where do I go to authenticate old railroad documents and tickets from 1892-1950`s?

Question

I have several traveling vouchers,and freight documents with original signatures all over them from the late 1890`s. ,Union Pacific Railroad,I need them valued or approx.value for some over 110 years old

Answer 1

I have collected railroad paper for over 10 years.

There are no real bonafied authenticating authorities of RR paper. Just us collectors.

The value of most vouchers, tickets, freight bills, etc. though is not generally very high. The exception is some small, defunct and historic railroads. The UP like most giant RR's produced a great deal of paper items so UP items are not rare, unless they predate about 1875, which are very rare.

UP tickets and freight bill generally sell for $3-5.00 on e-bay. Most all such items were signed at that time by a freight or ticket agent so the signatures do not add value. It is unlikely that they are not authentic as no one would really bother to produce forgeries of items that are not worth hundreds or thousands of dollars.

You can e-mail me some scans of some of what you have and I'd be happy to tell you what I think. I'll let you know if I think there is anything unusual about what you have that would add value.

Answer 2

hi any experienced stamp and coin dealer can help as they also have the contacts for different stuff like of what you have or any antiques and collectibles shop/dealer.Contacts below