2024 First-Class Forever Stamp,Carnival Nights: Wave Swinger Ride, Photograph by Annette Shaff
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US #5855
2024 Wave Swinger Ride – Carnival Nights
• One of 10 Carnival Nights stamps celebrating the bright, colorful lights and fun rides at America’s beloved carnivals
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Carnival Nights
Value: 68¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: June 6, 2024
First Day City: Biloxi, Mississippi
Quantity Issued: 18,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Panes of 20
Tagging: Phosphor, Block Tag
Why the stamp was issued: To commemorate America’s enjoyment of summer carnivals and their iconic lights and amusement rides.
About the stamp design: Pictures a photograph of a wave swinger ride at dusk by Annette Shaff.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at the South Mississippi Summer Fair in Biloxi, Mississippi.
About the Carnival Nights set: Includes 10 stamps picturing different photographs of carnival rides lit up in a rainbow of colors.
History the stamp represents: The 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition (Chicago World’s Fair) was the event of the century. It showcased amazing new technologies, introduced several famous foods we all know today, and entertained the masses with acts from across the globe. The exposition inspired countless new ideas, including the concept of carnivals and fairs.
The Columbian Exposition was the first world’s fair to dedicate a separate area for amusements. That area was known as the Midway Plaisance (origin of the term “midway” in American English). It was home to the exposition’s sideshows and, of course, the famous Ferris wheel constructed by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. The attraction was 264 feet high and included 36 cars, each holding up to 40 people! Entrepreneur and showman George C. Tilyou was one of many who attended the exposition. He later credited the midway carnival with inspiring him to create one of America’s first major amusement parks – Steeplechase Park in Coney Island, New York City.
It's always fun to discover unexpected pieces of US history in events we are already familiar with. Who knew that we might never have enjoyed the fun and excitement of fairs and carnivals without the 1893 Columbian Exposition?!
US #5855
2024 Wave Swinger Ride – Carnival Nights
• One of 10 Carnival Nights stamps celebrating the bright, colorful lights and fun rides at America’s beloved carnivals
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Carnival Nights
Value: 68¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: June 6, 2024
First Day City: Biloxi, Mississippi
Quantity Issued: 18,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Panes of 20
Tagging: Phosphor, Block Tag
Why the stamp was issued: To commemorate America’s enjoyment of summer carnivals and their iconic lights and amusement rides.
About the stamp design: Pictures a photograph of a wave swinger ride at dusk by Annette Shaff.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at the South Mississippi Summer Fair in Biloxi, Mississippi.
About the Carnival Nights set: Includes 10 stamps picturing different photographs of carnival rides lit up in a rainbow of colors.
History the stamp represents: The 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition (Chicago World’s Fair) was the event of the century. It showcased amazing new technologies, introduced several famous foods we all know today, and entertained the masses with acts from across the globe. The exposition inspired countless new ideas, including the concept of carnivals and fairs.
The Columbian Exposition was the first world’s fair to dedicate a separate area for amusements. That area was known as the Midway Plaisance (origin of the term “midway” in American English). It was home to the exposition’s sideshows and, of course, the famous Ferris wheel constructed by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. The attraction was 264 feet high and included 36 cars, each holding up to 40 people! Entrepreneur and showman George C. Tilyou was one of many who attended the exposition. He later credited the midway carnival with inspiring him to create one of America’s first major amusement parks – Steeplechase Park in Coney Island, New York City.
It's always fun to discover unexpected pieces of US history in events we are already familiar with. Who knew that we might never have enjoyed the fun and excitement of fairs and carnivals without the 1893 Columbian Exposition?!