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Auction: 314 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1222

American Merchants Union Express (NY), $100 shs, 1869, No.2791, signed by Wm G Fargo as president, cargo with horses, ship, train, dog with key in garter reading "Safety & Dispatch," shaking hands, imprinted RN-P5 center, stamp cancel far from signature, a few marginal nicks, but about VF+. William G Fargo (1818-81) had co-founded American Express and Wells, Fargo & Co; the present company arose from the merger of American Express with rival Merchants Union Express.

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