Post by troutdude on Feb 21, 2014 15:24:07 GMT -5
Jimi Hendrix on U.S. stamp March 13
www.linns.com/news/us-stamps/183/Jimi-Hendrix-on-US-stamp-March-13
Hendrix has been identified as the greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone magazine. A 1992 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Hendrix is described there as “arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music.”
The new stamp is the fourth issue in the Music Icons series that honored Lydia Mendoza (Scott 4786), Johnny Cash (4789) and Ray Charles (4807) with forever stamps in 2013.
USPS Stamp Services executive director Susan McGowan told Linn’s Stamp News that a first-day ceremony for the Jimi Hendrix stamp will take place at 8 p.m. at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas. sxsw.com/
A concert by a “guitar super group” will be part of the first-day ceremony, according to the Postal Service. The artists scheduled to perform were not identified.
The Postal Service will reveal the stamp design March 13 and not earlier. It is assumed that the stamp pane layout will follow that of the previous Music Icons issues, presenting 16 self-adhesive square stamps in a block, with pane selvage and backing that resembles a 45rpm record.
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www.linns.com/news/us-stamps/183/Jimi-Hendrix-on-US-stamp-March-13
Hendrix has been identified as the greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone magazine. A 1992 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Hendrix is described there as “arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music.”
The new stamp is the fourth issue in the Music Icons series that honored Lydia Mendoza (Scott 4786), Johnny Cash (4789) and Ray Charles (4807) with forever stamps in 2013.
USPS Stamp Services executive director Susan McGowan told Linn’s Stamp News that a first-day ceremony for the Jimi Hendrix stamp will take place at 8 p.m. at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas. sxsw.com/
A concert by a “guitar super group” will be part of the first-day ceremony, according to the Postal Service. The artists scheduled to perform were not identified.
The Postal Service will reveal the stamp design March 13 and not earlier. It is assumed that the stamp pane layout will follow that of the previous Music Icons issues, presenting 16 self-adhesive square stamps in a block, with pane selvage and backing that resembles a 45rpm record.
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