2024 Shaker Design Stamps Forever First Class Postage Stamps

Description:

The year 2024 will mark the 250th anniversary of the arrival of the first Shakers in the United States. Shaker communities made much of what they needed for daily life themselves. including furniture. fabrics. communal buildings and houses. These 12 stamps feature beautiful photographs of items that highlight the core elements of Shaker design: simplicity and utility. Derry Noyes. an art director for USPS. designed the stamps with existing photographs by Michael Freeman.