1895. Kansas. Stock certificate for 10 shares. Agriculture vignette. Litho. Some contemporary ink spots. Fine. Scarce.

1889, Kansas. Stock certificate for 2 shares. Prairie scene at top center. Litho. Very Fine. Very scarce.

1876, Pennsylvania. Bond for $8,000 bearing 6% interest. Black/White. Very attractive muti-vignetted certificate. Bust portrait vignettes of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, William Penn and Henry Clay and city buldings at top center. Punch cancelled and very fine

1950, United States. Series G savings bond. 7 ¾” x 4 ½”. Left border engraved portrait vignette of Abraham Lincoln. Stamp and crayon cancelled. Rare!

GARDINER G. HUBBARD.(1822 – 1897) was an American lawyer, financier, and philanthropist. He was one of the founders of the Bell Telephone Company and the first president of the National Geographic Society.

1850, Boston. Stock certificate for 300 shares of the Boston and Chelsea Railroad Company issued to and signed "Gardiner G Hubbard" on the verso. Black on white paper. Receipt glued to the left edge and pen cancelled on the front not affecting the signature. Light soiling and in very good condition.

Benjamin Brewster. DS. 1pp. 13" x 9". Illinois. December 3, 1889. A "Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific" bond for $5,000 issued to and signed by Benjamin Brewster. There is a railroad vignette in the upper right corner and a receipt glued to the left side. It has been punch and stamp cancelled, though not affecting Brewster's large signature. It is in fine condition overall.

A fine set of five different color varieties including both preferred and common stock certificates from the Northern Pacific Railroad. Bearing the engraved portrait of Frederick Billings, these certificates provide a wonderful example of the art of intaglio printing in the 19th century done by the National Bank Note Company. All extremely fine or better.

1907, Paris, France. Stock certificate for 100 francs. Green Black. Wonderful art nouveau design depicting two female figures at sides. Nice large phonograph at lower left, early records at lower right and top center. Litho. Attached coupons at right. Uncancelled and Extremely Fine with one vertical fold. Superb for display

1887, Ohio. Stock certificate for 100 shares of the Cleveland and Marietta Railway Company. Brown/Black. Engraved vignette of a steam locomotive. Issued to and signed on verso "in trust for A.C. Lanier by CHARLES LANIER (b. 1837). Capitalist. Lanier inherited his interest in the banking house of Winslow, Lanier & Co. from his father, J. F. D. Lanier. He served as a director of numerous railroads, Western Union Telegraph and many other companies. "One of the most capable bankers and businessmen . ." in New York. Punch cancelled and fine.