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The January 2013 Collector’s Series Sale
420 Northern Railroad Grouping. 1870s. Dated at
Concord, New Hampshire. This variety on light blue
gray paper, with revenue stamps affixed, and without
the red corporate seal. IU. Mostly VF+. [10]
Est. 100-150
421 Northern Railroad Grouping. 1860s. Dated at
Boston, Massachusetts. This variety on white paper,
with revenue stamps affixed, and with the red corporate
seal. All issued, some uncanceled. A few with
heavier pen cancels, but most are nice VF+. [10]
Est. 75-125
422 A Second Northern Railroad Grouping. 1860s.
Dated at Boston, Massachusetts. This variety on white
paper, with revenue stamps affixed, and with the red
corporate seal. All IC. Most are nice VF+. [10]
Est. 100-150
423 Large Northern Railroad Assortment. 1850s and
1860s. Includes mixed varieties from Concord and
Boston. Most are IC, and some have heavy pen cancels
or splits. Should be seen. [27] Est. 75-125
424 Ohio & Pennsylvania Railroad (PA/OH) 1854.
50 shs. Early train, William Penn, Ceres, and sailing
ship. Small slit in upper left corner, otherwise VF+.
IU. Est. 30-50
425 Oil City & Ridgeway Rwy & Mining (PA), Common
1901. Miners flank arch over PA arms. IC. Pinholes
in corner, otherwise VF+. Est. 50-75
428 Raleigh and Gaston RR (NC), $100 shares, 18(53),
#321, signed by L.O’B. Branch as president, train
passes city and river, ornate border, great seal impression
with early train, “Printed at the office of the
‘Southern Weekly Post.’” Minor edge wear, light age
toning, else VF+. Lawrence O’Bryan Branch (1820-
62) was asked by President James Buchanan to serve as
US Secretary of the Treasury in late 1860, but declined;
he became a brigadier general in the Confederate Army,
serving under Stonewall Jackson; after thwarting a
Union advance at the Battle of Antietam, he was killed
by an enemy sharpshooter. His autograph is scarce.
Est. 100-150
429 San Francisco & San Joaquin Valley Rwy (CA), 20
$100 shs, [San Francisco], 1895, #157, train, signed
by Claus Spreckels as president, green and orange,
Payot-Upham, glue traces at left where stub would have
been attached, otherwise EF. Known as the “Sugar
King,” Claus Spreckels (1828-1908) developed sugar
plantations in Hawaii. Est. 50-100
430 Sterling Iron & Railway (NY) 1892. 100 shs. Green.
Surveyors, miners. Revenue stamp. VF+.
Est. 50-100
431 St. Louis, Belleville & Southern Rwy (IL), Common,
1895. No.7. Originally issued as “The Belleville
City Railway Company.” The original title has been
changed to the new title by hand, in neatly lettered
red script. IC. Two pinholes, otherwise VF+.
Est. 50-75
426 Panama Railroad Variety Trio.
1) 1864. Stamp affixed. Heavy red cancellation on
front.
2) 1870 over printed 185_. Orange 25 Cent Eagle
revenue imprinted. IC. VF+.
3) 1872. Larger orange imprinted revenue with
Franklin. IC. VF+. [3] Est. 100-150
427 Penn Central Related Shares. New York Central RR.
1) 10 shs, 1937, brown, Vanderbilt, POCs, (1); 2-10)
100 shares, 1930s / 1960s, blue, as previous, (9); 11-
44) $100 shs, 1930s, orange, as previous, (34); all average
Fine-VF.
Pennsylvania Railroad : 1) $50 shs, 1930s, orange,
state seal of Pennsylvania, VF. (31) 2) 100 shares,
1960s, green, “Horseshoe Curve,” VF. (41) [116]
Est. 50-100
432
432 St. Paul & Kansas City Short Line Railroad Co.,
(NY), $100,000 Registered First Mortgage Gold
Bond, 1932, #50, orange, track workers, train and
field workers, top, ABN, two full rows of punch cancels,
otherwise VF+. (photo) Est. 100-200
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