2022 First-Class Forever Stamp,Women's Rowing: Blue Team, 2 Oars, No Splash in Water
# 5697 - 2022 First-Class Forever Stamp - Women's Rowing: Blue Team, 2 Oars, No Splash in Water
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US #5697
2022 Blue Team No Splash – Women’s Rowing
- Commemorates women’s rowing
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Women’s Rowing
Value: 58¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: May 13, 2022
First Day City: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Quantity Issued: 18,000,000
Printed by: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Panes of 20
Tagging: Nonphosphored type III, block tag
Why the stamp was issued: To celebrate women’s rowing and its history.
About the stamp design: Includes two rowers dressed in blue facing left. Artwork by Nancy Stahl.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at the Philadelphia Girls’ Rowing Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
About the Women’s Rowing set: Includes four different stamp designs on a pane of 20. The artwork covers the entire pane, picturing five, 8-person rowing teams on the water. The eight rowers face left, with a ninth person (the coxswain) in the selvage of each boat facing the opposite direction. The stamps picture artwork by Nancy Stahl.
History the stamp represents: Women’s rowing began to take off in the United States in the early 1900s. This was due, in large part, to the efforts of a woman named Lucy Pocock.
Lucy was the sister of brothers Dick and George Pocock, who later became well-known for their racing shells (boats). The Pococks, originally from England, moved to the United States (Washington State) when Lucy was young. At first, it was just her father and brothers who moved. In the meantime, Lucy became an accomplished female rower, earning enough prize money to buy her ticket to America.
When Lucy arrived in Washington in the early 1900s, she soon became the first women’s rowing coach at the University of Washington under whom racing was permitted. Before her arrival, the team could practice, but not compete due to misunderstandings about female athletic capabilities. Lucy’s intense campaigning eventually persuaded the university to allow her team to race.
Lucy Pocock’s example spread across the nation, with more women’s rowing teams established throughout the 20th century. Today, the George Pocock Rowing Foundation honors her contributions to rowing with an annual summer camp to introduce children, especially girls, to the fun of rowing.
US #5697
2022 Blue Team No Splash – Women’s Rowing
- Commemorates women’s rowing
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Women’s Rowing
Value: 58¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: May 13, 2022
First Day City: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Quantity Issued: 18,000,000
Printed by: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Panes of 20
Tagging: Nonphosphored type III, block tag
Why the stamp was issued: To celebrate women’s rowing and its history.
About the stamp design: Includes two rowers dressed in blue facing left. Artwork by Nancy Stahl.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at the Philadelphia Girls’ Rowing Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
About the Women’s Rowing set: Includes four different stamp designs on a pane of 20. The artwork covers the entire pane, picturing five, 8-person rowing teams on the water. The eight rowers face left, with a ninth person (the coxswain) in the selvage of each boat facing the opposite direction. The stamps picture artwork by Nancy Stahl.
History the stamp represents: Women’s rowing began to take off in the United States in the early 1900s. This was due, in large part, to the efforts of a woman named Lucy Pocock.
Lucy was the sister of brothers Dick and George Pocock, who later became well-known for their racing shells (boats). The Pococks, originally from England, moved to the United States (Washington State) when Lucy was young. At first, it was just her father and brothers who moved. In the meantime, Lucy became an accomplished female rower, earning enough prize money to buy her ticket to America.
When Lucy arrived in Washington in the early 1900s, she soon became the first women’s rowing coach at the University of Washington under whom racing was permitted. Before her arrival, the team could practice, but not compete due to misunderstandings about female athletic capabilities. Lucy’s intense campaigning eventually persuaded the university to allow her team to race.
Lucy Pocock’s example spread across the nation, with more women’s rowing teams established throughout the 20th century. Today, the George Pocock Rowing Foundation honors her contributions to rowing with an annual summer camp to introduce children, especially girls, to the fun of rowing.