USA – 1893, Colombian, $3.00 Yellow Green – Sold for US.$2,900

(243). Block of four, original gum with few small h.r., brilliant color

A FINE AND FRESH ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCK OF THE $3.00 COLUMBIAN ISSUE.

The $3.00 Columbian, depicting “Columbus Describing Third Voyage,” is based on a painting by Francisco Jover y Casanova, reported to be in a museum in Spain. The vignette was engraved by Robert Savage and the frame and lettering by Douglas S. Ronaldson. 27,652 stamps were printed from Plate 106, and according to Luff; 2,937 were destroyed.