2024 First-Class Forever Stamp,Harriet Jacobs, Underground Railroad
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US #5837
2024 Harriet Jacobs – Underground Railroad
• Honors Harriet Jacobs and her journey to freedom through the Underground Railroad
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Underground Railroad
Value: 68¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: March 9, 2024
First Day City: Church Creek, Maryland
Quantity Issued: 20,000,000
Printed by: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Panes of 20
Watermark: Nonphosphored Type III, Block Tag Applied
Why the stamp was issued: To commemorate Black abolitionist and author Harriet Jacobs who used the Underground Railroad to escape slavery.
About the stamp design: Pictures a sepia-toned portrait of Harriet Jacobs along with eight lines of text which read: BLACK/WHITE; COOPERATION; TRUST/DANGER; FLIGHT/FAITH; COURAGE/RISK; DEFIANCE/HOPE; UNDERGROUND; RAILROAD/USA. Designed by Antonio Alcalá using an existing image.
Special design details: On the reverse side of the pane of 20, there is a map picturing routes taken on the Underground Railroad from the South to North. The reverse side also includes a list of people pictured on the stamps plus biographical information on them.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center in Church Creek, Maryland.
About the Underground Railroad set: Pictures 10 people who made their way to freedom or helped others reach freedom through the Underground Railroad. Includes: Harriet Tubman, Thomas Garrett, William Still, Harriet Jacobs, Jermain Loguen, Catherine Coffin, Lewis Hayden, Frederick Douglass, William Lambert, and Laura Haviland.
History the stamp represents: Harriet Jacobs (1813 or 1815 – March 7, 1897) was a Black abolitionist and author of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, her own life story.
Jacobs was born in Edenton, North Carolina, and faced sexual harassment from her enslaver (Dr. James Norcom) from a young age. However, in 1835, she was able to escape. She hid in several places before ending up in her grandmother’s attic. The tiny space was only nine by seven feet in area and just three feet tall at its highest point. She had to carve holes in the wall to allow any light or fresh air in and spent an agonizing seven years in the cramped quarters.
Finally, in 1842, Jacobs escaped to New York and became a nanny for Nathaniel Parker Willis and his wife. However, the following year, she got word that Norcom was coming after her. She fled to Boston, where she became an active participant in both the abolitionist and women’s suffrage movements.
After years of moving to avoid recapture, Jacobs officially gained her freedom in 1852. She then moved to Rochester, New York, and became a writer. Jacobs’s autobiography debuted in January 1861 under the name Linda Brent. It was met with critical acclaim and earned Jacobs much respect in the abolitionist community.
US #5837
2024 Harriet Jacobs – Underground Railroad
• Honors Harriet Jacobs and her journey to freedom through the Underground Railroad
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Underground Railroad
Value: 68¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: March 9, 2024
First Day City: Church Creek, Maryland
Quantity Issued: 20,000,000
Printed by: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Panes of 20
Watermark: Nonphosphored Type III, Block Tag Applied
Why the stamp was issued: To commemorate Black abolitionist and author Harriet Jacobs who used the Underground Railroad to escape slavery.
About the stamp design: Pictures a sepia-toned portrait of Harriet Jacobs along with eight lines of text which read: BLACK/WHITE; COOPERATION; TRUST/DANGER; FLIGHT/FAITH; COURAGE/RISK; DEFIANCE/HOPE; UNDERGROUND; RAILROAD/USA. Designed by Antonio Alcalá using an existing image.
Special design details: On the reverse side of the pane of 20, there is a map picturing routes taken on the Underground Railroad from the South to North. The reverse side also includes a list of people pictured on the stamps plus biographical information on them.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center in Church Creek, Maryland.
About the Underground Railroad set: Pictures 10 people who made their way to freedom or helped others reach freedom through the Underground Railroad. Includes: Harriet Tubman, Thomas Garrett, William Still, Harriet Jacobs, Jermain Loguen, Catherine Coffin, Lewis Hayden, Frederick Douglass, William Lambert, and Laura Haviland.
History the stamp represents: Harriet Jacobs (1813 or 1815 – March 7, 1897) was a Black abolitionist and author of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, her own life story.
Jacobs was born in Edenton, North Carolina, and faced sexual harassment from her enslaver (Dr. James Norcom) from a young age. However, in 1835, she was able to escape. She hid in several places before ending up in her grandmother’s attic. The tiny space was only nine by seven feet in area and just three feet tall at its highest point. She had to carve holes in the wall to allow any light or fresh air in and spent an agonizing seven years in the cramped quarters.
Finally, in 1842, Jacobs escaped to New York and became a nanny for Nathaniel Parker Willis and his wife. However, the following year, she got word that Norcom was coming after her. She fled to Boston, where she became an active participant in both the abolitionist and women’s suffrage movements.
After years of moving to avoid recapture, Jacobs officially gained her freedom in 1852. She then moved to Rochester, New York, and became a writer. Jacobs’s autobiography debuted in January 1861 under the name Linda Brent. It was met with critical acclaim and earned Jacobs much respect in the abolitionist community.