1893 Columbian Exposition

Columbian Expo


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Is this just show and tell? Members here have a more complete set. Sixteen in total if you want them all.

Colombian stamps are most interesting. You will find stamp verities like the 232c broken hat and the 232 broken frame. These are the most known then you will find color varieties in the 4c and 10c most common. They are others as well. I think they are a good investment if bought property in used and mint states. You will find some of the higher values to be expensive as well as the color verities like the 234 4c. Good hunting and best of luck.

Uknjay

Seventeen if you count all of the issued colors; but few if any here have the 17th one, 233a.

What about 243a Olive Green? Or 244a Rose Carmine?
Unless you consider those shades rather than colors.
Then again, isn't ultramarine just another shade of blue?
Like Crimson Lake and Rose Carmine are different shades of red, and yet they have different catalog numbers and pale aniline rose does not. Strange.

233a is considered an EFO Error, using the wrong color, not shade, of ink. The other variations were within accepted production parameters and their use not considered an error of color.

Edit: Perhaps Scott will change the listing to standalone catalog number but they are inconsistent with how color errors are listed. Entered as a "minor" letter "a" while for others a full number such as 505 and its other perforated and imperforated ilk.

All catalog publishers are inconsistent with the use of nomenclature in a LOT of places. Not only have color names changed over time but there are also significant deltas between publishers.

Scott also is inconsistent in how it uses the term 're-engraved'; using it both for an existing plate that has been revised AND a brand-new plate that is a copy of the original.

In my opinion these inconsistencies causes confusion for hobbyists at every level of experience.
Don

Concerning the Columbian series, I am looking for more of the history on how the series came together. I borrowed Lauzon's book on the series from APRL. That book provided basics such as which works of art were used for the various vignettes, and how many of each stamp were printed. But I'm looking for the background on how or who proposed the issue, selected art subjects, and approved. Anyone?

Hi sandman,

Below are 4 links that might be helpful. I have the feeling that those sources barely scratch the surface of what you can find on the web. You may also want to more extensively search the APRL Library for more information.

https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibit...93/columbian

http://blog.stamplibrary.org/2015/0...-in-chicago/

https://siegelauctions.com/exhibits...nExhibit.pdf

https://www.kenmorestamp.com/1893-c...ition-stamps

Are there really color varieties of the 4c orange or is it just different states of oxidation

Hi Essay-proof.
Checked out those four sites. Thank you. Seigle had the most photos of blocks or covers. Postal Mus. and Stamp Library covered the basics of the 16 stamp issue.
Kenmore edged into history of the issue's development and printing.

Those who are interested in the history might start with chpt 18 of the
Encyclopedia of US Stamps, published by the USSSociety. Vol. 3 of Brookman's "19th Century Postage Stamps of the US" is also useful.

Currently trying to locate an article or book titled "Wanamaker's Columbians" by Heizman, year unknown. Also need to spend more time in the USPCS website.

> Is this just show and tell?
He has been posting some inherited stamps to this thread:
https://goscf.com/t/84517

Be careful when using Siegel images, they (like many other folks) have evolved over time in how the generate images, the ambient lighting, and how they save their image files.
For example, note their images of US #278

Don