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| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 227° |  |
 $1.00 Trans-Mississippi (292). Left pane of 50, including top and bottom imprint and plate no. 606 blocks and left arrow block, natural straight edge at right, superb impression and deep shade, fresh bright
paper and full original gum (see notes on gum below), some perf separations mainly along horizontal row above guideline, top plate block is Fine, bottom plate block is nearly Fine, balance of sheet ranges from Fine to Extremely FineTHERE ARE ONLY THREE RECORDED COMPLETE PANES OF THE ONE-DOLLAR TRANS-MISSISSIPPI, CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVED STAMP EVER ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES. A MAGNIFICENT ITEM AND SIGNIFICANT OFFERING AS THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ISSUE APPROACHES. The $1.00 stamp issued for the Trans-Mississippi exposition was based on an image of cattle in a storm in an engraving by C. O. Murray, a copy of which was loaned to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing by Mrs. C. bottom Johnson. The engraving was used as a trademark by an American cattle company, but the image originated in an oil painting by J. A. MacWhirter entitled "The Vanguard", which depicts cattle in the West Highlands of Scotland. The Post Office Department was embarrassed when the painting was identified as the property of the Lord Blyworth, who was sent a formal apology and philatelic memento through the British Ambassador. The memento, a proof item, was donated to the Royal Philatelic Society by Lord Blysworth and hangs today on the walls of the Royal. Gum and Scott Retail Value: In light of inconsistencies in Scott pricing of gum variable, we have carefully evaluated this sheet for prospective bidders. The Scott Catalogue assigns a 31% premium for Never Hinged gum to the plate block of four, but fails to assign any premium for the plate block of six. By applying the 31% premium to the $45,000 hinged value, we calculate a value of $58,950 for the top plate block of six in this pane. The bottom plate block is valued as hinged at $45,000. There are six Never Hinged blocks of four, for a total value of $45,600 as Never Hinged singles (there is no N.H. block value), using the 10% premium assigned to a hinged block versus four singles, the total value of six Never Hinged blocks is calculated at $50,160. There are six remaining Never Hinged stamps, including two corner sheet margin positions (T.L.) and four straight edge positions, for a total Scott value of $7,600. The remaining eight hinged stamps have a total Scott value of $10,000. In sum, the total Scott Retail value for the components of this pane should be $175,510.00, including appropriate Never Hinged and block premiums. All hinged stamps are lightly hinged. Ex Weill Brothers (Image Magnifier) |
E. 100,000-125,000 | 100,000.00 |
| 228° | |
 $1.00 Trans-Mississippi (292). Block of four, three lightly hinged, fourth has hinge mark, fresh and
Fine (Image Magnifier) |
5,500.00 | 3,000.00 |
| 229° |
 $1.00, $2.00 Trans-Mississippi (292, 293). $1.00 in strip of four and single, used together with $2.00 (reperfed at L.) and 50c Trans-Mississippi (291 with s.e.), 15c Indigo (274) and 4c Rose Brown (280,
reperfed one side) on large portion of package wrapper, tied together by multiple strikes of "Springfield Mass. Apr. 5 `99" duplex, ms. at bottom, "$7.69/3rd Class postage/`Pastoral' refused admission"A SPECTACULAR COMBINATION OF THE THREE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI HIGH VALUES. A note on back, written at a later date explains this notation: "This carried large Gold framed oil painting from Springfield to Greenfield." Evidently a commercial usage - as such, it is the highest-rated, non-philatelic Trans-Mississippi piece known to us. Ex Gibson (Image Magnifier) |
E. 5,000-7,500 | 6,500.00 |