US Stamp #286 - 1898 2¢ Trans-Mississippi Exposition, EzGrade™ VG (Very Good), Used LH (Lightly Hinged)

Used, EzGrade™ VG (Very Good), this comes with a Certificate of Measurement & Grading View Photo for details on stamps. I have listed photos of the exact stamps you should receive, both Front and Back

  • Face value: 2 ¢ - United States cent
  • Issue Date: June 17, 1898
  • Quantity issued: 159,720,800 (unknown quantity destroyed)
  • Emission: Commemorative
  • Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
  • Method: Flat plate
  • Watermark: None
  • Perforation: 12
  • Color: Brown violet

The 2¢ Trans-Mississippi Exposition stamp entitled “Farming in the West” pictures a team of horses plowing a wheat field. The design is based on a photograph taken in the field of the Amenia and Sharon Land Company, a 27,000 acre “bonanza farm” in North Dakota. Bonanza farms were exceptionally large operations that grew and harvested wheat on a large scale.