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Railroad Stock Certificate with John Adams Dix Autograph and Postal Cover [155888]

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Transportation Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 1,000.00 USD
Railroad Stock Certificate with John Adams Dix Autograph and Postal Cover [155888]
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150.00USDto a****y+ buyer's premium (37.50)
This item SOLD at 2022 Oct 14 @ 14:30UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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This group has a railroad stock certificate for the Mississippi & Missouri Railroad Company signed by President John Adams Dix. The stock is in good condition with small cancellation perfs. at the signature lines. The stock has four very intriguing vignettes including Indians and bison running from a locomotive. A block print engraving of John. A Dix is included by engraver R. H. Richie at 6.5 in. X 10 in. A postal cover depicts the American flag along with a quote from J.A. Dix "If any one attempts to haul down the American Flag, shoot him on the spot" while a Major General for the Union during the Civil War. Dix had a number of lifetime accomplishments including President of the Union Pacific Railroad during the Transcontinental Railroad construction of 1863-1868.

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