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Boston & Providence & Old Colony Stock Certificates

Currency:USD Category:Western Americana / Collectibles - Railroad Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
Boston & Providence & Old Colony Stock Certificates
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150.00USD+ (33.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2018 May 10 @ 14:41UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Lot of thirty. Twenty-three Boston and Providence Railroad stock certificates. Dated 1868 given a year or two. All cancelled in some manner (hole punch, lined out, stamped). Earliest is number 11101. Between 1 and 7 shares. Fair condition. Seven Old Colony Rail Road Company Stock certificates. Earliest is number 289. Each is for 1000 shares in 1874. Poor to fair condition. All cancelled. Of interest is the different wasy the US Revenue stamps have been marked used (manuscript, treasurer's office, regular B&P stamp). The Boston and Providence Railroad was a railroad company in the states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island which connected its namesake cities. It opened in two sections in 1834 and 1835 - one of the first rail lines in the United States - with a more direct route into Providence built in 1847. Branches were built to Dedham in 1834, Stoughton in 1845, and North Attleboro in 1871. It was acquired by the Old Colony Railroad in 1888, which in turn was leased by the New Haven Railroad in 1893. The line became the New Haven's primary mainline to Boston; it was realigned in Boston in 1899 during the construction of South Station, and in Pawtucket and Central Falls in 1916 for grade crossing elimination. The line became part of the Penn Central system in 1969. HWAC# 60928 Date: Location: Boston, Massachusetts