| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Date of Issue | January 30, 2018 |
| Year | 2018 |
| Quantity | 35,000,000 |
| Denomination |
First-Class Mail® Forever®
|
| Denomination Value | $0.50 | Color | Pantone 7407, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black |
| Perforation or Dimension | 0.98 x 1.56 in./24.89 x 39.62 mm |
| Series | Black Heritage |
| Series Time Span | 1997 - 2018 |
| Issue Location | New York, NY 10199 |
| Postal Administration | United States |
| Condition | Name | Avg Value |
|---|
Honor a trailblazing entertainer and activist with this new 2.44 x 25.75-inch press sheet with die cuts, containing six sheets of Lena Horne Forever® stamps positioned two across by three down.
The 41st stamp in the Black Heritage series honors legendary performer and civil rights activist Lena Horne (1917–2010) — pairing a colorized black-and-white photo with a background reminiscent of Horne's Stormy Weather album.
Made in the USA.
SKUs featured on this page: 476906
Honor a trailblazing entertainer and activist with this new Lena Horne First Day Cover. The #6 ¾ envelope bears an affixed Forever® stamp cancelled with an official First Day of Issue postmark.
The 41st stamp in the Black Heritage series honors legendary performer and civil rights activist Lena Horne (1917–2010) — pairing a colorized black-and-white photo with a background reminiscent of Horne's Stormy Weather album.
The pictorial postmark, with its curves and swirls, gives a nod to the jazz music for which Lena Horne is best known. Also included are the stamp title, as well as the date and location of stamp issuance: January 30, 2018, New York, NY 10199.
Made in the USA.
SKUs featured on this page: 476916
Honor a trailblazing entertainer and activist with this new Lena Horne Digital Color Postmark First Day Cover. The #6 ¾ envelope bears an affixed Forever® stamp cancelled with an official First Day of Issue color postmark.
The 41st stamp in the Black Heritage series honors legendary performer and civil rights activist Lena Horne (1917–2010) — pairing a colorized black-and-white photo with a background reminiscent of Horne's Stormy Weather album.
The digital color postmark includes the feminine touch of flowers, reflective of how Lena often wore flowers in her hair while performing. Also included are the stamp title, as well as the date and location of stamp issuance: January 30, 2018, New York, NY 10199.
Made in the USA.
SKUs featured on this page: 476921
Honor a trailblazing entertainer and activist and recognize the First Day of Issue of the Lena Horne Forever® stamp, with this new official ceremony program and cover.
The full-color program features the First Day Ceremony agenda and participants on one side, with a narrative about the stamp design on the reverse.
The program is tucked inside a 9 × 6-inch envelope bearing an affixed Forever® stamp and the official First Day of Issue cancellation. Also included are the words “First Day of Issue Ceremony Program” and “Celebrate the Art of Stamps” along with the official United States Postal Service® logo.
Made in the USA
SKUs featured on this page: 476930
Honor a trailblazing entertainer and activist with this keepsake combination: one pane of 20 Lena Horne Forever® stamps and a Digital Color Postmark First Day Cover.
The 41st stamp in the Black Heritage series honors legendary performer and civil rights activist Lena Horne (1917–2010) — pairing a colorized black-and-white photo with a background reminiscent of Horne's Stormy Weather album.
The digital color postmark includes the feminine touch of flowers, reflective of how Lena often wore flowers in her hair while performing. Also included are the stamp title, as well as the date and location of stamp issuance: January 30, 2018, New York, NY 10199.
Made in the USA.
SKUs featured on this page: 476910
Honor a trailblazing entertainer and activist with this new Lena Horne Stamp Ceremony Memento.
This brand new collectible contains the First Day of Issue Ceremony Invitation, the First Day of Issue Ceremony Program, Digital Color Postmark First Day Cover, and a pane of 20 Lena Horne Forever® stamps.
The 41st stamp in the Black Heritage series honors legendary performer and civil rights activist Lena Horne (1917–2010) — pairing a colorized black-and-white photo with a background reminiscent of Horne's Stormy Weather album.
Made in the USA.
SKUs featured on this page: 476934
On January 30, 2018, in New York, NY, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue the Lena Horne First-Class Mail® stamp (Forever® priced at 50 cents) in one design, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps. The stamp will go on sale nationwide January 30, 2018.
Horne began her career as a dancer at Harlem's Cotton Club and later became a featured vocalist with touring orchestras. The rampant racial discrimination she encountered from audiences, hotel and venue managers, and others was so disconcerting that she stopped touring, and in 1941, she made her move to Hollywood. A year later, she signed a contract with MGM the first black actress to sign a long-term contract with a film studio since 1915 with the stipulation that she would never be asked to take stereotypical roles then available to black actors. Her most famous movie roles were in Cabin in the Sky and Stormy Weather, both released in 1943.
During World War II, Horne entertained at camps for black servicemen, and after the war worked on behalf of Japanese Americans who were facing discriminatory housing policies. She worked with Eleanor Roosevelt in pressing for anti-lynching legislation. In the 1960s, Horne continued her high-profile work for civil rights, performing at rallies in the South, supporting the work of the National Council for Negro Women, and participating in the 1963 March on Washington.
Horne's awards and honors include a special Tony Award for her one-woman Broadway show, Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music; three Grammy Awards; the NAACP Spingarn Medal; and the Actors Equity Paul Robeson Award. She was a Kennedy Center Honors recipient in 1984, and her name is among those on the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame at the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site.
Horne was a trailblazer in Hollywood for women of color and used her fame as an entertainer to become an important spokesperson for civil rights.
Art director Ethel Kessler designed the stamp.
The Lena Horne stamp is being issued as a Forever® stamp. This Forever® stamp will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail® one-ounce price.