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VA - Richmond,Dec 21 1865 - National Express & Transportation Co. Stock Certificate

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 1,000.00 USD
VA - Richmond,Dec 21 1865 - National Express & Transportation Co. Stock Certificate
Session D is a Mail-Bid Only Auction. Absentee bids will be accepted only. No live bidding will be allowed. All winners will be contacted after the auction. BIDDING ENDS MONDAY JUNE 27 AT 5PM PACIFIC TIME!!!
Measures 12 3/4" x 7 1/4". No. 146 issued to Richard T. Merrick for fifty shares. Endorsed by P.J. Moore as secretary and C.W.Purcell as president. Incorporated in 1865, Virginia. Affixed on the left is a 25c red, adhesive, certificate, revenue stamp, handcancelled, R44, perf. A company called the Southern Express Company was incorporated in March 1861 in Virginia. According to the 1892 New York Court of Appeals: Records and Briefs, ". . .the charter of the company was found incompetent and the enterprise abandoned. A few years later, the company reincorporated [on December 12, 1865] under the name The National Express and Transportation Company. . .By January 1866 the company was formally organized." This express company did not last for very long, but for a while it was a competitor of Adams and Wells Fargo & Co.