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1893 Columbian Exposition Issue

1c  Columbus in Sight of Land

2c  Landing of Columbus

3c  Flagship of Columbus

4c  Fleet of Columbus

5c  Soliciting Aid from Isabella

6c  Columbus Welcomed at Barcelona

8c  Columbus Restored to Favor

10c Columbus Presenting Natives

15c Announcing His Discovery

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30c  Columbus at Rabida

50c  Recall of Columbus

$1   Isabella Pledging Jewels

$2   Columbus in Chains

$3   Columbus Describing Third Voyage

$4   Crimson Isabella and Columbus

$5   Columbus

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The World's Columbian Exposition was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. The centerpiece of the Fair, the large water pool, represented the long voyage Columbus took to the New World

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