The January 2012 Collectors Series Sale
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United Security Life Insurance and Trust Co (PA), $100 shares, capital stock, Philadelphia, 19(31), #2774, statue bust in starred tiara with stone wings, brown, ABN, age-toned, a strong VF+. Est. 80-120
Yonkers & New York Fire Insurance Co (NY), $100 shs, 1871, steam and sail ships, great side vignette of firemen rushing through streets on engine, black with red underprint, folds, some toning from revenue stamps, generally about VF+. The Yonkers & New York had been founded in 1863, but like many of its competitors it could never prepare itself for the volume of claims created by the Great Chicago Fire of October 1871, and the company soon thereafter went into receivership. [4] (photo) Est. 400-500
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United States Mortgage and Trust Co, $100 4% gold bond, specimen, 1902, #00000, striking vignette of the company’s headquarters in NYC, flanked by women representing Industry at left and Agriculture at right, dark blue and black, ABN, coupons, toning at edges, some folds, but a strong VF+. Est. 100-150
Early Bank Trio, Pay orders on the New-York State Bank, Albany, 1833, and the Mechanics’ and Farmers’ Bank, Albany, 1834, both signed by John A Dix and other commissioners of the Canal Fund; and 10 shs, Bank of the State of North Carolina, Raleigh, 1835, VF-VF+. [3] Est. 75-125
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New England Banks, seven certificates: Barnstable Bank (MA), $100 shares, Yarmouth, 18(61), #1845, blue paper, punch canceled; Broadway Bank and Trust Co (CT), $100 shares, New Haven, 19(25), #965, state arms; Central National Bank of Lynn (MA), allegorical America at top with eagle, shield, ship, tepee, man at lower right, perforation canceled, damage upper left corner; Citizens National Bank of Boston, Massachusetts, 1927, #995, brown; First-Bridgeport National Bank (CT), $100 shares, 19(16), #1106, bald eagle, great border, stamp canceled, staple holes, mounting traces on verso; First National Bank of Bath, Maine, $100 shares, 18(904), #276, state arms at center, stamp canceled; and Northfield National Bank (VT), $100 shares, 186(76), #237, bald eagle with chicks top, beautiful state arms vignette right, punch and stamp canceled, except as noted, all VF. or better. [7] Est. 80-120
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Union National Bank (PA), $50 shs, 1873-79, American eagle at top, statues of Liberty at sides, maiden at bottom with “Union” banner, ship and capitol, black ABN, pen canceled, light edge wear, 1879 with partial fold separation, VF-VF+. [2] (photo) Est. 80-100
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Virginia International Land Loan & Trust Co (VA), $100 shs, 1870, #16, green security underprint and tint, men, horses, canal and train, top; bull and dog at lower corners, toned, pinholes, Fine. Est. 60-80
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