Merchants Union Express Co. - Fantastic Express Stock Certificate with Revenue S for Sale

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Merchants Union Express Co. - Fantastic Express Stock Certificate with Revenue S For Sale

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Merchants Union Express Co. - Fantastic Express Stock Certificate with Revenue S:
$250.00

Express Company Stock with revenue stamp. Important early affiliate of American Express. Minor wrinkling. Rare!!! Below notes from company-histories.com: Key Dates: 1841: Henry Wells founds Wells & Co. 1850: Wells, William G. Fargo, and John Butterfield form the American Express Company. 1852: Wells Fargo & Company is founded. 1868: American Express Company merges with Merchants Union to form the American Merchants Union Express Co.; Henry Wells retires. 1881: William Fargo dies. 1891: The American Express Traveler's Cheque is introduced. 1910: Mann-Elkins Act makes express companies subject to the scrutiny of the Interstate Commerce Commission. 1914: George C. Taylor becomes company president. 1915: American Express opens its Travel Department. 1919: The American Express Co. is established to expand the company's international banking operations. 1958: The American Express travel-and-entertainment card (the 'green card') is introduced. 1981: American Express acquires Shearson Loeb Rhoades Inc. 1982: American Express is reorganized under American Express Corp. 1987: The Optima Card is introduced. 1993: Harvey Golub becomes CEO; American Express wins federal government's travel and transportation system contract. 1999: American Express launches Blue, the first 'smart card' offered in the United States. American Express Company, a multibillion-dollar holding company whose subsidiaries pro Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.