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Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Co. Stock Signed by Otto Mears [202562]

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Transportation Start Price:10.00 USD Estimated At:50.00 - 70.00 USD
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Co. Stock Signed by Otto Mears [202562]
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60.00USDto t****O+ buyer's premium (15.00)
This item SOLD at 2025 Sep 19 @ 13:00UTC-07:00 : PDT/MST
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Unissued but signed by Otto Mears as president and the secretary. Punch cancelled signatures. Red border, train vignette. Homer Lee Bank Note Co. The Rio Grande Southern Railroad (RGS) was a 3 ft narrow gauge railroad which ran from Durango to Ridgway in the western part of the US state of Colorado. Colorado railroad magnate Otto Mears, known as the "Pathfinder of the San Juans," is famous for the silver railroad passes that he made and issued for the various railroad lines he owned in the Rocky Mountains. He founded the Silverton Railroad, Rio Grande Southern Railroad, and Silverton Northern Railroad.
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Date: 1890s
Country (if not USA):
State: Colorado
City: Denver
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