page_title: Columbian Issue
section_title: 10¢ stamp
hierarchical_section_title: Columbian Issue / 10¢ stamp
caption_attribution_description: English: The 10¢ Columbian. ~ Columbus Presenting Natives ~.
context_page_description: The Columbian Issue, often known as simply the Columbians, is a set of 16 postage stamps issued by the United States to commemorate the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago during 1893. The finely-engraved stamps were the first commemorative stamps issued by the United States, depicting various events during the career of Christopher Columbus and are presently much valued by collectors.
context_section_description: The design for this stamp, "Columbus Presenting Natives", was modeled after one of the Columbus murals created by Luigi Gregori for the Main Building at the University of Notre Dame after it was rebuilt after an 1879 fire, and was one of five designs engraved by Robert Savage.  This denomination was originally intended to pay the fee for registered mail.  However, the change in registered mail fees that necessitated the introduction of the 8-cent Columbian also changed the most common purpose of this value; it instead paid the full postage for registered first-class mail, rather than just the additional fee.
caption: The 10¢ Columbian
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