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50c Sage Green, Trans-Mississippi (291). Mint N.H. with wide top plate no. 603 selvage, radiant color, choice centering with wide marginsEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A BEAUTIFUL MINT NEVER-HINGED TOP POSITION PLATE NUMBER EXAMPLE OF THE 50-CENT TRANS-MISSISSIPPI ISSUE.
With 2021 P.F. certificate (XF 90). By way of comparison, P.S.E. has graded only eight higher -- six at 95 and two at 98 -- but that is without regard to a plate number. None of the higher graded examples we have offered had a plate number.
50c Sage Green, Trans-Mississippi (291). Mint N.H., brilliant color and bright paper, choice centering with wide margins, long and full perforationsFRESH AND EXTREMELY FINE GEM MINT NEVER-HINGED 50-CENT TRANS-MISSISSIPPI.
Ex "World's Fair". With 2014 P.S.E. and 1970 and 2021 P.F. certificates.
50c Sage Green, Trans-Mississippi (291). Mint N.H., with wide top imprint selvage, deep rich color and proof-like impression, beautiful centeringEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A STUNNING MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 50-CENT TRANS-MISSISSIPPI ISSUE, GRADED XF-SUPERB 95 BY THE P.F. A DIFFICULT ISSUE TO OBTAIN IN SUCH SUPERB CONDITION.
The design of the 50c Trans-Mississippi is based on a drawing by Frederic Remington titled Gold Bug, which was published in 1897 in New York as part of a series of drawings. It depicts a single prospector in a barren landscape, hammer in one hand and a gold prospecting pan in the other, with his dog and two pack mules. The design was originally considered for the $2.00 (an essay is known) but it was ultimately used for the 50c.
The 50c Trans-Mississippi is extremely scarce in well-centered condition. It also seems that fewer 50c stamps exist in Mint N.H. condition, relative to the dollar values of the set. The combination of Extremely Fine centering and Mint N.H. condition is exponentially rarer.
With 2021 P.F. certificate (XF-Superb 95). By way of comparison P.S.E.'s Population Report contains only six at this grade with two higher (at 98).
50c Sage Green, Trans-Mississippi (291). Mint N.H., rich color, faint diagonal gum bend noted on certificate is very minor, Very Fine, with 2018 P.S.E. certificate
50c Sage Green, Trans-Mississippi (291). Mint N.H., deep rich color and detailed impression, essentially perfectly centered with wide and balanced marginsEXTREMELY FINE. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 50-CENT TRANS-MISSISSIPPI ISSUE. A VERY DIFFICULT STAMP TO FIND IN THE HIGHER GRADES.
The 50c Trans-Mississippi is extremely scarce in well-centered condition. It also seems that fewer 50c stamps exist in Mint N.H. condition, relative to the dollar values of the set. The combination of Extremely Fine centering and Mint N.H. condition is exponentially rarer.
With 2000 and 2012 P.F. certificates (XF-Superb 95)
50c Trans-Mississippi (291). Mint N.H., choice centering with wide margins, long and full perforationsFRESH AND EXTREMELY FINE MINT NEVER-HINGED 50-CENT TRANS-MISSISSIPPI.
With 1970 P.F. and 2014 P.S.E. certificates
50c Trans-Mississippi (291). Mint N.H., with wide bottom imprint selvage, Very Fine and attractive, with 2007 P.F. certificate (F-VF 75)
50c Trans-Mississippi (291). Mint N.H. with bottom selvage, rich color, detailed impression, Very Fine, with 2018 P.F. certificate
50c Trans-Mississippi (291). Mint N.H., vibrant color on post-office fresh paper, Very Fine
50c Trans-Mississippi (291). Mint N.H., deep rich color and proof-like impression, well-balanced marginsEXTREMELY FINE MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 50-CENT TRANS-MISSISSIPPI ISSUE.
With 2000 P.F. certificate