The WPL catalog lists 20 books and pamphlets relating to the subject Christpher Columbus, the Columbian Exposition and the U.S. Columbian commemorative issue. Nearly all are published in English, and one is published in Italian.
Examples of some of our holdings:
The 4 Cent Columbian -- Error of Color Scott 233A
The 1893 U.S. Columbian Issue
1992 Checklist of Christopher Columbus Stamps
Catalog of the A.P.S. Loan Exhibit of Postage Stamps of the World's Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893
Christopher Columbus in Philately ATA Handbook #121
Christopher Columbus in Philately -- A Checklist
A Collection of Columbus Post Offices
Columbian Collection Auction, 1982
Columbus: Philately and History
The First Fifty Years Worlds Fair U.S. 1851-1901 -- Exposition Station Cancellations Catalog
Gil Avvarturosi Viaggi de Cristoforo Colombo 1492-1504 [Italian]
Jack Rosenthal's Collection: "U.S. Columbian Series of 1893"
Official Circular Postage Stamp Exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition. Chicago 1893
Postal Markings of U.S. Expositions [both 1st edition, 1986, and 2nd edition, 1996]
The Puerto Rican Columbian Commemorative Stamp of 1893
U.S. Historical Cover Catalog, 1934
"U.S. Columbian Issue," American Philatelic Congress Handbook #34 (1968)
"U.S. Columbian Stamped Envelopes," Lindquist Chartreuse Book #19 (1948)
World Columbian Stamp Expo '92
In addition, the following journal is hardbound and available for reference:
Discovery! (The Journal of the Christopher Columbus Philatelic Society)
There are a large number of general philatelic journals that report on new issues, as well as a large number of philatelic and postal history journals that discuss the stamps and covers depicting Columbus or Columbian Expositions. Researchers are encouraged to seek out their subject through the Library's holdings of journal indexes, both annual and cummulative.
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