Robert A. Heinlein -related? certificate 1939-43 Baltimore Ohio Railroad Co. WW2

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This auction is for a great Railroad Stock Certificate. This particular certificate listed in the Krause Standard catalog of Stocks and Bonds. It can be found on page 47 and the catalog value is .00. Please remember that this is an estimate of what the catalog compiler thinks is a reasonable price for collectors to pay for the certificate. Since the certificate is cancelled, there is no value for it on the stock market.
Company Name:
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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Owner's name and date of purchase:  George J. Heinlein, was he a relative of famous sci-fi author
Robert A. Heinlein?  Issued in 1939, cancelled in 1943.
State(s) of operation: Maryland, then various.
Has beautiful engraving of original horse-drawn "train." Shares were for par value of 0.00 each.
History:
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (reporting marks B&O, BO) was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States, with its first section opening in 1830. Merchants from the city of Baltimore, which had benefited to some extent from the construction of the National Road early in the century, wanted to continue to compete for trade with trans-Appalachian settlers with the newly constructed Erie Canal (which served New York City), another canal being proposed by Pennsylvania (which would have connected Philadelphia and Pittsburgh), the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (which connected to the nation's capital, Washington, D.C., although it never reached Ohio), and the James River Canal, which directed traffic toward Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia. At first, the B&O was located entirely in the state of Maryland, its original line extending from the port of Baltimore west to Sandy Hook (opened in 1834). There it connected with Harper's Ferry (by boat) across the Potomac into Virginia, and also with the navigable Shenandoah River.
Most all checks bonds and stock certificates have been cancelled, so will have staple holes, cancellation holes, ink stamps or other types of cancellations and
notations. Often they have been folded.
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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.