Columbus in chains 

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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
1115555
Area
Stamps
Title
Columbus in chains
Face value
2
Country / area
United States of America (USA)
Year
1893
Month
01
Day
02
Issue group
1893 Colombian World's Fair
Order Number in Issue
13
Basic colour
Red
Exact colour
Brown red
Usage
Postage
Type
Stamp
Theme / topic
Commemoration, Explorers, Painters
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Columbus, Christopher (1451-1506), Leutze, Emanuel (1816-1868)
Item subject
Naar het schilderij ''Return of Columbus in Chains to Cadiz'' van Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (1816-1868)
Michel number
85
Yvert number
93
Scott number
242
Stanley Gibbons number
247
Designer/Engraver
Major, Alfred Sarony [1854-1929], Ronaldson, Douglas Stewart [1825-1902], Skinner, Charles (1841-1932)
Printing office
American Bank Note Company
Perforation
Line perforation 12
Watermark
Without watermark
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Steel engraving
Paper
Gum
Print run
45.550
Dimensions / diameter
Details