Details
Contributor Pinkney, Jerry, artist.
ArtCraft Printing Co., printer.
Title Official first day of issue. Honoring Harriet Tubman, 1821-1913. Abolitionist. Nurse. Escapded slave. Black Heritage USA Series. [graphic]
Publisher [Ohio] : [The Washington Press] ; ArtCraft
Publisher OHIO. 1978
Date [1978]
Physical Description 1 print : engraving ; sheet 10 x 17 cm (3.75 x 6 in)
Description ArtCraft "First Day Cover" (i.e., designed envelope with a stamp affixed and cancelled on the day the stamp was issued) containing vignette illustrations depicting Harriet Tubman. Shows a half-length portrait of Harriet Tubman and a view of Tubman with Black persons of all ages, their belongings, and horse-drawn carts on a snow-covered clearing.
Notes Title from item.
Date supplied from research and content.
Logo of printer printed in lower left corner: Text "ArtCraft" set on a paint palette with brushes inserted through the hole for the artist's thumb.
Image caption: She Guided More Than 300 Slaves to Freedom.
Contains ink-stamp postmark: Washington. DC. Feb 1 1978 20013 and cancelled "First Day of Issue" Black Heritage USA color-printed 15-cent stamp after the design of Jerry Pinkney and depicting a portrait of Harriet Tubman and an inset of a view of Tubman and three Black persons riding a donkey-drawn wagon. The Tubman stamp issued in 1978, was the first issued for the Black Heritage Series begun in 1978 by the U.S. Postal Service to recognize "the contribution of Black Americans to the growth and development of the United States."
Mailing label removed.
The Washington Press ArtCraft brand was introduced in 1939 for the printing of First Day Covers. The firm stopped producing ArtCraft First Day Covers in 2016.
Gift of George R. Allen, 2022.
Subject Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913 -- Portraits.
African American women abolitionists.
African American nurses.
Antislavery movements -- United States.
Civil rights activists -- United States.
First day covers (Philately)
Fugitive slaves.
Enslaved women.
Freedom seekers.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- 1949-1977.
Genre Envelopes -- 1970-1980.
Ephemera -- 1860-1870.
Engravings -- 1970-1980.
Memorabilia -- 1970-1980.
Postage stamps -- 1970-1980.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| ephemera - envelopes - Poor [P.2019.80.6]
Accession number P.2019.80.6