Jimi Hendrix Music Icon

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JimiHendrixThe first-day ceremony for this issue will be held at 8 p.m. CST March 13th at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, although the stamp will go on sale nationwide when local post offices open. The festival’s website says “Free Jimi Hendrix Celebration at Butler Park March 13. SXSW and the United States Postal Service have teamed up to present A Jimi Hendrix Celebration – a free and open to the public showcase.” There more on the SXSW website.

This is the third stamp scheduled for release on that date; the others are the USS Arizona Express Mail and “Chief” Anderson.

The design may not be released officially until the day of issue, but we have it here. Linn’s Stamp News reports blocks of four stamps will be arranged with the top of Hendrix’s head at the center of the block.

From the March 6th Postal Bulletin: Order #588000

On March 13, 2014, in Austin, Texas, the Postal Service will issue a Jimi Hendrix (Forever priced at 49 cents) commemorative First-Class mail stamp in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 16 stamps (Item 588000). The $7.84 Jimi Hendrix pane of 16 stamps may not be split, and the stamps may not be sold individually.

The stamp will go on sale nationwide March 13, 2014.

Guitarist, songwriter, and singer Jimi Hendrix (1942?1970) was one of the most important musicians of the 20th century. Combining influences from rock, modern jazz, soul, and the blues with his own innovations, Hendrix created a unique style that influenced musical artists of his era and continues to inspire musicians into the 21st century. This is the fourth issuance in the Music Icons series. The stamp pane, designed to resemble a vintage 45 rpm record sleeve, features a painting of Hendrix’s face surrounded by colorful swirls and small icons that reference song lyrics or aspects of Hendrix’s life. The stamp art shows Hendrix in performance. Text below the stamps briefly describes Hendrix’s musical legacy. Rudy Guttierez created original art for the stamp and the stamp pane. Art director Greg Breeding was the designer.

How to Order the First-Day-of-Issue Postmark:
Customers have 60 days to obtain the first-day-of-issue postmark by mail. They may purchase new stamps at their local Post Office, at The Postal Store website at www.usps.com/shop, or by calling 800-STAMP-24. They should affix the stamps to envelopes of their choice, address the envelopes (to themselves or others), and place them in a larger envelope addressed to:

hendrix dcpJimi Hendrix Station
Postmaster
8225 Cross Park Drive
Austin, TX† 78710-9998

After applying the first-day-of-issue postmark, the Postal Service will return the envelopes through the mail. There is no charge for the postmark up to a quantity of 50. For more than 50, customers have to pay five cents each. All orders must be postmarked by May 12, 2014. The Digital Color Postmark design shown in the USPS.com store is shown on the right.

Philatelic Products
There are sixteen philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
• 588006*, Press sheet with die cuts, $70.56 (print quantity of 2,500)
• 588008*, Press Sheet without die cuts, $70.56 (print quantity of 2,500)
• 588010*, Keepsake (Pane of 16, 1 DCP), $9.95
• 588016*, First-Day Cover, $0.93
• 588018*, Full Pane First Day Cover, $10.34
• 588019*, Cancelled Full Pane, $10.34
• 588021*, Digital Color Postmark, $1.64
• 588024*, Framed Art, $39.95
• 588025*, Poster with First Day Cover, $14.95
• 588026*, T-shirt (med) with First Day Cover, $17.95
• 588027*, T-shirt (large) with First Day Cover, $17.95
• 588028*, T-shirt (XL) with First Day Cover, $17.95
• 588029*, T-shirt (XXL) with First Day Cover, $17.95
• 588030*, Ceremony Program, $6.95
• 588031*, Stamp Deck Card, $0.95.
• 585032*, Stamp Deck Card with Digital Color Postmark, $1.99

Technical Specifications:
Issue: Jimi Hendrix Stamp
Item Number: 588000
Denomination & Type of Issue: First-Class Mail Forever
Format: Pane of 16 (1 design)
Series: Music Icon
Issue Date & City: March 13, 2014, Austin TX 78710
Designer: Greg Breeding
Art Director: Greg Breeding
Typographer: Greg Breeding
Artist: Rudy Gutierrez
Engraver:
Modeler: Donald Woo
Manufacturing Process: Offset
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America
Printed at: Browns Summit, NC
Press Type: Alprinta 74
Stamps per Pane: 16
Print Quantity: 60 million stamps
Paper Type: Overall Prephosphor
Adhesive Type: Pressure-sensitive
Processed at: Browns Summit, NC
Colors: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
Stamp Orientation: Square
Image Area (w x h): 1.09 x 1.09 in./27.5 x 27.6 mm
Overall Size (w x h): 1.22 x 1.22 in./31.1 x 31.1 mm
Full Pane Size (w x h): 7.0 x 7.0 in./177.9 x 177.9 mm
Plate Size: 108 stamps per revolution
Plate Numbers: none
Marginal Markings: Jimi Hendrix • Header • © 2014 USPS • USPS logo • Jimi Hendrix Bio • Barcode (588000) • Promotional text

2 thoughts on “Jimi Hendrix Music Icon”

  1. No offense to Guttierez because his Santana stuff is pretty good, however in my mind this freaky deaky psychedelic typical low quality art stamp color print doesn’t cut it. In my mind it is a way of diminishing Jimi and avoiding presenting him in a dignified portrait or lithograph to which his image lends itself well. Sorry, this is cheap art and I expected better for Jimi. The powers that be have to water down Jimi this way because too representational an image would bring Jimi’s true being forward too clearly.

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