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Trans-Mississippi issue of United States

  • US_stamp_1898_1c_Marquette_on_the_Mississippi.jpg
  • US_stamp_1898_2c_Farming_in_the_West.jpg
  • US_stamp_1898_4c_Indian_Hunting_Buffalo.jpg
  • Colnect-5978-665-Major-General-John-C-Fr%C3%A9mont-1813-1890-former-US-senator.jpg
  • US_stamp_1898_8c_Troops_Guarding_Train.jpg
  • US_stamp_1898_10c_Hardships_of_Emigration.jpg
  • Colnect-5046-712-Western-Mining-Prospector.jpg
  • Stamp_US_1898_1dollar_Trans-Miss.jpg
  • Colnect-200-406-Mississippi-River-Bridge-St-Louis.jpg
Short desc: Trans-Mississippi

Issuer: United States
Date: 6/17/1898
Occasion: Trans-Mississippi Exposition


Consists of 9 stamps: (See stamps as list)

1c dkyelgrn d=Marquette on the Mississipi
2c copred d=farming in the West
4c org d=Indian hunting buffalo
5c dlbl d=Fremont on Rocky Mountains
8c viobrn d=troops guarding wagon train
10c grayvio d=hardships of emigration
50c sagegrn d=Western Mining Prospector
$1 blk d=Western cattle in storm
$2 orgbrn d=Mississippi River bridge

All are wmk=double line USPS perf=12


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