Golden Spike Ceremony Stamp

From: "Henk van Zutphen" Henk.vanZutphen@inter.nl.net

The question I am going to ask you, may be somewhat odd, coming from a philatelist, but it really has to do with the Ogden Railway Station I was told.

[Also] In my collection is a stamp from 1944 showing the “Golden Spike Ceremony” in 1869:

[After a mural in the Union Pacific depot in Salt Lake City.]

As you can see, the smoke from the locomotive and the flag are moving in opposite directions, which is at least remarkable. Such an error in the design of a post stamp is worth collecting. But… I read that the scene is taken from a wall painting in the Railway Station of Ogden. Now my question is: was the error already on the original wall painting? If not, then it was probably made by the engraver just to make it possible to have the flag visible in the outline of the scene on the stamp? I already had contact with Lee Witten from the Ogden Union Station who told me that he has no picture of the original painting any more. Now my hope is that you might have one in your museum. Can you help me?

If possible, would you be so kind as to send me a picture of the original wall painting? ...

—Henk van Zutphen, Bergharen, Netherlands