1857. New York. Stock certificate for 5 shares. Red on gray paper. Cut cancelled at center and pen cancelled. Very fine.

1904, Maine. Stock certificate for 500 shares. Gold/Black with gold seal. Triple vignette of mining scene flanked by working miners at top. Uncancelled. Very fine.

1921, New Jersey. Stock certificate for 5 shares. Brown/Black. Underprint of various machines. Uncancelled and Very Fine.

1887, Mississippi. Stock certificate for 10 shares of the Newport News and Mississippi Valley Company. Brown/Black. Vignette of eagle with spread wings at bottom center. Full coupons below. Signed by C. P. HUNTINGTON, as President. (1821 - 1900). One of the most important railroad builders in American history. Arriving in California as a successful New York merchant in 1849, Huntington soon began building the basis of what was to become one of the great American railway fortunes. In 1860, he was approached by Theodore Judah with a plan to build a railroad across the Sierra Nevada mountains as part of a trans-continental railroad project. The development of Judah's plan brought together the talents of Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker and Mark Hopkins, the combination which came to be known as "The Big Four." This combination of successful California businessmen led to the eventual completion of the Central Pacific Railroad, culminating in its connection with the Union Pacific at Promontory Point, Utah in May of 1869. Uncancelled and very fine.

1891, Utah. Stock certificate for 50 shares. Green/Black with attached embossed silver company seal. Top center vignette of Niagara Falls, vignettes at left and right of miners at work. Glue residue at left margin from stub. Uncancelled and fine.

1921, Delaware. Stock certificate for 100 shares. Blue/Black. Uncancelled and excellent.

n.d., Virginia. Unissued bond for $5000 bearing 4 1/2% interest. Purple/Black. Vignette at top center of steam locomotive and railroad workers. Triangular punch cancellation. Very fine.

1865, Pennsylvania. Black with orange revenue stamp at lower right. Receipt signed as Treasurer by Peter A. B. Widener (1834-1915). Financier. Widener was a key figure in the development of suburban street railways after the Civil War. He helped organize many of the large corporations whose names are familiar today such as the U.S. Steel Corporation, American Tobacco Company, etc. At his death, he was the wealthiest man in Philadelphia. Extremely Fine. Uncancelled.

1933, Delaware. Stock certificate for 20 shares. Geen/Black. Vignette at top center of a seated male allegorical figure with an airplane taking off from the palm of his hands flanked by factories and city buildings. Perferation and stamp cancelled. Very fine.