Sale 1231 — The James P. Myerson Collection of Superb United States Stamps

Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 9-10 February, 2021

*A buyer’s premium of 18% of the winning bid was added as part of the total purchase price on all lots in this sale. Buyers were responsible for applicable sales tax, customs duty and any other prescribed charges. By placing a bid, bidders agreed to the terms and conditions in effect at the time of the sale.

Category — 1898 Trans-Mississippi Issue (Scott 285-293)

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Lot

Symbol

Photo/Description

Cat./Est. Value

Realized

211

Sale 1231, Lot 211, 1898 Trans-Mississippi Issue (Scott 285-293)

$1.00 Trans-Mississippi (292). Outstanding centering with wide margins, intense shade on bright paper, unobtrusive circular cancels

EXTREMELY FINE GEM USED EXAMPLE OF THE $1.00 TRANS-MISSISSIPPI ISSUE.

The $1.00 Trans-Mississippi is widely considered to be one of the most beautiful designs in U.S. philately. The picture is supposed to portray cattle in the American West and is labeled "Western Cattle In Storm" at bottom. However, the subject of the original painting by J. A. MacWhirter, who specialized in romantic landscapes and first exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy at the age of 14, was cattle in the West Highlands of Scotland.

With 2016 P.S.E. certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $4,000.00). Only four grade higher.

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