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New Orleans & Ohio Telegraph Lessees

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New Orleans & Ohio Telegraph Lessees

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Auction Date:2010 Apr 15 @ 11:00 (UTC-4 : AST/EDT)
Location:Crowne Plaza Hotel. 401 South Van Brunt St, Englewood, New Jersey, 07631, United States
Kentucky. 1858. 200 Shares, #205, Black, Portrait of Norviin green I think on upper left, allegorical trio of women in middle, allegorical women holding up Shares Shield an canal boat with locomotive passing extremely small telegraph lines, Cut cancelled that is difficult to see. VF with light toning, otherwise it looks great. ITASB Norvin Green as president. He was also future president of Western Union. During the Civil War, Norvin was superintendent of the South Western Telegraph Company. The government asked him to discontinue doing business with the Confederacy and to allow a temporary managing superintendent to be placed in charge by General McClellan. Rare, attractive and extremely early telegraph certificate.