Exposition Postal Card (Wrapper)

American Lithographic Company · Issue date: 1893

This object with its elaborate cachet of George Washington, Christopher Columbus and the federal eagle clutching the U.S. flag was not original to the third official set of twelve domestic-size postal cards that are part of the accession. According to a 31 July 1937 article by David H. Burr in STAMPS magazine ("Columbian Exposition Postal Cards"), no wrapper was known to exist for the twelve-card set. An inscription shows that it was for the earlier official ten-card set.