Buy this book on-line Stock Certificate for 100 Shares in the Hestonville, Mantua & Fairmount Passenger Rail Road CompanyAmerican Bank Note Company, Philadelphia, 1886
Dimensions 11 x 7 inches. Black ink, three vignettes: 1 - two women with a shield - center top, 2 - a bridge over a river - left bottom, 3 - a Grecian looking woman sitting by a river - right bottom, with decorative border. "Shares $50 Each" printed along top border. No. 11221, canceled, originally issued to Gordon Monges & Co. on March 5, 1886. Signed by the President, "Chas. Lafferty", and the Treasurer, whose name is obscured by several cancellation punch holes. The next day, March 6, 1886, Mr. Monges transferred the certificate to George T. Lewis. Gordon Monges was a stock broker, one of the partners in Brice, Monges and Company. Left edge has some discoloration, possibly from moisture. Top edge also darkened. Triangular cut from bottom edge. The Hestonville, Mantua & Fairmount Passenger Rail Road Company, AKA the "Arch Street Railway", provided street car service in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1859 to 1895, when it was acquired by the Union Traction Company.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Stock Certificate for 100 Shares in the Hestonville, Mantua & Fairmount Passenger Rail Road Company. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including atlases, first editions, livres rares, livres illustrées and out-of-print books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |