2024 First-Class Forever Stamp,Carnival Nights: Carousel Ride, Photograph by Sarah Beard Buckley
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US #5863
2024 Carousel – 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 Carousel at night by Sarah Beard Buckley.
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: Traveling carnivals would not be the spectacular events they are without the men and women who work at them. Many of these workers (sometimes called “carnies”) travel with the carnival from place to place, breaking everything down and setting it up at each new location. They operate the games, the rides, the food stands, and everything else that keeps us coming back to carnivals again and again. It is a very different lifestyle from the 9-to-5 jobs many people have. Author Michael Sean Comerford was so interested in it that he decided to travel the country with carnival folk for a year and write a book about his experiences.
Comerford’s book, American OZ: An Astonishing Year Inside Traveling Carnivals, does a deep dive into the behind-the-scenes parts of traveling carnivals. He learned that carnival workers are a tight-knit group who look out for one another. They have their own traditions and even a special “carny lingo” that only they know. Some ran away from their biological families at a young age and have been with carnivals ever since. A few even have children and grandchildren traveling and working right alongside them.
Carnival workers will tell you that “running away to join the carnival” isn’t all fun and games. But the hard work and sense of belonging makes it irreplaceable.
US #5863
2024 Carousel – 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 Carousel at night by Sarah Beard Buckley.
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: Traveling carnivals would not be the spectacular events they are without the men and women who work at them. Many of these workers (sometimes called “carnies”) travel with the carnival from place to place, breaking everything down and setting it up at each new location. They operate the games, the rides, the food stands, and everything else that keeps us coming back to carnivals again and again. It is a very different lifestyle from the 9-to-5 jobs many people have. Author Michael Sean Comerford was so interested in it that he decided to travel the country with carnival folk for a year and write a book about his experiences.
Comerford’s book, American OZ: An Astonishing Year Inside Traveling Carnivals, does a deep dive into the behind-the-scenes parts of traveling carnivals. He learned that carnival workers are a tight-knit group who look out for one another. They have their own traditions and even a special “carny lingo” that only they know. Some ran away from their biological families at a young age and have been with carnivals ever since. A few even have children and grandchildren traveling and working right alongside them.
Carnival workers will tell you that “running away to join the carnival” isn’t all fun and games. But the hard work and sense of belonging makes it irreplaceable.