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Contents:

• MARV GAYE HONORED APRIL 2 ON USPS MIC INS STAMP
• #5371 – 2019 FIRST-CLASS FOREVER STAMP - MIC INS: MARV GAYE
• USPS COMMEMORAT MARV GAYE’S 80TH BIRTHDAY WH NEW STAMP
• MARV GAYE TO MAKE HIS US POSTAL STAMP BUT ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY
• MARV GAYE GETS A COMMEMORATIVE STAMP FOR HIS WOULD-BE 80TH BIRTHDAY
• MARV GAYE TO BUT ON US POSTAL STAMPS ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY

MARV GAYE HONORED APRIL 2 ON USPS MIC INS STAMP

Stamp Announcement 19-13: Marv Gaye Stamp. Postal Service® will issue the Marv Gaye stamp (Forever® priced at the First-Class Mail® rate) one sign, a prsure-sensive adhive pane of 16 stamps (em 586100).

The Marv Gaye pane of 16 stamps may not be spl and the stamps may not be sold dividually. Postal Service® honors Marv Gaye (1939–1984), one of the most fluential mic performers of his generatn. One si of the pane clus the stamps, brief text about Gaye’s legacy, and the image of a sliver of a rerd seemg to peek out the top of the sleeve.

#5371 – 2019 FIRST-CLASS FOREVER STAMP - MIC INS: MARV GAYE

Another portra of Gaye, also spired by historic photographs, appears on the reverse along wh the Mic Ins seri logo. Availabily to Post Offic: Item 586100, Marv Gaye (Forever Priced at the First-Class Mail Rate) Commemorative Pane of 16 Stamps.

Only the followg pictorial postmark is permted for the Marv Gaye stamp.

USPS COMMEMORAT MARV GAYE’S 80TH BIRTHDAY WH NEW STAMP

Guil for Falizg Marv Gaye Stamp Pictorial Postmark Art. To falize the Marv Gaye stamp pictorial postmark art, sert the date, cy, state, and ZIP Co™ of the physil lotn of your event adjacent to the stamp image. FDOI – Marv Gaye StampUSPS Stamp Fulfillment Servic8300 NE Unrground Drive, Sue 300Kansas Cy, MO 64144-9900.

MARV GAYE TO MAKE HIS US POSTAL STAMP BUT ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY

Marv Gaye Stamp. • “Marv Gaye” • Mic Ins logo.

The newt stamp the Uned Stat Postal Service’s Mic Ins memorative seri pays tribute to Marv Gaye (1939-1984), whose multifaceted mic reer took him to the top of the pop and R&B charts the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Gaye found fame worldwi wh hs such as I Heard Through the Grapeve, What’s Gog On, Let’s Get On and Sexual Healg. The nonnomated (55¢) Marv Gaye forever stamp will be issued April 2, wh an 11 a.

The issue date falls on Gaye’s 80th birthday. The Marv Gaye stamp is the nth issue and the 12th stamp overall the Mic Ins seri, which began wh the Lydia Mendoza forever stamp issued May 15, 2013 (Stt 4786). The Marv Gaye stamp sign featur an oil-on-panel patg by Kadir Nelson “spired by historic photographs, ” acrdg to the Postal Service.

MARV GAYE GETS A COMMEMORATIVE STAMP FOR HIS WOULD-BE 80TH BIRTHDAY

The portra, agast a sky blue background, shows Gaye sgg, drsed a red shirt and multilor kn p.

“Marv Gaye” reads down along the right si of the stamp, and “forever” and “a” are found at upper left, wh the year date 2019 the upper left rner. “Marv Gaye (1939-1984) was one of the most fluential mic performers of his generatn. A send Kadir Nelson oil patg of Gaye, sg and wearg a whe shirt, is shown on the reverse of the pane.

MARV GAYE TO BUT ON US POSTAL STAMPS ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY

Gaye’s name siarly reads down along the right si of the pane reverse, and the Mic Ins logo is prted the upper left rner. Gaye was born Washgton, D.

Gaye was signed by Berry Gordy to Motown Rerds 1961. As a solo artist, Gaye h gold wh I Heard Through the Grapeve 1968. Wh the album What’s Gog On, released 1971, Gaye tablished himself as a voice for social change.