Prices of US Stamp Scott Cat. 293: 1898 US$2.00 Trans Mississippi Exposition: Mississippi River Bridge. Page 16

() U.S.; General Issues, 1898, $2 Trans-Mississippi, #293. Regummed, short perfs at upper right, centered, Fine appearing. Scott $825. Estimate $250.

Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries, May 2012, Sale 93, Lot 329

U.S.; General Issues, 1898, $2 Trans-Mississippi, #293. O.g. (h.r.), small thin, well centered, centered Very Fine, PSAG (2011) cert. Scott $1,800. Estimate $600.

Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries, May 2012, Sale 93, Lot 328

U.S.; General Issues, 1898, $2 Trans-Mississippi, #293. N.h., imprint single, Fine. Scott $5,750. Estimate price $1,000.

Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries, May 2012, Sale 93, Lot 327

o U.S.; General Issues, 1898, $2 Trans-Mississippi, #293. Used, thin, s.e. at right, Average. Scott $1,100. Estimate $100.

Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries, May 2012, Sale 93, Lot 333

o U.S.; General Issues, 1898, $2 Trans-Mississippi, #293. Used, short perf at bottom, Fine. Scott $1,100. Estimate price $200.

Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries, May 2012, Sale 93, Lot 332

o U.S.; General Issues, 1898, $2 Trans-Mississippi, #293. Lightly canc’d., tiny ironed out corner crease, centered, Fine to Very Fine appearing. Scott $1,100. Estimate value $350.

Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries, May 2012, Sale 93, Lot 331

() U.S.; General Issues, 1898, $2 Trans-Mississippi, #293. Unused, perfs cut, Average. Scott $825. Estimate price $150.

Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries, May 2012, Sale 93, Lot 330

1898, $2 Trans-Miss. (Scott 293), expertly regummed, a wonderful well centered example with bold color, looks to have fresh full o.g. at first glance and would fool most collectors and even some dealers, Very Fine to Extremely Fine. Scott $825 Estimate value $750 – 1,000.

Daniel Kelleher Auctions, Apr 2012, Sale 629, Lot 275

1898, $2 Trans-Miss. (Scott 293), absolutely gorgeous top margin plate number single, o.g., very lightly hinged, fabulously well centered amid generous margins all around, brilliant fresh color, eye catching example showing wide top sheet margin, a scarce position piece on this dollar denomination Trans Mississippi high value; selvage rejoined, most likely strengthened, Extremely Fine to Superb, 2012 PSE certificate and 2005 P.F. certificate (with nio mention of rejoining). Scott $1,800 Estimate price $2,000 – 3,000.

Daniel Kelleher Auctions, Apr 2012, Sale 629, Lot 273

1898, $2 Trans-Miss. (293), rich color and lightly hinged original gum, exceptionally fresh and Fine. Scott value $1,800

Matthew Bennett International, Mar 2012, Sale 344, Lot 4479

$2.00 Trans-Mississippi (Scott 293). Beautifully centered with wide margins all around, rich color on bright paper, lightly-struck circular datestamp at lower right EXTREMELY FINE USED EXAMPLE OF THE $2.00 TRANS-MISSISSIPPI ISSUE. With 1991 P.F. certificate

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Mar 2012, Sale 1019, Lot 655

$2.00 Trans-Mississippi (Scott 293). Unused, regummed covering small thin spot and light corner crease, rich color, Extremely Fine appearance, with 1985 P.F. certificate

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Mar 2012, Sale 1019, Lot 654

$2.00 Trans-Mississippi (Scott 293). Block of four, rich color, four strikes of New York oval registry cancel, well-centered throughout, each stamp affected by creasing as the block was apparently folded at one time, though creases are less obvious from front VERY FINE APPEARING AND EXTREMELY RARE USED BLOCK OF THE $2.00 TRANS-MISSISSIPPI ISSUE. Used dollar-value 19th Century commemorative blocks are extremely scarce, if only for the fact that this $8.00 face-value postage is worth more than $200 in today’s inflation-adjusted dollars. This block comes from an old-time collection and has never before been offered at auction. It is the first used block we have offered since our 2001 Twigg-Smith sale, and Power Search turned up only four or five other blocks.

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Mar 2012, Sale 1019, Lot 656

$2.00 Trans-Mississippi (Scott 293). Original gum, lightly hinged, rich color on fresh paper, beautifully balanced margins EXTREMELY FINE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE $2.00 TRANS-MISSISSIPPI ISSUE. With 1993 P.F. certificate

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Mar 2012, Sale 1019, Lot 651

$2.00 Trans-Mississippi (Scott 293). Original gum, lightly hinged, unusually choice centering and margins for this difficult high value, detailed impression and rich color EXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN OUTSTANDING LIGHTLY-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE $2.00 TRANS-MISSISSIPPI ISSUE, WHICH HAS BEEN GRADED XF-SUPERB 95 BY P.S.E. The $2.00 Trans-Mississippi Issue is widely regarded as being the most difficult denomination of the series to obtain with any decent-size margins. The margins are almost always narrow on the $2.00, making it difficult for collectors of Gem-quality stamps to fill this space in their albums. With 1999 and 2005 P.F. certificates (OGph, XF-Superb 95). With 2006 P.S.E. certificate (OGph, XF-Superb 95, SMQ $5,400.00). Only one example in any condition category has graded higher to date (hinged, at 98)

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Mar 2012, Sale 1019, Lot 650