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Auction: 18021 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World Online Auction
Lot: 437

USA: Montgomery and West Point Rail Road Company, Alabama, pair of 8% Bonds, 1867, for $100, #420, and $1000, #278, both black with blue underprint, imprinted revenue stamps, with coupons. Founded in 1832 and built the railway from Montgomery (Ala.) to West Point (GA). It played a crucial role during the American Civil War as a supply and transportation route for the Confederate Army, and, as such, was the target of a large raid by Union cavalry in the summer of 1864, called Wilson's Raid. In 1870, the M&WP merged into the Western Railway of Alabama. Many cancel preforations. VF (2).

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Estimate
£60 to £80