2024 First-Class Forever Stamp,Catharine Coffin, Underground Railroad
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US #5839
2024 Catherine Coffin – Underground Railroad
• Honors Catherine Coffin and the many people she and her husband helped 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 Quaker abolitionist Catharine “Auntie Kate” Coffin.
About the stamp design: Pictures a sepia-toned portrait of Catharine Coffin 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: Catharine White Coffin (September 10, 1803 – May 22, 1881) was a Quaker abolitionist nicknamed “Auntie Kate” by members of the Underground Railroad. Her husband was Levi Coffin, the unofficial president of the secret network.
Regarding his wife’s dedication to the Underground Railroad, Levi Coffin once said, “There never was a night too cold, or dark, or rainy, for her to get up at any hour, and prepare a meal for the poor fugitives […] many a time 12, 15, and even 17 sat down…” In addition to cooking food, Catharine provided clothing, nursed the sick, and lent a caring ear for those who needed it. She organized a sewing group to make clothes for runaway slaves and even made costumes to disguise them as maids, butlers, and other inconspicuous roles. With punishments for violating the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 including beating, imprisonment, and even death, the Coffins risked a lot to help escaped slaves make it to freedom.
On top of everything else, Catharine helped maintain the two-story, eight-room, brick building she and her husband called home. It became known as the “Grand Central Station of the Underground Railroad” and included secret doors, many exits, and even a well in the basement. It’s estimated the Coffins helped over 2,000 former slaves to freedom.
US #5839
2024 Catherine Coffin – Underground Railroad
• Honors Catherine Coffin and the many people she and her husband helped 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 Quaker abolitionist Catharine “Auntie Kate” Coffin.
About the stamp design: Pictures a sepia-toned portrait of Catharine Coffin 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: Catharine White Coffin (September 10, 1803 – May 22, 1881) was a Quaker abolitionist nicknamed “Auntie Kate” by members of the Underground Railroad. Her husband was Levi Coffin, the unofficial president of the secret network.
Regarding his wife’s dedication to the Underground Railroad, Levi Coffin once said, “There never was a night too cold, or dark, or rainy, for her to get up at any hour, and prepare a meal for the poor fugitives […] many a time 12, 15, and even 17 sat down…” In addition to cooking food, Catharine provided clothing, nursed the sick, and lent a caring ear for those who needed it. She organized a sewing group to make clothes for runaway slaves and even made costumes to disguise them as maids, butlers, and other inconspicuous roles. With punishments for violating the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 including beating, imprisonment, and even death, the Coffins risked a lot to help escaped slaves make it to freedom.
On top of everything else, Catharine helped maintain the two-story, eight-room, brick building she and her husband called home. It became known as the “Grand Central Station of the Underground Railroad” and included secret doors, many exits, and even a well in the basement. It’s estimated the Coffins helped over 2,000 former slaves to freedom.