Post Abolition: Commemorative stamps from around the world

January 18th, 2010 admin

The first event on the London 2010: Festival of Stamps calendar opens today at the Museum of London Docklands . This new display can be found in the London , Sugar and Slavery gallery, and looks at how the abolition of slavery has been commemorated through postage stamps from the 1930s onwards. 1963 US stamp celebrating the abolition of slavery Post Abolition is created in partnership with the Sands of Time Consultancy . It features over 30 designs, together with new stamps created by students from Barnet College as part of a community project with the Museum.  Key stamps in the display include a 1965 Jamaican stamp marking Paul Bogle and the Morant Bay uprising . Also featured are the ‘Black Heritage’ series of stamps launched in 1978 by the US Postal Service featuring Harriet…


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