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Columbian Exposition Issue
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Columbian_Exposition_Issue
GPTKB entity
Statements (54)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:post_office
gptkbp:category
gptkb:post_office
United States postage stamps
Commemorative stamps
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:denomination
$1
$2
$5
10 cents
5 cents
50 cents
1 cent
2 cents
15 cents
$3
$4
3 cents
30 cents
4 cents
6 cents
8 cents
gptkbp:designer
gptkb:Bureau_of_Engraving_and_Printing
gptkbp:exhibits
gptkb:World's_Columbian_Exposition
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Columbian Exposition Issue
gptkbp:issuedBy
gptkb:post_office
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Chicago
gptkbp:notableCollection
highly collectible
gptkbp:notableFor
first commemorative stamps issued by the United States
first U.S. stamps to feature a $5 denomination
first U.S. stamps to feature a pictorial design
gptkbp:notableStamp
gptkb:$3_Columbus_in_Chains
gptkb:$5_Columbus
gptkb:10c_Columbus_Presenting_Natives
gptkb:15c_Columbus_Announcing_His_Discovery
gptkb:1c_Columbus_in_Sight_of_Land
gptkb:2c_Landing_of_Columbus
gptkb:30c_Columbus_at_La_Rabida
gptkb:3c_Flagship_of_Columbus
gptkb:4c_Fleet_of_Columbus
gptkb:50c_Recall_of_Columbus
gptkb:5c_Columbus_Soliciting_Aid_of_Isabella
gptkb:6c_Columbus_Welcomed_at_Barcelona
gptkb:8c_Columbus_Restored_to_Favor
16
$1 Columbus in Sight of Land
$2 Columbus in Chains
$4 Isabella and Columbus
gptkbp:printTechnology
engraved
gptkbp:purpose
commemorate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's voyage
gptkbp:theme
gptkb:Christopher_Columbus
gptkb:World's_Columbian_Exposition
gptkbp:year
1893
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:U.S._postage_stamps
gptkbp:bfsLayer
5