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1) I am happy to sell to anyone who is able to use the eBay International program, where I ship to their hub in the USA and eBay then sends it on to you. However, if you are outside the USA and buy multiple lots, I cannot send you an invoice and you may have to pay separate s/h for every lot, which is quite expensive. That is beyond my control.

2) Due to eBay's invoicing policies, generally a maximum of 20 items can be put on an invoice. 

3) Please wait for me to send an invoice before you pay. I send all items insured or at least with a tracking number. The cost of this is included in the total s/h cost of listed in the ordering information. 

4) Wins from the same day will be combined for combined s/h savings, but not for auctions over more than one week. Thanks!

5) I combine postage, so multiple items will be sent together for the higher of the shipping prices quoted. (For example, if you win a banknote with a $4.99 stated s/h rate and a heavier coin set with a $5.49 quoted s/h rate, they will be sent together and your total s/h would be $5.49. 

6) I will combine the first 4 wins at the highest quoted price. After 4 wins I will charge an extra 25 cents per item sent at the same time, in addition to the base s/h.

7) Books will likely be sent media rate and may have to be sent separately from non-book items. Ask if you have questions on shipping.

My inventory tracking is: #A0418.

This is a great antique stock certificate. Nice printed vignette of Pennsylvania State Coat of Arms at top front.

Includes 3 Federal Revenue Stamps on reverse.

Company: Pennsylvania Railroad Company

Date: 5th April, 1938

Account holder:  Bertha Ora Wilson, for 10 shares.

HISTORY: 

The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR), legal name The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, also known as the "Pennsy", was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia. It was named for the commonwealth in which it was established. At its peak in 1882, the Pennsylvania Railroad was the largest railroad (by traffic and revenue), the largest transportation enterprise, and the largest corporation in the world.

Over its existence, Pennsylvania Railroad acquired, merged with, or owned part of at least 800 other rail lines and companies. At the end of 1926, it operated 11,640.66 miles (18,733.83 kilometers) of rail line; in the 1920s, it carried nearly three times the traffic as other railroads of comparable length, such as the Union Pacific and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroads. Its only formidable rival was the New York Central Railroad (NYC), which carried around three-quarters of the Pennsy's ton-miles.

In 1968, the Pennsylvania Railroad merged with New York Central and the railroad eventually went by the name of Penn Central Transportation Company, or "Penn Central" for short. The former competitors' networks integrated poorly with each other, and the railroad filed for bankruptcy within two years.

Bankruptcy continued and on April 1, 1976, the railroad gave up its railroad assets, along with the assets of several other failing northeastern railroads, to a new railroad named Consolidated Rail Corporation, or Conrail for short. Conrail was itself purchased and split up in 1999 between the Norfolk Southern Railway and CSX Transportation, with Norfolk Southern getting 58 percent of the system, including nearly all of the remaining former Pennsylvania Railroad trackage.

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Certificates are generally cancelled with punch cancellations, ink stamps, or both. May have staples or staple holes, etc.

I have a number of other beautiful postal items, financial documents, banknotes and stock and bond certificates, as well as other historic items currently listed on eBay, so please see my other auctions.