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The Underground Railroad Stamps, Sheet of 20
Original price was: $ 15,60.$ 14,04Current price is: $ 14,04.
Commemorate the Underground Railroad and honor 10 of the heroes from the movement with the The Underground Railroad stamps from the U.S. Postal Service.The brave individuals are depicted on the stamps
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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 the 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 36.0680 mm |
| Overall Size (w x h): | 0.9800 x 1.5600 in. / 24.8920 x 39.6240 mm |
| Full Pane Size (w x h): | 5.9200 x 7.6250 in. / 150.3680 x 193.6750 mm |
| Press Sheets Size (w x h): | 11.8400 x 22.8750 in. / 300.7360 x 581.0250 mm |
| 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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