This is my diabetic cat OBI! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
17 Nov 2022
10:12:48pm

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re: Do you include this stamp with your 1893 Columbian Stamps?

Sounds like a great idea since Venezuela #136 is very cheap and would fit nicely with the US series. I had no idea it existed before you showed this since I do not collect Venezuela. I have the entire US series, so I think I'll look for this as well and throw it with them. Did any other country issue a stamp like this as well?

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re: Do you include this stamp with your 1893 Columbian Stamps?

I would if I had one! Here's items I've included on my Columbian pages...



There was a full set of postcards. Unused they are fairly common because sets were widely sold by stamp dealers, aside from being available at the event. Still, they are in the $10 range. When I see one cheaper, I usually grab it.



They were printed on postal cards, this is the same for all the cards. Below are a few more I own...







And my favorite... an actual ticket for the event. Note the bank note quality!

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I'd like to post images of my own Columbian Expo items as well, but don't want to be accused of going off topic.

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re: Do you include this stamp with your 1893 Columbian Stamps?

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26 Nov 2022
08:01:03am

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re: Do you include this stamp with your 1893 Columbian Stamps?

Off topic response.

Does anyone have watermark information on the images that musicman, I'm very interested in finding out!

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Here is a display page of US watermarks and a closeup of the Columbian example;

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re: Do you include this stamp with your 1893 Columbian Stamps?

I also grab up anything related to US Worlds Fairs. As a kid I attended the 1964-65 Worlds Fair in New York. I wound up with some souvenirs my parents saved which got me interested in some research.

It's interesting that it was the same location as the 1939 Worlds Fair and reused the grounds and surviving buildings. And it's rich in history. The New York City Building, which was NYCs official pavilion at the 1939-40 fair and the 1964-65 fair, was also used as the United Nations General Assembly Building upon the UN founding. It is now the Queens Museum, which as a large Worlds Fair collection.

And a bit more trivia-- the original tram cars from the 1939 fair are still in use today on the Wildwood, NJ boardwalk. And wait, there's more... the Sightseers from the 1964 fair were used on the Atlantic City boardwalk. A few of these still exist today and one of them was restored on a tv show "American Restoration" a few years ago. I have collected many postcards from both fairs.

I also get a kick out of the buildings from Worlds Fairs that survive today. From the Columbian Expo in 1893 The "Art Institute of Chicago and the "Museum of Science and Industry" are currently in buildings built for the expo.

And the most famous is the Eifel Tower. It was built to be the main attraction at the Paris Worlds Fair in 1889, as the tallest building in the world! It was originally supposed to be there for a short time, and it was so popular that it still exists today as a world known landmark. (for the record I've been to the top of the Eifel Tower)

In my career as a facilities professional, it was common for management to want to cheap out on buildings and projects. They'd say, "It's only temporary!" and I'd respond, "The Eifel Tower was temporary and look what happened!"

This is my diabetic cat OBI! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
31 Dec 2023
07:01:30pm

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re: Do you include this stamp with your 1893 Columbian Stamps?

The last few of the Columbian series are quite expensive. I was lucky, someone here listed the last four mint for a very sensible price! Good luck!