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Chloe Cooley

Black History Month

Stamp Info

Name Value
Date of Issue February 1, 2023
Year 2023
Quantity 780,000
Denomination
PERMANENT™ (P).
Current monetary value: $0.92.
Series Black History Month
Series Time Span 2011 - 2024
Postal Administration Canada

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Layouts

Booklet of 6 Stamps

Quantity Produced - 130,000
Original Purchase Price: $5.52
Perforation: Simulated perforation
Dimension: 40 mm x 32 mm
Printer: Lowe-Martin
Printing Process: Lithography in 4 colours
Gum Type: Pressure sensitive
Tagging: General tagging, four sides
Paper: Tullis Russell
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Official First Day Cover

Quantity Produced - 7,000
Original Purchase Price: $1.92
Cancellation Location: Niagara-on-the‑Lake ON
Dimension: 190 mm x 112 mm
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About Stamp

Bringing the story of Chloe Cooley to life was both a challenge and an honour, say the experts who worked with Canada Post to create this powerful Black History Month issue. A young, enslaved woman, Cooley fought for her life as she was forced from her owner’s homestead near Queenston, Upper Canada, and ferried across the Niagara River to be sold in New York State. Although her brave protests didn’t save her, eyewitness accounts added impetus to the growing abolitionist movement in the late 18th century.

Sarah Kaufman, curator of the Niagara-on-the‑Lake Museum, consulted archival maps and images to help the design team recreate the fateful scene. The stamp illustration shows Cooley in the foreground, strong and defiant, as the abduction unfolds behind her. “She wasn’t afraid to stand up to her owner, and had done so time and again,” Kaufman says. “She never knew it, but her heroism changed the lives of so many people.”

Costume researcher Shannon Pomakov provided meticulous advice on Cooley’s attire, gleaned from period artwork, runaway slave ads, plantation archives and other sources. “Her headwrap was particularly important, as it was an expression of her individuality and resilience,” Pomakov explains. “Showing Chloe as accurately as possible was a way of giving her the respect and dignity she wasn’t afforded in life.”

Creators

Design: Lime Design Illustration: Rick Jacobson

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Reference

Canada Post Details Magazine - Volume XXXII No.1

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