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[RMS TITANIC]: WIDENER GEORGE (1861-1912) American businessman who died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic. D.S., Geo. D. Widener, two pages, oblong 4to, Philadelphia, 28th January 1895. The attractive red printed document, completed in manuscript, is a stock certificate certifying that W. G. Huey & Co. are entitled to one hundred shares of capital stock in the Philadelphia Traction Company. Numbered 15074 and signed by Widener at the base in his capacity as president of the company. Also bearing a countersignature, the two both slightly affected by two small cancellation cuts. With the completed details of the transfer of the shares to the verso. Some light staining and minor creasing, about VG

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[RMS TITANIC]: WIDENER GEORGE (1861-1912) American businessman who died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic. D.S., Geo. D. Widener, two pages, oblong 4to, Philadelphia, 28th January 1895. The attractive red printed document, completed in manuscript, is a stock certificate certifying that W. G. Huey & Co. are entitled to one hundred shares of capital stock in the Philadelphia Traction Company. Numbered 15074 and signed by Widener at the base in his capacity as president of the company. Also bearing a countersignature, the two both slightly affected by two small cancellation cuts. With the completed details of the transfer of the shares to the verso. Some light staining and minor creasing, about VG

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