Columbus describing third voyage 

Columbus describing third voyage
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Columbus describing third voyage

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
1115557
Area
Stamps
Title
Columbus describing third voyage
Face value
3
Country / area
United States of America (USA)
Year
1893
Month
01
Day
02
Issue group
1893 Colombian exposition
Order Number in Issue group
14
Usage
Postage
Type
Stamp
Basic colour
Green
Exact colour
Yellow green
Theme / topic
Commemoration, Explorers, Heads of State, Kings, Painters, Queens, Voyages of discovery
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Columbus, Christopher [1451-1506], Ferdinand II of Aragon [1452-1516], Isabella I of Castile [1451-1504] (Isabella the Catholic), Jover y Casanova, Francisco [1836-1890]
Item subject
Michel number
86
Yvert number
94
Scott number
243
Stanley Gibbons number
248
Designer/Engraver
Major, Alfred Sarony [1854-1929], Ronaldson, Douglas Stewart [1825-1902], Savage, Robert [1868-1943]
Printing office
American Bank Note Company
Perforation type
Line perforation
Number of teeth per 20 mm
12
Watermark
Without watermark
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Steel engraving
Paper
Gum
Water-activated gum (Lick & Stick, Wet adhesive)
Print run
27.650
Dimensions / diameter
37 x 26 mm
Details