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The Robert R. Hall Collection of Outstanding United States Stamps continued...

1898 Trans-Mississippi Issue (Scott 285-293) continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
510 ogbl Image50c Trans-Mississippi (291). Bottom imprint and plate no. 603 block of four with reduced selvage, original gum, top stamps small h.r., bottom stamps lightly hinged, rich color, small piece of selvage used to rejoin perf separations in selvage

FINE-VERY FINE ORIGINAL-GUM PLATE BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE 50-CENT TRANS-MISSISSIPPI ISSUE.

Plate number 603 is the only plate number recorded for this issue (Image)

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 17,500.00

SOLD for $3,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
511 nh Image$1.00 Trans-Mississippi (292). Mint N.H., intense shade, detailed impression, wide and well-proportioned margins

EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE $1.00 TRANS-MISSISSIPPI ISSUE.

With 2003 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 $ 3,500.00

SOLD for $5,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
512 ogbl Image$1.00 Trans-Mississippi (292). Block of four, original gum, top stamps h.r., bottom stamps lightly hinged, intense shade and detailed impression, reperfed at right

FINE-VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN ATTRACTIVE ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE $1.00 TRANS-MISSISSIPPI ISSUE.

This is widely regarded as the most beautiful design in U.S. philately. (Image)

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 5,250.00

SOLD for $3,250.00
Will close during Public Auction
513 ogbl Image$1.00 Trans-Mississippi (292). Bottom imprint and plate no. 606 block of four, original gum, the gum is pristine except for tiny traces of hinge-sliver removal at points where perfs were reinforced and a small faint hinge mark in selvage, appears never-hinged at first glance

FINE-VERY FINE. A REMARKABLY FRESH AND LIGHTLY-HINGED IMPRINT AND PLATE NUMBER BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE $1.00 TRANS-MISSISSIPPI ISSUE, WHICH IS WIDELY REGARDED AS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL STAMP IN U.S. PHILATELY.

The $1.00 stamp issued for the Trans-Mississippi Exposition was based on an image of cattle in a storm in an engraving by C. O. Murray, a copy of which was loaned to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing by Mrs. C. B. Johnson. The engraving was used as a trademark by an American cattle company, but the image originated in an oil painting by J. A. MacWhirter entitled "The Vanguard", which depicts cattle in the West Highlands of Scotland. The Post Office Department was embarrassed when the painting was identified as the property of the Lord Blyworth, who was sent a formal apology and philatelic memento through the British Ambassador. The memento, a proof item, was donated to the Royal Philatelic Society by Lord Blysworth and hangs today on the walls of the Royal. (Image)

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 37,500.00

SOLD for $20,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
514   Image$1.00 Trans-Mississippi (292). Detailed impression, wide margins, unobtrusive strikes of double oval cancels, Extremely Fine, a beautiful stamp, with 1994 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 $ 725.00

SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction
515 og Image$2.00 Trans-Mississippi (293). Slightly disturbed original gum, attractive margins and centering, two corner creases at top left, Extremely Fine appearance (Image)

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 $ 1,900.00

SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction
516   Image$2.00 Trans-Mississippi (293). Bright shade, neat "King's Point Station N.Y." double oval cancel, fresh and Fine, with 1981 A.P.S. and 1992 P.F. certificates (Image)

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 $ 1,100.00

SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
517 ogbl Image$2.00 Trans-Mississippi (293). Block of four, original gum, lightly hinged, rich color and proof-like impression, choice centering

VERY FINE ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE $2.00 TRANS-MISSISSIPPI ISSUE.

With 2004 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 8,000.00

SOLD for $6,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
518 ogbl Image$2.00 Trans-Mississippi (293). Bottom imprint and plate no. 613 block of four, original gum, very lightly hinged, rich color and proof-like impression

EXTREMELY FINE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE IMPRINT AND PLATE NUMBER BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE $2.00 TRANS-MISSISSIPPI ISSUE. WITHOUT QUESTION ONE OF THE TWO OR THREE FINEST IN TERMS OF CENTERING, FRESHNESS AND GUM.

The design of the $2.00 Trans-Mississippi depicts the Eads bridge, which spans the Mississippi River at St. Louis. The original engraving was used on the admission ticket to the Republican Convention of 1896, which nominated McKinley as candidate for president. The stamp, issued during the McKinley Administration, illustrates the natural boundary between East and West and so was appropriate for the Trans-Mississippi Issue. All of the $2.00 Trans-Mississippi stamps were printed in a single day's run on June 3, 1898.

There are perhaps three imprint and plate number blocks of six in existence. The imprint and plate number block of four format is also extremely rare. (Image)

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 100,000.00

SOLD for $67,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

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