Shaker Design Forever Stamps, 2024 Sheet – Cards, Letters and Stamp Collecting

Issued to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the arrival of the first Shakers in America, the stamps are arranged in three rows of four stamps each.

The first row showcases, from left to right, the meeting room at Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield, Massachusetts; the tannery at the Shaker Village of Mount Lebanon, New Lebanon, New York; a spinning wheel from Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, Massachusetts; and staircases in the Trustees’ Office and Guest House at the Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Harrodsburg, Kentucky.

The second row features, from left to right, a dwelling house hallway and silk neckerchiefs from South Union Shaker Village, Auburn, Kentucky; a rocking chair from Canterbury Shaker Village, Canterbury, New Hampshire; and the “swallowtail” joints of a bentwood box from Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

The third row highlights, from left to right, a heater stove at Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield, Massachusetts; a cupboard with bentwood boxes and a collection of bentwood boxes and carriers at Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, Massachusetts; and cheese baskets in the dairy at Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

The pane selvage features a black-and-white photograph of Brother Ricardo Belden (1868–1958) in his workshop at Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. The photograph was taken by Samuel Kravitt circa 1935.