2024 First-Class Forever Stamp,Shaker Designs: Bentwood Boxes and Carriers, Fruitlands Museum
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US #5896k
2024 Bentwood Boxes and Carriers, Fruitlands Museum – Shaker Designs
• One of 12 stamps issued for the 250th anniversary of the arrival of the first Shakers in the United States
• Honors the Shaker communities and their unique design principles which later impacted designs of outside communities
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Shaker Designs
Value: 68¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: June 20, 2024
First Day City: Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Quantity Issued: 18,000,000
Printed by: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Panes of 12
Tagging: Nonphosphored Type III, Block Tagged
Why the stamp was issued: To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the arrival of the first Shakers in the United States.
About the stamp design: Pictures a photograph by Michael Freeman of bentwood boxes and carriers at Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, Massachusetts.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, at the site of the Hancock Shaker Village open-air museum.
About the Shaker Designs set: Includes 12 stamp designs picturing photographs of Shaker designs by Michael Freeman. The set was issued in honor of the Shaker communities and their unique design principles which later impacted designs of outside communities in the United States.
History the stamp represents: From the 1800s to early 1900s, many people used handmade wooden boxes to store various items. These items could be as large as a wheel of cheese or as small as a pill, and the boxes they were stored in were aptly named “pantry boxes.”
While there were many different styles of pantry box, one of the most famous is the Shaker box. According to the book Shaker Woodenware, A Field Guide, Volume I, the Shaker craftsmen “refined and perfected the boxes to such a degree… that [they] are easily recognizable when you know what details characterize Shaker manufacture.” Some of the most easily recognized traits of Shaker boxes are: elliptical (slightly ovular) shape; snugly fitted top and bottom; zig-zagged finger laps (area where the wood overlaps itself); and copper or iron tacks in a neat row up the side of the box. Shaker boxes were designated by size and sometimes labeled #1-#11.
While the Shakers used these boxes for day-to-day storage, they also used them to present gifts to friends or visiting dignitaries from other Shaker communities. Some boxes had special designs or names painted on the tops, although this was somewhat controversial as Shakers didn’t believe in individual ownership. It’s fun to examine the marks on these boxes today and get a taste of a story from the past.
US #5896k
2024 Bentwood Boxes and Carriers, Fruitlands Museum – Shaker Designs
• One of 12 stamps issued for the 250th anniversary of the arrival of the first Shakers in the United States
• Honors the Shaker communities and their unique design principles which later impacted designs of outside communities
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Shaker Designs
Value: 68¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: June 20, 2024
First Day City: Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Quantity Issued: 18,000,000
Printed by: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Panes of 12
Tagging: Nonphosphored Type III, Block Tagged
Why the stamp was issued: To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the arrival of the first Shakers in the United States.
About the stamp design: Pictures a photograph by Michael Freeman of bentwood boxes and carriers at Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, Massachusetts.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, at the site of the Hancock Shaker Village open-air museum.
About the Shaker Designs set: Includes 12 stamp designs picturing photographs of Shaker designs by Michael Freeman. The set was issued in honor of the Shaker communities and their unique design principles which later impacted designs of outside communities in the United States.
History the stamp represents: From the 1800s to early 1900s, many people used handmade wooden boxes to store various items. These items could be as large as a wheel of cheese or as small as a pill, and the boxes they were stored in were aptly named “pantry boxes.”
While there were many different styles of pantry box, one of the most famous is the Shaker box. According to the book Shaker Woodenware, A Field Guide, Volume I, the Shaker craftsmen “refined and perfected the boxes to such a degree… that [they] are easily recognizable when you know what details characterize Shaker manufacture.” Some of the most easily recognized traits of Shaker boxes are: elliptical (slightly ovular) shape; snugly fitted top and bottom; zig-zagged finger laps (area where the wood overlaps itself); and copper or iron tacks in a neat row up the side of the box. Shaker boxes were designated by size and sometimes labeled #1-#11.
While the Shakers used these boxes for day-to-day storage, they also used them to present gifts to friends or visiting dignitaries from other Shaker communities. Some boxes had special designs or names painted on the tops, although this was somewhat controversial as Shakers didn’t believe in individual ownership. It’s fun to examine the marks on these boxes today and get a taste of a story from the past.