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Auction: 20128 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World e-Auction
Lot: 476

(x) U.S.A.: Chicago and Rock Island Rail Road Company, scrip certificate for interest for $[16.66], 185[4], #159, issued to John Butterfield and signed by him on the reverse, black printing on blue paper, cancelled, stub reglued at left. John Butterfield (1801-1869), a transport pioneer who created the Butterfield Overland Mail Company to link California with the Eastern States. His company joined with Wells & Co., and Livingston, Fargo & Co. to form the American Express Company. F-VF and rare.

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