| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Date of Issue | May 23, 2017 |
| Year | 2017 |
| Quantity | 12,000,000 |
| Denomination |
First-Class Mail Forever
|
| Denomination Value | $0.49 | Color | PMS 7591/Sienna, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black |
| Perforation or Dimension | 1.56 x 0.98 in./39.62 x 24.89 mm |
| Issue Location | Concord, MA 01742 |
| Postal Administration | United States |
| Condition | Name | Avg Value |
|---|
Celebrate writer, philosopher, and naturalist Henry David Thoreau with this new 22 x 22-inch press sheet with die cuts, containing nine panes of 20 Henry David Thoreau Forever® stamps positioned three across by three down.
The stamp artwork includes a close view of Thoreau's face based on a famous 1856 daguerreotype. Thoreau's signature is included, above a branch of sumac leaves like those that grew alongside Thoreau's cabin at Walden Pond.
Made in the USA.
SKUs featured on this page: 475106
Celebrate writer, philosopher, and naturalist Henry David Thoreau with this new Henry David Thoreau First Day Cover. The #6 ¾ envelope bears an affixed Forever® stamp cancelled with an official First Day of Issue postmark.
The stamp artwork includes a close view of Thoreau's face based on a famous 1856 daguerreotype. Thoreau's signature is included, above a branch of sumac leaves like those that grew alongside Thoreau's cabin at Walden Pond.
The pictorial postmark features a scattering of leaves that were created in a style reminiscent of old-fashioned etching or a woodblock print. Also included are the stamp title, as well as the date and location of stamp issuance: May 23, 2017, Concord, MA 01742.
Made in the USA.
SKUs featured on this page: 475116
Celebrate writer, philosopher, and naturalist Henry David Thoreau with this new Henry David Thoreau Digital Color Postmark First Day Cover. The #6 ¾ envelope bears an affixed Forever® stamp cancelled with an official First Day of Issue color postmark.
The stamp artwork includes a close view of Thoreau's face based on a famous 1856 daguerreotype. Thoreau's signature is included, above a branch of sumac leaves like those that grew alongside Thoreau's cabin at Walden Pond.
The digital color postmark features brightly colored fall leaves — a fitting visual for Thoreau, with his commitment to nature and its inherent beauty. Also included are the date and location of stamp issuance: May 23, 2017, Concord, MA 01742.
Made in the USA.
SKUs featured on this page: 475121
Celebrate writer, philosopher, and naturalist Henry David Thoreau and the First Day of Issue of the Henry David Thoreau Forever® stamp, with this new official ceremony program and cover.
The full-color program features the First Day Ceremony agenda and participants on one side, with a narrative about the stamp design on the reverse.
The program is tucked inside a colorful 9 × 6-inch envelope bearing an affixed Forever® stamp and the official First Day of Issue cancellation. Also included are the words “First Day of Issue Ceremony Program” and “Celebrate the Art of Stamps” along with the official United States Postal Service® logo.
Made in the USA.
SKUs featured on this page: 475130
Celebrate writer, philosopher, and naturalist Henry David Thoreau with this new keepsake combination: one pane of 20 Henry David Thoreau Forever® stamps and a Digital Color Postmark First Day Cover.
The stamp artwork includes a close view of Thoreau's face based on a famous 1856 daguerreotype. Thoreau's signature is included, above a branch of sumac leaves like those that grew alongside Thoreau's cabin at Walden Pond.
The digital color postmark features brightly colored fall leaves — a fitting visual for Thoreau, with his commitment to nature and its inherent beauty. Also included are the date and location of stamp issuance: May 23, 2017, Concord, MA 01742.
Made in the USA.
SKUs featured on this page: 475110
Celebrate writer, philosopher, and naturalist Henry David Thoreau with this new Henry David Thoreau Stamp Ceremony Memento.
This brand new collectible contains the First Day of Issue Ceremony Invitation, the First Day of Issue Ceremony Program, Digital Color Postmark First Day Cover, and a pane of 20 Henry David Thoreau Forever® stamps.
The stamp artwork includes a close view of Thoreau's face based on a famous 1856 daguerreotype. Thoreau's signature is included, above a branch of sumac leaves like those that grew alongside Thoreau's cabin at Walden Pond.
Made in the USA.
SKUs featured on this page: 475134
On May 23, 2017, in Concord, MA, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue the Henry David Thoreau stamp (Forever® priced at 49 cents), in one design, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps. The stamp will go on sale nationwide May 23, 2017.
With this stamp, the U.S. Postal Service® celebrates writer, philosopher, and naturalist Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) on the bicentennial of his birth. Renowned for his book Walden, a complex and eloquent exploration of nature and society, Thoreau encouraged readers to reconsider both their own lives and the world around them. With his personal example of simple living, his criticism of materialism, and the timeless questions he raises about the place of the individual in society and humanity's role in the natural world, Thoreau continues to inspire new generations to assert their independence, reinterpret his legacy, and ask challenging questions of their own.
On the left side of the stamp is a close view of Thoreau’s face, an oil-on-panel painting based on a famous 1856 daguerreotype by Benjamin Maxham. On the right side of the stamp, roughly level with Thoreau’s eyes, is his own signature of his last name. Below the signature is a branch of sumac leaves. Sumac grew next to the door of Thoreau’s cabin at Walden Pond, and Thoreau mentions in his writings that he saw sumac sprouting among clear-cut stumps in the area.
From July 1845 to September 1847, Thoreau lived outside his hometown of Concord, Massachusetts, in a one-room house on a lake, where he made time to write while farming, reading, thinking, taking long walks, and observing the doings of nature around him. The book Thoreau wrote about his experiences there would become one of the most widely read, translated, and debated books in the American literary canon. In Walden, published in 1854, Thoreau ponders the problems that result from materialism and preaches simplicity as a viable alternative, exhorting people from all walks of life—including himself—to reexamine their misplaced priorities and discover the things that are most important.
Thoreau wrote prolifically about history, nature, and society, and every generation finds its own touchstones in his work. His writings about politics and civil disobedience influenced Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., he has come to be seen as a founding figure in the environmental movement, and scientists have praised his observations about nature for anticipating ecology and other sciences.
The artist for this stamp was Sam Weber. Art director Greg Breeding designed the stamp.
The Henry David Thoreau stamp is being issued as a Forever® stamp. This Forever® stamp will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail® one-ounce price.