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Union Petroleum Stock with Oil Barrel Vignette with Company Name (119394)

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Industrial Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
Union Petroleum Stock with Oil Barrel Vignette with Company Name  (119394)
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110.00USD+ (27.50) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2020 Jun 26 @ 11:42UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Here is where it all started! Early Southern California Stock Certificate. # 8 for 50 shares to John Whitney. Signed by George Riggs and Thomas Cliff. Location Los Angeles, California. Dateline San Francisco 1876. Incorporated July 15, 1876. Oil barrel vignette with company logo. Oil field vignette. AL Bancroft & Co. printers. Not cancelled. Corner issues: go ear and cut short. . Marvelous! Union Petroleum Company stock certificates survive as collectible reminders of an oil venture that failed. However it was the first California oil well and launched the state’s petroleum industry with an 1876 gusher north of Los Angeles.

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Country (if not USA):
State: California
City/County: Los Angeles
Date: 1876