The Postal Service will release its stamps honoring 19th-century quiltmaker Harriet Powers on Saturday, Feb. 28.
Born into slavery in 1837 near Athens, GA, Powers completed at least five story quilts that depicted familiar scenes from the Bible and local lore.
However, only two are known to survive today — “The Bible Quilt” and “The Pictorial Quilt” — which now belong to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, DC.
Derry Noyes, an art director for USPS, designed the stamps featuring four panels from the “Pictorial Quilt.”
The Forever stamps will be available in sheets of 20 at Post Offices and at usps.com.
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