Transcontinental RR Union Pacific FDC
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| Management number | 14500021 | Release Date | 2025/10/02 | List Price | $21.33 | Model Number | 14500021 | ||
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Transcontinental Railroad Union Pacific No. 119 FDC First Day Issue 2019
Transcontinental Railroad Union Pacific FDC First Day Issue 2019
The First Transcontinental Railroad (known originally as the "Pacific Railroad" and later as the "Overland Route") was a 1,912-mile (3,077 km) continuous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail network at Council Bluffs, Iowa with the Pacific coast at the Oakland Long Wharf on San Francisco Bay. The rail line was built by three private companies over public lands provided by extensive US land grants. Construction was financed by both state and US government subsidy bonds as well as by company issued mortgage bonds. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built 132 mi (212 km) of track from the roads western terminus at Alameda/Oakland to Sacramento, California. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California (CPRR) constructed 690 mi (1,110 km) eastward from Sacramento to Promontory Summit, Utah
| Category | Vintage & collectibles > Paper ephemera > Postcard |
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| Condition | New |
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