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US Stamp #286 - 1898 2¢ Trans-Mississippi Exposition, EzGrade™ G (Good) , NH (Never Hinged) , Used EzGrade™ G (Good) NH (Never Hinged). Used Condition. This comes with a Certificate of Measurement & Grading from EzGrade.™ View Photo for details on stamps. I have listed photos of the exact stamps you should receive, both Front and Back Series: Trans-Mississippi Philatelic Exposition Issue Face value: 2 ¢ - United States cent First Day of Issue: June 17, 1898 First Day City: National Release Quantity issued: 159,720,800 (unknown quantity destroyed) Emission: Commemorative Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing Printing Method: Flat plate Watermark: None Perforation: 12 Color: Copper Red Farming in the West, Horses (Equus ferus caballus) 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 very large operations that grew and harvested wheat on a large scale. Trans-Mississippi Stamps Issued On June 17, 1898, the prized Trans-Mississippi stamps were issued as part of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition in Omaha, Nebraska. Because of this, they were sometimes called the Omahas. By 1898, the western part of the United States was beginning to flourish. Thousands of wagon trains had passed over its mountains, deserts, and Great Plains; transcontinental railroads now linked the West to the East; and many new states had been added to the Union. To call attention to the development of the land west of the Mississippi River, an international exposition was held in Omaha, Nebraska.