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Fiscal Railroad Ephemera

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Canada Start Price:100.00 CAD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 CAD
Fiscal Railroad Ephemera
SOLD
150.00CADto floor+ buyer's premium
This item SOLD at 2014 Oct 02 @ 22:13UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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A dividend coupon of 12 shillings, 3 1/2 pence for the Montreal & Bytown Railway Company; a dividend coupon of 3 pounds for the Montreal & Bytown Railway Company. This was a proposed railway from Montreal to Ottawa along the north shore of the Ottawa River. The bonds were issued in 1855. A rare group of Ottawa, Waddington and New York Railway bond coupons dated 1887, 1896 and 1901 for 15 dollars. This proposed railway was to go from Ottawa to Morrisburg to Waddington in new York State. The bonds were issued in 1884. (4) An advertising banknote of the N.Y.C. Railroad for " 1". It shows a suspension bridge with Banks of Niagara State of New York. The reverse tells of hotels, places of interest, etc. UNC Lastly, 2 advertising banknotes of the Banks of the St. Lawrence, Victoria Bridge. They are "20" and "50". The obverse shows the Victoria bridge, the reverse tells of hotels, places of intertest, etc. An interesting lot for the railway buff and advertising note collector.