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    Marvin Gaye Is Here to Make Your Mail Grown and Sexy


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    I'll definitely have a few just for preservation purposes.

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    If it hadn't been for recent computer issues, I'd been posting this lmao

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    The United States Postal Service [[U.S.P.S.) has announced that it will issue a Marvin Gaye commemorative stamp in 2019. The announcement said, “With this new stamp in the Music Icons series, the U.S. Postal Service honors Marvin Gaye [[1939-1984)—the ‘Prince of Soul’—one of the most influential music performers of his generation. The stamp design features a portrait of Gaye inspired by historic photographs. The stamp pane is designed to resemble a vintage 45 rpm record sleeve. One side of the pane includes the stamps, brief text about Gaye’s legacy, and the image of a sliver of a record seeming to peek out the top of the sleeve. Another portrait of Gaye, also inspired by historic photographs, appears on the reverse along with the Music Icons series logo. Art director Derry Noyes designed the stamp pane with original art by Kadir Nelson.”

    Gaye, a Motown Records superstar starting in the early 1960s, had been the subject of a lobbying campaign by his family and fans, and a group called the Motown Alumni Association, since 2003. Petitions with signatures numbering in the thousands had been submitted to the U.S.P.S. pushing for a Gaye stamp. A resolution was passed by the Los Angeles City Council, former L.A. Mayor James Hahn and the L.A. County Board of Supervisors to get this unique and special honor for the deceased singer. [[Gaye lived in Los Angeles after Motown moved its offices there from Detroit.)

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    Thanks sans that article was an enjoyable read. And thanks for the info alan.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TomatoTom123 View Post
    Thanks sans that article was an enjoyable read. And thanks for the info alan.
    Sure thing, Tomato; yeah, that writer’s a card!

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    Well executed. I like this casual image a lot, but would have also liked to have seen a distinguished image of Marv in a tux.

    Isn't it time for a Motown themed full sheet with stamps featuring several artists/ images?

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