152 American Express Company, 1863 Stock Certificate With
Henry Wells & William Fargo’s Signatures.
New York, NY, 1863.
2 Shares, I/U stock certificate. Capital Stock 6,000 Shares at $500
each, Black border with no undertint, vignette of sad dog (Safety &
Dispatch) underneath curved title, Signatures of William Fargo,
Holland and Henry Wells as president. VF condition with light fox<
ing. Scarce and historic stock certificate. Printer: John H. Duyckinck.
(PH)
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EST. $3009600
153 American Express Company, 1866 Stock Certificate With
Henry Wells &William Fargo’s Signatures.
New York, NY, 1866.
2 Shares, I/U stock certificate. Capital Stock 18,000 Shares at $500
each, Blue border with no undertint, vignette of sad dog (Safety &
Dispatch) underneath curved title, Signatures of William Fargo,
Holland and Henry Wells as president. VF condition. Scarce and his<
toric stock certificate. Printer: John H. Duyckinck.
(PH)
EST. $3009600
154 American Express Company, 1866 Type V Stock Certificate
With H. Wells & W. Fargo’s Signatures.
New York, NY, 1866. 3
Shares, I/C stock certificate. Capital Stock 18,000 Shares at $500
each, Blue border with no undertint, sad dog (Safety & Dispatch)
underneath curved title, Signatures of William Fargo, Holland and
Henry Wells as president. VF condition with light foxing in middle
and top and bottommargins and 1/4 inch tear top middle. S/N 1487.
Scarce and historic stock certificate. Printer: John H. Duyckinck.
(PH)
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EST. $3509700
152
153
154
155 American Express Company, 1873 Type VI Stock Certificate
With W. Fargo’s Signature.
New York, NY, 1873. 5 Shares, I/C
stock certificate. Capital Stock 180,000 Shares at $100 each, Black
border with light orange<brown undertint, sad dog (Safety &
Dispatch) underneath curved title facing right, Signatures of
William Fargo as president. VF condition, Scarce and historic stock
certificate. Printer: ABNC.
(PH)
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EST. $2509500
Rare Daniel Drew Signed Stock
Certificate, One of the Original Robber
Barons.
156 Daniel Drew Signed 1854 Buffalo & State Line Rail Road
Company Stock Certificate.
Buffalo, NY. 100 Shares, I/C,
Locomotive L<R with city in background, old fashioned locomotive
on bottom, ITASB Daniel Drew on the back. Drew was one of the
original Robber Barons with Jay Gould and James Fisk. He started in
the cattle business and moved into the trading of stocks and bonds
in the 1840’s. Rare signed certificate by Drew. (ex. Scott Winslow,
1998 Auction, Sold for $4,220).
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EST. $200094000
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Archives International Auctions, Part XVI
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Archives International Auctions
