1987, $10,000 Bond. Ornate purple border, with a large eagle vignette at top center. Row of punch hole cancellation at bottom. Very fine.

1943, Maine. Stock certificate for 50 shares. Green/Black. Vignette at top center of a ship sailing on rough seas. Punch cancelled and very fine.

1867. Stock certificate for 1 share. Black with light red overprint of spread eagle. Vignette of lake with building on shore. Attractive border at left. Litho. States that there were only 100 shares issued. Attached adhesive revenue stamp. Lightly pen cancelled and very fine.

[SPECIMEN] ----, Delaware. 9 3/4% note specimen. Blue / Black. Vignette of an oilman holding a globe with derricks in background. Perforation cancellation. Very Fine.

1882, Pennsylvania. Stock certificate for 500 shares. Black. Vignette of steam locomotive at top center. Punch, stamp and red pen cancelled. Fine.

1929, Delaware. Green. Stock certificate for 100 shares of Aviation Corporation of the Americas, signed as President at lower right by JUAN T. TRIPPE, airline pioneer, founder of Aviation Corporation of the Americas, Pan American Airways Corporation, Pan American World Airways Corporation. Also signed on verso as Vice President of United Aircraft & Transport Corporation by CHANCE VOUGHT, aviation designer and manufacturer, founder of the Chance Vought Corporation and the Vought-Sikorsky division of United Aircraft & Transport Corporation. Vought was taught to fly in 1910 by the Wright brothers and in 1916 became chief engineer for the Wright Company. He died in 1930 at the age of 40 making his a relatively scarce aviation signature. Perferation cancellations affect both signatures. Very fine.

1866, Minnesota. Stock certificate for five shares. Black. A wonderful double-vignetted certificate depicting a superb mining scene with miners at work and sluices at center. Signed as President of the company by. HENRY HASTINGS SIBLEY and John S. Prince as Treasurer. Revenue stamp attached. An exceptionally striking certificate both for its graphic and autographic interests. Uncancelled and Extremely Fine.

1941, Romania. Bond. Peach/Brown. Large top center vignette of a soldier flanked by angels. Bottom center vignette of a battleship flanked by soldiers with a tank and artillery. Attached coupons. Uncancelled and extremely fine.

Saint Paul and Duluth Railroad Originally incorporated in 1863 and known as the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad the road provided the first service between Duluth and the Twin Cities upon its completion in 1870. Serving as the all-important eastern terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad, the road linked the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. A victim of the panic of 1873, the company defaulted on its bonds and was reorganized in 1877 as the Saint Paul and Duluth Railroad. It was absorbed by the Northern Pacific in 1900.

1880's, Minnesota. Stock certifcates. A superb set of three different stock certificates of the Saint Paul & Duluth Railroad. The large engraved top center vignette of a train leaving the train station flanked by steamships make this set truly impressive. A must for any collector.