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January 15-16, 2013 - New York, NY
Bond signed by Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
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167 First Mortgage Bond signed by Antonio Lopez de
Santa Anna (NY/Mexico), $500 7% US first mortgage
bond, secured by “about three hundred and seventy
eight square miles of land in the State of Vera
Cruz...together with two palaces,” 1866, #1117,
signed by A.L. de S.ta Anna, vignette of estate in
Vera Cruz, each of the palaces at left with a portrait of
Santa Anna, black with green underprint, red wax seal
with Santa Anna’s monogram, and green embossed
notary seal, corner margin folds, lower right, Good
VF. Mexican general and politician Antonio Lopez de
Santa Anna (1794-1876) had been the country’s president
eleven times, most of them acting as its military
dictator; his defeat at the Battle of San Jacinto led to
Texan independence; later led Mexican forces in their
doomed war against the United States; at the time of
this bond, he was living in exile on Staten Island, and
was trying to raise funds and troops for an assault on
Mexican Emperor Maximilian; the plan never got off
the ground. (photo) Est. 1,000-1,500
168 District of Richmond (PA) $1,000 6% bond. 1854.
Allegorical female standing with fasces, train. Justice,
farm. Classical figures. Minor edge wear and chinks,
otherwise VF. (photo) Est. 100-150
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169 City of Providence - State of Rhode Island &
Providence Plantation (RI) 1897. $20,000. “What
Cheer” vignette. IC. Light stains, else VF+. 2) City of
Philadelphia 1898. $50,000. Loan of 1894. Brown.
IC. VF+. 3-4) Loan of City of Philadelphia 1865 &
1869. IC. VF+. 5-10)State of Missouri - Road
Bonds 1932. (brown - 3) and 1936 (blue -3), respectively.
Charming street scene at top, the brown
ones are signed by Henry S. Caulfield and the blue
by Guy Brasfield Park, the governors at the time
bonds issued. All the bonds have heavy glue residue
on the verso on one side, which has stained the face as
well. Fine. [10] (photo) Est. 100-150
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