FREE: MINT NH US STAMP SCOTT'S # 897 Wyoming state seal

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MINT NH US STAMP SCOTT'S # 897
Wyoming state seal
Date Issued: 1940-07-10
Postage Value: 3 cents

Commemorative issue
Wyoming statehood 50th anniversary
Wyoming state seal
Westbound traffic became important to what is now Wyoming after John C. Fremont led an expedition across the area in 1842. Many mountain men found work as guides and providing supplies on newly developing trails to the West. The principal trail, which followed the Platte and Sweetwater Rivers, crossed the Continental Divide at South Pass. This was known first as the Oregon Trail. After Brigham Young led the Mormon migration through Wyoming into Utah in 1847, it became known as Mormon Trail. Later it was known as the California Trail and was used by the Pony Express and stagecoach lines until the Overland Trail opened to the south.

Ohio congressman John M. Ashley was the first to propose both the name "Wyoming" and territoriality. Wyoming was created out of what had been part of Oregon, Dakota, Utah, and Idaho territories. The building of the Union Pacific Railroad led to permanent settlements across the southern part of the state in 1867-1869. Cattle ranching grew as a business, in spite of the severe winter of 1887-1888. note : all stamps shipped asap and/or with in 7 day close of auction.

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mint stamp gum

: unused - a stamp that is not cancelled (used) , yet has had all the original gum removed. on early u.s. issues this is the condition that the majority of mint stamps exist in , as early collectors often soaked the gum off their stamps to avoid the possibility of gum drying and splitting

original gum (og) - a stamp that still retains the adhesive APPLIED when the stamp was made, yet has been hinged or has had some of gum removed.

never hinged (nh) - a stamp that is in " post office " condition with full gum that has never been hinged .