493

Erie Railway Co. With RN-U1 Imprinted Revenue.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Certificates Start Price:375.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 1,200.00 USD
Erie Railway Co. With RN-U1 Imprinted Revenue.

Bidding Over

The auction is over for this lot.
The auctioneer wasn't accepting online bids for this lot.

Contact the auctioneer for information on the auction results.

Auction Date:2011 Oct 21 @ 20:00 (UTC-4 : AST/EDT)
Location:India House, One Hanover Square, New York, New York, 10004, United States
PLEASE CONTACT US TO REGISTER FOR LIVE BIDDING OR ABSENTEE BIDDING AT:

PH: 1-201-567-1130
FAX: 1-201-871-4345
Web: www.archivesinternational.com
Email: info@archivesinternational.com

Snail Mail: Archives International Auctions
P.O.Box 0978, Tenafly, NJ 07670

The auction will take place at the 3 WEST CLUB at 3 W. 51st Street (at Fifth Avenue), New York, NY 10019
New York, NY, 1872, 10 Shs, Issued and uncancelled, Large birds-eye-view of pier and harbor scene in middle with locomotive on lower left and orange Imprinted Revenue RN-U1, Cert.#227600, Issued to Jon Evans Willson and signed by Watson as president, A blue sticker is on the front upper right with European Agency of the Erie Railway Co. imprint. 4 pin holes, otherwise appears in XF condition. Well known railroad best known for the Erie (Railroad) War of the 1860s when four well-known financiers struggled for control of the company; Cornelius Vanderbilt versus Daniel Drew, James Fisk and Jay Gould. Gould ultimately triumphed in this struggle, but was forced to relinquish control in 1872-73, due to unfavorable public opinion following his involvement in the 1869 gold-rigging scandal and to his loss of $1 million of Erie Railroad stock to the British con-man Lord Gordon-Gordon. This certificate is from the Jay Gould Tenure of control of the railroad.