Columbian Issue

GPTKB entity

Statements (63)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Postage stamp series
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:depicts Historical events related to Columbus
Portraits of Christopher Columbus
Scenes from Columbus's voyages
gptkbp:designer gptkb:Bureau_of_Engraving_and_Printing
gptkbp:exhibitedAt gptkb:World's_Columbian_Exposition
gptkbp:expositionYear 1893
gptkbp:faceValueTotal $16.34
gptkbp:highestDenomination $5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Columbian Issue
gptkbp:issuedBy gptkb:post_office
gptkbp:locationOfExposition gptkb:Chicago
gptkbp:lowestDenomination 1 cent
gptkbp:notableCollection Highly collectible
gptkbp:notableFor High face values for the time
Popular among collectors
First commemorative stamps issued by the United States
gptkbp:notableStamp gptkb:$1_Columbus_in_Sight_of_Land_stamp
gptkb:$2_Columbus_in_Chains_stamp
gptkb:$3_Queen_Isabella_and_Columbus_stamp
gptkb:$4_Isabella_stamp
gptkb:$5_Columbus_stamp
gptkb:10_cent_Columbus_Presenting_Natives_stamp
gptkb:15_cent_Columbus_Announcing_His_Discovery_stamp
gptkb:30_cent_Columbus_at_La_Rabida_stamp
gptkb:50_cent_Recall_of_Columbus_stamp
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gptkbp:printTechnology Engraved
gptkbp:purpose Commemorate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's voyage
gptkbp:theme gptkb:Christopher_Columbus
gptkbp:year 1893
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:10c_Columbus_Presenting_Natives
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:Landing_of_Columbus_(6_cents)
gptkb:Pictorial_Issue
gptkb:first_commemorative_U.S._postage_stamps
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7