U.S. #2747
1993 29¢ Oregon Trail

Issue Date: February 12, 1993
City: Salem, OR
Quantity: 110,000,000

Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Printing Method: Lithographed, engraved

Perforations: 11

Color: Multicolored

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U.S. #2747
1993 29¢ Oregon Trail

Issue Date: February 12, 1993
City: Salem, OR
Quantity: 110,000,000

Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Printing Method: Lithographed, engraved

Perforations: 11

Color: Multicolored

The longest overland route used in the westward expansion of the United States, the Oregon Trail wound 2,000 miles across prairies, deserts, and mountains. A chief route to the Northwest in the mid-1800s, thousands of pioneers traveled along this historic trail. Although settlers began using the trail as early as 1841, it wasn't until 1843 that the first large-scale immigration to the Oregon Territory took place.