1889 until March 6, 1893. He got the idea to commemorate, or recognize, an historic event with special stamps designed for that purpose. The ultimate result was the Colombian Exposition issue. This colorful and elegant series of stamps, the first commemoratives ever issued in ...
Chicago was the rail hub of the country; looking at a map of the U.S. and Canada in 1893 showed all roads definitely converging on Chicago. In the very contentious arguments before Congress between advocates for the Columbian Exposition to be in Chicago or New York went on for months befor...