Trans-Mississippi Issue (postage stamps)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:post_office
gptkbp:color issued as single color
originally planned as bi-color
gptkbp:date June 17, 1898
gptkbp:denomination $1
$2
$5
10 cents
5 cents
50 cents
1 cent
2 cents
4 cents
8 cents
gptkbp:designer gptkb:Raymond_Ostrander_Smith
gptkbp:engravedWith gptkb:William_H._Cottrell
gptkb:Douglas_S._Ronaldson
gptkb:Edward_M._Hall
gptkb:George_F._C._Smillie
gptkb:L._S._Schofield
gptkb:Marcus_W._Baldwin
gptkb:Robert_F._Ponickau
gptkb:William_B._Wells
William H. Haskell
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Trans-Mississippi Issue (postage stamps)
gptkbp:issuedBy gptkb:post_office
gptkbp:locationOfExposition gptkb:Omaha,_Nebraska
gptkbp:notableFor considered among most beautiful U.S. stamps
gptkbp:notableStamp gptkb:$1_Black_Bull_(Western_Cattle_in_Storm)
gptkb:$2_Mississippi_River_Bridge
9
$5 Bridge at Council Bluffs
gptkbp:purpose Commemorate the Trans-Mississippi Exposition
gptkbp:reasonForSingleColor Spanish-American War cost and time constraints
gptkbp:reissued 1998
bi-color as originally intended
gptkbp:reissuePurpose 100th anniversary
gptkbp:subject gptkb:American_West
gptkb:Native_Americans
gptkb:explorer
gptkb:livestock
gptkb:transportation
agriculture
bridges
farming
railroads
pioneers
frontier life
riverboats
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Trans-Mississippi_Exposition_(1898)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6