2021 First-Class Forever Stamp,Heritage Breeds: American Cream Draft Horse
# 5590 - 2021 First-Class Forever Stamp - Heritage Breeds: American Cream Draft Horse
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US #5590
2021 American Cream Draft Horse – Heritage Breeds
- Pictures an American cream draft horse
- Part of the set which commemorates 10 different heritage breeds known for their versatility, adaptability, and unique genetics
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Heritage Breeds
Value: 55¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: May 17, 2021
First Day City: Mount Vernon, Virginia
Quantity Issued: 25,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset, Flexographic
Format: Panes of 20
Tagging: Phosphor, block tag
Why the stamp was issued: To recognize heritage breeds and their importance in horticulture over the years.
About the stamp designs: Pictures a photograph the heritage breed known as the American cream draft horse. Photograph by Aliza Elizarov.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held in Mount Vernon, Virginia, home of Accokeek Foundation’s Heritage Breed Livestock Conservation Program within the National Colonial Farm at Piscataway Park. The program is home to a herd of milking Devon cows, one of the breeds pictured on the stamps.
About the Heritage Breeds set: These 10 stamps were issued to recognize heritage breeds and their importance to horticulture over the years. The breeds pictured include the mulefoot hog, Wyandotte chicken, milking Devon cow, Narragansett turkey, American mammoth jackstock donkey, cotton patch goose, San Clemente Island goat, American cream draft horse, Cayuga duck, and Barbados blackbelly sheep.
History the stamp represents: The American cream draft horse is the only breed of draft horse native to the United States. The first ancestor of this breed dates back to the early 1900s with a mare named “Old Granny.” It was from her that the American Cream draft horse got its cream-colored coat, pink skin, and amber eyes. This became known as the “Champagne” gene.
Old Granny readily passed on her special coloration to her offspring, which became highly sought after for their unusual beauty. In 1944, the State of Iowa granted a charter to the American Cream Horse Association of America. The breed was officially recognized by the Iowa Department of Agriculture six years later, in 1950.
Like other draft horse breeds, the Industrial Revolution and the rise of the tractor led to a decrease in American cream draft horse numbers. However, because it was a rarer breed than other drafts, it suffered a much sharper decline. In fact, the breed almost went extinct.
Thankfully, in 1982, a group of breeders decided to re-open the books of the American Cream Horse Association of America. Since then, the population of American cream draft horses has been slowly on the rise, though they are still extremely rare. With the help of heritage breeders and farmers, hopefully this special draft horse will make a comeback someday.
US #5590
2021 American Cream Draft Horse – Heritage Breeds
- Pictures an American cream draft horse
- Part of the set which commemorates 10 different heritage breeds known for their versatility, adaptability, and unique genetics
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Heritage Breeds
Value: 55¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: May 17, 2021
First Day City: Mount Vernon, Virginia
Quantity Issued: 25,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset, Flexographic
Format: Panes of 20
Tagging: Phosphor, block tag
Why the stamp was issued: To recognize heritage breeds and their importance in horticulture over the years.
About the stamp designs: Pictures a photograph the heritage breed known as the American cream draft horse. Photograph by Aliza Elizarov.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held in Mount Vernon, Virginia, home of Accokeek Foundation’s Heritage Breed Livestock Conservation Program within the National Colonial Farm at Piscataway Park. The program is home to a herd of milking Devon cows, one of the breeds pictured on the stamps.
About the Heritage Breeds set: These 10 stamps were issued to recognize heritage breeds and their importance to horticulture over the years. The breeds pictured include the mulefoot hog, Wyandotte chicken, milking Devon cow, Narragansett turkey, American mammoth jackstock donkey, cotton patch goose, San Clemente Island goat, American cream draft horse, Cayuga duck, and Barbados blackbelly sheep.
History the stamp represents: The American cream draft horse is the only breed of draft horse native to the United States. The first ancestor of this breed dates back to the early 1900s with a mare named “Old Granny.” It was from her that the American Cream draft horse got its cream-colored coat, pink skin, and amber eyes. This became known as the “Champagne” gene.
Old Granny readily passed on her special coloration to her offspring, which became highly sought after for their unusual beauty. In 1944, the State of Iowa granted a charter to the American Cream Horse Association of America. The breed was officially recognized by the Iowa Department of Agriculture six years later, in 1950.
Like other draft horse breeds, the Industrial Revolution and the rise of the tractor led to a decrease in American cream draft horse numbers. However, because it was a rarer breed than other drafts, it suffered a much sharper decline. In fact, the breed almost went extinct.
Thankfully, in 1982, a group of breeders decided to re-open the books of the American Cream Horse Association of America. Since then, the population of American cream draft horses has been slowly on the rise, though they are still extremely rare. With the help of heritage breeders and farmers, hopefully this special draft horse will make a comeback someday.