WASHINGTON, May 24, 2024
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![The 12 Shaker design stamps feature photographs by Michael Freeman and the pane selvage features a black-and-white photograph by Samuel Kravitt of Brother Ricardo Belden (1868–1958) in his workshop at Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. The 12 Shaker design stamps feature photographs by Michael Freeman and the pane selvage features a black-and-white photograph by Samuel Kravitt of Brother Ricardo Belden (1868–1958) in his workshop at Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.](https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/2421705/USPS_Shaker_Design_Stamps.jpg)
What:
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The U.S. Postal Service
will issue Shaker Design stamps to coincide with the 250th
anniversary of the arrival of the first Shakers in America. The set
of 12 stamps celebrates the refined, timeless beauty of Shaker
design and features photographs of items that highlight its core
elements: simplicity and utility.
The first-day-of-issue
event is free and open to the public. News of the stamps is being
shared with the hashtag #ShakerDesignStamps.
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Who:
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Stefanie A. Curry,
postmaster, Pittsfield, MA, Post Office
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When:
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Thursday, June 20, at
noon (EDT)
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Where:
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Hancock Shaker
Village
1843 W. Housatonic
St.
Pittsfield, MA
01201
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RSVP:
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Attendees are
encouraged to RSVP at usps.com/shakerdesign
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Background:
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Devoutly religious and
committed to simple living, the Shakers imbued everything they made
with uncommon grace. From modest oval boxes to furniture, textiles
and even architecture, they created pieces renowned worldwide for
their impeccable quality.
The 12 Shaker Design
stamps feature photographs by Michael Freeman and are arranged in
three rows of four stamps each.
The first row
showcases, from left, a meeting room at Hancock Shaker Village,
Pittsfield, MA; the tannery at the Shaker Village of Mount Lebanon,
New Lebanon, NY; a spinning wheel from Fruitlands Museum, Harvard,
MA; and staircases in the Trustees' Office and Guest House at the
Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Harrodsburg, KY.
The second row
features, from left, a dwelling house hallway and silk neckerchiefs
from South Union Shaker Village, Auburn, KY; a rocking chair from
Canterbury Shaker Village, Canterbury, NH; and the "swallowtail"
joints of a bentwood box from Hancock Shaker Village,
Pittsfield.
The third row
highlights, from left, a heater stove at Hancock Shaker Village,
Pittsfield; a cupboard with bentwood boxes and a collection of
bentwood boxes and carriers at Fruitlands Museum, Harvard; and
cheese baskets in the dairy at Hancock Shaker Village,
Pittsfield.
The stamp pane selvage
features a black-and-white photograph of Brother Ricardo Belden
(1868-1958) in his workshop at Hancock Shaker Village in
Pittsfield. The photograph was taken by Samuel Kravitt circa
1935.
Derry Noyes, an art
director for USPS, designed the stamps with the photographs by
Michael Freeman.
Shaker Design stamps
are being issued as Forever stamps, which are always equal in value
to the current First-Class Mail one-ounce price.
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Customers may purchase stamps and other philatelic products
through the Postal Store at usps.com/shopstamps,
by calling 844-737-7826, by mail through USA Philatelic or at Post Office locations
nationwide. For officially licensed stamp products, shop the
USPS Officially Licensed Collection on Amazon. Additional
information on stamps, first-day-of-issue ceremonies and stamp-
inspired products can be found at StampsForever.com.
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National contact: Albert Ruiz
albert.ruiz@usps.gov
Local contact: Steve Doherty
stephen.n.doherty@usps.gov
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