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Auction: 21140 - The Kirk Collection of World Bonds & Share Certificates e-Auction
Lot: 288

U.S.A.: New York and Harlem Rail Road Company (NY), $50 shares, 187[2], #14568, signed by William H. Vanderbilt as President, steam train at top, allegorical figures and dog's head at left, black, imprinted 25 cent revenue stamp. William Henry Vanderbilt (1821-1885), son of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. Started his career in Wall Street but ill health took him back to Staten Island. Acquired management of the Staten Island Rail-Road Company and his father appointed him vice-president of the Harlem-Line. William took control of the family empire on the death of his father in 1877, hole cancelled. Ink stain in right margin, VF.

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