Front:
UNITEDSTVES OPAMERICA
HICAGO
IL
22
1992
60601
CMA L ANDING • OF
COLUMBUS K
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LANDING OF COLUMBUS
First Day of Issue: May 22, 1992
First Issue Location: Chicago, Illinois
Shortly after the sighting of land, Columbus and the
captains of the Pinta and the Niña – brothers Martín
Alonso and Fransciso Martín Pinzón — along with sev-
eral other officials, embarked for the island. This moment
in history captured the imagination of artist John
Vanderlyn (1775-1852) who was commissioned in 1837
to paint The Landing of Columbus for the U.S. Capitol
Rotunda in Washington, D.C., where the painting is
displayed today. In the foreground of the painting, under
an almost ethereal light stands Columbus holding a sword
and the royal flag, while natives and sailors alike tremble
Landing of Columbus stamp of 1893 was designed. When
the Columbian Exposition stamps were issued, it was
almost immediately noticed with amusement that
Vanderlyn's Columbus wore a full beard, while the
Columbus on the 1-cent Columbus in Sight of Land was
clean shaven. This of course gave rise to speculations on
Columbus' astounding ability to grow facial hair!
No. 92-29
First Day of Issue Postcard Collection™
©1992 Fleetwood®, Cheyenne, WY 82008-0001
Original painting Landing of Columbus by John Vanderlyn, U.S. Capitol
Rotunda, Washington.
Heelwood
