Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1893 — COLUMBUS POSTAGE STAMPS. [ARTICLE]

COLUMBUS POSTAGE STAMPS.

To be on sale for One Year and Then Withdrawn. What is expected to be the finest lot of postage stamps ever issued is now being prepared by the American Bank Note Company for the United States Government. The new issue will be a complete set of fifteen different values to commemorate the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by Columbus. The designs used were nearly all taken from celebrated paintings. The two-dollar stamp is, however, i fter a painting by Lentze, an American artist, who has painted several pictures for the Capitol. The stamps will be on sale for one year, and then will be withdrawn from general use. As a source of revenue to the Government the new stamps are expected to be very successful on account of the purchases of the stamp collectors. The following technical description of the newissue was given yesterday byUnited States Postage Stamp Agent Thomas A. H. Hay: One-Cent—“Columbus in Sight of Land,” after a painting by William H. Powell. On the left is an Indian woman with her child, and on the right an Indian man with headdress and feathers. The figures are in a sitting posture. Color, antwerp blue. Two Cent—“ Landing of Columbus,” after the painting by Vanderlyn in the rotunda of the Capital at Washington. Color, purple maroon. Three-Cent—“Flagship of Columbus,” the Santa Maria in mid-ocean, from a Spanish engraving. Color, medium shade of green. Four-Cent—“Fleet of Columbus,” the three caravels—Santa Maria, Pinta and Nina —in mid-ocean, from a Spanish engraving. Color, ultramarine blue. Five-Cent—“Columbus Soliciting Aid from Isabella,” after the painting by Brozik in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Color, chocolate brown.

Six-Cent—“ Columbus Welcomed at Barcelona,” from one of the panels of the bronze doors in the Capitol at Washington, by Randolph Rogers. On each side is a niche, in one of which is a statue of Ferdinand, and in the other a statue of Boabdilla. Color, royal purple. Ten-Cent—“Columbus Presenting Natives,” after the painting by Luigi Gregori at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind. Color, Vandyke brown.

Fifteen-Cent—“Columbus Announcing His Discovery,” after the painting by R. Balaea, now in Madrid. Color, dark green. Thirty-Cent—“Columbus at La Rabida,” after the painting by R. Maso. Color, sienna brown. Fift-yCent—“Recall of Columbus,” after the painting by A. G. Ileaton, now in the Capitol at Washington. Color, carbon blue. One-Dollar—“lsabella Pledging Her Jewels,” after the painting by Munoz Degrain, now in Madrid. Color, rose salmon. Two-Dollar—“Columbus in Chains,” after the painting by Lentze, now in Providence, R. I. Color, toned mineral red. Three Dollar —“Columbus Describing His Third Voyage,” after the painting by Francisco Jover. Color, light yellow rgreen. Four-Dollar—Portraits in circles of Isabella and Columbus, the portrait of Isabella after the well-known painting in Madrid, and that of Columbus after the Lotto painting. Color, carmine. Five-Dollar—Profile of the head of Columbus after a cast provided by ihe Treasury Department for the souvenir lifty-cent silver piece. The profile is in a circle, on the right of which is the figure of America represented by a female Indian with a crown of feathers, and on the left a figure of Liberty, both figures being in a sitting posture. Color, black.