Sujet

1c Columbus in Sight of Land single, 1893. Creator: American Bank Note Company.

Légende

1c Columbus in Sight of Land single, 1893. Mint. Design of the stamp is an engraving called "Columbus in Sight of Land" believed to be after a painting by W. H. Powell. Printed in sheets of 200, cut into panes of 50 for distribution. A few sheets of 100 remain intact today, as well as panes of 50. Quantity issued: 440,195,550.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A89_096

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,8Mo (3,3Mo) / 42,0cm x 30,3cm / 4960 x 3583 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation Europe blue people male group man men communication communications old aged education country money finance local exploration guy ship ships view continent European color deck New World native Native American location century Colonial vista arrival ink concept navigation stamp arriving cent collecting navigator American Indian lettering engraved engraving philately United States of America Colour Smithsonian Institution on deck postal service postage stamp capital letter 19th century stamp collecting water transport Educational Institution 16th century nineteenth century postage stamps sixteenth century American historic America USA colonialism colonisation scientific institution Christopher Columbus perforated indigenous engraving ink portrait on board united states Christopher Columbus view to land Cristobal Colon paper William Henry Powell Powell William Henry Powell George William Henry George William Henry Powell Powell George William George William Powell Heritage Art 19th-century Postage Stamps National Postal Museum American Bank Note Company 1 cent ink (deep blue) engraving