Sunday Stamps | Shaker Design

Today's theme in Sunday Stamps is The Colour Red. I know mine is not the most obvious choice but...

... two mostly red stamps belonging to the set Shaker Design, issued by USPS last June, to coincide with the 25oth anniversary of the arrival of the first Shakers to America.

This designs combine the simplicity and the utility. The 12-stamps feature photographs by Michael Freeman. On the stamps above:

• silk neckerchiefs from South Union Shaker Village (Auburn, Kentucky);
• the tannery at the Shaker Village of Mount Lebanon (New Lebanon, New York).

On the stamps above, from left to right: 

• a heater stove (Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield);
• a spinning wheel from Fruitlands Museum (Harvard, Massachussets);
• a rocking chair from Canterbury Shaker Village (Canterbury, New Hampshire).

From left to right: 

• cheese baskets in the dairy (Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield);
• the “swallowtail” joints of a bentwood box (Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield); 
• staircases in the Trustees’ Office and Guest House at the Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill (Harrodsburg, Kentucky).

(This post has been updated on 15 December 2024.)