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#S193,Mississippi Valley National Telegraph Co.,Stock 1868 w Rev Stamp

$ 183.11

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Modified Item: No
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Condition: see description
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer

    Description

    ungraded, hard to find item. Please check my other rare stocks on ebay at this time, you'll find some rare and obscure ones thx


    Inc. in Missouri. No. 233, issued for 5 shares to EP Penbroeck on December 8th, 1868 in St. Louis. Signed by president Champlin and secretary Reed. Pen cancelled. Black border and print with vignette of an allegorical woman feeding a bald eagle. Small vignette of train at bottom. Printed by RP Studley & CO., St. Louis. 25 cent adhesive revenue stamp attached on the bottom right. Folds, tape repairs, missing upper left corner. 8 x 11.5" In 1874, the Southern Telegraph Company from Cincinnati to Memphis and New Orleans via Louisville and the Mississippi Valley National Telegraph Company from St. Louis to New Orleans were both absorbed by the Western Union after short independent existence.