Marvin Gaye to be Honored in 2006 with Stamp

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MARVIN'S STAMP IS STILL IN THE MAKING: Organizers shooting for 2006 release.


Marvin Gaye
(Jan. 21, 2004) *Legendary Motown singer Marvin Gaye will be considered for a commemorative US postage stamp for the year 2006 when the 15-member Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee meets January 22 and 23 in Washington, DC.
The deceased singer is being sponsored for the unique and special honor by the Motown Alumni Association (MAA), Los Angeles chapter.

"We began the efforts to get a stamp for Marvin Gaye last June," says Ron Brewington, chapter Executive Director. "Those efforts included a worldwide petition and letter writing campaign which garnered thousands of signatures of support."

The MAA chapter had hopes of getting a stamp for Gaye in April, 2004, which would have been his 65th birthday.

"But the U.S. Postal Service and the Postmaster General, on the recommendation of the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee selects stamp recipients far in advance of the issue date in order to provide time for planning, design, production and distribution," says Brewington. "They had already made their selections for 2004 and 2005."