A powder horn. A flag. A signboard. A wampum belt. Ten objects, one revolution.
Created for the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, this prestige booklet gathers ten artifacts of the era across 20 First-Class Forever® stamps, arranged in two identical blocks of ten. Art director Ethel Kessler worked like a curator, choosing pieces significant in themselves that also add up to a larger story — the everyday choices and extraordinary events that shaped the country. “Each object has its own voice,” she says, “but side by side they begin to speak to one another.” Sizes and shapes vary wildly, so some fill the frame and others needed careful cropping to stay recognisable; a bronze border around each block unifies the set and echoes tones found in the objects. The booklet pairs the stamps with text on how a spinning wheel reflects the push for self-reliance, and why the Badge of Military Merit, precursor to the Purple Heart, mattered to ordinary soldiers.
History, told at the scale of things people actually held.
PERFECT FOR: gifts for history teachers and museum people, letters that deserve context, journal pages, classroom handling sessions, and a booklet kept whole on the shelf.
