FREE: Columbian Exposition 1893 & Trans-Mississippi 1898

The listing, Columbian Exposition 1893 & Trans-Mississippi 1898 has ended.

2¢ Landing of Columbus used
U.S. Commemorative Postage Stamps First Issued in 1893
The Columbian Exposition Issue - Printed by the American Bank Note Company
100 Subject Plates (All of the 1¢ and some of the 2¢ stamps were printed on 200 subject plates)
Unwatermarked, Perf 12 , Soft Porous Paper

The Trans-Mississippi Issue of 1898
Two
1¢ Marquette on the Mississippi one shown has a center flaw both are used
As with the Columbian Exposition Commemoratives of 1893 and the commemorative stamps that followed in the next few decades, the Trans-Mississippi commemoratives were issued to promote an exhibition, the "Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition" held in Omaha, Nebraska from July through November 1898.