Official 1893 Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition postal cards that include the one cent postage. These are the first commercially produced postcards to be sold to the general public at the Fair. These postal cards were issued mid-1892 to advertise to other world leaders and VIPs, the dedication ceremonies (held on October 21, 1892, but the fairgrounds were not opened to the public until May 1, 1893) and opening of the World’s Fair in 1893. The Official Seal is not present on these postal cards.
Published by the American Lithographic Company, New York.
Inter Ocean, December 8, 1892
For the reasons that led to the introduction of Columbian adhesive postage stamps arrangements have been made for issuing at the same time a special series of Columbian embossed stamped envelopes. The denominations are 1, 2, 5, and 10 cents. The design of the stamp is circular in form, of somewhat large size, and contains as the principal features the heads of Columbus and Liberty in profile with words to indicate the character and value of the stamp. The colors will be the same as those of the Columbian adhesive stamps of the corresponding denominations.
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- Agriculture Building
- Electricity Building
- Palace of Fine Arts Building
- Fish and Fisheries Building
- U. S. Governamnt Building
- Horticulture Building
- Machinery Hall
- Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building
- Mines and Mining Building
- U. S Navy Battleship Illinois
- Woman’s Building
- Transportation Building
- Back of Postcards
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