issued to J.D. Hamm                                 Collection Est. $180-300 HWAC# 84904                                                     Jan 9 1922 and signed Geo. Schmidt                                                                                   President. BLACK, gold embossed seal, gold sunburst underprint,  Lot# 4625 Pennsylvania 1908                                                      vignette top of 4-4-0 l-r partial frontal view. Goes printer.Two revenue  Pittsburgh,Binghamton & Eastern                                                  stamps on reverse. VF. Also included U/U, completely blank $50 par                        Unlisted.                                                  stock certificate in AU cond./ Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-120 HWAC#  Railroad  Company                                                                106066  Temporary Stock Cert. No.234 for 3  shares to Herman Seyter signed by                                                                                       Lot# 4630 Pennsylvania 1871 South  President Lindsey Hooper & Amended                                                                                      Carolina Central Rail Road Co The  Reorganization Plan, April 1916. Est.                                                                                   line had 243 miles of track and ran  $100-200 HWAC# 84412                                                                                                    from Charleston, South Carolina, to                                                                                                                          Hamburg, South Carolina to Augusta,                                         Lot# 4626 Pennsylvania 1800’s                                                    Georgia. #294, U/U, $500, 8% 25 yr.                                         Schuylkill Valley Navigation and                                                 First Mortgage bearer bond. Issued                                         Railroad Co 3 certificates. Incorporated                                         March 1, 1871. Signed D.B. Launir                                         on April 14th, 1828 Pennsylvania,                                                President. Black, w three vignettes:                                         operated for 121 years. Two Black, $50                                           bottom left 4-4-0 w/cars rounding                                         par stock certs, no vignettes, embossed                                          curve, right Palm tree & bales, top 4-4-                                         seal w/coal car center, unknown           0 w/ cars passing river. $500 red underprint, Coupons 1-57 attached.                                         printer. #542, I/C, 1 share issued May    Wallace, Evans & Cogswell printer. Very attractive certificate in the  13, 1893. Signed illegible. #1, I/U, for 200 shares issued to J.E. Thayer        better side of EF condition, folds are evident, No tears or stains. Ken  & Bro. Feb. 4, 1845, signed but not legible. Also has full receipt and           Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 106062  Trustees certification of 340 shares to N. Thayer., dated July 20, 1865.  #2531, U/C, shares @ $50 par. date 19__. ORANGE, American Bank                                                          Lot# 4631 Pennsylvania 1881 South  Note Co printer. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-160 HWAC# 105512                                                         Carolina Railway Co. On November                                                                                                                          1, 1881, South Carolina Rail Road                                Lot# 4627 Pennsylvania 1800’s Scranton                                                    Company was sold in foreclosure to                                and Northeastern Railroad Co. 2 certificates.                                             the organizers of The South Carolina                                Incorp. 1888 Pennsylvania. #64, U/C, 450                                                  Railway Company, which was                                par shares, dated 189_, no vignette, BLACK,                                               incorporated under the general laws                                orange underprint. #8, I/C, One share @ $100                                              of South Carolina on October 17, 1881,                                par. Issued April 2, 1889. signed signature not                                           Awesome older SC railroad piece. Left                                readable. BLACK, embossed seal, vignette 4-4-      and right vignettes of cotton field workers. Measures approximately                                0 and cars r-l @ depot. Chas. A. Searing printer.  9” by 12.5”. Folds as shown in the picture. Dated 1881 in the certificate                                Both are AU Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-         text. #815, I/U, $1000, 6%, 50 yr. Purchase Money Mortgage Income                                130 HWAC# 105525                                   Bond bearer bond. Issued Nov. 1, 1881. Signed Samuel Bamer                                                                                   President. BLACK, embossed seal w/palm tree center. American Bank                         Lot# 4628 Pennsylvania 1800-1900’s Second &               Note Co. VF. Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-200 HWAC# 106061                         Third Street Passenger Railway CO. 4 certificates.                         Incorp. April 10, 1858 Pennsylvania. 1. Two, I/C,                                                Lot# 4632 Pennsylvania 1870                         $50 par, BLACK, embossed seal, vignettes: bottom                                                 Southern Pennsylvania Iron                         three horses. Top horse drawn trolley & Strawberry                                               and RailRoad Co Incorp 1869                         Mansion. Sinclair’s Litho printer. #238, 200 shares,                                             Pennsylvania and operated until 1872                         issued April 15, 1859. Signed illegible. Also #1585,                                             when it became Southern Pennsylvania                         35 shares, issued July 26, 1870. Signature crossed                                               Railway and Mining Company. $38,                         out. Revenue stamp right side. 2. Two. #4739, I/C,                                               I/U, $1000, 7%, Second Mortgage Gold                         20 shares $50 par. Issued to William Henry Holmes                                                bearer bond due 1880. Issued Sept. 1,                         Feb. 8, 1902, Signature cancel hole punched. BLACK,                                              1870, Signed James M Carty President.                         embossed seal, vignettes: state seal bottom, Top                                                 BLACK, embossed seal. Three vignettes                         horse drawn trolley & Strawberry Mansion. Geo. S.         : left State seal, right 4-4-0 partial frontal r-l, top eagle r-l wings spread  Harris & Sons printer. #2926, I/U, 95 shares @ $50 par issued July 22,           on rock. ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS red underprint. Coupons 2-20  1937. Signed Joseph Clawson president. BLACK, embossed seal, “less               attached. Moss & Co. printer. This is in excellent condition EF-AU. No  than 100 shares” upper corners, state seal vignette top, “SHARES $50 “           tears, stains, crisp w/ no discolorations. Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-  grey underprint. Security Bank Note Co printer. VF Ken Prag Collection           150 HWAC# 106093  Est. $120-200 HWAC# 105530    318 July 2019 Americana Auction
Lot# 4633 Pennsylvania 1853                DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                         Springfield, Mount Vernon &                                         Pittsburg Rail Road Co Started                                                   Lot# 4638 Pennsylvania 1800-1900’s                                         operations in 1852 and stopped service                                           The Sharpsville RR, Shamokin and                                         in 1867 and ran from Delaware, Ohio                                              Edgewood Electric Railway Co 2                                         through Mt. Vernon to Millersburg                                                bonds. 1. Shamokin and Edgewood                                         and ultimately became part of the                                                Electric Railway Co. incorp.1900                                         Pennsylvania Railroad Company.                                                   Pennsylvania. #128 of 300, I/U, $1000,                                         #282, I/U, $1000 7% due May 1868,                                                5%, First Mortgage Gold 30 yr bearer                                         Equipment Bearer Bond. Option to                                                 bond due 1936. Issued May 15, 1906.  receive 10 shares @ $50 par upon surrender. Issued May 1, 1853 to                                                       GREEN, embossed seal, vignette top  George L. Coe or bearer. Signed by the president, BLACK, embossed                                                       electric trolley w/company name  seal w/4-4-0 center. vignette under title of cab-less loco w/ cars r-l.                                                 on side. $1000 green underprint, 12  Coupons #13-30 attached. Unknown printer. EF Ken Prag Collection                 coupons attached. Clymer Printing. EF. 2. The Sharpsville Rail Road Co.  Est. $80-100 HWAC# 106091                                                        incorp 1876-1931 Pennsylvania. #9, I/U, $1000, 6%, Mortgage bearer                                                                                   bond due 1886. Issued Oct. 14, 1881. Signed Walter Prireo President.                        Lot# 4634 Pennsylvania 1875 State Line and                 WHITE, embossed seal w/4-4-0 loco center. No vignette. Unknown                        Sullivan Rail Road Co 3 certificates. Incorp Dec.          printer. Both EF Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-150 HWAC# 106110                        2, 1874 Pennsylvania. All are BLACK, I/C, $50 par                        shares, issued May 1. 1875. Embossed seal, vignettes:                                             Lot# 4639 Pennsylvania The Slate                        top 4-4-0 @ depot w/switchman. Left farmer w/                                                     Belt Electric Street Railway Co. (2)                        plow horses. Allen, Lane & Scott printer. #7, 780                                                 26 November 1900 incorporated                        shares issued to James Thorndike, signed Charles                                                  Pennsylvania. # 1295 of 200 authorized,                        E. Parsons, President. VG. #45, 213 shares issued                                                 I/U, $500, 4% Second Mortgage Gold                        to James Bennet Trustee, unsigned. VF. #161, 1000                                                 Bearer Bond certificate issued Jan                        shares issued to Edward Wheeler signed Charles                                                    2, 1912. RED, 500 red underprint.                        E. Parsons, President. VF Ken Prag Collection Est.                                                Printed by the Beni D. Benson & Son                        $100-120 HWAC# 105554                                                                             Lithographers. Embossed seal. Has an                                                                                                                          ornate border around it with a vignette                                         Lot# 4635 Pennsylvania 1881 Stony         of an electric trolly car #25 w/company name on side. Coupons 12-                                         Creek Rail Road Co. Incorp April          60 attached. Near AU cond. # 388 I/U, $100, 4% Second Mortgage                                         14, 1868 Pennsylvania. #371, I/C, 20      Gold Bearer Bond certificate issued Jan 2, 1912. BROWN, 100 brown                                         shares $50 par. Issued Oct. 10, 1881.     underprint. Printed by the Beni D. Benson & Son Lithographers.                                         Signed James Boyd President. BLACK,       Embossed seal. Has an ornate border around it with a vignette of                                         embossed seal. Vignette top 4-4-0         an electric trolly car #25 w/company name on side. Coupons 12-60                                         w/ car l-r from town. left side box for   attached. EF cond. Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-120 HWAC# 106069                                         stamp. Stang & Paxson printer. VF Ken                                         Prag Collection Est. $120-200 HWAC#                                              Lot# 4640 Pennsylvania 1912 The                                              105552                                                                      Slate Belt Electric Street Railway Co.                                                                                                                          (2) 26 November 1900 incorporated                                         Lot# 4636 Pennsylvania 1853                                                      Pennsylvania. # 1295 of 200 authorized,                                         Sunbury and Erie Railroad Co Incorp.                                             I/U, $500, 4% Second Mortgage Gold                                         1837 Pennsylvania. #59, I/U, 5 shares                                            Bearer Bond certificate issued Jan                                         of common stock $10 par. Issued Feb                                              2, 1912. RED, 500 red underprint.                                         12, 1853. Signed Christopher Fallon                                              Printed by the Beni D. Benson & Son                                         President. BLACK, embossed seal. This                                            Lithographers. Embossed seal. Has an                                         a beautifully engraved w/7 vignettes.                                            ornate border around it with a vignette                                         Left side top man w/sickle, middle        of an electric trolly car #25 w/company name on side. Coupons 12-                                         iron worker, bottom male navigator.       60 attached. Near AU cond. # 388 I/U, $100, 4% Second Mortgage  Right side top covered wagon, middle ship under sail, bottom canal               Gold Bearer Bond certificate issued Jan 2, 1912. BROWN, 100 brown  boat. Top 4-4-0 w/cars rounding corner. State seal on bottom. Toppan,            underprint. Printed by the Beni D. Benson & Son Lithographers.  Carpenter, Casilear & Co. printer. VF. Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-            Embossed seal. Has an ornate border around it with a vignette of  400 HWAC# 106083                                                                 an electric trolly car #25 w/company name on side. Coupons 12-60                                                                                   attached. EF cond. Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-120 HWAC# 106068                                         Lot# 4637 Pennsylvania 1874 The                                         Selins Grove and North Branch                                         RailRoad Co. Incorp May, 1871                                         Pennsylvania. #400 of 1300 I/U, $500,                                         6%, First Mortgage GOLD bearer bond.                                         Due 1894. Issued July, 1, 1874. BLACK,                                         embossed seal, vignettes: bottom State                                         seal, left Elk right eagle wings spread,                                         top 4-40 w/ cars crossing bridge r-l.                                         Coupons 6- 39 attached. Red underprint  logo w/ white outline letters FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS/500 . Small  seperation at center fold. Moss & Co. printer Ken Prag Collection Est.  $120-200 HWAC# 106098    Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859                                     319
DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                                                            Lot# 4645 Pennsylvania 1800’s Two                                                                                                                     Pennsylvania RR stocks 1. Westend,                                         Lot# 4641 Pennsylvania 1912 The                                             Angora & Park Passenger Railway Co.,                                         Slate Belt Electric Street Railway Co.                                      I/C, #149 for 3 shares @ $50 par, issued                                         (2) 26 November 1900 incorporated                                           July 19, 1879 for Nathan J. Campion.                                         Pennsylvania. # 150 of 200 authorized,                                      Signed by president not readable. Black,                                         I/U, $1000, 4% Second Mortgage Gold                                         underprint background, “$50” in white w/                                         Bearer Bond certificate issued Jan 2,                                       orange outline underprint, embossed seal,                                         1912. GREEN, 1000 green underprint.                                         vignettes: Lower right Black/white horses                                         Printed by the Beni D. Benson & Son                                         (left/right) eagle above Penn. State Seal.                                         Lithographers. Embossed seal. Has                                           Top horse draw street car w/passengers.                                         an ornate border around it with a                                           Nice looking certificate. Lefman &                                         vignette of an electric trolly car #25 w/                                   Bolton printers 2. The West Chester and  company name on side. Coupons 12-60 attached. Near AU cond. # 374                 Philadelphia Railroad Co. I/C, #19 for 10 shares of 8% preferred stock  of 200 authorized, I/U, $100, 4% Second Mortgage Gold Bearer Bond                 @ $50 par. Issued July 11, 1855 to Horatio C. Wood, signed signature  certificate issued Jan 2, 1912. BROWN, 100 brown underprint. Printed              crossed out. Orange, embossed seal (train center), Vignettes: bottom  by the Beni D. Benson & Son Lithographers. Embossed seal. Has an                  train crossing bridge below wavy title, Top train l-r leaving city w/  ornate border around it with a vignette of an electric trolly car #25 w/          engineer visible, Left side: boy w/dog, Penn, girl raking. W.E. Tucker  company name on side. Coupons 12-60 attached. Near AU cond. Ken                   printer. Ken Prag Collection Est. $90-140 HWAC# 88772  Prag Collection Est. $80-140 HWAC# 106067                                                                                    Est. $110-150 HWAC# 88747  Lot# 4646 Pennsylvania 1800’s                                         Lot# 4642 Pennsylvania 1866 The                                       Wilmington and Reading Railroad Co                                         South Carolina Railroad Co. Incorp.                                   #2435 $100 7% 32 year bearer bond                                         !844 & 1866 South Carolina. Operated                                  issued March 1 1870 signed by Hugh                                         in South Carolina from 1843 to 1894,                                  Estule President, black, embossed seal,                                         when it was succeeded by the Southern                                 100 red underprint, four vignettes:                                         Railway. It was formed in 1844 by the                                 Penn and Delaware State Seal, factory                                         merger of the South Carolina Canal and                                w/boats @ dock, train crossing bridge                                         Rail Road Company (SCC&RR) into The                                   l-r. Coupons attached (missing six). Ef  Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad Company. #579, I/C,                                           condition. rare. Printer J. Haehmlen,  $500 7% 7 yr bearer bond. Issued Aug. 31, 1866 signed cancel hole                                            Goldsmith Hall. Ken Prag Collection  blocks signature. BLACK, embossed seal, Vignettes: bottom 4-4-0 w.  cars l-r. Top State Seal. 500 in red underprint. Revenue stamp right                                                     Lot# 4647 Rhode Island 1800’s  side. American Bank Note Co. EF Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-100                                                         New York, Providence and Boston  HWAC# 106060                                                                                                             Railroad Co July 1, 1833 incorporated                                                                                                                           State of Rhode Island. U/U black border                                         Lot# 4643 Pennsylvania 1873 The                                                   w/ wide left margin and vignette of                                         South Mountain Railroad Co Incorp.                                                topless woman leaning against wheel,                                         May 5, 1854. The name was changed to                                              top vignette woman w/ships, train                                         the Harrisburg and Hamburg Railroad                                               and shield. Receipt attached. Three I/C                                         on March 17, 1859, but was changed         stocks: #5060 for 1724 shares @ $100 par, train w/people vignette                                         back to “South Mountain Railroad” on       top, issued Jan 15, 1889, American Bank Note Co printer.. #1608 for 5                                         May 21, 1873. #742, I/U, $100, 7 %, tax    shares @ $100 par issued Dec 29, 1843, light blue paper, no vignette                                         free, First Mortgage Gold Bearing Bond.    and # 2617 for 50 shares @ $100 par issued Nov 22, 1862, red print                                         Issued Feb. 1, 1873. Signed by William     on blue paper no vignette. Unless noted printer unknown. Ken Prag                                         H. Bell, president. BLACK, embossed        Collection Est. $90-150 HWAC# 88908  gold seal, vignette with two trains in a valley and surveyors, two  vignettes with Capitol and Independence Hall, $100 gold underprint                                                       Lot# 4648 Rhode Island 1854  over red checkered underprint. Coupons 1-60 attached and numbered                                                        Providence, Warren & Bristol  in gold underprint. Unknown printer. Very attractive and in EF-AU                                                        Railroad Bond Unlisted. I/C #97  cond. Ken Prag Collection Est. $150-300 HWAC# 105567                                                                     $1000 6% bond, signed by President                                         Lot# 4644 Pennsylvania 1873 The                                                   illegible. “The Providence, Warren                                         South Mountain Railroad Co. Incorp.                                               and Bristol Railroad was a railroad in                                         May 5, 1854. The name was changed to                                              Rhode Island that connected the city of                                         the Harrisburg and Hamburg Railroad                                               Providence with Bristol, Rhode Island.                                         on March 17, 1859, but was changed                                                The company was formed in 1854                                         back to “South Mountain Railroad” on                                              by merging the Providence, Warren                                         May 21, 1873. #32, I/U, $1000, 7 %, tax    and Bristol Railroad Companies of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.                                         free, First Mortgage Gold Bearing Bond.    The 14.1-mile line itself was completed on July 12, 1855. Until 1862,                                         Issued Feb. 1, 1873. Signed by William     a portion of the line crossed through part of the town of Seekonk,                                         H. Bell, president. BLACK, embossed        Massachusetts, which then became East Providence, Rhode Island as  gold seal w/4-4-0 loco center, vignette with two trains in a valley               part of a boundary settlement between the two states. In 1865, the Fall  and surveyors, two vignettes with Capitol and Independence Hall,                  River, Warren and Providence Railroad built a branch off the line at  $1000 gold underprint over gold checkered underprint. Coupons 8-60                Warren; in 1875, it was extended to Fall River, Massachusetts . On July  attached and numbered in gold underprint. Unknown printer. Very                   1, 1891, the line was leased to the Old Colony Railroad for 99 years.  attractive and in VF cond. Ken Prag Collection Est. $150-300 HWAC#                In 1893, the PW&B was absorbed into the New York, New Haven and  105568                                                                            Hartford Railroad, upon its lease of the Old Colony Railroad system.”                                                                                    from wikipedia. rear ink bleed thru. Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-                                                                                    250 HWAC# 84918    320 July 2019 Americana Auction
Lot# 4649 Rhode Island Providence,         DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                        Warren & Bristol Railroad Stocks                                        (5) Mostly unlisted in 1st edition. Blue                                         Lot# 4652 South Carolina 1869                                        I/C #412 W ?? 1 share 1857. I/C #979                                             The Savannah and Charleston                                        Edgar Dexter 1 share 1900-rear toning.                                           Railroad Co Originally chartered in                                        I/U #739 Greene& Cranston 107 shares                                             South Carolina, in 1854 to Charleston                                        1872 signed by President Child, 25c                                              and Savannah until 1866 when it                                        revenue stamp. I/U #1115 Adams &                                                 was chartered as the Savannah and                                        Peck 1 share 1927 signed by President                                            Charleston until 1880 back to the                                        Mattison. I/C #146 Susan Waterman                                                Charleston and Savannah until 1901.                                        10 shares 1886 signed by President                                               #842 of 1000 authorized, I/U, $500 7%                                        Waterman. Ken Prag Collection Est.        20 yr. First Mortgage Gold Bearer Bond . Issued July 1, 1869 signed                                        $120-250 HWAC# 84917                      Alexander Isaacs President. BLUE, embossed seal, revenue stamp                                         Lot# 4650 South Carolina 1853            right side Vignettes: bottom allegorical female looking l-r. Top 4-4-0                                         Greenville & Columbia Railroad           and cars r-l rounding corner. $500 blue underprint. Coupons 9-40                                         Stock I/U #1507 5 shares 1853            attached. Walker, Evans & Cogswell printer. VF. Ken Prag Collection                                         signed by President O’Neall. “The line   Est. $120-200 HWAC# 105515                                         traces its history back to 1845, when                                           Lot# 4653 South Carolina 1869 The                                         Greenville, South Carolina-area leaders                                         Savannah and Charleston Railroad                                         Benjamin Perry, Waddy Thompson                                                  Co Incorp 1866 South Carolina. #408,                                         Jr., John T. Coleman and Joel Poinsett                                          I/U, $500 7% 20 yr State of South                                         called a public meeting, this one                                               Carolina Bond in support . Issued  presided over by Vardry McBee. The goal was to create enthusiasm                                                       Sept. 1, 1869 signed Alexander Isaacs,  and collect subscriptions for a rail line to the northern and southern                                                 President and signed Sept 1, 1869 J.L.  parts of the state. With a committee of 30 potential subscribers, they                                                 Neafle Comptroller General. BLACK,  agreed to seek a preliminary charter for a Greenville and Columbia                                                     embossed seal, revenue stamp on  Railroad, with the understanding that they raise at least $300,000 in                                                  right, vignettes: bottom left plow and  subscriptions within a year. Unsuccessful, the group renewed their              horse harness. Top 4-4-0 and cares crossing trestle w/eagle on rock  charter the following year. The plan was to build a 109-mile line up the        r-l. 35 coupons attached. Walter, Evans & Cogswell printer. Originally  east side of the Saluda River through Newberry, South Carolina, and             chartered in South Carolina, in 1854 to Charleston and Savannah until  Laurens, South Carolina, to Greenville. The 30 commissioners sought             1866 when it was chartered as the Savannah and Charleston RR until  subscribers from Columbia, South Carolina, and all the surrounding              1880 back to the Charleston and Savannah RR until 1901. Ken Prag  counties. They were successful but when stockholders met in May                 Collection Est. $120-200 HWAC# 105514  1847 in Columbia, those from the capital city and from the Abbeville  and Anderson districts, urged by local property owner and famed                                                        Lot# 4654 South Carolina 1866 The  politician John C. Calhoun, who wanted a different route, voted to                                                     South Carolina RailRoad Co Incorp.  build a 147-mile line on the west side of the river with its terminus in                                               1843 South Carolina. #1732, I/C,  Anderson. Greenville stockholders, and especially McBee, the largest                                                   $500, 7%, 25 yr. bearer bond. Issued  single subscriber, cried foul. They wanted their money back, but the                                                   April 2. 1866. signed illegible. BLACK,  majority stockholders refused. So the Greenville contingent chartered                                                  embossed seal w/orange revenue  the Greenville Railroad Co. and threatened to build a railroad from                                                    over-stamp. Vignettes: left/right lower  “Dr. Brown’s place,” near modern-day Belton, South Carolina, directly                                                  corners allegorical figures. Top Liberty  to Greenville, to shift freight and passengers away from Anderson.                                                     and Washington by State seal. Coupons  McBee also put up $50,000 of his own money to make the subscription             18-50 attached. American Bank Note Co. VF cond. Ken Prag Collection  possible. The other stockholders reluctantly agreed. McBee’s hand-              Est. $130-200 HWAC# 105569  picked candidate, John Belton O’Neall, was elected president of the                                        Lot# 4655 South Dakota 1918 James River  line.” from wikipedia. Foxing, left toning. .3” seam tear3 dogears. Prag                                   Valley and North Western Railway Co. Three  Collection. Est. $140-250 HWAC# 83241                                                                      certificates one issued and two unissued. Inc.                                                                                                             1909 in South Dakota. 1.No. 15. I/U, Issued for                                         Lot# 4651 South Carolina 1873                                       42 shares @ $200 par June 1, 1918. Signed by                                         Savannah and Charleston Railroad Co                                 president and secretary. No vignette. Printer: S.D.                                         Originally chartered in South Carolina,                             Childs & Co Operated from Blunt to Gettysburg,                                         in 1854 to Charleston and Savannah                                  South Dakota until 1920. All are EF cond. Ken                                         until 1866 when it was chartered as the                             Prag Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC# 104634                                         Savannah and Charleston until 1880                                         back to the Charleston and Savannah                                         until 1901. Bonds are known to exist,                                         a stock certificate is rare. #174, I/U,  50 shares @$100 par. Issued to F.E. Taylor Fe., 1873. BLACK, no seal,  vignette 4-4-0 and cars l-r . Unknown printer. VG Ken Prag Collection  Est. $120-200 HWAC# 105513    Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859                                    321
DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                   Lot# 4656 Southern States 1800’s Mobile                                         Lot# 4660 Texas 1893-1895 Texas Central                                 and Ohio Railroad (6) 1. #1470, U/U,                                            Railroad Stocks (2) 2 different I/C. Green                                 Certificate of Deposit, dated187_, Black,                                       #91 Edgar Van Winkler 40 shares 1893. Olive                                 vignette 4-4-0 train @depot l-r, coupons                                        #353 Moran Bros 25 shares 1895. “ The Texas                                 attached, EF.unknown printer. 2. #313, I/C,                                     Central Railway Company was chartered on                                 25 shares common shares @$100 par, trustee                                      May 30, 1879, to serve as a feeder line to the                                 transfer date 1874, issue date and president                                    Houston and Texas Central Railway Company.                                 signature have cut out, ORANGE, no seal,                                        Although originally chartered to run from                                 vignette 4-4-0 loco either side of bailing hay                                  Ross Station, near Waco, in McLennan County                                 scene, “M.&O.R.R.Co” orange underprint,                                         to the center of Eastland County, the Texas                                 unknown printer. 3. Two 100 shares @$100                                        Central charter was subsequently amended to                                 par one U/C (#2918) and I/C (#2991)                                             authorize the company to extend to the state                                 GREEN, vignette of 4-4-0 loco #13 l-r, SHARES                                   line in Sherman County with the ultimate  $100 EACH in bottom border, “ONE HUNDRED” green underprint,                      destination as the state of Colorado, and also to build a line from  American Bank Note Co printer, #2991 issued July 17, 1889, embossed              near Ennis to Paris. The original capital stock was $130,000 and  seal w/loco over bridge center. #2918 has receipt attached. 4. #30,I/C,          the principal office was at Ross Station.” from tshaonline.org. Prag  100 shares @$100 par issued Oct 10, 1873, GREEN, no seal, vignette               Collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 84137  4-4-0 loco’s either side of hay bailing scene, “100SHARES100” green  underprint, American Bak Note Co printer. #A1181, I/C, 11 shares                               Lot# 4661 Texas 1874 The  common stock @$100 par, issued Jan 25, 1886, BROWN, vignette 4-4-0                             International Rail Road Co. of Texas  #13 l-r, “LESS THAN !)) SHARES” in brown underprint, American Bank                             #1757, I/U, $1000 8% 30 yr. Second  Note Co printer. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-180 HWAC# 101267                                Mortgage bearer bond due 1904.                                                                                                 Issued Jan 15, 1874. Signed Galusha                                         Lot# 4657 Tennessee 1877 Memphis                        Grow President, RED, embossed silver                                         City Railroad Co. stock #547, I/C,                      seal, vignette 4-6-0 passing hill l-r                                         #547 for 100 shares of common stock                     w/ 4-4-0 on bridge in background,                                         @ $50 par, issued to F. S. Davis April                  “$1000” red underprint, coupons #1-                                         23, 1877. Signed F, B, Davis President,                 60 attached. Unknown printer. AU cond                                         BLACK, embossed seal, vignette top of                   Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-275                                         horse facing, r-l. Horse drawn street                                         car r-l blue underprint, There are other  HWAC# 102443                                         Memphis City certificates that have  “Rail Road” in the title . This one is “Railroad Co.” (fewer issued w/ this                                        Lot# 4662 Texas 1800’s The International  spelling). H. Wade & Co. printer. EF. Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-200                                            Railroad Co. of Texas Originally chartered  HWAC# 101392                                                                                                       by the State of Texas for and completed 200                                                                                                                     miles of track. This is one of 2000 bonds                                         Lot# 4658 Tennessee 1856 The                                                the State never delivered. #534, I/U, $1000                                         Memphis and Ohio Railroad Co.                                               8% 20 year convertible bearer bond due                                         #105 of 300 authorized. I/U. $1000 6%                                       1892. Issued Aug 1, 1872, signed J. Lauford                                         10 bearer coupon bond. Issued Oct.1,                                        Barnes President. GREEN, embossed seal,                                         1856. Signed Robert Lofria President.                                       vignette 4-4-0 loco w. “AMERICA” on cab                                         BLACK, embossed seal w/ 4-4-0 loco                                          and tender, “$1000” green underprint,                                         center. Six vignettes: top men unloading                                    “UNITED STATES” upper left, “OF                                         wagon w/horses train and river boat                                         AMERICA” upper right, “1000 DOLLARS”                                         background, left side allegorical                                           in both lower corners. coupons attached                                         females and George Washington,            (11missing), W.H. Arthur & Co printer. No tears. cuts or holes. Signs  right side allegorical females and Thomas Jefferson, bottom cows in              of folding. Kept flat in plastic in hardbound book. Possible this is the  pasture. 9 coupons attached. American Bank Note Co. printer. F+ Ken              only one known. Not in Cox or other reference companies. Ken Prag  Prag Collection Est. $160-250 HWAC# 102409                                       Collection Est. $300-600 HWAC# 101283                                 Lot# 4659 Houston, Texas Houston and                                       Lot# 4663 United States 1800-1900’s New York,                               Great Northern Railroad Co.Bonds 2 bonds:                                  Mass. and Texas RR ephemera. 3 certificates.                               One $1000 gold bearer bond, green border,                                  1. Midland Railroad Co. incorp 1850 state of                               unissued, two vignettes: top of train l-r, bottom:                         Massachusetts. I/U stock certificate for 6% preferred                               men loading cart, all coupons attached, AU                                 shares @ $100 par. Dated 18__. BLACK, no vignette,                               cond, Continental Bank Note Co printer. One                                receipt attached, 2 in blue underprint, unknown                               $1000 Convertible Bond, unissued, “$1000”                                  printer. EF cond. 2. Louisville, New Orleans & Texas                               underprint, vignette top locomotive l-r and                                Railway Co. incorp state of Texas. # 31, I/C, 10 shares                               bottom wreath w/star, AU cond, W.H. Arthur &                               @ $100 par issued to Cp. Huntington Oct 5, 1885,                               co printer. HOUSTON AND GREAT NORTHERN                                     signed N.T. Wilson President, BLACK, embossed corp                               RAILROAD. The Houston and Great Northern                                   seal, no vignette. American Bank Note Co printer. VF                               Railroad was chartered on October 22, 1866,                                cond. 3. Northern Pacific Railroad Co. incorp N.Y.                               to build from Houston to the Red River and on                              #132, I/U, certificate of deposit for 16 shares of  to the Canadian border. In 1871 the railroad built fifty-five miles of           common stock, issued Jan 31, 1907 signed Geo. P. Kimball President,  track between Houston and New Waverly, and the next year it finished             BLACK, green underprint. Wm. F. Murphy & Sons Co printer. Ken Prag  fifty-six miles between New Waverly and Crockett. In 1873 it acquired            Collection Est. $80-140 HWAC# 103229  the Houston Tap and Brazoria Railway and the Huntsville Branch, a  total of fifty-eight miles. That year it also laid eighty-four miles of track                  Lot# 4664 Tintic, Utah Utah RR Date  between Crockett and Palestine and between Troup and Mineola. In                               Nails (13) Tintic area date nails 32-54.  1873 the Houston and Great Northern transferred its 253.1 miles of                             Railroad unknown. Given to Jeff Pollock  track to the International-Great Northern and became part of that                              by Larry Henry.Geff Pollock Collection  system. Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-250 HWAC# 86934                                          Est. $80-160 HWAC# 88357    322 July 2019 Americana Auction
Lot# 4665 Utah 1907 Mount Hood Railroad               DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                              Co. #358 of 1000 authorized, I/C, $500 6% 20                              yr. First Mortgage Gold bearer bond due 1927.                                               Lot# 4669 Virginia 1915-55 Southern                              Issued jan 1, 1907 signed W.H. Eules President,                                             Railway Co. 4 certificates. Incorp.                              BURNT ORANGE, gold affixed seal, vignette                                                   June 1894 Virginia. 1. #127726, I/C,                              4-4-0 leaving station r-l horse drawn wagon                                                 50 shares preferred @ $50 par. Issued                              foreground, fancy “$” sign over “500” in burnt                                              Jan 21, 1955. RED, PREFERRED in red                              orange underprint, also signed by Mathew S.                                                 underprint, vignette two allegorical                              Browning trustee reverse, unknown printer.                                                  males on either side of company                              AU Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC#                                                  logo. Printed seal. AmericanBank                                  102434                                                                                  Note Co. printer. EF. 2. Three $100                                                                                   par, underprint in certificate color, vignette frontal loco in rail yard,                                         Lot# 4666 Utah 1901 New East              embossed seal, American Bank Note Co.EF cond. #E4648, BROWN,                                         Tintic Railway Co Incorp. 1896, Utah.     10 (printed upper corners) preferred shares. Issued Jul 12, 1915.                                         The New East Tintic was originally        #A155153, GREEN, 66 common shares, less than 100 shares upper                                         the private property of James A.          corners, issued Sept. 26, 1935. #D27775, BLUE, 50 preferred shares                                         Cunningham. #2, I/U, for 1 share no       (Less than 100 upper corners printed) issued Jan 27, 1922. Ken Prag                                         par value given. Issued to W.H. Bancroft  Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 105560                                         Jan 16, 1901 signed W.H. Bancroft                                         President. BROWN, embossed brown                                Lot# 4670 Virginia 1923-37 Southern Railway Co.                                         seal ( small perforation-not tear-                              3 certificates. Incorp June 1894. All $100 par, I/C,                                         around seal). Vignette top miners                               embossed seal, vignette top loco in rail yard scene.  working underground tunnel. Utah Litho Co. printer. EF Ken Prag                                        Stock type in certificate color underprint. American  Collection Est. $80-160 HWAC# 104647                                                                   Bank Note Co. printer. VF. #B46318, BROWN, 10                                 Lot# 4667 Utah 1900’s Utah ephemera 6                                   shares common stock (printed upper corners)                                 pieces. 1. Ogden Rapid Transit Co. Incorp                               issued Mar 19, 1927. #C132176, RED, 100 shares                                 1900 Utah. Two BLACK, I/U, $100 par,                                    common stock (printed upper corners) issued Mar                                 vignette eagle wings spread, embossed seal.                             31, 1837. #F14159, GREEN, 100 shares preferred                                 “ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS” inside rhombus                                    (printed upper corners) issued Mar 20, 1923. Ken                                 orange underprint. GOES printer. #177 for                               Prag Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC# 105559                                 1 1/2 shares issued July 12, 1913 and #323                                 for 30 shares issued Nov 16, 1910. One bond                                              Lot# 4671 Tacoma, Washington                                 #1440, I/C, $500 5%20 yr. First Mortgage                                                 1900’s The Pacific Coast Express Co.                                 Gold bearer bond issued Jan. 1, 1909.                                                    Four certificates. Incorp. March 1903                                 PURPLE, embossed gold seal, vignette electric                                            Washington. All are BLACK, gold corp                                 streetcar r-l. “500” over dollar sign in purple                                          seals, signed John Bagley President,                                 underprint. Coupons 13-40 attached Security                                              vignette 4-4-0 existing tunnel, sunburst  Bank Note Co. 2. Ogden, Logan, & Idaho Railway Co. #486, I/U, issued                                                    gold underprint.Vaughan & Morrill  March 1, 1917 125 shares, not signed. GREEN. Top Utah state symbol.                                                     Printing Co printer. #1, I/U, issued to  Security Bank Note Co. printer 3. Ogden and Northwestern Railroad                                                       John Bagley March 13, 1903 signed  Co. #97, U/U, $100 par, vignette 4-4-0 existing tunnel, gold sunburst                                                   John Bagley President. #4,I/U, issued  underprint. GOES printer. 4. Ogden, Logan and Idaho Railway Co.                  to W.M. Ladd March 27, 1903 signed John Bagley President. #9 I/C,  #D3364, U/U, $500 6 % 20 yr. First Mortgage Gold bearer bond.                    issued to A.G. Bedford. Not signed, cancelled same day as issue. #18,  Vignettes: bottom factory, Top street car on left and electric plant on          U/U, date 190_. EF vond. Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-120 HWAC#  of State seal. $500 green underprint. Coupons 1-40 attached Security             104665  Bank Note Co. printer. AU Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-160 HWAC#                                                       Lot# 4672 Washington 1903 Pacific  104652                                                                                                                  Coast Express Stock Unlisted. I/U #6                                                                                                                          Edward Cookingham 7 shares 1903                           Lot# 4668 Utah 1920 Utah Idaho Central                                                         signed by Presidend Bayley. Est. $100-                           Railroad Bond Unissued. #1513 first and                                                        250 HWAC# 84211                           refunding mortgage 20 year gold bond 1920. Prag                           Collection. Est. $100-140 HWAC# 84116                                                                                                                            Lot# 4673 Washington 1910 Puget                                                                                                                          Sound, Chelan & Spokane Railway                                                                                                                          Co. Incorp State of Washington 1910.                                                                                                                          #1583, I/U, 833 shares stock @ $1.00                                                                                                                          par issued Susie Shenk Sept 21, 1910,                                                                                                                          signed Giles Shaw V.P. GREEn, embossed                                                                                                                          seal, vignette top three pane: left diesel                                                                                                                          lock w/P.S.C.& S. RY on side, generator                                                                                                                          plant, orchards. SHARES $1.00 EACH                                                                                   green underprint. Western Bank Note and Engraving Co. printer. EF                                                                                   cond. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 103236    Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859                                     323
DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                             Lot# 4680 West Virginia 1918 Pond                                                                                 Fork Railway Stock, #15 Unlisted. I/C                    Lot# 4674 Washington 1906 Snohomish Valley                   #15 GB Nall 1 share 1918 signed by                    Railway Bond Choice bond with all coupons                    President illegible. 2c stamp, nice gold                    attached. #2593 first mortgage 5% 30 year                    seal. Carried lumber and coal in Boone                    gold bond signed by President Cochran. Prag                  County, WV. Ken Prag Collection Est.                    Collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 84154                        $90-150 HWAC# 84911                                           Lot# 4675 Washington 1905                                         Lot# 4681 Western States 1800-1900’s Arizona,                                         Snohomish Valley Railway Stock                                    Nevada ephemera 2 certificates. 1. Oregon                                         Rare stock vs. the more common bonds.                             Trunk lIne, Inc. State of Nevada 300 Shares, I/C,                                         I/U #23 Phil Dieringer 50 shares 1905                             #2, to L.J, Gregory June 9, 1906 signed L.J. Gregory                                         signed by President Cochran. Prag                                 Secretary. Gold embossed seal. Black on gold                                         Collection. Est. $100-180 HWAC# 84156                             underprint, Train at dockside with steamship,                                                                                                           VF condition. Operated in Oregon from 1906-                                         Lot# 4676 Washington 1917 Spokane,                                09, Rare. Handwritten “cancelled and reissued                                         Valley & Northern Railway Company                                 to Oregon and Calif. Construction as certificate                                         Stock I/U #250 Paul Kouba 100 shares                              #42”. 2. Pikes Peak Tunnel Mining Railway                                         1917 signed by President illegible.                               incorp. Arizona 1896 running from Cripple                                         Mountain and industrial vignette. Prag                            Creek to Canyon City, Colo. #390, I/U, 10 shares                                         Collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 84145                             to George R. Crofutt May 19, 1896 signed George                                                                                 H. Proctor President. BLACK w/gold underprint. Embossed gold seal.                                 Lot# 4677 Washington 1889 The Queen             Vignettes; bottom waterfall in gold underprint. Top Columbia. Unz &                                 City Railway Co (of Seattle) Incorporates       Co printer. EF Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-180 HWAC# 104667                                 1889 Washington Territory. #110 I.U,                                 $1000, 1st Mortgage Sinking Fund 30 Year                                             Lot# 4682 Western States 1900’s                                 5% Issued Gold Bearer Bond, issued July 1.                                           Arizona, Utah, Calif. and Washington                                 1889, signed Wm.Giliet President. GREEN,                                             RR 4 stocks and 1 bond. 1. Pacific                                 embossed gold corp. seal. Vignette top of                                            Electric Railway Co. (known as Red Cars)                                 street car w/ company name on side and sign                                          incorp 1901 California. Specimen, U/C,                                 “Terry System”. “1000” in green underprint.                                          $100,000 50 yr Refunding Mortgage                                 Coupons 1-60 attached. S.C. Law printer. EF                                          Gold bearer bond. Date Sept. 1, 1911.                                 cond.. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-160                                             GREEN, vignette top eagle wings spread.                                     HWAC# 103239                                                                     Republic Bank Note Co. EF. 2. Pacific                                                                                                                      Cross Tie Co. incorp Arizona 1901.                                         Lot# 4678 Washington 1912                                                    #293, U/U. shares @ $ 1.00 par. BLACK,                                         Washington Northern Railroad Etc                                             gold seal, vignette 4-4-0 exiting tunnel,                                         Bond #304 Washington Northern                                                sunburst gold underprint. GOES printer.                                         Railroad, Oregon Washington Timer       AU 3. Payette Valley Extension Railroad Co. incorp Utah July 1910. #                                         Co, Blazier Timber Co $1000 first       48, U/U, shares @ $100 par. BLACK, gold seal, vignette eagle wings                                         and general lien 6% gold note signed    spread, elk in each corner. GOES printer . EF 4. The Pacific Railway                                         by President Blazier. Also includes     Co. 2 certificates BLACK, gold embossed seal, vignette 4-4-0 exiting  propectus. Prag Collection Est. $140-250 HWAC# 84109                           tunnel, sunburst underprint, GOES printer, EF.: #4, I/C, One share @                                 Lot# 4679 Washington Territory 1889             $100 par Issue H.J. Ramsey Oct. 14, 1905 signed H.R. Williams and #4,                                 The Queen City Railway Co (of Seattle)          I/C, 29,997 shares @ $100 par issued to H.R. Williams trustee Oct. 14,                                 Incorporates 1889 Washington Territory.         1905 signed H.R. Williams President. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-                                 #1, I.U, $1000, 1st Mortgage Sinking Fund 30    150 HWAC# 104666                                 Year 5% Issued Gold Bearer Bond, issued July                                 1. 1889, signed Wm.Giliet President. GREEN,                                 embossed gold corp. seal. Vignette top of                                 street car w/ company name on side and sign                                 “Terry System”. “1000” in green underprint.                                 Coupons 1-60 attached. S.C. Law printer. VF-                                 EF cond. Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-200                                     HWAC# 103238    324 July 2019 Americana Auction
Lot# 4683 Western States 1800-1900’s               DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                  Calif and Washington RR emphemera                                  6 certificates. 1. Petaluma and Santa Rosa                                               Lot# 4686 Western U.S. 1900’s Calif &                                  Railroad Co. incorp. California. #1, I/C,$1000                                           Utah bonds Two bonds. 1. Logan Rapid                                  5 1/2 % 25 yr. Sinking Fund Gold bearer                                                  Transit Co. incorp. 1910 State of Utah.                                  bond, due 1943. Issued Sept. 1, 1918. Signed                                             #3495 of 4000 series, I/C, $500 6% 20                                  president and secretary. GREEN, embossed                                                 yr. First Mortgage Gold bearer bond                                  seal, vignette eagle spread winged. Revenue                                              due Jan 1, 1933. Issued Jan. 1, 1913,                                  stamp lower right. Franklin Lee Division                                                 unsigned. PURPLE, vignette of electric                                  -American Bank Note Co printer. 2. Three                                                 street car under arched title. Coupons                                  unissued certificates: Pomona and Elsinore                                               1-40 attached. $500 in white outline                                  Railway Co. incorp 1887 Calif. $100 par,          in purple box underprint. Hole punched “PAID 4-29-15”. Security                                  no vignette, BLACK, w/receipt. Champion           Bank Note Co printer. AU cond. 2. Ocean Shore Railway Co. incorp  Print printer. Pullman Lacrosse & Columbia River Railroad Co. Incorp              May 1905 California. # 3825, I/U, $1000 5% 30 yr First Mortgage  Washington, GREEN, vignette eagle spread wing w.train on left and                 Sinking Fund gold bearer bond. Issued Nov. 1, 1905 signed secretary  ship on right. The Spokane Litho Co printer. Piedmont and Mountain                and president. GREEN, embossed seal, vignette top electric street car  View Railway, incorp 1895 Calif. #497, BLACK, no vignette, w/receipt.             w/ horse carriage on right and people on left. $1000 in white/green  M.S. Crocker Co. printer. 3. Two certificates for Priest Rapids Railway           outline in green underprint. Coupons # 8-60 attached each w.vignette  Co., incorp 1907 Washington. BLACK, gold embossed seals, vignette                 of female facing left. EF cond. American Bank Note Co printer. Ken Prag  top large steamship dockside train foreground. $100 par. #2, I/C, 200             Collection Est. $110-225 HWAC# 104639  shares issued Aug. 1, 1908 to W.R. Rust and signed W.R. Rust President.  #5, I/C, 9997 shares to H.C. Henry Trustee Nov 30, 1908 signed V.K.               $150-200 HWAC# 101334  Lot# 4687 Wisconsin 1860’s  Owens V.P. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-160 HWAC# 104669                                                Milwaukee and Minnesota Railroad                                                                                                           Co. I/C, #351(?), 25 shares common                                         Lot# 4684 Western States 1800-                                    stock @ $100 par issued Oct 11, 1865                                         1900’s Oregon, California Railway                                 signed Moses Knueland President,                                         ephemera 4 bonds. 1. Portland                                     BLACK, embossed seal, w/ loco center,                                         Railway, Light and Power Co. incorp                               vignette train rounding bend long                                         1906 Oregon through the consolidation                             bridge background, revenue stamp                                         of nearly every transportation and                                on reverse, Lipman & Riddle Litho                                         power generation utility between                                  printers. Ken Prag Collection Est.                                         Vancouver, Washington, and Salem,                                         Oregon. #PD250, U/U, 100 shares            Lot# 4688 Wisconsin 1900’s Minneapolis,                                         preferred 7%. Dated 19__. Receipt          St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.                                         attached. American Bank Note Co. AU        Two stock certs. $100 par, vignette 4-4-0 loco  2. Portland Cable Railway Co. Incorp 1887 Oregon. #333, I/U, $1000                r-l men alongside, embossed seal, American  6% Gold bearer bond. Issued Jan 15, 1890. GREEN, embossed seal,                   Bank Note Co. #A15275 10 preferred shares  vignette map of Portland/streetcar over fancy title, $1000 in corners,            issued Feb 14, 1929, RED-BROWN, “SHARES  coupons 7-40 attached. Schmidt Label & Litho Co. printer. Attractive              $100 EACH” underprint. #A39709 2 shares  cert. EF 3. Two bonds Pacific Electric Railway Co Incorp 1911 Los                 common stock, issued Jan3, 1940, BROWN,  Angeles, Calif. Nicknamed the “Red Cars”. Both bonds GREEN, issued                “COMMON STOCK” underprint. Ken Prag  Sept 1, 1911. Vignette depot scene of railcars and trains. “$1000”                Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC# 101361  green underprint. Republic Bank Note Co. printer. U/U, Series $1000  “A” 5 % Refunding Mortgage 50 year Gold bearer bond. Coupons 1-100                                            Lot# 4689 Wisconsin 1896 Northern Pacific  attached. #M34877, I/C, $1000 “A” 5 % Refunding Mortgage 50 year                                              Railway Co. #M14326, I/C, $1000 3% 151  Gold bearer bond. signed president and secretary (signatures have                                             yr, General Lien Railway and Land Grant Gold  cancelled hole punched over). Ken Prag Collection Est. $160-140                                               bearer bond due 2047. Issued Nov. 10, 1896.  HWAC# 104675                                                                                                  BROWN, embossed seal, vignettes top of                                                                                                                landscape mountain views either side of logo,                                         Lot# 4685 Western States 1900’s                                        vignette reverse seated allegorical female, proof                                         Washington, Idaho and Utah RR’s 7                                      o bond card attached w/vignette of Marshall,                                         certificates. 1.Three stocks Portland                                  coupons #310 -400 attached. American bank                                         and Seattle Railway Co. Incorp 1905,                                   Note Co. printer. Ken Prag Collection Est. $90-                                         operated for 3 years. All BLACK, vignette                              150 HWAC# 102435                                         4-4-0 exiting tunnel, The Irwin-Hodson                                         Co printer : #91, U/U dated 190_., #1,                                            Lot# 4690 Wisconsin 1800’s Saint                                         I/C, issued to C.M Levey Aug. 24, 1905                                            Paul Eastern Grand Trunk Railway  signed C.M Levey president., #2, issued to J.C Landers Aug. 24, 1905                                                     Co. 4 certificates. Incorp 1879  signed C.M. Levy president. Both were exchanged. 2. Nezperce & Idaho                                                     Wisconsin. Three certificates $100  Rail Road Co. Incorp 1908 Idaho state. #317, U/U, BLACK dated 190_,                                                      par, no seal, vignette upper right men  vignette 4-4-0 existing tunnel, GOES printer. 3 National Coal Railway                                                    standing on logs in river. #A11. I/C,  Co. incorp. Utah. #85 Interim Stock Cert., I.C, issued Aug. 18, 1926,                                                    issued Sept. 11, 1885. BROWN, singed  BROWN, embossed seal, vignette company seal, unknown printer. 4.                                                         name hole punched. #A141, BROWN  Two stocks Milwaukee Terminal Railway Co. incorp 1908 Washington.                                                        and #490 GREEN, both U/U. EF.  Both certs are BLACK, gold seals, vignette steamship in harbor. $100              Certificate #68, I/C, 50 shares @ $100 par issued Dec. 31, 1883 signed  par, unknown printer. #22, U/U, dated 19__. and #4, I/C, issued to                crossed out. BLACK, embossed seal, no vignette. Unknown printer. Ef  A. H. Barkley Oct 1 1908, signed H.R. Williams president. Ken Prag                Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-200 HWAC# 105516  Collection Est. $120-180 HWAC# 104674    Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859                                                             325
DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                                            Lot# 4696 Allentown Passenger                                                                                                     Railway Company Thirty shares of                                         Lot# 4691 Wyoming 1913 Laramie,                             cancelled Allentown Passenger Railway                                         Hahns Peak and Pacific Railway                              Company stock number 7, owned by                                         Co. #A8806, I/U, 100 shares common                          Robert Yost with revenue stamp dated                                         stock @ $10 par issued May 19, 1913.                        July 1, 1869. The Lehigh Valley Railroad                                         ORANGE, embossed seal, vignettes                            opened its original line between                                         top: left men cutting trees, center 4-4-                    Allentown and Easton, Pennsylvania in                                         0 l-r, right men working mine tunnel.                       1855. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $100-                                         “COMMON” in green underprint.                               200 HWAC# 75866                                         American Bank Note Co. printer. VF+  Ken Prag Collection Est. $180-250 HWAC# 102476                                                 Lot# 4697 1904, 1909 Amador Railway                                                                                                 Co. Certificate #1061 for 225 shares of                                         Lot# 4692 Wyoming 1800’s Laramie,                       Capital stock, issued May 3, 1909 to W.                                         North Park & Pacific Railroad &                         M. Watson. Signed by Adam J. Kasper Jr.,                                         Telegraph Co A short lived (1880-                       President. Uncancelled. Bond #52 for                                         1900) railroad line in the U.S. Territory               $100, issued through the Metropolitan                                         of Wyoming incorp. 1880. The railroad                   Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago,                                         only made it to the Soda Lakes, 13.36                   Illinois. Attached are 34 of the original 40                                         miles (21.50 km) southwest of Laramie,                  redemption stamps. Uncancelled. Both                                         the Union Pacific Railway soon gained                   unreported on Cox. Amador Railroad Co.                                         control of the line. #243, U/U, shares @                incorporated in Delaware, and operated in  $100 par. Dated 188_. BLACK, no vignette, receipt attached, unknown                            Montana. Est. $200-400 HWAC# 82210  printer. Hard to find. AU cond. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-180  HWAC# 104673                                           Lot# 4693 Wyoming 1900’s Laramie,                                                 Lot# 4698 c1902 Arcade 150 Cast                                         North Park & Western Railroad                                                     Iron Train Set Arcade numbered                                         Co. Incorp. 1901 Colorado. # 55,                                                  150 locomotive with tender. Tender                                         Specimen/cancelled, common stock                                                  appears to have internal brass repair. 2                                         w/o par value. Dated 19__. GREEN, no       passenger cars. Aged nickel finish with light corrosion. No connecting                                         vignette. The Broun-Green Co. printer.     pins. Est. $80-150 HWAC# 105681                                         EF cond. There are only 10 believed                                               Lot# 4699 Big Coal Railroad                                         to exist and all are, up to now, held in                                          Company Cancelled one share of                                         private collections. Ken Prag Collection                                          Big Coal Railroad Company for E. C.  Est. $120-225 HWAC# 104672                                                                                               Colcard, number 6 dated October 1,                                         Lot# 4694 Wyoming 1909 United                                                     1902. Southern Stamp & Statry Co. Not                                         Smelters, Railway and Copper                                                      listed in Cox. Ken Prag Collection. Est.                                         Company Certificate I/U #4472 Filer                                               $250-50 HWAC# 83121                                         and Sons 100 shares 1909 signed by                                         President McCabe. Operated a 16 mile                                              Lot# 4700 1893, 1896, 1901                                         automatic Tramway from the Ferris                                                 Biographical Directory of Railway                                         Haggerty Copper mine to the smelting/                                             Officials of America, 3 Vols 3                                         reduction works at Encampment.                                                    hardcovers. 1893 Railway age and                                         Locomotive and smelter vignettes. Prag                                            northwestern railroader. 1896 Railway                                         Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 84120                                              age and northwestern railroader. 1901                                         Lot# 4695 4 Michigan Railroad              The railway age. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 81514                                         stock certificates 4 Michigan Railroad                                            Lot# 4701 Blue Ridge Rail-Road Co                                         stock certificates: 1) Cancelled July 18,                                         in So Carolina Five shares of stock                                         1895, 19,509 shares of Kanawha &                                                  Dated, April 1, 1857, No 342 Est. $140-                                         Michigan Railway Co. certificate #A155                                            300 HWAC# 83105                                         issued to Central Trust Co of New York                                         Trustee on August 25, 1890 at $100                      Lot# 4702 Boston, Hartford, & Erie                                         each. Countersigned and registered                      Rail Road Company Uncancelled                                         Aug 25, 1890. Signed by Rm S Kelley,                    fifty shares of Boston, Hartford, &  president and R J. Htalsey, secretary. Printer: American Bank Note                             Erie Rail Road Company by Edward  Co., N.Y. Vignette of trains in station with brown border. Assigned Aug                        R. Richardson, number 2972 on  24, 1890. 2) Cancelled 100 shares of Kanawha & Michigan Railway                                September 23, 1868. Great Eye Appeal.  Co. certificate #1117 issued to Mary Scott Campbell on Nov 15, 1902.                           Revenue Stamp. Printed by John H.  Signed by president and by Rm S Kelley, secretary. Printed: American                           Bufford’s Lith. Appears Unlisted in Cox.  Bank Note Co., N.Y. Vignette of trains in station with green border. 3)                        Ken Prag Collection. Est. $140-300  Cancelled 1 share of Negaunee & Palmer Railroad Co certificate #13  issued to George R. Church on June 8, 1890. Signed by Vice-president              HWAC# 83124  and treasurer. Printer: Francis & Loutrel, Stationers, N. Y. Beige paper  with black border. Assigned to Benjamin Whiteley. 4) Cancelled 1  share of Lake Erie and Eastern Railroad Co certificate #39 at $100  each issued to W. H. Newman on June 22, 1902. Adhesive gold seal.  Vignette of train coming out of tunnel, black border. 2 adhesive RN  stamps. Assigned to William K. Vanderbilt Jr.on October 31, 1902.  Printer: GOES. Est. $150-250 HWAC# 105158    326 July 2019 Americana Auction
DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                Lot# 4703 Buffalo and Erie Railway Company                                       Lot# 4709 Fitchburg & Worrester Rail Road                              Gold Bonds Unlisted First Mortgage - 6/12%,                                      Co. Stock Non-issue stock for Fitchburg &                              30-year Sinking Fund Gold Bond number M503,                                      Worrester Rail Road Company stock. 100 shares                              due July 1, 1954 with coupons. On April 14, 1832                                 on certificate 278. The Fitchburg and Worcester                              the Buffalo and Erie Railroad, was incorporated                                  Railroad was a railroad in Massachusetts. It was                              tor run from Buffalo, NY to the Pennsylvania                                     incorporated in 1840 to provide a rail connection                              state line. The Panic of 1837 caused the demise                                  between Fitchburg and Worcester. Service began                              before any track was laid. Printed Hamilton                                      on February 11, 1850, running 18 miles from                              Bank Note Co., Ken Prag Collection. Est. $100-                                   Fitchburg through Leominster and Sterling to                              200 HWAC# 83151                                                                  Sterling Junction, where it connected with the                                                                                                               Worcester and Nashua Railroad. Former bridge                                   Lot# 4704 1875 Central Pacific Railroad                                     over Massachusetts Route 2 in Leominster In July                                   Box Cover Framed and mounted on red                                         1866, the nearby Boston, Clinton and Fitchburg                                   velvet. Brass plate states “ Central Pacific     Railroad opened a 14-mile extension of its line from Northborough and                                   Railroad freight car journal box cover           joined with the Fitchburg and Worcester Railroad at Pratts Junction in                                   recovered from a CPRR wrick site in the          Sterling via the towns of Berlin and Clinton. The two railroads merged                                   Eastern Nevada Desert circa 1875. Cover is       in 1869. On June 1, 1876, The Boston, Clinton, and Fitchburg Railroad                                   8 x 7 inches; frame is 13 x 17 inches. Est.      merged with the New Bedford Railroad to form the Boston, Clinton,                                   $300-500 HWAC# 105257                            Fitchburg and New Bedford Railroad, which was leased to the Old                                                                                    Colony Railroad in 1879 and then consolidated into the Old Colony                                         Lot# 4705 City of Brownsville Rail         network on March 5, 1883. In 1893, the Old Colony Railroad was leased                                         Road Bonds Unlisted $500 City of           to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. By the 1960s, the                                         Brownsville Rail Road Bonds, No. 44        New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, like many railroads, was                                         with revenue stamps and coupons,           struggling to stay solvent in the face of increased competition from                                         dated July 1, 1879. Issued on February     alternate modes of transportation. In 1961, the New York, New Haven                                         8, 1870. Lith.by Strobridge & Co. Ken      and Hartford Railroad petitioned to be included in the newly formed                                         Prag Collection. Est. $250-500 HWAC#       Penn Central Transportation Company, and on December 31, 1968                                              83152                                 all of its properties were purchased by Penn Central. Penn Central,                                                                                    however, soon went bankrupt, and on April 1, 1976 it was taken over                                         Lot# 4706 1924 Cochran & Southern          by Conrail. On August 22, 1998, the Surface Transportation Board                                         Logging Railroad Co. Certificate #1 for    approved the buyout of Conrail by CSX and Norfolk Southern, with                                         249 1/2 shares of Capital stock, issued    the former assuming control of the former Fitchburg and Worcester                                         on Oct. 17, 1924 to Company President      Railroad line. Eventually, the tracks between Sterling Junction and                                         J. O. Elrod. Uncancelled. Unlisted in      Pratts Junction were abandoned and removed. Much of this section has                                         Cox. Green seal is stamped with the        been converted into the Central Mass Rail Trail. The tracks between                                         company’s seal. Est. $200-400 HWAC#        Leominster and Fitchburg have also been abandoned. The portion of                                              82215                                 the original Fitchburg and Worcester line between Leominster and                                         Lot# 4707 Connecticut Railroad             Pratts Junction is still used by CSX, mainly to haul plastic pellets into                                         bonds & stocks 1 Bond and 3 stock          Leominster Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 75844                                         certificates for Connecticut railroads.                                         Cancelled $500 7% Mortgage Bond for                                      Lot# 4710 Florence Iron, Phosphate &                                         New Haven and Derby Railroad payable                                     Railroad Company Number 6 Florence                                         Feb 1, 1900. Transferred. Printed:                                       Iron, Phosphate & Railroad Company First                                         Stafford Company, printers. 5 shares of                                  Mortgage, Uncancelled Trustee Certificate,                                         New Haven & Northampton Co. Printed                                      Five percent Gold Bond. Principal Due 1932.                                         E.G. & H. B. Storer, Printers, 297 Chapel                                Signed by Frank H. Jones, Secretary. Includes  St. NY. Adhesive RN US stamp. Vignette of train top center of certificate.                                      all coupons and revenue stamp. Ken Praq  1 cancelled share of Newburgh, Dutchess and Connecticut Railroad Co.                                            Collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 75838  @ $50 each. Raised company seal. Printer: J.S. Babcock 57 Liberty St.  NY. Assigned. Cancelled 200 shares @ $100 each of New Haven and                                                          Lot# 4711 Frankfort & Shelbyville  Northampton Co. Assigned. Est. $80-100 HWAC# 105700                                                                      Electric Railway Gold Notes $25,000                                                                                                                           2-Year 6% Interest Gold Notes of the                                                                                                                           Frankfort and Shelbyville Electric                                                                                                                           Railway Company with coupons 1 - 4.                                                                                                                           Unlisted in Cox. Est. $100-200 HWAC#                                                                                                                                75806                                           Lot# 4708 Ferro Monte Rail Road            Lot# 4712 Franklin Rail Road                                         Company stock Sixty shares of              Co Capital Stock Non-issued Stock                                         Ferro Monte Rail Road Company              certificate for Franklin Rail Road                                         stock to Jacob Vanatta with revenue        Company dated May 17th, 1839. Praq                                         stamp. Founder’s share for president,      Collection. Est. $100-140 HWAC# 75808                                         certificate #2. Signed on February 3,                                         1871. i/c. Ferro Monte Rail Road served                                         the Dickerson Mine of New Jersey.  Vanatta was a lawyer and politician. Printed by Snyder, Black & Stern.  Unlisted in Cox, V1. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $130-250 HWAC# 75849    Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859                                                                          327
DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                           Lot# 4713 General Light & Traction                                               Lot# 4717 Jersey Shore Pine Creek                                         Gold Bonds Five Federal Light &                                                  and Buffalo Railway Co Cancelled                                         Traction Gold Bond specimens. 1)                                                 $10,000 1st Mortgage Bond Due in                                         $1,000 Gold Bonds due March 1, 1912.                                             1932 with 6% interest issued to W. H.                                         2) 30-year Gold Bonds Convertible                                                Vanderbilt on Dec 19, 1882 cancelled                                         Debenture Gold Bond, Series “A, 7% 3)                                            Mar, 20, 1885 for Jersey Shore, Pine                                         $1,000 Registered 30-year Convertible                                            Creek and Buffalo Railroad Co. Signed                                         Debenture Gold Bond Series “A” 7% 4)                                             president, secretary and 2 trustees.                                         $5,000 Registered 30-year Convertible                                            Green border, raised company seal.                                         Debenture Gold Bond, Series “A” 7% 5)     Vignette of mine with boats on river with mountains in background.  $500 3-year Convertible Debenture Gold Bond, Series “AA” 7% Ken                  Printed: Amerian Bank Note Co. Jersey Shore, Pine Creek and Buffalo  Prag Collection Est. $130-250 HWAC# 75852                                        Railway was a railroad built in the early 1880’s to give the New                                                                                   York Central and Hudson River Railroad access to the coal regions                                         Lot# 4714 Georgia Railroad stock          around Clearfield, Pennsylvania.Dates of operation 1883–1884. It                                         (1) & bonds (2) Georgia Railroad          was originally planned as part of a connecting line between the east                                         stock (1) and bonds (2). 1 share @        coast of the US and Buffalo, New York. Includes halftones of three                                         $100 each of North Georgia Mineral        Vanderbilts, Cornelius (1843 - 1899), known as Commodore, William                                         Railway stock certificate # 8 issued      Kissam (1849- 1920) and William Henry (1821-1885) along with                                         to John A. Sibley on Nov 22, 1918,        biographies of them. Est. $300-500 HWAC# 106314                                         gray border with adhesive gold seal,                                             Lot# 4718 1892 Jordan Electric                                         vignette of eagle with spread wings                                              Train Signal Stock Nice I/U #45 50                                         on shield with sail boat and railroad in                                         shares. Nice red train vignette. Est.                                         background. Incorp. under the laws of                                            $300-600 HWAC# 106610                                         State of Georgia. Assigned. 2) $1,000  Marietta and North Georgia Railway Co. 1st Mortgage Consolidated                                                        Lot# 4719 Kentucky railroad stock  Bond negotiable cert. # 516 issued on May 23, 1892. Grey border,                                                        (5) and bond (1) $1,000 Kentucky &  vignette at top center of eagle with spread wings on rock. Signed by                                                    Great Eastern Railway Co 7% Gold Coin  president. Printed: A.B. King, 89 Williams St., NY. 3) $1,000 Marietta                                                  bond, due Feb. 15, 1892 w/ 40 coupons.  and North Georgia Railway Co. 1st Mortgage Consolidated Bond cert                                                       Chartered under laws of Kentucky.  # 517 issued May 23, 1892 to Robert Falligant. Grey border, signed                                                      Green paper. Inside 3 vignettes 1) man  by president, vignette of eagle with spread wings on top center of                                                      shooting Indian in forest, 2) train in  negotiable certificate pm a rock. Printed: A.B. King, 89 Williams St., NY.                                              oval 3) gentleman sitting besides barrel  Nice condition. Est. $80-120 HWAC# 105195                                                                               in oval. 3 vignettes on back of bond                                                                                                                          1) women holding staff above head                                         Lot# 4715 Georgia, N & S Carolina                                                on ground 2) 2 men shaking hands                                         bonds & Georgia RR 1) Cancelled 1                                                over ribbon of Kentucky, 3) 2 men                                         share @ $100 each of North Georgia        with pick and ax with rifles on ground. Signed by secretary. Printed:                                         Mineral Railway cert. # 3 issued to Jack  American Bank Note. Co. New York & Cincinnati. 3 stock certificates                                         J. Spalding on Sept. 19, 1917. Black      of Lexington Union Station Co. Raised seal, green border May 9, 1956                                         border, raised adhesive seal, vignette    it was announced that Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. was moving                                         to center of certificate of eagle with    out of Lexington’s Union Station. May 9, 1957, the last passenger                                         wings spread on shield with train and     train left from station. Union Station was closed due to high operating                                         sailboat in background. Signed by         overhead and low passenger travel. Opened on Aug. 4, 1907, when the                                         president. Temporary certificate Nov.     C&O passenger train arrived. Estimated crowd of 3,000 met the train.  15, 1917 cancelled and reissued Nov. 22, 1917. 2) Marietta and North             Exterior was built with red and yellow brick, and green and red glass.  Georgia Railway Co 1st Mortgage Consolidated Bond dated May 23,                  Lobby in the center rotunda with a 50’ high central dome. Lobby had  1892 certificate #518 issued to Robert Falligant. Signed by president.           a Roman arch ceiling and 6 oak waiting benches. Building demolished  Printed: A. B. King, 89 William St., N.Y. Black border. Vignette of eagle        in March, 1960. 30 cancelled shares of Lexington & Eastern Railway  with spread wings top center of certificate. 3) Cancelled $1,000                 Co certificate No 256 incorp. deferred debenture. Vignette of eagle  North and South Carolina Railway Co 1st Mortgage 6%, 50-year Gold                spread, gray border and company seal. Printed Litho Franklin-Lee  Bond certificate # 194, due 1964 with 97 coupons. Brownish border.               Bank Note Co. NY. 1 cancelled share of Kentucky & South Atlantic  Vignette of train leaving station on top center of certificate. Signed by        Railroad Co cert. # 24 issued to Claude Paxton on May 25, 1893. Signed  assistant secretary and vice president. Printed Franklin Lee Division-           by president and secretary. Vignette of flying eagle with flag. Printed:  American Bank Note Co., NY. Good condition. Est. $100-150 HWAC#                  John G. Rankin, Jr. 34 Cortlandt St. N.Y. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 105692  105194                                           Lot# 4716 Indiana Southern Railway                                         Co 1st Mortgage Bond $1,000 1st                                         Mortgage Bond for Indiana Southern                                         Railway Co Certificate # 8460. Grey                                         border, adhesive orange company seal.                                         Coupons 2 - 60 still attached. Bond in                                         excellent condition. Vignettes 1) top                                         middle of train in foreground on tracks,                                         with body of water with bridge over  it and mountains in background 2) top left man with flag and seated  woman 3) top right woman with scythe dropping flowers on seated  man with tool. Signed by secretary and president. Indiana Southern  Railroad is short line railroad operating in Indiana, beginning in 1992  as a RailTex property. Acquired in 2000 by RailAmerica was later  bought by Genesee & Wyoming in December 2012. Est. $100-200  HWAC# 106427    328 July 2019 Americana Auction
DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                           Lot# 4720 Kentucky Railroad                                                        Lot# 4723 Lehigh Valley RR Co stocks                                         Stocks (14) and Bonds (5) $1,000                                                   & bonds 11 cancelled Lehigh Valley                                         Kentucky and Great Eastern Gold                                                    Railroad Co stock and 5 bonds. Raised                                         Railway Co. bearing 7% Gold Interest,                                              seals, 2 RN Stamps and 6 assigned.                                         40 coupons. Chartered under laws                                                   Vignettes of 2 allegorical women                                         of Commonwealth of Kentucky. 3                                                     seated by train on shield, train in oval                                         vignettes - 1 top center of Indian being                                           and man with white beard, allegorical                                         shot by man saving other man (possible                                             women with wins and staff and 2                                         Daniel Boone), 1- left side with train in                                          horses around a shield with Virtue,                                         oval and 1 - right side with man with       Liberty and Independence. Printed: American Bank Note Co. (6) NY  big oak barrel. Printed: American Bank Note Co NY & Cin. 3 bonds -                 Bank Note Co.(3) Bonds due 2003 2 - $1,000 ( 1 @ 4%, 1 - 4-1/2% ),  Cancelled $1,000 Louisville and Nashville Railroad Equipment Trust.                2 - $5,000 (1 @ 4%, 1-4-1/2%), ( 1-$10,000 @ 4%). American Bank  Printed: Security - Columbian Bank Note Co. Vignette of two train                  Note Co., Philadelphia, Breuker & Kessler Lith Phila (1). Authorized  engines top center of certificate. Louisville and Nashville Railroad               on April 21, 1846, for freight and transportation of passengers, goods,  operated freight and passenger services in the southeast US. Chartered             wares, merchandise and minerals, incorporated Sept. 20, 1847, as the  in 1850 by Commonwealth of Kentucky road operated under one                        Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Co. On Jan. 7,  name continuously for 132 years surviving civil war and economic                   1853, name changed to Lehigh Valley Railroad ended operations in  depression. Milton H. Smith was president for 30 years. Railroad line              1976 and merged into Conrail. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 105191  grew from less than 300 miles to 6,000-mile system serving 14 states.                                          Lot# 4724 1895 Lehigh and New York  14 cancelled stock certificates of Kentucky railroad stock certificates                                        Railroad Stocks (2) 2 unlisted varieties, hand  including Lexington Union Station Co (4)., Lexington Union Co (3) and                                          written, I/C and both #4. Henry Drinker 1530  Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co (4). Est. $200-400 HWAC# 105693                                           shares 1895 left toning. Wilson Bissell 5 shares                                         Lot# 4721 Keokuk and Des Moines                                         1895-left toning. Ken Prag Collection Est.                                         Railway Co. 6 cancelled stock                                           $120-250 HWAC# 84969                                         certificates for Keokuk and Des Moines                                         Railway Co. 2 unissued. Vignette at top                                          Lot# 4725 Lehigh Valley Railroad                                         of surveyor working, train below, river                                          Co / Philadelphia Traction Co 1)                                         with boats in background. Printed:                                               Cancelled 10 stock certificates for                                         Continental Bank Note Co. NY.1) 3                                                Lehigh Valley Railroad Co. and 4 stock                                         preferred stock certificates. Vignette in                                        certificates for Philadelphia Tractor Co                                         bottom center - eagle with spread wings                                          all having RN stamps and printed by                                         in oval. 2) 3 common stock certificates.                                         American Bank Note Co. Phila. Lehigh                                         Vignette in bottom center - train in oval.                                       Valley Railroad was one of a number  4 Assigned. Keokuk & Des Moines was incorp. Jan. 6, 1874. On Feb. 12,                                                   of railroads built in northeastern US  1874, it acquired the property, rights, and franchises of that portion of                                               mainly to carry anthracite coal. Railroad  the line of the Des Moines Valley Rail Road Co. located between Keokuk                                                  authorized on April 21, 1846 for freight  and Des Moines. Latter co. had been incorp. 1853 as the Keokuk, Fort                                                    and transportation of passengers, goods,  Des Moines and Minnesota Railroad and was renamed on June 1, 1864.                                                      wares, merchandise and minerals in  Keokuk & Des Moines Railway operated about 186 miles of track at                   Pennsylvania. Incorp. on Sept. 20, 1847 as Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill  longest point. May 14, 1878 line leased to Chicago, Rock Island and                and Susquehanna Railroad Co. Name changed on Jan. 7, 1853 to  Pacific Railroad Co. Est. $140-200 HWAC# 105698                                    Lehigh Valley. Railroad ended operations in 1976, merged into Conrail                                                                                     along with several northeastern railroads that year. The Lehigh Line is                                         Lot# 4722 Lake Erie and Eastern             now owned by the Norfolk Southern Railway and has lost its trackage                                         Railroad Company stock Cancelled            miles between Manville, NJ and Newark, NJ. 2) Cancelled 4 shares of                                         (Feb 9, 1911 Rare 1 share of Lake           Philadelphia Traction Co Inc on August 22, 1883. Printed: American                                         Erie and Eastern Railroad Co. stock         Bank Note Co. Phila. 2 certificates (10-3/4” x 7-1/2”) for 87 and 18                                         certificate # 9 at $100 each issued         shares with vignette of two women on either side of shield with one                                         to S.D.L. Jackson on March 28, 1904.        holding a scale and scroll with city in background on one side and                                         Signed by W. W. Park, president and J.      sailing ship on the other. Top vignette has engineer on back of train                                         G. Wm. Potter, Secretary. Adhesive gold     steering. 2 certificates (11-3/4 x 8-1/2”) with vignette of street car                                         seal, black border. Vignette of train       on track with horse and wagon in background, raised rose seal on                                         coming through tunnel. Assigned by S.       bottom, both for 100 shares. Est. $80-100 HWAC# 105182  D. L. Jackson. Printed: Goes. Erie Railroad operated in the northeastern  US, connecting Jersey City, where Erie’s former terminal used to stand  with Lake Erie. Est. $100-150 HWAC# 105157    Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859                                                                           329
DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                           Lot# 4726 Lehigh Valley Railroad                                                   Lot# 4730 Memphis St RR stock                                         Co. Cancelled 35 Lehigh Valley Railroad                                            & Memphis & Little Rock bond 6 -                                         Co. stock at $50 each. 9 RN stamps.                                                $1,000 Memphis & Little Rock Railroad                                         Borders in blue, brown, orange, beige                                              Co. 8% 1st Mortgage Bond - Trustee’s                                         or green. Raised seals on brown and                                                Certificate. Signed by James P. Wallace,                                         blue seals. Vignettes of trains, oval with                                         president. Principal due Jan 1, 1904.                                         photograph of older, bearded man.                                                  3 vignettes at top of certificates of                                         Other stocks use an allegorical figure at                                          steamboat with train in background,  the top center of certificate with women with staff and wings. Lehigh                                                     train in oval top center and cow and  Valley Railroad, one of several railroads built in the northeastern                                                       bull on left with total of 249 coupons.  US to haul anthracite coal. Authorized on April 21, 1846, for freight                                                     Small tears. 69 cancelled shares  and transportation of passengers, goods, wares, merchandise and                                                           Memphis Street Railway Co Cert. #P  minerals in Pennsylvania. Railroad was started and incorporated on                 628 issued to Louise Leitch. Inc in state of Tennessee. Blue border and  Sept. 20, 1847, as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna                background signed Jun 18, 1944 by secretary and president. Assigned.  Railroad Company. January 7, 1853, name changed to Lehigh Valley                   Memphis St. Railway Co. was a privately owned operator of streetcars  Railroad. Railroad operations ended in 1976 and merged into Conrail.               and trolley buses in Memphis, TN. Covered approx. 160 route miles  Est. $100-200 HWAC# 105185                                                         of overhead electrified cable and rails between 1895 and 1960. Est.                                         Lot# 4727 Louisville & Nashville            $100-150 HWAC# 105200                                         Railroad Stocks & Bonds Cancelled                                                  Lot# 4731 Milford & Matamoras                                         6 bonds and 8 stock certificates for                                               Railroad Co. $1,000 bond for Milford                                         Louisville & Nashville Railroad stocks                                             & Matamoras Railroad Co. 1871                                         and bonds. 1 bond for Louisville and                                               bond from state of Pennsylvania                                         Nashville Railroad Co - collateral Trust                                           . All 188 coupons still attached. 2                                         of 1968 7-3/8% due 1993. Company                                                   orange underprinted RN stamps 1) $1                                         seal, orange border, vignette of                                                   Washington Revenue 2) 5 cent Lincoln                                         allegorical man with tools, smokestacks                                            revenue, raised seal. Lovely vignette on  in background. 5 cancelled $1,000 equipment trust bonds for Louisville                                                    top center of train going over bridge  and Nashville Railroad Equipment Trust. Different color borders.                                                          with town in background. Bottom right  Printed: Security-Columbian Banknote Co. Louisville and Nashville                  has train going around mountain with body of water with boats in  Railroad operated freight and passenger services in the southeast US.              background. Signed by president, secretary and trustee. Printed by  In 1850 chartered by Commonwealth of Kentucky. Operated under                      Henry Seibert & Bros. Ledger Building cor William & Spruce St NY.  one name for 132 years. Survived civil war and economic depression.                Excellent graphics and great color. Rare certificate approx. 10.5”x 19”  Led by Milton H. Smith, president of the company for 30 years, grew                excluding coupons. Est. $300-500 HWAC# 106426  from a road with less than 300 miles to a 6,000-mile system. Est.  $150-250 HWAC# 105694                                                                                                     Lot# 4732 Missouri Railway Stocks                                         Lot# 4728 1833 Lykens Valley Rail                                                  / bond 20 stock certificates, 1 bond                                         Road & Coal Stock An unknown                                                       and 1 check from Missouri Rails. Check                                         variety. I/C #18 Israel Carpenter 2                                                from Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R.                                         shares 1833. Signed by President                                                   R. Co dated 1940.12 Missouri, Kansas                                         Schreins. “Originally chartered in                                                 and Texas Railway Co stock certificates.                                         1830. Operation began April 1834.                                                  Incorp under laws of Missouri,                                         Leased by the Northern Central                                                     vignettes of trains, train engineer,                                         Railroad Company, a subsidiary of                                                  cattle. Company seals, RN stamps.                                         the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.                                                 Kansas City and Pacific Railroad Co.                                         Known as the Summit Branch of the                                                  250 shares cert # 44 issued to Andrew  Northern Central Railroad in the 1880’s. Shown with associated                     McNally. Inc. Kansas, company seal. Vignette of train in square frame  coal mining operations as it was in the 1880’s”. from productforums.               top left. - Printed: Homer Lee bank Note Co NY. Assigned. Missouri,  google.com. Creases, 2 small rear tapes. Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-            Kansas and Eastern Railway Co 5 shares cert. # 144. Inc under  250 HWAC# 84927                                                                    laws of Missouri, company seal, black border. Assigned. Cancelled                                         Lot# 4729 MA Railroad Bond (1) 7            Missouri Pacific Railroad Company 3 cert # 066815. Inc. under laws                                         Stocks Cancelled 1 Naugatuck Railroad       of Missouri. Vignette of train on top center of certificate. Registered                                         Co $5000 1st Mortgage 4% 50-year            and countersigned. Printed: Security Bank Note Co. Phila. Assigned.                                         Gold Bond Trustee’s Certificate,            Cancelled Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago Railroad Co $100 each                                         payment due May 1, 1951. Brown              share. 5 shares cert. # C3616. Printed: American Bank Note Co. NY.                                         company seal and border. Vignette           green border. Assigned. Cancelled $1,000 Kansas City, Mexico &                                         at top center of railroad in station.       Orient Railroad Co 2-year 6% gold note cert. # 3160. Unissued Kansas                                         Printed: American Bank Note Co. NY.         City, Mexico & Orient Railway Co. Train vignette top center. Brown                                         7 cancelled stock certificates including    border. Printed: Hudson-Kimberly Pub Co K.C., MO. Kansas city Mexico                                         Lowell & Framingham Railroad Co.            & Orient Railway Co. 5 shares Cert. #7542. Registered. Company                                         Printed: F.L. Lawrence & Co. Boston (2),    seal, orange border. Printed: New York Bank Note Co. Steelograph.                                         Metropolitan Rail Road Co. Vignette:        Assigned. Est. $200-400 HWAC# 105207  cable car pulled by horses in top center of certificate. Printed: Walker  Young & Co. 43 Kilby St. Boston (2) and Middlesex Railroad Co (1),  Vignette: Sail boat center of certificate on body of water. Printed:  American Bank Note Co. NY & Boston . Est. $150-250 HWAC# 105696    330 July 2019 Americana Auction
DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                           Lot# 4733 Missouri, Kansas and                                                  Lot# 4737 N Lebanon Rail Road / N                                         Texas Railway Co stock 11 cancelled                                             Liberties Rail Road Loan Cancelled                                         Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway                                              $250 North Lebanon Rail Road Co 7%                                         Co. stock certificates. Vignettes of                                            Loan for $30,000 on 3rd Mortgage #38                                         trains, cattle and workers. Printed:                                            signed March 1, 1858 by president,                                         Franklin Bank Note Co., NY and                                                  secretary and 3 trustees. Vignette                                         American Bank Note Co. Missouri–                                                of train on track. Black border w/ 1                                         Kansas–Texas Railway is a former Class                                          coupon. Cancelled $1,000 Northern                                         I railroad company in US, with its last                                         Liberties Rail Road Loan signed May                                         headquarters in Dallas. Established                                             1, 1851 by president. Vignette at top                                         in 1865 under the name Union Pacific                                            section of certificate of train on track,                                         Railway, Southern Branch. Became an                                             smaller vignettes at side of certificate of  extensive rail network in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri. In                                                    man on each side, eagle on shield with  1989, it merged with the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Presently it is part         fruit and boat in background, Indian and covered wagon being pulled  of Union Pacific Railroad. Est. $100-150 HWAC# 105208                            by horses at bottom.. One coupon. Printed: Draper, Welch & Co. Est.                                                                                   $100-200 HWAC# 105177                                         Lot# 4734 Monon Railroad 4                                         unissued specimen stock certificates                                             Lot# 4738 Negaunee & Palmer                                         for Monon Railroad, incorp. under the                                            Railroad Company 1) Cancelled 1                                         laws of Indiana. Seal bottom center of                                           share of Negaunee & Palmer Railroad                                         certificate, border. Vignette top center                                         Co. stock certificate #6 dated June                                         of male allegorical figure holding a                                             29, 1888 issued to Safford S. DeLano.                                         figure and female allegorical figure                                             Printed: Francis & Lontrel, Stationers,                                         holding a globe. Signed by secretary                                             N.Y. Signed by Vice-President and                                         and president. Registered and                                                    treasurer. Black border on beige paper.  countersigned. Monon Railroad an American railroad that operated                 2) Boot of used record book with 20 entries. Est. $200-400 HWAC#  mainly within the state of Indiana. Merged in 1971 into the Louisville           105159  and Nashville Railroad. In 1970 it operated 540 miles of road on 792  miles of track and reported 1,320 million ton-miles of revenue freight                                                  Lot# 4739 New Orleans Railroads  with no passenger-miles. Printed: Security Banknote Co. Est. $80-100                                                    3 different New Orleans railway co.  HWAC# 105198                                                                                                            stock & 2 bonds: 1) Cancelled New                                                                                                                          Orleans Great Northern Railway Co                                         Lot# 4735 Monon Railroad 5                                                       (3), Co. seal, vignette of train top center                                         unissued specimen stock certificates                                             of certificate. Assigned. 1 with 2 RN                                         for Monon Railroad, incorp. under         stamps. Printed: 2- American Bank Note Co. NY 1 - Security Bank Note                                         the laws of Indiana. Seal bottom          Co Phila. Cancelled / unissued Louisiana Missouri River Rail Road Co                                         center of certificate, border. Vignette   (shares $100 each) (1) - Incorp in Missouri, black border, signed by                                         top center of male allegorical figure     pres & sec’y. New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railway Co.(1) Inc. in                                         holding a figure and female allegorical   Louisiana issued to Avery Brundage cert. # 5986. Company seal, green                                         figure holding a globe. Signed by         border, 3 vignettes on top center 2 of trains on each side and center of                                         secretary and president. Registered       allegorical 3 male figures. 100 shares certificate # 5986. Registered                                         and countersigned. Monon Railroad         and countersigned. Printed: Republic Bank Note Co. Pittsburgh, PA.                                         an American railroad that operated        Texas and New Orleans Railroad ran in Texas and Louisiana. Operated  mainly within the state of Indiana. Merged in 1971 into the Louisville           3,713 miles of railroad in 1934. By 1961, 3,385 miles remained when  and Nashville Railroad. In 1970 it operated 540 miles of road on 792             it merged with parent company Southern Pacific. Cancelled Bonds:  miles of track and reported 1,320 million ton-miles of revenue freight           1) $10,000 Series A New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad Co.  with no passenger-miles. Printed: Security Banknote Co. Est. $100-               Registered Refunding and Improvement Mortgage, Gold Bond 4-1/2%  150 HWAC# 105199                                                                 Cert. # X141. Payable Jan. 1, 1952. Printed: American Bank Note Co.                                                                                   New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad was a Class I railroad in                          Lot# 4736 1800-1900’s Montana and Colorado               Louisiana and Mississippi. The railroad operated 196 miles of road                          RR Two certificates. 1. #8086, I/C, City and County      from its completion in 1883 until it was absorbed by the Alabama                          of Denver, The Moffat Tunnel Improvement District,       Great Southern Railroad subsidiary of the Southern Railway in 1969.                          $1000 5% Supplemental Gold Bond due 1981.                2) $1,000 New Orleans Great Northern Railway Company 5% Income                          Issued Jan. 1, 1927. BLUE, embossed seal, top State      Debenture cert. # M14376. Blue border, raised company seal. Vignette                          Seal. Cancel punch holes. Republic Bank Note Co          of train and tracks on top left of certificate. Printed: Security Banknote                          printer. 2. Montana Railroad Co . incorp 1894. # 2,      Co. Headquarters: Bogalusa, LA, operated 1906 - 1933. Predecessor                          I/C, 1 share @ $100 par issued to John Wilson May        -East Louisiana, Successor - Gulf Mobile & Northern. Ran from Jackson,                          8, 1895. Signed illegible, BLACK on yellow stock.        MS to New Orleans, LA on 284.6 miles of track. Est. $100-200 HWAC#                          No vignette. Unknown printer. Ken Prag Collection        105690                          Est. $80-120 HWAC# 103232                                                                                                                          Lot# 4740 1859 New York & Boston                                                                                                                          Rail-Road Stock I/U #133 Oliver                                                                                                                          Philips 3 shares 1859 signed by                                                                                                                          president Ely. Vignette of 2 trains and                                                                                                                          river bridge. 1 punch hole, upper left                                                                                                                          dogear. Otherwise nice condition. Prag                                                                                                                          Collection Est. $140-300 HWAC# 83250    Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859                                                                         331
DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                           Lot# 4741 New York and Harlem                                                      Lot# 4744 New York, Providence &                                         Railroad Cancelled $10,000 3-1/2%                                                  Boston Railroad Co stock Cancelled                                         New York and Harlem Railroad Co                                                    (Jun 11, 1838) 50 shares of New                                         Trustee’s Certificate cert # X 721                                                 York, Providence & Boston Railroad                                         issued to New York Life Insurance                                                  Co issued to Alexander Hamilton,                                         Co. on Oct. 18, 1900. Registered Gold                                              certificate # 504 issued May 23, 1838.                                         Bond Due May 1, 2000. Signed by M.C.                                               Vignette of women by wheel on left                                         Vanderbilt and secretary. Raised seal,                                             side and women with staff in front of a                                         green border. Printed: American Bank                                               shield with boats on one side and rail                                         Note Co., NY. New York and Harlem           car on the other. Stock was issued to Alexander Hamilton Jr. (May 16,  Railroad was one of 1st railroads in US, world’s 1st street railway. John          1786 – August 2, 1875), son and namesake of Alexander Hamilton,  Stephenson designed it and was opened in stages between 1832 and                   an American Founding Father. Colonel Alexander Hamilton Jr. was  1852 between Lower Manhattan to and beyond Harlem. First railway                   the 3rd child and the 2nd son of Elizabeth Schuyler and Alexander  carriages were pulled by horses. Conversion next to steam engines.                 Hamilton. Hamilton served in the War of 1812, becoming a Captain of  Next update to battery-powered Julien electric traction cars. After two            the 41st Regiment of Infantry in US Army in August, 1813. He became  companies owning the line went into receivership, in 1932 the New                  an aide-de-camp to his father’s friend General Morgan Lewis in 1814.  York Railways Corp. converted to bus operation. Line became part of                Hamilton resumed the practice of law becoming a member of 42nd  New York Central Railroad system with trackage rights granted to the               New York State Legislature in July, 1818. In May 1822, President James  New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad into Manhattan. Now                      Monroe appointed Hamilton as a US Attorney for East Florida. In 1823,  part of the Metro-North Railroad system. Est. $150-300 HWAC# 106438                he was appointed as a Land Commissioner for East Florida. He received                                                                                     the military rank of Colonel at that time. He returned to New York                                         Lot# 4742 New York bonds (3)                where he became successful in real estate transactions and became a                                         Cancelled 3 New York railroad bonds         leading name in Wall Street. In the mid-1830s, as a lawyer in the New                                         - Trustee certificates. 1) $1,000 5%        York Court of Chancery, Hamilton represented Eliza Jumel against her                                         1st Mortgage Gold Bond for Peoria and       husband Aaron Burr during 2 years of divorce proceedings. Finalized                                         Pekin Terminal Railway. Certificate         in 1836 on the day of Burr’s death. She and Burr had separated after                                         #532, 46 coupons. Principal due 1930.       only four months of marriage. Est. $150-300 HWAC# 105163                                         Interest payable Jan 1 and July 1 at Royal                                         Trust Co. Chicago. Printed: American                                               Lot# 4745 Norfolk & Western /                                         Bank Note Co. NY & Boston. Signed T. J.                                            Norwich & Worcester RR Cancelled                                         Miller, president, L. E. Myers, secretary.                                         23 Norfolk & Western Railroad Co.,                                         Vignette of train station, raised seal,                                            shares @ $100 each, countersigned  green border. Peoria and Pekin Union Railway is switching and                                                             and registered, raised seal. Printed:  terminal railroad in Illinois. Operations began in 1881 and was leased                                                    American Bank Note Co. New York.  to the Tazewell and Peoria Railroad in 2004. 2) $500 bond certificate                                                     and 12 Norwich & Worcester Railroad  # 314 7%.Payable July 1, 1888 for Town of Volney, County of Oswego,                                                       Co., shares @ $100, Inc, raised  State of New York. Printed: Corlies, Macy & Co Stationers, 33 Nassau                                                      seal, countersigned and registered.  St. N.Y. Black border, 3 vignettes of train in middle top, women on left                                                  Under the laws of Connecticut &  and cattle on right. 3) Terminal 1st Mortgage 50 year 5% Gold Bond                                                        Massachusetts. Vignette: Top center of  certificate #43 for New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad Co                  certificate train coming out of tunnel with city in background. Norfolk  issued to Josephine Stein on Jan. 15, 1902. Raised seal, brown border.             & Western Railway was a U.S. Class I railroad. Formed by more than  Signed by 2nd Vice President and Secretary. Vignette on bottom of                  200 railroad mergers between 1838 and 1982 with its’ headquarters  train coming out of tunnel and top of women with wheat. Printed:                   in Roanoke, Virginia. During the Civil War it was the biggest railroad in  Homer Lee Bank Note Co. N.Y. Assigned May 20, 1915. Operates over                  the south. Moved most of the products with their steam locomotives  500 miles of track in the northeastern states of New York, Pennsylvania            to help the South. Norwich and Worcester Railroad was created by the  and New Jersey. Formed in 1881 by the merger of smaller railroads.                 1837 merger of the Boston, Norwich and New London Railroad Co.,  Line purchased by the Delaware Otsego Corp in 1980. Est. $100-200                  and the Worcester and Norwich Railroad Co. Combined firm began  HWAC# 105167                                                                       operating between Norwich and Worcester in 1840. Est. $100-200                                                                                     HWAC# 105193                                           Lot# 4743 New York Railways Corp            Lot# 4746 Northern Alabama Coal, Iron and                                         58 stock certificates for railroad stock    Railway Co bond $1,000 Northern Alabama                                         from the state of New York. $1,000 New      Coal, Iron and Railway Co 1st Mortgage 5%, 40                                         York Central Railroad 2nd Equipment         year Gold Bond, certificate #336. Railway ran                                         Trust of 1966, cert. 3063 5-3/8%            from 1895 - 1939. It was succeeded by Southern                                         equipment trust certificate. $1,000         Railroad. Raised seal, blue border. 79 coupons                                         Peoria and Pekin Terminal Railway           attached. Signed by E. Zimmerman, president                                         5% 1st Mortgage Gold Bond, Principal        and John Carlson, secretary. Printed: American                                         due 1930. $1,000 New York Central           Bank Note Co. NY. Very nice vignettes: 1) top                                         and Hudson River Railroad Co. 35-year       of certificate two train pictures and worker in                                         4% Gold Debenture of 1912, due Jan          middle square box. Bottom of certificate has                                         1, 1942 Trustee Certificate. Printed:       workers digging in mine. Good condition. Est.  American Bank Note Co. NY. $1,000 New York Central and Hudson                      $100-200 HWAC# 106439  Railroad Co 30-year 4% Gold Debenture of 1912 due Jan 1, 1942  Trustee Certificate. $1,000 New York, Ontario and Western Railway Co               Lot# 4747 Northern Railroad  Equipment Trust, 5% principal due July 15, 1938 cert. # 590. Vignette                                                          Northern  of train on top center of certificate. Green seal and border. Printer:             Massachusetts  Hamilton Bank Note NY. $1,000 New York & New England Railroad Co                   Railroad(Mass); 5 total, 5 varieties.  6% 2nd Mortgage bond, raised company seal bottom left of certificate               Two 1848-1865, 1 cancelled; signed by  #3787, black border, vignette of train top middle. 15 coupons. Printed:            Nesmith as president; four uncancelled;  American Bank Note Co. N.Y. & Houston. Est. $400-1000 HWAC# 105176                 signed by Nesmith as president. Some                                                                                     not listed on Cox. All issued in Boston,                                                                                     Massachusetts. All in good condition.                                                                                     Prag Collection. Est. $140-275 HWAC# 79607    332 July 2019 Americana Auction
DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana    Lot# 4748 1872-1875 Northern                                                      Lot# 4752 1800’s Old Colony  Railroad New Hampshire Northern                                                   Railroad Corporation Bonds -  Railroad(Concord, N.H.); unlisted                                                 Massachusetts 3 bonds in this lot. 1  variety on Cox. 7 total stocks, all                                               has blue trim/white background and  uncancelled and signed by Stearns as                                              the other two are black and white. all  president. Very good condition. Prag                                              i/c. 1848-1854. Est. $110-180 HWAC#  collection. Est. $140-275 HWAC# 79608                                                                                    79618                                           Lot# 4749 Ohio Rail Road stock                                        Lot# 4753 1900’s Paducah & Illinois Railroad                                         certificates - different 9 Rail Road                                  Company Stock Certificates 2 certificates total;                                         stock certificates from Ohio including                                1 is from 1918 and the other is from 1916. Both                                         Little Miami RR (1), Mobile & Ohio                                    are black and white with some staining/small                                         RR Co. (5) and Mahoning Coal RR (3).                                  tears. Printed by Goes. Both i/c. Prag Collection.                                         Little Miami Railroad was a railway of                                Est. $140-275 HWAC# 79622                                         southwestern Ohio. Ran from eastern                                         side of Cincinnati to Springfield.                                                Lot# 4754 Pennsylvania Railroad                                         Merged with the Columbus and Xenia                                                stock / 2nd Mortgage loan Cancelled  Railroad to create 1st rail route from Cincinnati to Columbus. Little                                                    6 Railroad stock certificates and  Miami was incorp. on March 11, 1836. 1st unpaid president was                                                            Railroad 2nd Mortgage Loan, 1982  Jeremiah Morrow, governor of Ohio. 2nd railroad incorporated in Ohio.                                                    w/17 coupons, railroad check 1917.  Mobile & Ohio Railroad was a railroad in Southern U.S. Chartered in                                                      1) 1 share of Mahoning and Shenango  Jan. and Feb. 1848 by the states of Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi                                                       Railway and Light Co. Certificate  and Tennessee. Planned to span the distance between the seaport                                                          #01993 issued to Jean B. Vanellerschot,  of Mobile, Alabama and the Ohio River near Cairo, Illinois. Sept. 13,                                                    Countersigned and registered on  1940 merged with the Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad to form the                                                      August 13, 1918. Orange seal and  Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad. At the end of 1925 it operated 1,161                                                     border. Vignette of women in front  miles of road and 1,536 miles of track, reported 1785 million ton-                of train holding a big light. Inc. Under the laws of Commonwealth  miles of revenue freight and 49 million passenger-miles. Mahoning                 of Pennsylvania. Printed: American Bank Note Co, Philadelphia,  Coal Railroad was a line in the U.S. states of Ohio and Pennsylvania,             PA. 2 Revenue stamps on back. 2) 100 shares of Monongahela West  incorp. in 1871. Linked Ohio towns of Youngstown with Andover with                Penn Public Service Co certificate # N.Y. 551 issued to West Penn  major branch into Sharon and several small branches and spurs to coal             Monongahela Co on April 16, 1923. Brown seal and border. Vignette  mines and iron works along the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. New York                 of street car top center. Registered and countersigned. Inc. under the  Central merged with the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968 to create Penn              laws of West Virginia. Printed: Republic Bank Note Co, Pittsburgh, PA.  Central. Lot of track was abandoned but bankruptcy of Penn Central in             3) 8 shares of Monogahela West Penn Public Service Co. certificate  1970 caused the MCR’s dissolution on Jan. 7, 1982. In 1904 Mahoning               # N.Y.O. 578 issued to West Penn Monogahela Co on Dec 31, 1923at  Coal Railroad consisted of the 38.31-mile Youngstown-Andover line,                $25 each, signed by G. M. Alexander, President and H. Miller, Assistant  the 24.51-mile Mann-Brookfield line, the 6.05-mile Doughton-Sharon                Secretary. Registered and countersigned. Green raised seal and border  combined branch, the 1.95-mile Sharpsville branch, the 0.73-mile                  with vignette of street car on top center of certificate. Inc under the  Keel Ridge Coal Bank branch and the 0.31-mile Stewart Iron Works                  laws of state of W. Virginia. 4) 10 shares of Lombard and South Streets  branch, totaling 71.86 miles. The Hubbard-Andrews & Hitchcock Iron                Passenger Railway Co. certificate # 554 issued to Wharton Sinkler on  Works spur was abandoned and the Tyrrel-Vienna branch abandoned                   August 10, 1881. Raised company seal with vignette of horse drawn  and torn up in 1899. The Youngstown-Andover line was abandoned in                 railway and horses on coat of arms. Printed: Press of Edwd, Stern & Co.  1961. Est. $140-200 HWAC# 105197                                                  Assigned Dec 7th 1882. 5) 7 shares of Mount Carbon and Port Carbon                                                                                    Rail Road Co. certificate #954 issued to Ruth Coye Stokes on June 3,                                         Lot# 4750 1860’s-1870’s Old Colony         1931. Raised company seal, green background and border. Printed:                                         and Newport Railway Company                American Bank Note Co., Philadelphia. 6) 10 shares in Certificate of                                         Stock Certificates with Five Different     Deposit of Morris and Essex Railroad Company cert.. # O2777 issued                                         Revenue Stamps 5 total certificates.       to Salomon Bros & Hutzler on Dec 4, 1945. printed: American Bank                                         All are signed and canceled; each one of   Note Co. Purple border and background. 7) $500 Second Mortgage                                         the stock certificates has its own type    Loan - Trustee’s Certificate, 1892 - certificate # 58 with 17 coupons,                                         of revenue stamp, four orange and one      raised company seal, State of Pennsylvania dated April 11, 1892.                                         in blue; all in very good condition, some  Printed: Theo. Leonhardt & Son. Phila. Vignette of train with town in                                         light tearing. Prag Collection. Est. $85-  background. Black border. Check from Crock National Bank on account                                         140 HWAC# 78779                            of Sierra Railway Co of California dated August 10, 1917 to Railroad                                                                                    Printing Co for $15.19. Est. $100-150 HWAC# 105162                                         Lot# 4751 1880’s-1930’s Old Colony                                         Railroad Company Stock Shares and                                         Bonds - Massachusetts 9 bonds and                                         6 shares. In a variety of colors and                                         measurements; all i/c EXCEPT 2 shares                                         that were issued and not cancelled. All                                         in good condition. Issued out of Boston                                         1880’s-1936. Prag Collection. Est.                                         $200-500 HWAC# 79613    Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859                                                                          333
DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                           Lot# 4755 Pennsylvania Railroads                                                Lot# 4757 Philadelphia Rapid                                         26 cancelled stock certificates for                                             Transit Co 1 cancelled certificate of                                         Pennsylvania Railroads including                                                10 shares at $50 each of Philadelphia                                         Philadelphia Tractor Co, Philadelphia                                           Rapid Transit Co cert # P21028                                         & Gray’s Ferry Passenger Railway Co.                                            issued to Newburger, Henderson &                                         and Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.                                              Loeb on Apr 19, 1922. Registered                                         Many include raised seals on bottom                                             Apr 19, 1922 and countersigned Apr                                         center of certificate and RN stamps.                                            18, 1922. Raised brown seal bottom                                         Nice vignettes of street cars on rails,                                         center of certificate. Vignette of electric                                         2 women with sailboat in background                                             trolley in center middle of certificate.  seated around fruit, seal and rolled paper and allegorical figure with                                                 Printed: American Bank Note Co,  wings and staff on rock. Lehigh Valley Railroad and many other lines                                                   Phila. 6 cancelled stock certificates of  were built in the northeastern US primarily to haul anthracite coal. 4                                                 100 shares each of Philadelphia Rapid  registered and cancelled Lehigh Valley Railroad Co bonds ( 2-$5,000,            Transit Co stock. Countersigned and registered. Printed: American  1-$10,000, 1 $1,000). Principal due 2003. Raised seal. Printed:                 Bank Note Co, Phila. 4 cancelled stock certificates of Philadelphia  American Bank Note Co. Vignette of train on track leaving station with          Rapid Transit Co. Registered and countersigned. Green border with  workers working on tracks. Printed: American Bank Note Co. Est.                 vignette of allegorical man with wheel with wings in raised hand.  $200-400 HWAC# 105190                                                           Raised seal. Printed: American Bank Note Co. 7 common stock                                         Lot# 4756 Philadelphia City              certificates of Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co stock. Countersigned                                         Passenger Railway Co 20 Philadelphia     and registered. 1 printed seal, 6 raised seals. Dark green border with                                         Railroad stock certificates: 1) 2        vignette of allegorical man with wheel with wings in raised hand.                                         Philadelphia City Passenger Railway      Printed: American Bank Note Co. 7 certificates of Philadelphia Rapid                                         Co. printed: American Bank Note          Transit Co. at 7% cumulative preferred stock. Countersigned and                                         Co - 5 shares cert #1491 raised seal,    registered. Vignette in top center of certificate of train on tracks, street                                         building top center with American        car and double-decker bus in center oval. Orange border Printed:                                         flag and steeple, allegorical women      Security Bank Note Co, Phila, Est. $80-150 HWAC# 105184                                         right center with arrow, bottom center                                         with 2 allegorical figures with poles                           Lot# 4758  Philadelphia                                         & 100 shares cert #307 raised seal, 2                           Transportation Co Philadelphia  allegorical women top center with shield with ships topped by scale                                    Transportation Company was the  background with ship and building. Philadelphia & Gray’s Ferry                                         primary public transit operator in  Passenger Railway Co 1 share cert #326 1, $50 each share, raised                                       Philadelphia from 1940 to 1968.  seal, vignette of 3-story building top center. Printed: W. F. Murphy’s                                 successor to Philadelphia Rapid Transit  Sons Co. Phila. 3 Philadelphia Traction Co. Printed: American Bank                                     Company which was in operation since  Note Co. Phila. Vignette on 2 top center of train on rails with horse                                  1902. It was the immediate predecessor  carriage in background and people crossing street in front. 3 has                                      of Southeastern Pennsylvania  two women seated in middle of certificate with seal with boat and               Transportation Authority. Printed: American Bank Note Co. Incorp.  fruit in foreground and boat in background and man on back end                  under the Laws of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. All but 2 assigned  of train. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. Printed: Security Bank Note            1) 11 scrip certificates - void after Dec. 31, 1943 (excellent condition)  Co. Phila. Vignette top center of double decker bus in oval with train          2) 10 cancelled voting trust certificates for participating preferred  on track on left and street car on right. 4 voting trust certificates of        stock. Green border with vignette of allegorical women with wings  Philadelphia Transportation Co. Printed: American Bank Note Co.                 on top center of certificate. 3) 5 cancelled voting trust certificates for  Top center allegorical women with wings and staff. 3 Philadelphia               participating common stock. Orange border with vignette of allegorical  Transportation Co. Scrip Certificate, Inc under laws of Pennsylvania.           women with wings on top center of certificate. 4) 15 shares of stock  Printed: American Bank Note Co. 4 Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co stock           of $100 each. Brown seal on bottom center of certificate and brown  certificates. Printed: American Bank Note Co. 2 vignettes of allegorical        border. Allegorical women with wheels with wings above clouds. Est.  man holding a wheel with wings and 2 cable cars with raised seal. Est.          $100-150 HWAC# 105183  $120-250 HWAC# 105192                                                                                                                         Lot# 4759 1889 Pittsburgh,                                                                                                                         McKeesport and Youghiogheny                                                                                                                         Railroad Stock I/C #389 Chauncey                                                                                                                         C Depew 500 shares 1889. Signed by                                                                                                                         Chauncey Depew on rear. “Chauncey                                                                                                                         Mitchell Depew was an attorney                                                                                                                         for Cornelius Vanderbilt’s railroad                                                                                                                         interests, president of the New York                                                                                                                         Central Railroad System, and a United                                                                                  States Senator from New York from 1899 to 1911.” “In 1881, the P&LE                                                                                  became linked with the notorious South Pennsylvania Railroad (South                                                                                  Penn). This would lead to William Henry Vanderbilt to control of the                                                                                  P&LE as a link in the South Penn and the building of the Pittsburgh,                                                                                  McKeesport and Youghiogheny Railroad. The South Pennsylvania                                                                                  Railroad was planned to connect to the PM&Y.[2] Vanderbilt did this                                                                                  by buying Henry W. Oliver’s and the Harmony Society’s stock in the                                                                                  P&LE. Then Vanderbilt, aided by Andrew Carnegie, advanced the                                                                                  PM&Y all of the funds to build to Connellsville, Pennsylvania and then                                                                                  lease it to the P&LE for 99 years.” from wikipedia. Left toning. Prag                                                                                  Collection Est. $250-500 HWAC# 84279    334 July 2019 Americana Auction
Lot# 4760 Plymouth, Kankakee Pacific                DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                 Railroad Co. $1,000 1st Mortgage Gold Bond                                 for Plymouth, Kankakee and Pacific Railroad                             Lot# 4764 c1910 Railroad Lamps (3) Lot of 3                                 Co., certificate # 2 - Trustee’s certificate.                           Railroad Lamps: 1) Clear glass globe, red color “Safety                                 Green border, adhesive red company seal,                                B&O, RR First; - Dietz Vesta”New York Central”, Dec.                                 55 coupons attached. Signed by president                                Patent 1910, 7” x 15” including handle; 2) Cobalt blue                                 and secretary on July 1, 1871. Bond is signed                           glass S.F. Co. The Adlke Co. Adlake-Kero 1-43, Canada                                 by J. Edgar Thomson as trustee. He was                                  1921-1923. 7” x 14.5” includes handle; 3) Adlake                                 entrepreneur of 19th century America best                               Kero Railroad Lamp, ruby color glass, 8” x 14”. Est.                                 known for his leadership of Pennsylvania                                $150-200 HWAC# 91526                                 Railroad from its 1852 founding to his 1874                                 death. Nice condition. Vignette of train going                                            Lot# 4765 cearly 1900’s Railroad                                 through city. Printed: Henry Seibert & Bros.                                              Lamps (Set of 2) These 2 vintage  Ledger Building cor. Williams & Spruce St. NY. Plymouth, Kanakee and                                                     railroad lanterns are Adlake Kero  Pacific Railroad Co was created by merger of Kankakee & Illinois River                                                   embossed. Both have red globes, a  Railroad with the Plymouth, Kankakee & Pacific Railroad in 1870.                                                         beautiful cranberry color. Marked  Operated 167 miles of track between Plymouth, Indiana and Bureau                                                         UP on the top and made by Adams &  Junction, Illinois. Est. $100-300 HWAC# 106308                                                                           Westlake Company. Very attractive for                                                                                                                           display for man cave! Est. $200-400                                         Lot# 4761 Pougheepsie, Hartford &                                                      HWAC# 106000                                         Boston Railroad Co. Stock $1,000 2nd                                         Mortgage Bond #209 Convertible at Par,                                            Lot# 4766 c1921-1923 Railroad                                         Into the 1st Preferred Capital Stock of                                           Lamps (Set of 2, Vintage) 2 railroad                                         Co. 52 attached coupons. Issued in state                                          lamps: 1) Antique Vintage Adlake                                         of NY. Lovely vignette of train, boat and                                         Kero Railroad Lantern with Cast Red                                         mountains on top center of certificate.                                           Globe. The color is a cranberry color; 2)                                         2 workers on top of certificate on either                                         Adlake Kero stamped 245, The Adams                                         side. Brown border and adhesive seal .                                            & Westlake Co., Canada 1921-1923  Pouhgkeepsie, Hartford and Boston Railroad Co. was founded in 1875                                                       stamped “Pats Pending” this would be  by George Pelton. It was a reorganization of the Poughkeepsie and                                                        very attractive in a display at railroad  Eastern Railroad. Later foreclosed again and reorganized as New York              museum or display in the home of any railroad buff! Condition is good,  and Massachusetts Railway Company in 1886. Est. $80-150 HWAC#                     1 has some rust and patina. Please inspect. 15” x 7”. Est. $250-500  106425                                                                            HWAC# 106001                                                                                                                           Lot# 4767 Railroad Postcard                                         Lot# 4762 Railroad collection of 6                                                Collection Approx 250 railroad                                         bonds 6 cancelled railroad bonds some                                             postcards, chromolitho, modern a few                                         including coupons. Includes: Chicago                                              RPC’s. Locomotive, station, bridges and                                         and Erie Railroad Co 1st Mortgage                                                 moreSalvatore Falcone Collection Est.                                         Gold Bond due May 1, 1982; New York,                                              $300-500 HWAC# 105273                                         Lackawanna and Western Railway Co                                         1st & Refunding Mortgage 4-1/2%                                                   Lot# 4768 Railroad Postcards                                         Gold Bond, Series B due May 1, 1973;                                              and Schedules Approx 60 railroad                                         and West Shore Railroad Co 4% 1st                                                 postcards with several RPC’s, 1957                                         Mortgage Registered Bond Trustee’s                                                B&O schedule, approx 10 plastic c.                                         Certificate Principal due Jan. 1 A.D.                                             1950’s railroad calendarsSalvatore  2361. 4 halftones of 1) railroad with allegorical women with field                                                       Falcone Collection Est. $100-200  shield pointing at passing train 2) train on track pulling 3 cards, 3)                                                        HWAC# 105334  locomotive with engineer riding behind with double-decker carriage                                                       Lot# 4769 Railroad Survey Prints  4) Dewitt Clinton train. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 106435                                                                      of the West, Framed Large frame of                                                                                                                           nine Railroad Survey, c 1855 original                                         Lot# 4763 1891, 1894 Railroad                                                     prints. Includes: Hell Gate; Shyenne                                         Industry Directories, Two Volumes                                                 River (sic); White Bear Lake; Raineer;                                         ”Poore’s Directory of Railroad Officials,                                         Teton Valley; Fort Walla Walla; Marais                                         1891, Sixth Annual Number Containing                                              River, etc. About 38 x 32” Est. $200-                                         Lists of the Officers of all Railways                                             300 HWAC# 84837                                         in North America and of the leading                                         organizations auxiliary to the Railway                                         System, Lists of Officials of South                                         American and Hawaiian Railways Etc.”                                         428 pages plus extensive advertising,  intact with both original covers and in generally good condition.  “White’s Reference Book of Railroad Securities” published by  White & Kemble, New York, in 1894, includes Statement of Mileage,  Bonds, Summary of Capitalization, Earnings, Statistical Information,  Comparative Balance Sheet, and other information on hundreds of  railroad in the United States. The compilers’ expressed intention  is to enable a quick comparison of business operations between  one railroad an another. The preface shows how to use the tables to  compare the differences in a meaningful way. this 6.5x5-inch book is in  excellent condition with minimal wear on the covers. Est. $100-140  HWAC# 88668    Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859                                      335
DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                           Lot# 4770 Railway Equipment &                                                      Lot# 4775 1856 Scioto Hocking                                         Realty Co, 7 Different Specimens 7                                                 Valley Rail Road Co. Incorp date Ohio                                         specimens. Blue, black, brown, dark                                                not known exactly. #85, I/U, $1000,                                         brown, mauve, turquoise, green, red                                                7% First Mortgage 25 yr. bearer                                         and orange. Prag Collection. Est. $140-                                            bond. Issued May 1, 1856. Signed E.A.                                         250 HWAC# 84209                                                                    Spencer, President. BLACK, embossed                                                                                                                            seal w/cab less loco center. Vignettes:                                         Lot# 4771 1909-1915 Railway Pins                                                   lower left family scene, lower right                                         / “ Pictorial “ / 5 Items. Item # 1 of                                             gathering harvest, top 4-4-0 and cars                                         5: Embossed : Div.477 ( au ) / Motif :      passing farm, two men left/right center. “$1000” red underprint. 48                                         Red railway car / Oct. ‘ 09 ( ad ) //. 1    coupons attached w/4-4-0 vignette rounding curve. Bald, Cousland &                                         1/2”” in diameter, cream colored with       Co. printer. EF Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-120 HWAC# 105511                                         blue lettering. Item # 2 of 5: Embossed                                         within an intersection: Div/ 260/Motif                                Lot# 4776 1901-1912 Sea Beach                                         : Red railway car / April 1911. 1 1/2”                                Railway Company Group of (13)                                         in diameter. Item #3 of 5: Embossed in                                cancelled Sea Beach Railway Company  between 2 crossed flags: Div/ 308/ Motif : Orange colored railway car                                        certificates.  These  numbered  with viewing area/ July/ 1911 // 1 1/4” in diameter. Item #4 of 5:                                           certificates have all been signed and  Embossed with in an intersection : Div/ 241 / Motif : Red railway car                                        executed, with the majority of them  / Jan / 1915 // 1 3/8 “ in diameter. Item # 5 of 5: Blue with white n                                        evidencing the punched holes in  gold lettering embossed “ A.A. of S, & R.E. of A” ( au ) / Buffalo N.Y. (                                    signatures for cancellation, and/ or  au ) / Div, 625/ April 1918. 3/4” in diameter . ( * Note all pins have                                       bearing the actual Cancellation stamps.  the Amalgamated Association Of Street & Electric Railway Employees                                           Medium format, 8.75” x 12” each.  Of America” abbreviated on the cars. Plus, various union printing                                            Intricate borders that resemble US  information, on the edges of the pins. Great collection of “ Colored               currency in type and color. There are several copies that bear revenue  Pictorial’ pins. Extremely Rare. All are in perfect condition. Buy this            stamps on the reverse. All the certificates’ reverse sides have been  lot...so...you won’t be stuck without them !( RH). Est. $160-250 HWAC#             executed as well. Overall good to very good condition. Very nice group.  105362                                                                             Est. $85-140 HWAC# 79602                                         Lot# 4772 1861 Raleigh & Gaston                                         Railroad Company Stock Certificates                                                Lot# 4777 1930 Seaboard Air Line                                         3 certificates total. All are signed by                                            Railway Co. Four Certificates. The                                         the president, MJ Hawkins on the 7th                                               Seaboard Air-Line System name for                                         of Novemeber, 1861; issued and not                                                 marketing purposes began 1881.                                         cancelled. All are in very good condition,                                         Before air travel air line was a common                                         some discoloration. The Raleigh and                                                term for the shortest distance between                                         Gaston Railroad was a Raleigh, North                                               two points. 1. Two temp.certificates  Carolina-based railroad opened in April 1840[1] between Raleigh and                                                       TNY #5694 (I/C) issued Jan 13, 1930  the town of Gaston, North Carolina, on the Roanoke River. It was North                                                    and 18643 (I/U) issued Jan. 9, 1930 for  Carolina’s second railroad (the Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad                    100 shares each, no par value. ORANGE, no vignette, embossed stamp.  opened one month earlier). Prag Collection. Est. $140-275 HWAC#                    2. Temporary cert. TYNO #1121, I/C, issued Jan 13, 1930, GREEN, no  78751                                                                              vignette, embossed seal. 3. W11927, I/U, common stock warrant,                                                                                     issued Jan 2, 1930 void after June 1, 1933. BROWN, no vignette,                                                                                     embossed seal. American Bank Note Co. printer on all certificates. All                                                                                     EF or better Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-160 HWAC# 104681                                           Lot# 4773 Reading Company Rail                                                     Lot# 4778 1930’s Seaboard Air Line                                         Road Stocks (Specimens) 5 total                                                    Railway Company Stocks Group                                         certificates. All specimens; 2 green; two                                          Large group of (20) certificates.                                         slate and 1 gray colored background/                                               Two types, the majority of which                                         trim. All in very good condition, hole                                             are smaller 8” x 11” format common                                         punch cancelled. The Reading Company                                               stock certificates. The (4) larger 8”                                         was a railroad holding company for                                                 x 12” format certificates are more                                         the majority of its existence and was a                                            ornate, with wonderful vignettes of a                                         (single) railroad during its later years.                                          locomotive, flanked by Greek god-like  It was a successor to the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company                                                        workmen. There are embossed seals at  founded in 1833. Prag Collection. Est. $140-200 HWAC# 78753                        the base of each of these. All certificates have been executed, signed                                                                                     and counter signed. several have been cancelled, either stamped or                             Lot# 4774 1872 Ridge Avenue                             punched. All these certificates are in very good to excellent condition,                             Passenger Railway Company Stock                         with some evidencing fold crease. Others are quite pristine. Overall                             Certificates 2 total certificates. Both                 and wonderful group. Est. $140-200 HWAC# 79603                             are signed and cancelled by E.R.                             Edwards, president; in good condition;                             some discoloration. Prag Collection.    Est. $140-275 HWAC# 78755    336 July 2019 Americana Auction
DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                           Lot# 4779 Second & Third Street                                                     Lot# 4782 Tennessee Railroad                                         Passenger Railway Company Stock                                                     stock (3) and bond (1) 1) - $1,000                                         Certificates 10 total certificates. All are                                         Memphis & Little Rock Railway Co. 8%                                         signed and canceled; vignette of a horse                                            1st Mortgage Bond with 59 coupons,                                         drawn trolly car with a state building                                              principal due Jan 1, 1904, signed by                                         in the background. All are in good                                                  James P. Wallace, president. Printed:                                         condition, some discoloration on the                                                Henry Seibert & Bros, Ledger Building                                         borders. This item has the signatures                                               cor William & Spruce St. NY. Memphis  of the Company’s President, James (?) and Treasurer(?), and is over                                                        and Little Rock Railroad was the 1st  105 years old. Printed by T. Sinclair; Prag Collection. Est. $140-200                                                      railroad to operate in Arkansas. Was  HWAC# 78766                                                                                                                a 133-mile-long railroad line running                                                                                      from Hopefield to Little Rock A 5-1/2’ gauge railroad constructed                                         Lot# 4780 1853 Springfield, Mount            between 1854 and 1871. At start of Civil War only eastern portion                                         Vernon & Pittsburg Rail Road                 in operation. Construction on eastern and western parts completed                                         Co Started operations in 1852 and            in 1862. Construction stopped during the Civil War. Railroad played                                         stopped service in 1867 and ran from         a vital role for both side during the war. Under Union until 1865.                                         Delaware, Ohio through Mt. Vernon to         Chartered by Arkansas on January 10, 1853. 2) Cancelled 100 shares                                         Millersburg and ultimately became part       of Norfolk and Western Railroad Co cert. #20465 @ $100 each. Raised                                         of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.        seal, green border. Countersigned and registered on May 23, 1887.                                         #701(?), I/U, $500 7% due May 1868,          Printed: American Bank Note Co. NY. Assigned. 3) 3 cancelled stocks                                         Equipment Bearer Bond. Option to             from Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad. Countersigned and                                         receive 10 shares @ $50 par upon             registered Each has different train on top center of certificate. Printed:  surrender. Issued May 1, 1853 to George L. Coe or bearer. Signed by                 2 American Bank Note Co, NY and 1 Engraved & Printed by the National  the president, BLACK, embossed seal w/4-4-0 center. vignette under                  Bank-Note Co. N.Y. 4) 2 cancelled stocks for Nashville & Decatur Rail  title of cab-less loco w/ cars r-l. Coupons #13-30 attached. Unknown                Road Co. Both have different trains on top center of certificate and  printer. EF Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-100 HWAC# 106090                           different women with straw on right side, green borders. Assigned. 5)                                                                                      Cancelled 10 shares Memphis Street Railway Co. certificate # P 707                                         Lot# 4781 St. Paul & Duluth Railroad         issued to Phoebe M. Wood, Estate, signed by president and secretary.                                         Co. stock 3 cancelled stock certificates     Blue border, countersigned, incorp. Tennessee. Asssigned. Est. $100-                                         for St. Paul & Duluth Railroad Co @ $100     150 HWAC# 105203                                         each share. Inc. in Minnesota. Vignettes                                      Lot# 4783 The Rutland Railroad Co                                         on top 1) left and right is steam boat 2)                                     Chartered in 1843 by the state of Vermont                                         center is train in station. Registered.                                       to build between Rutland and Burlington.                                         2 Assigned. Printed: American Bank                                            The Rutland Railroad (later Railway) was a                                         Note Co. St. Paul and Duluth Railroad                                         fabled system located in the New England                                         was reorganized from Lake Superior                                            area. Based out of Rutland, Vermont it is  and Mississippi Railroad in 1877. Bought by the Northern Pacific in                                                  perhaps best remembered for the large  1900. Operated from St. Paul to Duluth, Minnesota, with branches to                                                  amount of milk and dairy products it  Minneapolis, Taylors Falls, Kettle River, and Cloquet, in Minnesota,                                                 moved over its system and its classic forest  and Grantsburg and Superior in Wisconsin. Purchased by Northern                                                      green and yellow livery. 2 preferred stock  Pacific Railway. That was succeeded by Burlington Northern, then the                                                 certificates #3156 &3187, $100 par value,  Burlington Northern Santa Fe. After mergers most of the lines were                                                   issued/cancelled, dated 1873, green border,  redundant and abandoned. Est. $100-150 HWAC# 106303                                                                  embossed corp seal, two vignettes: train                                                                                      w.two cars r-l countryside & Allegorical female looking l-r and eagle                                                                                      r-l with pasture scene between, VF cond, New England Lith. printer.                                                                                      Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-250 HWAC# 86937                                                                                        Lot# 4784 Blue Ridge Railroad Bond three                                                                                      RNs Blue Ridge RR bond, $1000, 1869, three                                                                                      RNs, RN W2, two RN P5 on reverse. Castenholz                                                                                      p13. Ken Prag Collection Est. $60-120 HWAC#                                                                                      85763                                                                                        Est. $200-275 HWAC# 79606  Lot# 4785 Two Northern Railroad                                                                                                                 Stocks with Revenue Stamps with                                                                                                                 Others Northern Railroad (Mass); 8                                                                                                                 total, 3 varieties. Four 1847-48, 3 are                                                                                                                 uncancelled, signed by Nesmith as                                                                                                                 president; two 1859 on blue paper,                                                                                                                 signed by Stearns as president, both                                                                                                                 uncancelled; 2 1866-67, both cancelled,                                                                                                                 signed by Stearns as president. All                                                                                                                 issued at Boston, Mass. Prag Collection.    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DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 Railroadiana                                                                                 Lot# 4792 Burauen, Phillipines                                                                                                                          Buraeun Reopening Post Office                                         Lot# 4786 1909 Union Pacific and                                                 Covers and Postmarks Group of                                         Western Colorado Railway Stock                                                   three philatelicly important covers and                                         I/U #32 Gordon Buck 10 shares 1909                                               postcards issued by the new American                                         signed by VP Mink? Prag Collection.                                              Post Master after the takeover of Leyte                                         Est. $100-200 HWAC# 84125                                                        from the Japanese near the end of                                                                                                                          WW2. The postmarks are manuscript,                              Lot# 4787 1915? Western Pacific Railway                                                     with the first manuscript cancellations                              Bond Rare. Brown #115 $1000 first mortgage                                                  after the original postal stamp was                              5% 30 year bond. Most coupons intact.                “confiscated by the Japanese”, as typed on the envelope. One envelope                              Locomotive and tender vignette. 3 blue stamps        has the “Victory” overstamp on a US Philippine 2c envelope stamp.                              on front. Prag Collection. Est. $140-250 HWAC#       A second envelope has a suite of nine different Philippine Victory                                 84103                                             overprints with “Commonwealth”, all tied by the manuscript cancel,                                                                                   Feb. 9, 1945. The third is a Philippine imprinted post card with the                                   Lot# 4788 Western Railroad Books                brown 2c Philippine Commonwealth canceled by the manuscript                                   (4) 4 hardcovers. Pacific Slope Railroads       cancel. All three are signed by the Postmaster. The Japanese took over                                   by Abdill1. 959 181pp, Henry Huntington         the Philippines in 1942, a key element in control of the Asian seas.                                   and the Pacific Electric by Crump, 112pp.       McArthur had been removed prior to Allied surrender, and it was                                   California Railroads by Fickewirth 1992         reported that he couldnt wait to get back to overthrow the Japanese.                                   194pp. Bonanza Railroads by Kneiss, 1945        In 1944, he did just that. A series of massive attacks by air and sea                                   145pp Est. $100-200 HWAC# 63361                 exposed the Japanese weakness in holding the Islands. Operation “king                                                                                   Two” took back the Islands and liberated the Philippine Islands after                                         Lot# 4789 Western States Railroad         three years of Japanese occupation. This group may be unique, as we                                         Books (5) South Park Colorado Annual      were unable to find the manuscript cancels within online collections.                                         No. 12, Tracking Ghost Railroads          Est. $200-500 HWAC# 103324                                         in Colorado, Short Line to Cripple                                               Lot# 4793 c1900’s Cruise Liners,                                         Creek CRA No. 16, Steam Cars to the                                              Postcards Approx. 150 chromolithos                                         Comstock, Rails in the Shadows of MT.                                            & a few RPC’s of cruise liners of the                                         Shasta Est. $100-150 HWAC# 106375                                                20th century, some have postal stamps.                                         Lot# 4790 California WWII Postal                                                 Steamer Christopher Columbus,                                         Covers Lot of five pieces of postal                                              coming through Broadway Bridge,                                         history: 1 & 2) Two covers from the USS                                          Milwaukee, Wis.; Niagara Navigation                                         Colorado in Japan September 2, 1945                                              Co., Steamer Chippewa; USS New                                         (the Japanese surrender was around                                               Northland entering Nassau Harbor;                                         this date); 3) Dedication of Buchanan                                            Munson Steamship Lines “Room and                                         Field, Concord, California August 4,                                             bath” appears to be styles from the                                         1946, first day cover; 4 & 5) First Air                                          1800’s. Salvatore Falcone Collection                                         Mail Flights May 19, 1938, Contra Costa   Est. $100-300 HWAC# 105454  County California. Est. $60-100 HWAC# 105247                                                               Lot# 4794 Western Postcard and Cover                                         Lot# 4791 Nevada Miscellaneous                                      Collection Approx 40 postcards and 15 postal                                         Western Postal History Lot of 10.                                   covers, some Western railroad related. Kirby,                                         1) Corner advertising cover for the                                 Billings, Lincoln, Havre, Spokane, Seattle, Miles                                         Nevada Northern Railway Co., Ely                                    City, Butte, Aberdeen, Red Lodge and more. Est.                                         cancel. 2) 1913 cover to John A. Stewart                            $85-200 HWAC# 89811                                         at Midas, Nevada, c/o the Esmeralda                                         Mine. 3) Cover to Wm. S. Bonnifield,                                             Lot# 4795 San Francisco, California                                         attorney in Winnemucca. 4) Six pieces                                            1859 & 1867 Wells Fargo Second                                         are addressed to AW King, a banker                                               of Exchanges (2) 1) Pay to Jonathan                                         and mining man in Cripple Creek and                                              Wright $1,000. Oct. 19th, 1859. 2) Pay  Nevada: Colorado Springs corner advertising; Hecla Cons. Mines Co.                                                      to Lydia W. Lane $67 in currency. July  Wellton, AZ corner advertising; etc. Heizer Estate Est. $50-100 HWAC#                                                   24th, 1867. One orange 2 cent IR stamp  107346                                                                                                                  attached in the upper left. Both have                                                                                                                          folds, creases, other light wear. 4.25 x                                                                                                                          9” Est. $50-100 HWAC# 68002    338 July 2019 Americana Auction
Lot# 4796 California 1879 Corpse Waybill and Related Documents                    DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 WF/Express  - Mendocino Outlaws The Mendocino Outlaws were a group of  convicts who carried out a series of robberies and murders during                                                      Lot# 4800 St. Joseph, Missouri 1861  exploits they planned during their time in San Quentin Prison. On                                                      Pony Express / Overland Mail  December 5, 1879, a posse led by Sheriff James R. Moore and Jeremiah                                                   Document Wow! Weekly Register.  “Doc” Standley caught up with outlaws Hal Brown, George Gaunce,                                                        Post Office at St. Joseph, Missouri,  and John Billings, and in the shootout that ensued, Billings lay dead                                                  Route No. 10.773 from St. Jospeh to  of multiple gunshot wounds. Standley, famous as a wilderness tracker,                                                  Placerville, California. Contract time  apprehended Gaunce soon after and handed him over to Sheriff Moore                                                     of arrival is twenty days from starting.  who took the prisoner and Billings’ corpse back to Ukiah. How do                                                       Contract time of departure is six times  you transfer a corpse in late 1800s California? By Well’s Fargo & Co’s                                                 a week. Record the Day of the Week,  Express of course! This lot contains documents related to shipping                                                     Monthly Date, Hour of Arrival, Cause of  Billing’s body including the coroner’s cause of death notice, Western           Delay, Hour of Departure, Cause of Detention, No. of Newspaper Bags  Union Telegraph containing instructions, and correspondence within              received, and No. of Newspaper Bag sent. This has entries for Monday  Wells Fargo about the shipment. Also included are copies of newspaper           Sept. 30th (arrival at 730, departure at 10am) to Saturday, October  articles covering the capture of the Mendocino Outlaws from the San             5th. Signed by postmaster J.L. Bittinger. 5.5 x 7.5” Deep center fold  Francisco Call. Est. $1400-2800 HWAC# 86319                                     with tape repaired separation, toning. According to our research, this                                                                                  document is from the Fourth Stage of the Pony Express. Appendix C of                                         Lot# 4797 Denver, Colorado 1890s         “The Pony Express, A Postal History” by Frajola, Kramer, and Walske, is                                         Globe Express Company Stock              a Post Office Department Order from March 12, 1861 to the Overland                                         Certificate Unissued. Inc. in Colorado.  Mail Company. Route No. 12.801 and 12.578 have been consolidated                                         No. 247. Denver, 189- dateline. Green    to No. 10.773. The new contract, pursuant to act of Congress approved                                         border, black print, and globe in the    March 2nd, 1861, calls for letter mail to be carried in 20 days time, 8                                         clouds vignette. Printed by the Homer    months of the year, and in 23 days the remaining 4 months, from St.                                         Lee Bank Note Co., New York. 7.75 x      Joseph to Placerville. Also they were required to have a “pony express”                                         11” Formed in 1891 in Colorado, this     semi-weekly service, 10 days for 8 months of the year and 12 days 4                                         express company was immediately          months of the year. The contract was set to expire on July 1st, 1864.  controlled by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. Ken Prag Collection             This information dates our document to Sept-Oct. of 1861. According  Est. $60-100 HWAC# 104358                                                       to The Overland Mail by Hafen, Stage 4 of the Pony Express began in                                         Lot# 4798 Hawleyville, Connecticut       July 1861 and consisted of approx. 17-18 day travel from St. Joseph to                                         1907-13 Rare Wells Fargo Livestock       California. The Pony Express ended operations in October 1861, being                                         Contract This contract is for James      in operation only since April 1860. Est. $750-1500 HWAC# 77653                                         Shedden. It is for shipping one dog.                                         Four regular sized pages! Includes                                              Lot# 4801 Virginia City, Nevada 1861                                         instructions how to ship horses, mules,                                         Early Wells Fargo Check Early Virginia  cats, birds, guinea pigs, colts, elks, goats, etc. And the charge! Signed                                              City Wells Fargo check to Ella ? signed  off by JO Bailey. 8 x 11”. (Potter Collection) Est. $200-600 HWAC# 58109                                               by agent Wm. Graves 1864.Small hole                                         Lot# 4799 Silver City, Idaho 1872                                               and left side tear. Est. $50-100 HWAC#                                         Choice RN Wells Fargo Check Choice                                                   83300                                         1875 Owyhee Mining Co check with RN                                         to DW Thompson $400. Nice condition                                             Lot# 4802 New York, New York 1860                                         Est. $70-140 HWAC# 89803                                                        Adams Express Company Original                                                                                                                         Printing Plate -ONE OF A KIND!                                                                                                                         Original Printing Plate for Adams                                                                                                                         Express Company of California Gold                                                                                                                         Rush fame. The house of Adams & Co.                                                                                                                         originated as an express company out                                                                                                                         of Boston, Massachusetts, the head of                                                                                                                         which was Alvin Adams, who started                                                                                  the business as a small package carrier after he was ruined financially                                                                                  by the crash of 1839. His business expanded quickly to New York, into                                                                                  the south and westward by rail. In 1849 he sent Daniel H. Haskell as                                                                                  a resident partner to establish a branch house in San Francisco. In a                                                                                  relatively short period of time Adams & Co as an express company,                                                                                  was making more and larger shipments of gold dust to New York                                                                                  than any other express house in California. In the course of a year                                                                                  or two, Adams bought out both Freeman & Co. and Newell & Co. and                                                                                  extended his routes throughout the state having an office and agent                                                                                  in every town and mining camp of importance in the country. [Ref:                                                                                  History of California by Theodore Henry Hittel, 1885] By 1855 Adam’s                                                                                  business in California collapsed under scandal and lawsuits but the                                                                                  East Coast operations continued to flourish. This original, one of a                                                                                  kind printing plate comes with the proof specimen Letter Sheet from                                                                                  Adams Express Company with a New York dateline 186_ and pictorial                                                                                  of a shipping port with workers and cargo and original Adams Express                                                                                  cargo coach. Both are in excellent condition. The Plate is engraved by J.                                                                                  Garcide of Newark, N.J. Printed by National Bank Note Co. of New York.                                                                                  Incredible, unique Gold Rush, Express Company, Adams & Co. New                                                                                  York Collector’s specimen! Est. $1000-3000 HWAC# 108054    Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859                                    339
DAY 4 Sunday, July 14 WF/Express                                           Lot# 4803 Salt Lake City, Utah 1868,                                                  Lot# 4806 Merchants Union Express                                         1869 Wells Fargo First of Exchanges                                                   Co. Stock 10 shares of Merchants                                         (2) Rare! Both are printed Salt Lake                                                  Union Express Co.@ $ 100 each cert.                                         City datelines. Issued in 1868 for $100                                               # 168 issued July 17, 1867 signed by                                         in currency and 1869 for $70. The                                                     president and secretary. Organized                                         1869 piece’s ink has largely faded.                                                   under laws of New York. Black border.                                         Both signed by Theo. F. Tracy as agent.                                               Revenue stamp on left bottom. Vignette                                         Both have 2 cent adhesive revenue                                                     features an express carriage and                                         stamps with Wells Fargo Salt Lake City                                                locomotive in background with the                                         cancels. Folds, some soiling/toning.                                                  name “Merchants Union Express Co.”                                         4.5 x 8.75” Theodore F. Tracy took             on the side. Ship shown in harbor. Printed: Hatch & Co. 111 Broadway                                         over Wells Fargo’s staging operations          N.Y. Assigned. Merchants Union Express Co. emerged in 1866 and                                         in Salt Lake City in 1868. The 1869            began a war with the big express companies. For 2 years Merchants  Salt Lake City directory has the following listing for him: resident                  and American Express battled for dominance in the express world.  agent Wells Fargo & Co res Townsend House. The office was at East                     In 1868, the companies merged and formed the American Merchants  Temple Street, according to an ad in that directory that also mentions                Union Express Co. Good deal of money had been spent to create an  the stage service to and from the terminus of the Central Pacific and                 express network leading to price war. American Express bought  Union Pacific Railroads. Stages leave on alternate days for Virginia City             Merchants Union with an issuance of new stock to end war and keep  & Helena, Montana, and other points in that Territory. Est. $75-140                   the express business. Est. $50-150 HWAC# 106311  HWAC# 67030                                                                           Lot# 4807 Wells Fargo Cast Iron Stagecoach Toy Cast iron stage                                                                                        coach with rider, has oxidation. 2 horse team with rivet repair. 11.5”                                         Lot# 4804 Salt Lake City, Utah 1869            long Est. $50-80 HWAC# 105684                                         Wells Fargo First of Exchanges (2)                                         Rare! Both are printed Salt Lake City                                         datelines. Both issued in 1869 for $50                                         and $108. The ink has largely faded                                         on both. Both signed by Theo. F. Tracy                                         as agent. Both have 2 cent adhesive                                         revenue stamps with Wells Fargo                                         Salt Lake City cancels. Folds, some                                         soiling/toning. 4.5 x 8.75” Theodore F.                                         Tracy took over Wells Fargo’s staging                                         operations in Salt Lake City in 1868.                                         The 1869 Salt Lake City directory has  the following listing for him: resident agent Wells Fargo & Co res  Townsend House. The office was at East Temple Street, according to  an ad in that directory that also mentions the stage service to and from  the terminus of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads. Stages  leave on alternate days for Virginia City & Helena, Montana, and other  points in that Territory. Est. $75-140 HWAC# 67031                                                                Lot# 4805 American                                                              Express Co. Stock                                                              Cancelled 10 shares                                                              @ $100 each of                                                              American Express                                                              Co. #34764, issued                                                              on March 4, 1871 to                                                              Mary L. Woodhouse of                                                              Burlington, VT. Signed                                                              by president, secretary                                                              and treasurer. Vignette                                                              of dog near top center                                                              in oval. Assigned Nov 9,                                                              1894. Nice condition.                                                              Photo and history of                                                              James Congdell Fargo                                                              born May 5, 1829                                                              at Watervale, NY. At                                                              15 years of age went                                                              to work at brother,                                                              William G. Fargo office.                                                              He quickly moved                                                              up to eventually                                                              starting money order                                                              business in 1882,  them Travelers Cheques, then introduced their services in Europe by  opening offices in Paris and London in 1896. Est. $300-500 HWAC#    106325    340 July 2019 Americana Auction
Bargains & Dealer Specials                Please visit the online catalog at                          www.FHWAC.com                      for images of these lots    Lot# 5000 Sandy Run, Pennsylvania cearly 1900’s Mining Photo              Lot# 5009 Nome & Juneau, Alaska Scenic Old Photographs of Nome  (Framed) Flour Ad. (Framed) Delightful Ad. of 2 children for the          & Juneau, Alaska Six old photographs: Nome in 1909, the interior of  Northwestern Consolidated Milling Co. N.T. Swezey’s Son & Co. Flour.      the Modini’s Cafe, street scene, also a picture attributed to Juneau. Est.  Nice condition. (Framed 19” x 23”); Interesting Repro’d photo of          $20-50 HWAC# 44230  Anthracite Coal Breaker/Sandy Run, PA c. 1885. Before it could be  sold in any form for commercial success the coal had to be washed         Lot# 5010 Petersburg, Alaska Petersburg, Alaska RPC’s (2) 2  if possible and then sized and separated from its accompanying            Petersburg, AK waterfront RPC’sSalvatore Falcone Collection Est.  impurities. This Photo unframed is 12” x 10”, Framed is 22” x 20”;        $50-80 HWAC# 105294  Framed Collage of Allentown, Lehigh County Pennsylvania, includes  Trout Hall, Bogerts Bridge, 15th & Hamilton, Center Square, West          Lot# 5011 Sitka, Alaska 1900 “The Bay of Sitka” Stereoview c.,  Park, Federal Courthouse & more. Colorful collage. Framed 21”x 27”.       Large Size- Yellow Mount Scarce early Alaska stereoview of Sitka  Est. $80-160 HWAC# 86838                                                  Bay, Alaska. Great shot from above the shoreline looking towards the                                                                            bay. A steamer is moored and a sailing ship with two tall masts just off  Lot# 5001 Pennsylvania 1870 Philadelphia & Gray’s Ferry Stock             shore. Slight wear, but quite good. Est. $55-110 HWAC# 79076  I/C #369 DC Levy 1870 20 shares. Prag Collection Est. $25-50 HWAC#  84268                                                                     Lot# 5012 Wrangell, Alaska Real Photo Postcards from Wrangell,                                                                            Alaska 3 photographic post cards from Wrangell. All have album  Lot# 5002 Framed Painting and Prints (4) Raccoon watercolor               residue on reverse and are unwritten. View from across the bay,  print 130/200 by M Sta??? 22x18.5”. Fruit Arrangement oil painting        birdseye, and on the shoreline. Est. $20-50 HWAC# 44211  by Sisemore 1963 17.75x21.5”. Flowers oil painting by Sisemore 1962  17x21”. Racoon pen and ink drawing by P Bang 1974 17.5x14.5” Est.         Lot# 5013 Alaska Alaska Literature Books (2) Hardcovers. The Call  $100-150 HWAC# 106490                                                     of the Wild, White Fang, The Sea Wolf, 40 Short Stories by Jack London.                                                                            The Best of Robert Service by Running Press. Est. $30-45 HWAC# 55768  Lot# 5003 McCoy Ceramic Wishing Well “Grant a Wish To Me“  around the top edge, green and brown glaze, bucket chain intact. 6.5 x    Lot# 5014 Alaska Sailing Sheltered Seas to the Land of the  7” Est. $30-50 HWAC# 81111                                                Midnight Sun Booklet Illustrated booklet by Alaska Steamship Co.                                                                            Missing pocket map. 10.75x7.75” Est. $30-50 HWAC# 106561  Lot# 5004 Denver, Colorado Hardesty Mfg. Co. Bottle The Hardesty  Mfg. Co. / Denver / 4 oz. full measure. Clear, 6 1/2 inches. Est. $30-80  Lot# 5015 Fort Apache, Arizona Holbrook, Ft. Apache Stage Line  HWAC# 47738                                                               Way Bill, 1905 1905 way bill for three passengers and a letter from                                                                            Ft Apache to Holbrook (on the est side of Arizona). Two of the riders  Lot# 5005 Coca Cola Bottling Co. checks 5 different cancelled checks      appear to be soldiers/officer. Est. $70-110 HWAC# 84878  from Coca Cola Bottling Co. dated between 1940’s - 1960. Checks  scarce to rare. Very good condition. Coca-Cola or Coke, is carbonated     Lot# 5016 Hot Springs, Arizona 1920s-30s Hot Springs, Arizona  soft drink manufactured by Coca-Cola Co. Originally developed as a        Ephemera Lot of 7 pieces. Included: two unused pictorial letterheads  patent medicine. John Stith Pemberton invented it in the late 19th        for the Bar Nothing Ranch; 1936 luncheon menu for the Castle Hot  century. Purchased Asa Griggs Candler, a businessman. His marketing       Springs Hotel; c.1920s unused score card for the Castle Hot Springs  talents made Coca-Cola one of best known in the world during 20th         Golf Club; O Ranch envelope; and two unused telegram slips for the  century. Name refers to 2 of its’ original ingredients 1) coca leaves 2)  hotel.Heizer Estate Est. $60-100 HWAC# 107343  kola nuts. The current formula of Coca-Cola remains a trade secret.  Est. $50-80 HWAC# 106321                                                  Lot# 5017 Pima, Arizona Salero Mining & Manufacturing Stock c.                                                                            1880’s, u/i. Nice stagecoach vignette. Est. $40-50 HWAC# 76503  Lot# 5006 c1861 Civil War era ephemera with an Autographed  piece Lot of five. 1) Hand colored print of Colonel John W. Geary.        Lot# 5018 Arizona Arizona Ephemera including Legal Docs  Geary was a Union general and Governor of Pennsylvania. It is titled      1895 criminal complaint for assault Graham County, 1895 unlawful  “Last Alcade and First Mayor of San Francisco”. 2-3) Titled Fireman’s     imprisonment in Graham county, 1895 attempted rape in Duncan,  procession passing the Washington Monument in 1858 and Landing of         misdemeanor in Solomonville, 2x lot sold for back taxes in  the Shore End at Trinity Bay 1858. Hand colored. 4-5) Two prints titled   Solomonville, grand larceny saddle signed by Judge WJ Parks Est. $70-  Interior of the Beekman house and portrait of the great grandmother       200 HWAC# 89810  of Johannis De Peyster. Est. $50-100 HWAC# 55018                                                                            Lot# 5019 Arizona Arizona Postcards Approx 35 modern Arizona  Lot# 5007 Civil War Union Statement of Volunteers (5) 5                   postcards-Grand Canyon, Tucson, Sedona and moreSalvatore Falcone  Statements of Union Volunteers.They were paid $300 to enlist for 1        Collection Est. $40-60 HWAC# 105438  year in 1865. Volunteers originated from Ireland, Virginia and New  York. Yellow paper 6.75” x 8.25”. Est. $60-120 HWAC# 54918                Lot# 5020 Arizona 1920 Arizona State Fair Blue Ribbon The Great                                                                            Seal of the State of Arizona graces the button at the top of the blue  Lot# 5008 Copy of a Post Civil War Photo Post war copy of a Civil         ribbon awarded Cattle Dept. Champion at the Arizona State Fair of  War soldier in a shell jacket. c. 1890’s. No Photo logo. Est. $40-100     1920. One arm of the 15 inch long ribbon is torn. Est. $15-30 HWAC#  HWAC# 51614                                                               71004    Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859                              341
DAY 5 Monday, July 15 General Americana    Lot# 5021 Arizona Arizona Stereoviews Mescal plant by Buehman &                Lot# 5031 Anaheim, California Early 1900’s Anaheim California  Co. Vermilion Mesa, Jacob’s Pool by Bodfish. Est. $40-80 HWAC# 54613           School Bonds All low numbers. Anaheim School District, Orange                                                                                 County, California: 1) No. 25, $500, cancelled; 2) No. 6, $1,000 punch  Lot# 5022 Arizona 1899 Arizona Water Company Bond #682 for                     cancelled; 3) No. 34, $1000, punch cancelled; 4) No. 10, $1000 punch  $333.33. To AC Frost & Company. Mortgage 5% Gold Bond. Cancelled.              cancelled. Est. $60-100 HWAC# 76272  Principal due 1919. Signed Arthur B. Siach, president. Printed:                Lot# 5032 Auburn, California 1936 “Placer County” Sheet Music  American Bank Note Co. Ken Ken Prag Collection Est. $60-120 HWAC#              The Official Song of the Auburn Gold Rush Revival and the Roseville  86026                                                                          Fourth of July Celebration. Words and Music by Luzetta Griffitts Swett.                                                                                 Bright blue and gold cover with a map of Placer County. Est. $65-80  Lot# 5023 Arizona 1915 Cieneguita Consolidated Mines Co. Stock                 HWAC# 88244  Cert. No. 1824 for 400 shares, I/U. Est. $30-40 HWAC# 76246                    Lot# 5033 Belflower, California 1940’s-1950’s. 8 mm Film / “ Merry-                                                                                 Toons “ / Records/ 4 Items Item # 1 of 4: : Really cool cartoons, from  Lot# 5024 Arizona 1904 Idaho Gold Mines Development Co.                        the 1940’-1950’s, on a 8 MM real. Stared in 1939, by Leslie Winik.  Stock Cert. Stock Cert. No. 1460A, for 20 shares, vignettes of miners          Perfect condition, as far as I cam tell, in the original box. Item # 2 of 4 :  working, I/U, small tear in upper right encroaching into border, staple        A radio crystal from the 1920’s. Items#3 & #4 : Old kids records, from  holes in upper left corner. Est. $15-20 HWAC# 76244                            the 1950’s called Star - Bright Classics. The 3 little Kittens( Part i & 2),                                                                                 & Silent Night( Parts 1 & 2). Really great items, before Merry Melodies,  Lot# 5025 Arizona c1874 Lt. Wheeler, Camp Apache, AZ Stereoview                from Warner Brothers. Rare Items( RH). Est. $40-60 HWAC# 105393  Stereoview near Camp Apache at Cooley Flat, AZ expedition led by Lt.           Lot# 5034 Big Trees, California Five Big Trees Stereoviews, E. & H.T.  Wheeler, Corps of Engineering. Photo by Sullivan Est. $70-140 HWAC#            Anthony & Co. Lot of 5 different, all published by E. & H.T. Anthony Co.  89365                                                                          (New York). Four are large format (4 x 7”): 38, Galen’s Hospice (fading                                                                                 and wear at corners); 6, Gateway for Equestrians through the Father  Lot# 5026 Arizona Petrified Forest / Painted Desert 16 postcards, 2            of the Forest; 35, Top of the Grizzled Giant; 2, The Sentinels, Entrance  duplicates and postcard booklet from the colorful Petrified Forest and         to the Grove (only one in this collection). Plus one smaller (3.25 x  Painted Desert in Arizona. Petrified Forest National Park crosses the          5.75”), No. 39, Group of Big Trees in Mariposa Grove (fading and light  border between Apache and Navajo country in northeastern Arizona               contrast). This is a diverse group with many representative views for  covering about 30 miles. Petrified Forest National Park is known for           this favorite tourist spot near Yosemite. E & HT Anthony & Co. took on  its fossils, especially of fallen trees that lived in the Late Triassic Epoch  that name in 1862 and continued publishing views for many decades,  of the Mesozoic era, about 225 million years ago. During those years           making these harder to date. Likely c.1870s. (Prag Collection) Est.  that region was near the equator on the southwestern edge of the               $60-120 HWAC# 54752  supercontinent Pangaea and its climate was humid and sub-tropical.  The Painted Desert is located by the badlands in the Four Corners              Lot# 5035 Bodie, California Bodie and Hawthorne Telephone and  area running from the east end of Grand Canyon National Park and               Telegraph Stock 5 i/c stocks 1892 Ken Prag Collection Est. $300-400  southeast into Petrified Forest National Park. The Painted Desert is           HWAC# 105585  known for its brilliant and varied colors, that not only include the more      Lot# 5036 Catalina Island, California Catalina Island, CA Postcards  common red rock, but even shades of lavender. The Painted Desert               Approx 20 Catalina Island, CA postcards-ships, coasts and 1  was named by an expedition under Francisco Vázquez de Coronado                 RPCSalvatore Falcone Collection Est. $60-100 HWAC# 105336  on his 1540 quest to find the Seven Cities of Cibola. When he found  that the cities were not made of gold, Coronado sent an expedition to  find the Colorado River for supplies. They named the area El Desierto  Pintado (“The Painted Desert”) because of the beautiful colors. Est.  $40-60 HWAC# 104933    Lot# 5027 Arizona 1907 Stock Certs. (4) Greenstone Copper  Company of Arizona Letter from Gladys A. Lewis with Tudordale  Publishers to Corporate Commissioner State of Arizona dated January  8,1957, asking”what has become of this organization.“; 4 Stock Certs.:  1)No. 31 for 5000.00 shares issued to Thelma Lewis, signed by  President Fred H. Kline(?) seal at left bottom, April 10, 1907; 2) No. 27  shares for 2000; 3)No. 29 for 5000 shares; No. 30 for 5000. All stock  certs. have been signed by President Fred H.Kline. All stock certs in  this lot have tears at folds with foxing, they have been taped at back.  Sold as is. Please inspect. From the Salvatore Falcone Collection, San  Jose, California. Est. $50-100 HWAC# 83534    Lot# 5028 Arizona 1908 Tribune Gold Mining & Milling Stock  Vertical #614 i/u Harvey Taylor 200 shares 1908. Signed by President  George ? Est. $25-40 HWAC# 72064    Lot# 5029 Smackover, Arkansas Hard to Find Arkansas Healy  Oil - Stock & Ephemera One 1924 stock certificate in the Healy  Consolidated Oil Corporation, and numerous letters, photographs and  new story reprinted from the Financial Reporter of 1925. One photo  of “Mike Healy’s Triumph” a gusher behind him estimated at 30,000  barrels a day. Several Healey letterheads and covers with corner  advertising! Lot of twelve. Est. $30-60 HWAC# 45037    Lot# 5030 Arkansas 1855 Arkansas Map Dated 1855 surveyor’s  office Little Rock. Litho by A. Hoen & Co. A, (1&2). Some toning on  edges, 1” of left edge is missing. 18.75” x 18”. Est. $30-90 HWAC# 54327    342 Bargains & Dealer Specials
DAY 5 Monday, July 15 General Americana    Lot# 5037 Columbia, California 1858 Tuolumne County Water                 Lot# 5042 Hollywood, California 1970/ 1988. Photos / Jack  Company Very clean. Most of these are badly soiled. Certificate No.       Nicholson & As “ The Joker”/ 2 Items. Here are a couple of nice  3312 made out to AE Hooker for one share of stock. This is not General    Items. Item#1 of 2: Black n White, 8” x 9 3/4”, photo of Jack Nicholson,  Hooker, but he was a Lt. Colonel of the 6th Infantry in the California    with his “ Snidely Whiplash” smile( 1970) . Signed with a blue marker.  Militia. Ambrose E. Hooker, a resident of Columbia, who was first         Item #2 of 2: Another picture, black n white of Jack Nicholson ( Post  elected as Captain at the first meeting of the Home Guard, was largely    Card), in his spooky make up as ” The Joker” with his tongue out in the  responsible for the organization and equipment of the company and to      Batman movie. Both great items, and in perfect condition. (RH). Est.  his efforts was due much of their later success. In 1863 Captain Hooker   $50-80 HWAC# 105402  answered a call for volunteers in the Federal Army and afterwards  became distinguished as Colonel Hooker. Datelined Columbia Aug. 10,       Lot# 5043 Huntington Beach, California 1908 School Bond  1858. Signed by Secretary Joseph Pownall (?) president. The all-time      Huntington Beach Union HS District Huntington Beach Union High  classic mining vignette showing a dammed river, miners operating          School District, No. 10, $875. Est. $25-50 HWAC# 76271  sluices and a rocker. Lithography by Britton & Rey, S.F. The vignette  was created by Britton & Rey in the 1850’s and was used on the early      Lot# 5044 Lodi, California c1900 Photo (Mounted) of Lockford  versions of Bear River and Auburn Mining Company certificate’s,           Cemetery E.D.Spencer, Photography of Lodi Ca. Amelia Mowry Died  but it is perhaps most famous for the Tuolumne Water Company              12/22/1899, & William Mowry died 12/25/1908, aged 20 years. 7” x  certificates from the 1850’s. Emigrants who rushed to California          5”. Est. $30-50 HWAC# 84409  after the discovery of gold in 1848 discovered an environment  whose climate and geography were sharply different from home.             Lot# 5045 Long Beach, California Long Beach Ephemera Three  It cycled between periods of wet and dry, drought and flood and           buttons and five ribbons from the City of Long Beach’s past. 1908  quickly emphasized the importance water management. As well as            ribbon from Spiritualist Congress; 1911 Reception Committee for  its domestic importance, large quantities of water were essential to      President Taft; 1911 Reunion Ohio Societies of Southern California;  large scale mining operations and the control of water became key.        1912 I.O.O.F. ribbon; G.A. R. Long Beach Department of California and  Miners were tied to the area by the availability of water, which eroded   Nevada ribbon. Buttons: 1917 Long Beach Assemby, Annual Coin &  the gold from the mountains and deposited it in Columbia. Soon the        Stamp Exposition, Opening Pleasure Pier No. 12 ‘24. Est. $70-140  control of water became the biggest and most complex struggle facing      HWAC# 85532  miners, and Columbia epitomized this struggle. The Hildreth party has  been given the credit for discovering gold in the area, although other    Lot# 5046 Los Angeles, California Los Angeles Improvement  evidence points toward a small settlement of miners from Mexico.          Co Stocks Approx 10 i/c stocks 1886-1887, grape bunch vignette.  Nevertheless, the Americans moved in quickly once they heard of           Signed by Hall and Yarnell. “Henry Witmer, E.A. Hall, and Jesse Yarnell  the plentiful gold and a ready supply of water. After their arrival in    organized the Los Angeles Improvement Company to subdivide a  March 1850 a typical hot and dry summer followed. Winter brought          property southwest of downtown Los Angeles, in an area known as  miners back to the Columbia area following the rains and the return       Crown Hill, into 1,400 lots and, then, build the cable railway to connect  of the seasonal creek. Those merchants who managed to survive the         it to downtown. Other backers included downtown businessmen such  summer quickly realized that maintaining their business relied on a       as Isaac W. Lord and John Hollenbeck, who owned property near the  steady supply of water, and local miners realized that a reliable supply  terminus of the line at Second and Spring Streets.” from worthpoint.  of water was needed to find the gold all year around in this location.    com Ken Prag Collection Est. $300-500 HWAC# 105574  Together, they established to Tuolumne County Water Company  (TCWC) in June of 1851. The Tuolumne County Water Company was             Lot# 5047 Marin County, California 1889 Program for the 39th  set up as an employee owned and controlled company. Founders went         Celebration of the Admission of California into the Union  to surrounding areas raising expectations and investors. At the end       Celebration of the Thirty-ninth Anniversary of the Admission of  of June 1951, 160 shares of stock had been sold, the route had been       California into the Union, by the Society of California Pioneers. Held  surveyed, and workers were celebrating. Their efforts to tap into         as Camp Taylor, Marin County, Sept. 9th, 1889. Program printed by  first Five Mile creek, then the south fork of the Stanislaus River was    Frank Eastman & Co., San Francisco. Includes a speech by Major E.A.  largely unsuccessful, as the creeks were dry and the rivers were low      Sherman, who was a veteran of the Mexican War (1846-48). 28 pp.  as was usual in the summer months. After almost a year water finally      Poor condition with covers torn and detaching, toning, and soiling to  arrived, but there was not enough to sustain full mining operations,      bottom of pages. Est. $30-60 HWAC# 77655  and the company was forced to borrow money for capital investments  in sawmills, roads and equipment. The Tuolumne County Water  Company incorporated in September 1852. Prag Collection Est. $60-  120 HWAC# 85272    Lot# 5038 Eureka, California Eureka Mining Co Stocks (27) 27  unissued Eureka Ming Co stock, 1890’s. Some toning Ken Prag  Collection Est. $60-100 HWAC# 105508    Lot# 5039 Folsom, California Folsom and Bidwell Bar Vintage  Photographs Lot of 13. 1) Eight are reproductions of 1890s views  of Folsom including the Folsom Canal and bridges. 3.5 x 5” 2) Five  photographs of Bidwell Bar incl. a miner’s cabin, abandoned store,  Feather River, suspension bridge. c.1906 labelled views. 3 x 5” to 4.5 x  6” These appear to be original period prints with album residue on the  back of some. Est. $40-60 HWAC# 77562    Lot# 5040 Geyserville, California 1909 Two Geyserville, California  RPC’s Two different real photo postcards of “The Geysers”. Fabulous  contrast and two very good views. This is a nice looking pair. Used.  1909. Est. $20-50 HWAC# 44114    Lot# 5041 Grass Valley, California 1965 The Union, Gala Centennial  Celebration Issue January 9, 1965 newspaper, special issue for the  1864-1964 centennial. Est. $20-50 HWAC# 25257    Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859                              343
DAY 5 Monday, July 15 General Americana    Lot# 5048 Marysville, California c1912 Letters, Covers from U.S.         Lot# 5054 Nevada City, California 1907 Murchie, Amalgamated,  House of Representatives From the Women’s National Democratic            Empire, California & New York Oil, etc. Letter and Amalgamated  League to “For the Lady in your Family: Believing that you are           Oil Stock 1) The letter acknowledges the new bondholders of these  interested in the success of democratic candidates and democratic        mines (and others) and gives a quick history where things are. Dated  principles as enunciated by our great candidate for the presidency,      November 1, 1909. “The holdings of these accounts are believed to  Governor Woodrow Wilson...” In this letter they are asking for           be of great value but on account of improper management, they have  donations to the democratic party. Est. $60-100 HWAC# 106649             failed to return to the bondholders the profits they might reasonably                                                                           expect. For example the Amalgamated Mining and Oil has been looking  Lot# 5049 Marysville, California Marysville Tunnel and Quartz            for a British investor, but found none. This company has been in  Mining Stocks Approx 50 unissued stocks 1880’s Ken Prag Collection       default since January 1, 1908. Then there is the Murchie Consolidated  Est. $100-200 HWAC# 105578                                               of Nevada City. In 1906 the United States Investor devoted a column                                                                           to this mine. Original investors paid 20 cents a share and now the  Lot# 5050 Mojave, California Mojave, CA Region Books (3)                 stock is at $1.00 a share. The mine is being extensively developed  Geological Reconnaissance in SW Nevada and Eastern California by         until a mill can be found to work the ore. In 1906 the Murchie was  Ball, Mohave Desert Region California by Thompson, Mojave River and      consolidated with the Banner, Deadwood, Le Compion, etc. to form  its Valley by Peirson Est. $50-75 HWAC# 63143                            the Murchie Consolidated. All I can say is good luck to Frank B Adams                                                                           publisher, Charles Auel physician, John McComb civil engineer, et al. 2)  Lot# 5051 Monolith, California 19331952 Stocks for Monolith              Amalgamated Mining and Oil Company Stock Certificate. Number 3091  Portland Cement Company (infamous in Owens Valley) Two                   issued to ET Williamson for 240 shares on April 1, 1907. (Purchased  stocks. 1) 1952 to Sutro & Co. 2) 1933 to Benjamin Williams. Both        after the company quit paying debt!). Signed by Goodman and  have a mountain vignette with a large ‘M’ imprinted on the mountain.     Hellop(?). Two vignettes: Underground mining and oil. Two vertical  Monolith, California doesn’t appear on most contemporary maps. It        folds. No pin holes, dog ears, rips or tears. Fabulous condition! In 1911  lies in the hilly southwestern part of California, some 50 miles east    the Murchie and the Amalgamated Mining and Oil were mentioned by  of Bakersfield. The nearest city, Tehachapi (famous for its women’s      name as part of a $2,000,000 stock fraud in the Los Angeles Herald! 2)  prison), is about four miles away. The story of Monolith Portland        Number 6429. $200. All 80 coupons attached. Signed by W Fraser(?)  Cement begins around the turn of the century when the Los Angeles        secretary and Goodman president. Two vignettes: ore cart at mine  Board of Public Works set out to supplement its water supply from        entrance and oil rig. Some small tears at edges. Three pages total. Each  beyond the Los Angeles basin. By 1906 the City had secured a deed        page is 14.5 x 10”. In 1911 the Amalgamated Mining and Oil Company  to water from the Owens Valley on the eastern side of the Sierras        was mentioned by name as part of a $2,000,000 stock fraud according  and begun development of a facility to convey the water to L.A. The      to the Los Angeles Herald! Est. $60-150 HWAC# 55046  construction of a cement plant at Monolith, California was one of the  first aspects of the project undertaken by the City. (Prag collection)   Lot# 5055 Nevada County, California Nevada County, CA Check  Est. $20-100 HWAC# 23773                                                 Collection Approx 17 checks. Citizens Bank, Maryland Gold Mining,                                                                           Wells Fargo & Co Express, Nevada County Bank, Idaho Quartz Mining,  Lot# 5052 Mt. Lowe, California Mt. Lowe & Pasadena, CA Postcards         Washington Mining, Idaho Maryland Development and more. Est.  and Ephemera Mt. Lowe (bent) and Rose Bowl chromolithos. Old             $50-100 HWAC# 83225  Pasadena directory and Mt. Lowe souvenir bookletSalvatore Falcone  Collection Est. $50-100 HWAC# 105422                                     Lot# 5056 Oakland, California 1879 I M Wentworth Boot and Shoe                                                                           Company Stock # 27 for 100 shares to A Rammelsberg trustee.  Lot# 5053 Nevada City, California 1907 Amalgamated Mining                Signed by E Savory and president SH Penwell. Not cancelled. Vignette  & Oil Company Gold Bond Number 14121. $25. All 80 coupons                is of the factory in West Berkeley. Unique. Incorporated February 19,  attached. Signed by W Fraser(?) secretary and Goodman president.         1878. Dateline San Francisco 1879. Nicks on top border. Very nice!  Two vignettes: ore cart at mine entrance and oil rig. Some small         The Wentworth Boot and Shoe Company was established in 1883 in  tears at edges. Three pages total. Each page is 14.5 x 10”. In 1911 the  Berkeley, then in 1885 moved to Oakland at the foot of 16th Street.  Amalgamated Mining and Oil Company was mentioned by name as              Just two years later in 1887 the plant was producing 600 pairs of  part of a $2,000,000 stock fraud according to the Los Angeles Herald!    boots and shoes daily. They also had a retail store at 1059 Washington  Est. $30-60 HWAC# 55063                                                  Street, and another factory in San Francisco. was founded by Ira                                                                           Martin Wentworth. Ken Prag Collection Est. $60-100 HWAC# 86766                                                                             Lot# 5057 Oakland, California 1911 & 1915 Two Insurance Company                                                                           Stock Certificates Lot of 2 different. 1) Vulcan Fire Insurance                                                                           Company of Oakland, California. No. 290, issued for 40 shares to JB                                                                           Fayant on April 7th, 1911. Not cancelled. Black border and print, gold                                                                           seal, allegorical vignette with bear.Deep folds, toning. 2) Interstate                                                                           Life Insurance Company of Nevada. Home office in Winnemucca. No.                                                                           11, issued for 50 shares to Fayant on Oct. 20th, 1915. Not cancelled.                                                                           Brown border, black print, gold seal, and allegorical vignette. Folds,                                                                           toning, curled corners. Heizer Estate Est. $50-70 HWAC# 107330                                                                             Lot# 5058 Petaluma, California 1888 Real Estate Association Stock                                                                           Certificates Lot of 2. Inc. in April 1876. One unissued. The other is                                                                           issued in 1888 to HB Higbee for one share. Signed by president T.A.                                                                           Gilbert and secretary Geo. Codding. Not cancelled. Pinholes, folds,                                                                           and toning. Organized in 1876 by Codding for the purpose of buying                                                                           and selling real estate, building houses, and making loans. [Ref: An                                                                           Illustrated History of Sonoma County, California, 1889] Ken Prag                                                                           Collection Est. $60-100 HWAC# 104410                                                                             Lot# 5059 Placer County, California Blue Canon, CA Train RPC Blue                                                                           Canon, CA RPC of a train at the station, light small stain on upper                                                                             marginSalvatore Falcone Collection Est. $60-100 HWAC# 105287    344 Bargains & Dealer Specials
DAY 5 Monday, July 15 General Americana    Lot# 5060 Placerville, California Wells Fargo Placerville Shipping          Lot# 5071 San Diego, California 1935 Five Nuggets Scrip for The  Receipt, 1864 A $10 package from GW Swan to Tillman in New                  Stamp Mill Gulch Green & tan scrip for Admission coupon for  York. Swan was the man who worked with Kingsbury to build the               Participation in Amusement Entertainment No. B 77687. 6” x 2.5”. Est.                                                                              $10-25 HWAC# 76222  Placerville-Carson road. Est. $70-110 HWAC# 84847    Lot# 5061 Quartz, California 1918/1819 Pacific Coast Gold Mines             Lot# 5072 San Diego, California c1978 San Diego Bay Birds Eye  Corporation Correspondence Various letters from Pacific Coast               View of Coronado Beach 4 Reprints 1978 of a lithograph originally  Gold Mines to Angels Iron Works regarding equipment. Est. $40-90            done in 1878, courtesy of the San Diego Historical Society. Approx. 28”  HWAC# 23909                                                                              x 22”. Est. $40-60 HWAC# 105747    Lot# 5062 Rocklin, California 1895 Rocklin Driving Park                     Lot# 5073 San Francisco, California 1860 3 Different 1860s San  Association (Horse Racing) Stock Certificate Stock number 8,                Francisco Exchanges Lot of 3. All issued to Prov. Tool Co. 1) Tallant &  issued for one share to Walter Brenton on July 3rd, 1895 in Rocklin.        Wilde. Second of Exchange, $385. 2) Alsop & Co., Second of Exchange,  Signed by president John Sweeney and secretary MC Delano. Not               $722.25. 3) Second of Exchange, $411.25. Please inspect. Est. $50-90  cancelled. Simple design with black border and print, handwritten title.    HWAC# 107403  Printed by HS Crocker. Pinholes, folds, 1” tear, toning. 4 x 9” Racetrack  for horse-drawn carriage races. Delano and his wealthy brother Ira,         Lot# 5074 San Francisco, California 1889 American Standard  owner of a large granite quarry, formed the organization which built        Company Stock # 20 for 5 shares to Warren Mills. Signed by JM  Rocklin’s first and only racetrack. [https://rocklinhistorical.org/         Bassett and president PD Mygruton(?). Dateline San Francisco 1889.  rocklin_history_series/Rocklin%20goes%20to%20the%20Races.                   Incorporated August 7, 1889. Not cancelled. Vignette of semi nude  pdf] Ken Prag Collection Est. $50-80 HWAC# 104397                           allegorical lady of justice. No printer. Small edge wear. Very nice.                                                                              Incorporated for the purpose of publishing books, newspapers,  Lot# 5063 Rough & Ready, California 1867 Western Union Telegram             periodicals etc. Ken Prag Collection Est. $60-100 HWAC# 86768  Sent from Rough & Ready Dateline Rough & Ready Sept. 17, 1867.  Sent to J. Berry in Yreka. “Will be there tonight.” Signed by W.P. Trench.  Lot# 5075 San Francisco, California c1867 Bamber Express Entire  5.5 x 8.5” Located in Nevada County, California. Located during the         to San Francisco September 9th magenta double circle. Two tape  Gold Rush. The town declared its secession from the Union as “the           marks on reverse where ti was glued. John Bamber first advertised  Great Republic of Rough and Ready” on April 7, 1850, largely to avoid       July 12, 1858 as the only authorized Contra Costa express agent  mining taxes, but voted to rejoin the Union less than three months          for daily and weekly newspapers having purchased J.W. Hoag &  later on July 4th. Est. $25-40 HWAC# 68094                                  Co’s Contra Costa Express in which he had previously held a partial                                                                              financial interest. From September 20, 1858 he ran an ad looking for  Lot# 5064 Sacramento, California Cal State Fair Pennant Nice scarlet        a purchaser of his newspaper and express business with inquires  and gold, horse and buggy pennant, Sacramento Sept. 1 thru 10 year          to be directed to J. Bamber’s office in San Francisco, W.K. Bacon’s  unknown. 8.5x6” Est. $65-80 HWAC# 88340                                     office in Oakland or to the “subscriber” J.W. Hoag. On September 9,                                                                              1870 Bamber incorporated as “Bamber Express Co.” with four other  Lot# 5065 Sacramento, California Northern Electric Company                  trustees. On January 1, 1874 a change in ownership was announced,  Bond Sacramento street railroad. Green $1000 5% fifty year bond.            including A.D. Whitney, and the firm no longer advertised. On July 6,  Signed by president. #3136. 14.25” x 9.75”. Est. $60-120 HWAC# 52343        1874 it was announced that Whitney & Co. Express had purchased the                                                                              company. [Frajola] Est. $30-80 HWAC# 51465  Lot# 5066 Sacramento, California Gold Rush Era River Boat Relic  (Wood) River Boat Relic from Sacramento Delta, possibly Gold Rush           Lot# 5076 San Francisco, California 1865-1917 Bank of California  Era. 62” in length, approx. 6” wide, 8 square nails approx 12” length.      Exchanges & Ephemera Lot of 5. 1) Two exchanges: a very rare 3rd  Could be displayed or used as coat rack? Est. $50-140 HWAC# 84433           of Exchange issued in 1868 and a Second of Exchange issued in 1890.                                                                              2) 1865 letterhead that lists DO Mills as president and WC Ralston as  Lot# 5067 Sacramento & Vicinity, California 1882 Day Book of                cashier. Sent to NA Hamilton, Esq. acknowledging receipt of checks.  Business (Sacramento Store) Ledger book of Inventory, Sacto.                Signed for W.C. Ralston per Hill. 3) Partial 1871 letterhead (also  Store, entries for Baker & Hamilton, Halbrook, Melbrook & Stetson to        lists Mills and Ralston) to George Swan re: payment by the Oriental  mention a few. Approx 26 pp. of entries. 5.5” x 12.5” Has wear, is intact.  Bank Corporation. Bottom part of the document is missing. Swan  Est. $55-140 HWAC# 78360                                                    was an influential railroad and toll road businessman in El Dorado                                                                              County. 4) 1917 promissory note for $3,800. The Bank of California  Lot# 5068 Sacremento, California 1867 Odd Fellows Hall Association          was the first commercial bank in the Western United States and a  of Sacramento Stock Number 40 for 16 shares to Rupill(?) 1867.              key player in the early mining operations on the Comstock Lode in  Issued by secretary D Kendall and president Samuel Cross. Printed by        Nevada. It was opened in 1864 by W.C. Ralston and DO Mills. They  Crocker’s Print of Sacramento. United States Revenue stamp on left.         opened a branch in Gold Hill, Nevada and put William Sharon in  Incorporated on August 15, 1866. Pen Cancelled. Faded print. tear           charge. By offering out high-risk loans to mines and mills during the  on left border. Some fading. No folds. Cross served with Company B          1860s mining depression, they were able to gain control of the major  Cavalry in Sacramento in c1864. Prag Collection Est. $40-70 HWAC#           mining operations until they were eventually defeated by the Bonanza  79230                                                                       Firm (Fair, Mackay, Flood, O’Brien). There was a run on the bank on                                                                              Thursday, August 26, 1875. The bank failed, and Ralston was ruined.  Lot# 5069 San Bernardino, California Receipt for Capt. Wilks                He was ousted as president. He walked to the North Beach to get away  “Charles Wilkes (April 3, 1798 – February 8, 1877) was an American          from the angry crowds and went to the Neptune Bath House. He swam  naval officer, ship’s captain, and explorer. He led the United States       out as far as he could go, and drowned. When his body was recovered,  Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 and commanded the ship in the               it was determined he had died of a stroke. Est. $75-140 HWAC# 68015  Trent Affair during the American Civil War (1861–1865), where he  attacked a Royal Mail Ship, almost leading to war between the US            Lot# 5077 San Francisco, California 1866 City Homestead  and the UK. His behavior led to two convictions by court-martial,           Association # 16 for 1 share to HA Benjamin. Signed by WIlliam  one stemming from the massacre of almost 80 Fijians on Malolo in            Gunn and A K Carpenter. Dateline San Francisco 1877. Incorporated  1840.” from wikipedia.com. Is this receipt for Capt. Wilks the same         January 1865. 25c Life Insurance revenue stamp. Shares $625 each.  Capt. Charles Wilkes? Jan 13, 1869 in San Berardino, CA. Est. $90-180       Not cancelled. Quaint home vignette. Harrison Print. No edge, corner  HWAC# 69052                                                                 of discoloration issues. Excellent. We were not able to pinpoint the                                                                              location of this area, but the San Francisco newspaper of 1865 and  Lot# 5070 San Buena Ventura, California 1888 Early San Buena, CA            1866 assure us it is a San Francisco development. Ken Prag Collection  Check An early check from San Buena, CA, Oct. 17, 1888 payable only         Est. $70-150 HWAC# 86158  in US Gold Coin. .5” tear, dog ears and folds Est. $50-80 HWAC# 88303    Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859                                345
DAY 5 Monday, July 15 General Americana    Lot# 5078 San Francisco, California 1860/80 Duisenberg Estate                Lot# 5087 San Francisco, California 1882-1897 Two California  Calling Cards Calling cards from members from the Duisenberg family          Insurance Company Stocks 1) Sun Insurance. # 417 for 10 shares  and others: Mrs. Minna Duisenberg (wife of Charles, and a writer of          to Lewis. Dateline San Francisco 1896. Incorporated 1882. Signed  poetry), C. A. C. Duissenberg (from an article in the San Francisco Call,    by CL Taylor president and (?). Cancelled with long note on front.  1894: “Death of C. A. C. Duisenberg. Charles A. C. Dulsenberg, one of        Britton & Rey printers.San francisco Bay vignette. One foxing circle  the best known German citizens of this city, died yesterday forenoon         above president’s named. Otherwise nice. 2) Commercial Insurance.  at his residence, 1031 Harrison street, he was in the seventieth year        # 432 for 5 shares to Matthew H Walker. Signed by Charles H Saxon  of bis age. Mr. Duisenberg arrived in San Francisco iv 1849. He came         and president John H Wise. Dateline San Francisco 1887, Incorporated  from Bremen in a sailing vessel and brought his house with him. He           1872. One rectangular hole right bottom. Otherwise very nice. Ken  was at this time 25 years of age. In 1850 he formed a partnership with       Prag Collection Est. $70-140 HWAC# 88172  Mr. Moebius, the firm name being Moebins & Duisenberg. He held the  position of German Consul for twenty-five years, and was also during         Lot# 5088 San Francisco, California 1889, 1899 Two Early Numbered  that term the agent for the North German Lloyds, he also fought              San Francisco Improvement and Investment Stocks 1) NUMBER 1  during the Mexican war. At one time he was president of the German           Western Investment Company! One share to HO Buler endorsed on  General Benevolent Society, of which be had been a member for many           back. Capital dollars $5,940. Signed by Frank V Bell and George R  years up to the time of his death. He leaves a widow, three sons and         Reed. Star punch cancelled. Small 5c and 25c document stamps. 1899.  two daughters. His funeral will take place from his late residence           Vertical fold and one lower right large corner fold. Some staining. 2)  tomorrow at 2:30 o’clock.”) Est. $40-120 HWAC# 23961                         Sonoma Valley Improvement Company. Number 20 for 170 shares. To                                                                               George Maxwell. Signed by JJO Covilli(?) and president (?). 1889. Light  Lot# 5079 San Francisco, California Elizabeth the Homeless Bride             small staining staining bottom right. Ken Prag Collection Est. $70-  or Forsaken by All No 1 issue in this serial. Page 22 has some light         140 HWAC# 88169  printing, overall nice condition. Rare. 32pp Est. $50-80 HWAC# 88312                                                                               Lot# 5089 San Francisco, California Two Nice California Liquor  Lot# 5080 San Francisco, California 1939 Golden Gate International           Billheads- 1890’s San Francisco & Sacramento Two billheads  Exposition Spoons in Original Box Original box and paperwork                 liquor related. 1) Joseph Bremer & Co., San Francisco, proprietors of  from the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition with two                  “The Imperial Vineyard Co. of California”, dated San Francisco, Cal.  spoons. One, made by Wm Rogers & Co. is 6 inches. The other is 4 1/4         in 1894. 2) James Woodburn, Dealer in Fine Brandies, Wines and  inches, sterling and stamped San Francisco, 1939. Salvatore Falcone          Liquors, 417 K Street, Sacramento 1887. Nice liquor related material.  Collection. Est. $70-140 HWAC# 78570                                         Est. $60-100 HWAC# 51260    Lot# 5081 San Francisco, California 1868 Real Photo Postcards                Lot# 5090 San Jose, California 1906 Meridian School District Bonds  Period photo-image of vintage Railroad Locomotive, steam-powered,            Lot of three $1000 bonds including coupons, issued by the Meridian  likely a Baldwin or Norris. Triple drivers, #44 on the smokestack, “San      School District, from 1906-08, Santa Clara County, California. Est.  Francisco” on the coal-tender car behind. Image is 7.5” x 5”, vintage        $40-80 HWAC# 105246  toning, almost sepia color. Set in a matte, overall size is 10.75” x 7.75”.  Est. $140-200 HWAC# 78400                                                    Lot# 5091 San Jose, California San Jose Centenary Anniv. Program,                                                                               1897 Pink four page folded program outlining the events of the  Lot# 5082 San Francisco, California San Francisco, CA travel                 centenary celebration on June 13, 1897 on the founding of Mission  Brochures (3) 1959 SF hotel guide, 1957 Braniff Airways schedule,            San Jose. 8.5 x 11, folded in half. Est. $40-70 HWAC# 88845  1925 steamship and railroad schedule-missing coverSalvatore  Falcone Collection Est. $50-80 HWAC# 105424                                  Lot# 5092 Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara Ephemera Lot                                                                               of three pieces: star badge with photo of the Santa Barbara Mission  Lot# 5083 San Francisco, California Second of Exchange Bank                  Founded Dec. 4, 1786. B.P,.O.E. Lodge 613 pin badge; Old Spanish Days  of California for NM Rothschild & Sons Very rare 1882 second of              Commemorative Medal, 1977. Est. $70-140 HWAC# 84701  exchange Bank of California for NM Rothschild & Sons, London. Est.  $60-100 HWAC# 106497                                                         Lot# 5093 Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara, CA Ephemera                                                                               Man portrait by WN Tuttle. 1926 Santa Barbara folding map with  Lot# 5084 San Francisco, California Selby Smelting & Lead Co. Assay          color and tears. Sunset Magazine b/w San Luis Obispo by AJ Wells  Memorandum for Placerville Placer Gold, 1899 Selby Smelting &                promo booklet with photos and pencil writing inside. Est. $25-40  Lead Co. office in San Francisco taking in gold bullion deposited by         HWAC# 83327  A. Mierson of Placerville, Feb. 9, 1899. Marked “amalgam” bottom left  corner, which would indicate the deposit was from placer mining. A.          Lot# 5094 Santa Cruz, California 1894 Pilot Building Association  Mierson was a banking firm in Placerville. Folds, spindle holes. 5.25” x     Stock Certificate No. 18, issued for two shares to Harry Street on  12” Est. $70-100 HWAC# 50903                                                 June 14th, 1894 in Santa Cruz. Signed by president Sweeney and                                                                               secretary Bailey. Not cancelled. Blue border and print, company logo.  Lot# 5085 San Francisco, California c1905 Six Older SF Postcards             Large horizontal tape repair, folds, some toning and soiling. 6 x 11”  - “Address Only” on Reverse Includes Chinese at Sutro Heights                According to the Santa Cruz Weekly Sentinel, November 10th, 1883,  (Edward W Mitchell), group of Chinese children, Chinese belle and            the company was erecting a two story brick building on their lot  servant (Britton & Rey), Chinese fortune teller, telephone station, and      opposite the Sentinel office. Ken Prag Collection Est. $60-100 HWAC#  grocery store (Britton & Rey). Est. $30-90 HWAC# 53934                       104361    Lot# 5086 San Francisco, California 1873-1898 Three 1800’s San               Lot# 5095 Sierra Madre, California Sierra Madre & Antelope Valley  Francisco stocks 1) Clayton Purveying Company. 1873. Number 56               Toll Road Co. Stock Certificates Lot of 2 unissued. Inc. in California,  for three shares. Located at Number 8 Mason Street, corner Market.           Jan. 16, 1896. Numbers 494 and 495. Place of Business: Sierra Madre,  Ad on left is very interesting and includes 16 items: Ham roasted in         Cal. (printed under title). Black border and print, orange background,  Champagne, Philadelphia Scapple, Quail in July, transplanted oysters,        eagle vignette. Pinholes, light wear. 8 x 10” We find newspaper articles  crb sales, etc. 2) Mutual Mining and Investment company. 1898.               about the incorporation and the company’s intention to build a toll  #52 for 25 shares to Thomas W Church. 3) Mutual Gas and Electric             road from Sierra Madre over the mountains into Antelope Valley, but  Company. 1891. # 62 for 50 shares to FE Lutz. President LB Beachley.         no other information. Ken Prag Collection Est. $50-100 HWAC# 104224  Incorporated October 1890. Overall condition of these stocks in very  nice. Ken Prag Collection Est. $70-150 HWAC# 86159                           Lot# 5096 Sonora, California 1910 Arrola Oiil Company Stock                                                                               Ledger Album of 68 uniussued share certificates from the Arrola Oil                                                                               Company, and 31 issued or cancelled pieces. Est. $100-200 HWAC#                                                                               105245    346 Bargains & Dealer Specials
DAY 5 Monday, July 15 General Americana    Lot# 5097 Suisun City, California Suisun City Hotel Stocks 11 Suisun      Lot# 5109 California California Redwood RPC’s Approx 75  City Hotel stocks, 2 issued 1893-94, 9 unissued Ken Prag Collection       California redwood RPC’sSalvatore Falcone Collection Est. $60-100    Est. $100-200 HWAC# 105490                                                HWAC# 105346    Lot# 5098 Weaverville, California 1855 2 Different Weaverville,           Lot# 5110 California 1925-1942 California Sand & Gravel  CA Checks 2 different Express & Banking office of Rhodes & Whitney        Companies Stock Certificates Lot of 4 different. 1) Pacific Gravel  checks, 1855. One check is Weaver, other is Weaverville signed by FW      Company. Stockton, California. Issued in 1925, punch cancelled. Photo  Blake. To Rhodes & Whitney, Shasta Est. $70-85 HWAC# 87455                vignette of machinery. Folds, pinholes. 2) Pacific Coast Aggregates,                                                                            Inc. Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, CA. Three different. One unissued,  Lot# 5099 Weaverville, California 1855 Express & Banking Check            two issued in 1940 and 1942. Punch cancelled. Green, blue, or brown  1855 check, Express & Banking office of Rhodes & Whitney, 3 dogears       borders with allegorical vignette. Ken Prag Collection Est. $60-100  Est. $20-35 HWAC# 87456                                                   HWAC# 107266    Lot# 5100 Yosemite, California Four Stereoviews of Hutchings              Lot# 5111 California Early 1900’s California School Bonds (2)  Hotel, Yosemite Lot of 4 different. None have the publisher identified.   Orange School District; Fullerton School District Original Gold  Similar views of the hotel with Sentinel Rock in the background. Please   Bonds including #1 Fullerton, punch cancelled, Orange School District  inspect. (Prag Collection) Est. $30-60 HWAC# 54787                        Orange County Ca, #25 for 500 shares. Est. $25-50 HWAC# 76265    Lot# 5101 Yuba, California 1880-1915 Yuba Area and Other                  Lot# 5112 California c1900’s California, Assortment of Postcards  California Billheads Lot of 6. Includes: AC Lowell, Fort Bidwell,         Assortment of approx. 80 postcards, Chromolitho’s & a few RPC’s  Cal.,1894 billhead.; letterhead for the County Clerk and Recorder         includes: “Long Beach from the End of the Pier, c. 1911” ; U.S.  of Sutter County, Yuba City, Cal., 1880; Sperry Flour Co., Chico, Cal.    Battleships Off Long Beach Cal., from Breakwater; Blossoms and  billhead, 1915; cover and billhead for Blake, Moffitt & Towne, Paper      California Poppies, Santa Clara Valley, CA.Salvatore Falcone Collection  Warehouse, San Francisco, 1889; and unused Assay Certificate for          Est. $60-120 HWAC# 105329  Golconda Milling & Smelting Co., Rosamond, CA. Est. $40-50 HWAC#  68082                                                                     Lot# 5113 California Central Land Co Vallejo and City Water Stocks                                                                            Approx 30 unissued stocks. Central Land Co Vallejo and City Water  Lot# 5102 California 1970 “California Gold” By Kenneth W. Lee             Stocks. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC# 105573  Kenneth W. Lee wrote this early reference on California fractional gold  based on his long career dealing in the subject. As Q. David Bowers       Lot# 5114 California 1870 Cover from Wells Fargo & Co. Extra Rare  notes in the forward to the Breen-Gillio reference “California Pioneer    Cal. cover written to George Gillespie(?) Attorney at Law, has revenue  Fractional Gold” : “Kenneth W. Lee was for a long time the granddaddy     stamp of 3c. Possibly from Silverville(?) 5.5” x 3.5” Est. $20-35 HWAC#  of the series,a dealer who had as his personal collecting specialty such  78377  pieces, and who took the time to record die differences, creating a  very valuable reference.” His collection was the basis of Breen-Gillio’s  Lot# 5115 California c1994 Earthquakes in California and Nevada  research. This hard cover book was published in 1970, and is 138          By (1) U.S. Geological Survey; (2) University of Nevada, Reno, 1994.  pages. Excellent condition. Est. $25-50 HWAC# 71039                       Colorful map with names of cities in the past 155 years of earthquake                                                                            activity. Includes Parkfield, Loma Prieta, San Francisco, Long Beach.  Lot# 5103 California 1891 American Land and Trust Club Stock              Did you know that Oakland, Ca on June 10, 1936 had an earthquake of  I/U #1 CF Michtinger? 250 shares 1891. Signed by President Stevens?       6.75? Map is 42” x 54” Est. $50-70 HWAC# 91360  Inc. 1891. We could not find any info on this company in our database.  Est. $50-100 HWAC# 83307                                                  Lot# 5116 California 1870’s Glass Slides California Mining 1 broken                                                                            slide is of Hotels & mountains in Nevada; 3 slides, 1) “Social Life in the  Lot# 5104 California 1896 Bond, Fairview School District, Cal.            Occident”; ”Out West”; & “What Strange Things We See”; 4”x 3.5” &  Fairview School Dist., State of Cal, No. 4, for $500. paid 1896. Part of  more. Est. $25-50 HWAC# 77955  this bond has been cut with scissors(?) on right side, but does not  encroach on bond. Est. $50-100 HWAC# 76269                                Lot# 5117 California c1909 Gold Dredging Co., The Yuba                                                                            Construction Co. No. 11873, Certified copy of Articles of Incorporation  Lot# 5105 California CA Ephemera Collection of California ephemera        of Yuba Construction Co. Signatures notarized are H.I. Mulcrery,  that includes nice pieces of: Western Union telegrams regarding           County Clerk, & W.R. Castagnetto, Deputy Clerk. Est. $50-100 HWAC#  payments and account information to and from Diocese of CA Official       84408  Guild Book -1940 Golden Gate Inter. Expo - SF, 9 photographs, NBC  Advertising brochure on show Sam Benedict based on Jake Ehrlich,          Lot# 5118 California 1882 Grangers Business Association Stock  played by Edmond O’Brien, CA Dept of Conservation - Div of Mines &        Number 223 for 20 shares to John Wineberger. Datelined San  Geology “Mineral Resource Potential of Rockhouse Basin Wilderness         Francisco 1882. Signed by secretary Amos Adams and Daniel Inman.  Study Area Kern & Tulare Co., CA 1986, Old CA Articles, Death Valley      Uncancelled. Livestock vignette. Yellow background. Two vertical  readings, Book Club of Ca - 1958, Annual address - Right Reverent         folds and one pinhole. Organized in 1875 with Inman as manager.  William Ford Nichols Bishop of CA- Grace Catheral SF, Jan 23 - 25,        Reincorporated in 1881 with Inman was president. Prag Collection  1917, Printed: Bolte & Braden Co. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 91070               Est. $55-85 HWAC# 79207    Lot# 5106 California 1946 California and Western Scenic                   Lot# 5119 California Little Butte Mining and Milling Stocks (11)  Prints Collection of approx 60 color California and western prints        11 i/u stocks from this Southern California desert mine Ken Prag  as presented by Standard Oil of California. Prints 9x6.5”. Mackie         Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 105509  Collection Est. $55-110 HWAC# 89845                                                                            Lot# 5120 California Long Beach Development Company  Lot# 5107 California 1949 California Clipper Card Repros 1949             Certificate Rare $500 10 year 6% bond. Ocean waves vignette, signed  repros from The Book Club of California, 12 total. Nice repros in         by president. #29 15” x 10”. Beautifully detailed in brown ink. Est.  binder. Mackie Collection Est. $70-140 HWAC# 89839                        $60-100 HWAC# 52673    Lot# 5108 California California Mother Lode Stocks (16) Approx            Lot# 5121 California Pacific Guano Stocks (5) 5 unissued Pacific  16 Mother Lode mining stock certificates. Homer Mill & Mining,            Guano stocks, c. 1860’s Ken Prag Collection Est. $60-100 HWAC#  Yuba Con, San Domingo Gold Mining, 3 Kennedy Mining & Milling,            105491  3 Indutrial Mining, Carson Hill Gold Mining, 5 Erie Mining, McIntire  Mining and Lumbering Est. $110-200 HWAC# 89802    Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859                              347
DAY 5 Monday, July 15 General Americana    Lot# 5122 California 1905 Photo of Scotia Lumber Mills Black &             Lot# 5135 Back Hawk, Colorado 1867 Two Reliance Gold & Silver  white photo of operating lumber mill. Located in the heart of California   Mining Co. Bonds 1) This $100 bond was issued in 1867 and signed  Redwood Country, Scotia was developed starting in the 1880s and has        by secretary Armitage and president Tucker. Number 113. EARLY! 18  been maintained since then as a true company town. 8” x 6”. Salvatore      x 16”. Excellent condition! Includes blue company seal. 16 coupons  Falcone Collection. Est. $55-85 HWAC# 79160                                still attached. Gilpin County. Small mining/railroad vignette titled “All                                                                             for our Country.” Colorado Territory! 2) Same as above. Number 114.  Lot# 5123 California 1891 Rare Wells Fargo Check Wells Fargo & Co          Consecutive numbers Est. $140-300 HWAC# 55073  check to Geo Storey 1891 signed by Nathan Rhine. Est. $30-50 HWAC#  83304                                                                      Lot# 5136 Colorado Springs, Colorado c1890-1915 Colorado                                                                             Springs Stereoviews (4 count) 4 stereoviews. Pikes Peak Ave. and  Lot# 5124 California Santa Ana School District Bonds (2) 1) Santa          Pikes peak by uncredited. Bird’s eye by Kilburn Bros. Will Rogers  Ana School Dist. Orange County, Cal., 1909, cancelled, No. 2, for $1000;   Shrine is presented with a brilliant explanation; and Great Plains by  2) Santa Ana High School Dist., Orange County, Cal. Redeemed 1907,         Keystone. Est. $40-200 HWAC# 53241  No. 19 for $1000. Est. $50-75 HWAC# 76270                                                                             Lot# 5137 Colorado Springs, Colorado c 1870’s Early Colorado  Lot# 5125 California Scare California Mining Stocks (4) California         Springs Stereoview (2 count) 2 Colorado Springs stereoviews. 2  Dredging and Mining 1879. 4 Yosemite Quartz Mining, Grass Valley,          views of the cupola of a school by Gurnsey. Est. $140-250 HWAC#  CA. 1 issued 1883 and 2 U/I. Est. $110-200 HWAC# 79332                     53240    Lot# 5126 California Shasta Region B&W Photos (4) 4.75” x 7” photos        Lot# 5138 Cripple Creek, Colorado Acacia Gold Mining Stocks 8 i/c  of Sacramento River near Copley showing a boat and waterwheel? and         stocks 1899 Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 105581  Bully Hill Mining Camp. 3 8” x 10” black and white photos of Masonic  Hall at Shasta, Greenback Mine Rd No Tresspassing(sic) sign. Est. $40-     Lot# 5139 Cripple Creek, Colorado Anaconda Gold Mining Stocks  80 HWAC# 49511                                                             8 i/c stocks 1892-96-edge toning Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200                                                                             HWAC# 105582  Lot# 5127 California 1893 Sphinx Ranch Letterhead Very rare  Sphinx Ranch. Lamanda Park, CA letterhead signed by Edward Carver.         Lot# 5140 Cripple Creek, Colorado Cripple Creek Mining Stocks  Est. $70-140 HWAC# 89122                                                   (7) 7 issued stocks. Croesus Gold Mining 1896, Yellow Gold of Cripple                                                                             Creek 1982, Carbonate Hill Gold Mining 1899, Golden Cycle Corp  Lot# 5128 California 1870s Three California Western Union                  1934 and 1940, Cresson Consolidated Gold Mining 1928, Phonolite  Telegrams with Envelopes Lot of 3 pairs. 1) 187- Martinez, CA, to          Mountain Gold Mining 1898. Est. $100-140 HWAC# 79356  Judge John Henry in San Francisco: Nothing recorded since October  fourth.” 2) 1875, Woodland, CA to Jeff Wilcox: “Assessment final as        Lot# 5141 Cripple Creek, Colorado Cripple Creek, CO Mining Stocks  yesterday no addition Laura still improving.” 3) 1870, San Francisco,      Anaconda Gold Mining 1896, Beacon Gold Hill Con Mining 1897,  to A Harpending in New York: “did you get my dispatch requesting you       Brokers Gold Mining 1890’s, Gold Rock Mining 1896, Cripple Creek  to go direct to New York.” From George Roberts. Est. $60-100 HWAC#         Gold Rock Mining 1895, Victor Gold Mining bond, Acacia Gold Mining  68017                                                                      1899, Free Coinage Gold Mining 1892, Findley Gold Mining 1899,                                                                             Orphan Gold Mining Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-300 HWAC# 105583  Lot# 5129 California Three Saloon Advertising Pieces: Cover,  Business Card, Postcard Lot of 3. 1) Business card for Italian-            Lot# 5142 Cripple Creek, Colorado Cripple Creek, CO Stocks 2 Free  Californian Wine Co., Wine & Liquor Merchants, 627 Vallejo Street,         Coinage Gold Mining, 3 Cripple Creek Gold Rock Mining, 5 Brokers  San Francisco. 2.75 x 4.5“ 2) Corner advertising cover for HB Gibson,      Gold Mining, 9 Acacia Gold Mining Ken Prag Collection Est. $150-200  proprietor of the Missing Link Saloon and Red Light Saloon in Tampa,       HWAC# 105580  Florida. Sent to himself in 1893. 3) Postal advertising card for Ed  Scheeline, with OK Capital Whiskey, Roth & Co. in the background.          Lot# 5143 Cripple Creek, Colorado Cripple Creek, CO Stocks (12) 9  Sent in 1901 to FA Michler in Murphys, California. Est. $40-60 HWAC#       issued Cripple Creek stocks. 2 Croecus Gold Mining and Tunnel 1896,  77559                                                                      Anaconda Mining 1901, Dante Gold Mining 1921, Golden Age No. 2                                                                             Mining 1904, Golden Cycle Mining 1916, Carbonate Hill Gold Mining  Lot# 5130 California 1852 Tuolumne County Water Co Stocks (5) 5            1899, Cresson Consolidated Gold Mining 1927, Rose Archer Gold  Tuolumne County Water Co Stocks, 1 has .5” tear Ken Prag Collection        Mining 1901, Phonolite Mountain Gold Mining 1897. U/I Star of the  Est. $240-400 HWAC# 105482                                                 West Mining. Est. $170-275 HWAC# 79355    Lot# 5131 California 1852 Tuolumne County Water Co Stocks (5)              Lot# 5144 Cripple Creek, Colorado Cripple Creek, CO Stocks (5) 5  5 i/u Tuolumne County Water Co stocks. 1 has .5” tear, 2 have small        good Cripple Creeks stocks. Orpan Bell Mining 1892, Golden Age No.  corner tears Ken Prag Collection Est. $240-400 HWAC# 105481                2 Mining 1904, Manchester Gold Mining 1897, Carbonate Hill Gold                                                                             Mining 1899, Phonolite Mountain Gold Mining 1898. Est. $100-140  Lot# 5132 California Van Mining and Diamondville Blue Gravel               HWAC# 79321  Mining Stocks All but 1 unissued. Approx 10 Diamondville Blue  Gravel Mining. Approx 10 Van Mining. Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-        Lot# 5145 Cripple Creek, Colorado Manitou & Pikes Peak RR  200 HWAC# 105575                                                           Cabinet Card original cabinet card showing the engine and one                                                                             passenger car for the Manitou and Pikes Peak RR. Engine is marked  Lot# 5133 California 1890’s Van Mining Company Stock Certificates          “John Hulbert”. Photo “Grecian Bend”. chipped at edges ”From US  (31 count) 31 Van Mining Company Stock certs. orange border,               Signal Station, Summit of Pikes Peak, Colorado” on reverse. Est. $30-  never issued. Appears to be water staining, and several of them have       60 HWAC# 56454  condition issues with curling, folding and tearing. Vignette of dog  with key under his paw protecting gold bars. Center vignette of minor  pushing an ore cart. 9.75” x 12”. Est. $140-350 HWAC# 52553    Lot# 5134 California Vintage California Business & Fraternal Cards  Lot of 8. Seven are fraternal calling cards for California members of the  Knights Templar in Sacramento, Placerville, Stockton, Vallejo, and San  Francisco. The last piece is a 19th century business card for Willard  H. Miller, Carriage Trimmer in Angels Camp. Est. $45-65 HWAC# 77553    348 Bargains & Dealer Specials
                                
                                
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