| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Date of Issue | September 7, 2018 |
| Year | 2018 |
| Quantity | 10,000,000 |
| Denomination |
First-Class Mail Forever
|
| Denomination Value | $0.50 | Color | Cool Gray 7, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black |
| Perforation or Dimension | 1.225 x 1.225 in./31.115 x 31.115 mm |
| Series | Music Icons |
| Series Time Span | 2013 - 2018 |
| Issue Location | New York, NY 10199 |
| Postal Administration | United States |
| Condition | Name | Avg Value |
|---|
Celebrate a rock-and-roll legend with this new 14.188 x 21.375-inch press sheet with die cuts, containing six panes of 16 John Lennon Forever® stamps positioned two across by three down.
Part of the Music Icons series, the stamp design features a photograph of Lennon taken in August 1974 during the photo session for Lennon's 1974 album Walls and Bridges. For the stamps, the original black-and-white image has been treated in gradations of color.
Made in the USA.
SKUs featured on this page: 565406
Honor a rock-and-roll legend with this new set of four John Lennon First Day Covers. Each #6 ¾ envelope bears an affixed Forever® stamp cancelled with an official First Day of Issue postmark.
Part of the Music Icons series, the stamp design features a photograph of Lennon taken in August 1974 during the photo session for Lennon's 1974 album Walls and Bridges. For the stamps, the original black-and-white image has been treated in gradations of color.
The pictorial postmark features Lennon’s signature and includes the date and location of stamp issuance: September 7, 2018, New York, NY, 10199.
Made in the USA.
SKUs featured on this page: 565416
Honor a rock-and-roll legend with this new set of four John Lennon Digital Color Postmark First Day Covers. The #6 ¾ envelope bears an affixed Forever® stamp cancelled with an official First Day of Issue postmark.
Part of the Music Icons series, the stamp design features a photograph of Lennon taken in August 1974 during the photo session for Lennon's 1974 album Walls and Bridges. For the stamps, the original black-and-white image has been treated in gradations of color.
The digital color postmark features the stamp title in bold lettering filled with gradient color, and includes the stamp date and location of stamp issuance: September 7, 2018, New York, NY, 10199.
Made in the USA.
SKUs featured on this page: 565421
Honor a rock-and-roll legend and recognize the First Day of Issue of the John Lennon Forever® stamp, with this new official ceremony program and cover.
The full-color program folder features the First Day of Issue details and narrative about the stamp design. An insert placed inside the folder includes the ceremony agenda and participants.
The program folder is tucked inside a 9 x 6-inch envelope bearing an affixed, randomly selected 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: 565430
Honor a rock-and-roll legend with this new keepsake combination: one pane of 16 John Lennon Forever® stamps and a set of four Digital Color Postmark First Day Covers.
Part of the Music Icons series, the stamp design features a photograph of Lennon taken in August 1974 during the photo session for Lennon's 1974 album Walls and Bridges. For the stamps, the original black-and-white image has been treated in gradations of color.
The digital color postmark features the stamp title in bold lettering filled with gradient color, and includes the stamp date and location of stamp issuance: September 7, 2018, New York, NY, 10199.
Made in the USA.
SKUs featured on this page: 565410
Celebrate one of history’s greatest rock-and-roll legends with this new 12.25 x 12.25-inch John Lennon vinyl book. Modeled after an LP record, the design showcases the photograph featured on the John Lennon Forever® stamps. The sleeve includes three interactive flaps that open to reveal another image beneath.
Also included are a strip of four stamps and accompanying mounts.
Made in the USA.
SKUs featured on this page: 565427
Honor a rock-and-roll legend with this new John Lennon Stamp Ceremony Memento.
This collectible contains the First Day of Issue Ceremony Invitation, the First Day of issue Ceremony Program, a set of four Digital Color Postmark First Day Covers, and a pane of 16 John Lennon Forever® stamps.
Part of the Music Icons series, the stamp design features a photograph of Lennon taken in August 1974 during the photo session for Lennon's 1974 album Walls and Bridges. For the stamps, the original black-and-white image has been treated in gradations of color.
Made in the USA.
SKUs featured on this page: 565434
On September 7, 2018, in New York, NY, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue the John Lennon stamps (Forever® priced at the First-Class Mail® rate) in four designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive pane of 16 stamps. The stamps will go on sale nationwide September 7, 2018.
The newest stamps in the Music Icons series honor singer-songwriter John Lennon (1940–1980), a rock-and-roll hero successful both as a founding member of the Beatles and as a solo artist. Still beloved around the world, Lennon‘s music remains an anchor of pop radio and continues to speak for truth, peace, and tolerance. The stamp design features a photograph of Lennon taken by noted rock-and-roll photographer Bob Gruen in August 1974 during the photo session for Lennon‘s 1974 album Walls and Bridges. For the stamps, the original black-and-white image has been treated in gradations of color.
The stamp pane is designed to resemble a vintage 45 rpm record sleeve. One side of the pane includes the stamps, brief text about Lennon‘s legacy, and the image of a sliver of a record seeming to peek out the top of the sleeve. A black-and-white photograph of Lennon seated at his white piano appears on the reverse, along with Lennon‘s signature and the Music Icons series logo. Taken by photographer Peter Fordham, the original photograph was used to promote Lennon‘s landmark 1971 solo album, Imagine. Art director Antonio Alcalá worked on the stamp pane with designer Neal Ashby.
The newest stamps in the Music Icons series honor singer and songwriter John Lennon (1940–1980), a rock-and-roll hero successful both as a founding member of the Beatles and as a solo artist. Still beloved around the world, Lennon's music remains an anchor of pop radio and continues to speak for truth and peace.
The stamp design features a photograph of Lennon taken by noted rock-and-roll photographer Bob Gruen in August 1974 during the photo session for Lennon's 1974 album Walls and Bridges. For the stamps, the original black-and-white image has been treated in gradations of color.
The stamp sheet is designed to resemble a vintage 45 rpm record sleeve. One side of the sheet includes the stamps, brief text about Lennon's legacy, and the image of a sliver of a record seeming to peek out the top of the sleeve. A black-and-white photograph of Lennon seated at his white piano appears on the reverse, along with Lennon's signature and the Music Icons series logo. Taken by photographer Peter Fordham, the original photograph was used to promote Lennon's landmark 1971 solo album, Imagine.
Lennon was just a 16-year-old high school student in Liverpool, England, when he, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison formed the band that would eventually become the Beatles. With songs like “Love Me Do,” “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” “All You Need Is Love,” and “Strawberry Fields Forever,” the band dominated the world's pop charts throughout much of the 1960s.
As a solo artist, Lennon recorded a mix of groundbreakingly confessional songs, tender tracks like “Jealous Guy,” 1950s classics, and the still popular holiday single “Happy Christmas (War Is Over).” “Imagine”—the best known song of his solo career—is still sung ritualistically at events like post-9/11 memorials. He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987 and twice inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: as a member of the Beatles in 1988 and as a solo artist in 1994.
Art director Antonio Alcalá worked on the stamp sheet with designer Neal Ashby.
The John Lennon stamps are being issued as Forever® stamps. These Forever stamps will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail® one-ounce price.