Name: The Underground Railroad Stamps
SKU: 484604
Price: 13.60 USD
Availability: InStock

The Underground Railroad Stamps

Forever 68¢ | Multiple Stamp Designs
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Issue Date: 3/9/2024

Commemorate the Underground Railroad and honor 10 of the heroes from the movement with these new The Underground Railroad stamps from the U.S. Postal Service.

The brave individuals are depicted on the stamps in sepia-toned portraits.

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Sheet of 20 $13.60

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Commemorate the Underground Railroad and honor 10 of the men and women who escaped slavery and/or helped others escape with these new The Underground Railroad stamps from the U.S. Postal Service.

Each stamp in the issuance features 1 of the brave individuals in a sepia-toned portrait. Below each portrait are eight bold lines of text in shades of brown set against a white background.

The new The Underground Railroad stamps are being issued as Forever® stamps. These Forever stamps will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail® one-ounce rate.
Stamp Issuance:
March 9, 2024
Church Creek, MD 21622
Made in the USA.

Issue:	The Underground Railroad Stamps
Item Number:	484600
Denomination &	First-Class Mail Forever
Type of Issue:
Format:	Pane of 20 (10 designs)
Series:	N/A
Issue Date & City:	March 9, 2024, Church Creek, MD 21622
Art Director:	Antonio Alcalá, Alexandria, VA
Designer:	Antonio Alcalá, Alexandria, VA
Typographer:	Antonio Alcalá, Alexandria, VA
Modeler:	Joseph Sheeran
Manufacturing Process:	Offset
Printer:	Ashton Potter
Press Type:	Muller A76
Stamps per Pane:	20
Print Quantity:	20000000
Paper Type:	Nonphosphored Type III, Block Tag Applied
Adhesive Type:	Pressure-sensitive
Colors:	Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
Stamp Orientation:	Vertical
Image Area (w x h):	0.8400 x 1.4200 in. / 21.3360 x
Overall Size (w x h):	0.9800 x 1.5600 in. / 24.8920 x
Full Pane Size (w x h):	5.9200 x 7.6250 in. / 150.3680 x
Press Sheets Size (w x h):	11.8400 x 22.8750 in. / 300.7360 x
Plate Size:	240 stamps per revolution
Plate Number:	“P” followed by four (4) single digits in bottom two corners
Marginal Markings:
Front:	Header: THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD • Plate number in bottom two corners
Back:	Header: NETWORK TO FREEDOM • Routes of the Underground Railroad • Descriptive text for each stamp honoree • © 2023 USPS • USPS logo • One barcode (484600) • Plate position diagram (6) • Promotional text

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