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1898 Trans-Mississippi issues

Scott 285, 1¢, plate number 601

Scott 285P4, proof plate number 592 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 286, 2¢, plate number 608

Scott 286P4, proof on card, plate number 608 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 287, 4¢, plate number 636

Scott 287P4, proof on card, plate number 599 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 288, 5¢, plate number 614

Scott 288 var, 5¢, captured plate number 618

Scott 288 var, 5¢, captured plate number 612, double perforations at bottom (Image courtesy of Bill Langs)

Scott 288P4, proof on card, plate number 602 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 289, 8¢, plate number 643

Scott 289a, 8¢ imperforate horizontally error, plate number 609

(Image courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries, from the Bill Gross collection)

Scott 289P4, proof on card, plate number 609 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 290, 10¢, plate number 604

Scott 290 var, 10¢, misperfed in selvage, plate number 617

Scott 290P4, proof on card, plate number 604 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 291, 50¢, plate number 603

Scott 291P4, proof on card, olive green as issued, plate number 603 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 291TC, proof plate number 603, printed in the incorrect gray black color of the 10¢ value, plate number 603 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 292, $1, Plate number 606

Scott 293, $2, plate number 613

Scott 293P, $2 proof on paper, plate number 613 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 293P4, $2 proof on card, plate number 613 (Image courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries, from the Bill Gross collection)

These stamps were originally planned as bicolored issues, with the central portraits in black. They were switched to single color designs to save money during the economic crisis. A century later, the original bicolor designs were issued in souvenir sheet format, but the new stamps were issued without plate numbers.

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