US Postage Stamp Honoring John Lennon To Be Unveiled
The US Postal Service will celebrate John Lennon this fall with a postage stamp in honor of the late Beatles star. Part of their series of Music Icons stamps, the…
16th August 1966: John Lennon (1940 – 1980) of the Beatles, after making a formal apology for his controversial statement that the group were ‘more popular than Jesus’.
Photo by Harry Benson/Express/Getty ImagesThe US Postal Service will celebrate John Lennon this fall with a postage stamp in honor of the late Beatles star.
Part of their series of Music Icons stamps, the Lennon stamp pane will resemble a vintage 45-rpm record sleeve, with artwork featuring a 1974 photo taken by rock photographer Bob Gruen for Lennon's Walls and Bridges album.
On the back of the 16 postage stamp sheet is a photo of Lennon at his white piano, which was used to promote his 1971 album, Imagine.
The stamp will be officially unveiled Friday, September 7 at a ceremony not far from when Lennon lived in New York City, at the Namburg Bandshell in Central Park.
