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Texas and Pacific Railway Equipment Trust - 1964 dated Specimen Bond

Inv# SE1617   Specimen Bond
Texas and Pacific Railway Equipment Trust - 1964 dated Specimen Bond
Country: United States
State(s): Texas
Years: 1964
Color: Brown

Printed by American Bank Note Company. The Texas and Pacific Railway Company (known as the T&P) was created by federal charter in 1871 with the purpose of building a southern transcontinental railroad between Marshall, Texas, and San Diego, California. Under the influence of General Buell, the T&P was originally to be 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge, but this was overturned when the state legislature passed a law requiring 4 ft 8+1?2 in (1,435 mm) gauge. The T&P had a significant foothold in Texas by the mid-1870s. Construction difficulties delayed westward progress, until American financier Jay Gould acquired an interest in the railroad in 1879. The T&P never reached San Diego; instead it met the Southern Pacific at Sierra Blanca, Texas, in 1881. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_and_Pacific_Railway

Condition: Excellent

Stock and Bond Specimens are made and usually retained by a printer as a record of the contract with a client, generally with manuscript contract notes such as the quantity printed. Specimens are sometimes produced for use by the printing company's sales team as examples of the firm’s products. These are usually marked "Specimen" and have no serial numbers.

Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.
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