29c Mildred Bailey single
Object Details
- Description
- Jazz and blues legends were honored with the eight 29-cent stamps in Legends of American Music Stamp Series issued on September 17, 1994, in Greenville, Mississippi, at the Delta Blues Festival. The stamps feature Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rushing, Mildred Bailey, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, "Ma" Rainey, and Howlin' Wolf.
- Born Mildred Rinker, Mildred Bailey (1907-1951) began her music career as a song demonstrator. The first featured female Big Band vocalist, she later performed with her husband Red Norvo on the CBS Radio Network. One of the top records of 1937 was her "More Than You Know."
- Howard Koslow designed the images for Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rushing, Mildred Bailey, and Julian Allen designed the images for Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, "Ma" Rainey, and Howlin' Wolf. Ashton-Potter (USA), Ltd., printed The stamps using offset lithography.
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin (September 1, 1994).
- mint
- 11 horizontal perforations x 10.8 vertical perforations
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- September 17, 1994
- Object number
- 1995.2075.59
- Depicts
- Mildred Bailey, American, 1907 - 1951
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (multicolored); adhesive / lithography
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 2860
- Topic
- Music & Musicians
- Women's Heritage
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1995.2075.59
