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29c Al Jolson single
Object Details
- Description
- The Postal Service honored five American music legends with the issuance of the Popular Singer commemorative stamps on September 1, 1994, in New York at Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The stamps feature Al Jolson, Bing Crosby, Ethel Waters, Nat "King" Cole, and Ethel Merman.
- The Popular Singers stamps were an addition to the Postal Service's Legends of American Music Stamp Series. The series began in 1993 and ran for several years, featuring all generations of American music including jazz, blues, folk, classical, and gospel.
- Al Jolson (1886-1950) was born Asa Yoelson in Lithuania. At age 7, his family settled in Washington, DC. Jolson was a Broadway, minstrel, and vaudeville success. His inimitable style made classics of "California Here I Come," "My Mammy," "Toot Toot Tootsie," and "Swanee" and brought him a place in the history books as the star of the first talking picture, "The Jazz Singer."
- Designed by Chris Payne of Cincinnati, Ohio, the 29-cent stamps in panes of twenty were produced in the photogravure process by Stamp Venturers, Inc.
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin (August 18, 1994).
- mint
- 10.1 horizontal perforations x 10.2 vertical perforations
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- September 1, 1994
- Object number
- 1995.2075.36
- Depicts
- Al Jolson, Russian Lithuanian American, 1886 - 1950
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (multicolored); adhesive / photogravure
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 2849
- Topic
- Stars of Stage & Screen
- Music & Musicians
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1995.2075.36
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