Object Details
Depicts
Howlin' Wolf, American, 1910 - 1976
Description
Jazz and blues legends were honored with the eight 29-cent stamps in Legends of American Music Stamp Series issued on September 17, 1994, in Greenville, Mississippi, at the Delta Blues Festival. The stamps feature Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rushing, Mildred Bailey, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, "Ma" Rainey, and Howlin' Wolf.
Born Chester Arthur Burnett, Howlin' Wolf (1910-1976) changed his name soon after learning his guttural "howlin" style from country blues man Charley Patton and harmonica from Sonny Boy Williamson. Wolf brought the Delta blues up from the South and into the limelight of Chicago and London.
Howard Koslow designed the images for Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rushing, Mildred Bailey, and Julian Allen designed the images for Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, "Ma" Rainey, and Howlin' Wolf. Ashton-Potter (USA), Ltd., printed The stamps using offset lithography.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (September 1, 1994).
mint
11 horizontal perforations x 10.8 vertical perforations
Credit line
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Date
September 17, 1994
Object number
1995.2075.61
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink (multicolored); adhesive / lithography
Place
United States of America
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Data Source
National Postal Museum
Topic
Music & Musicians
Contemporary (1990-present)
Black Heritage
U.S. Stamps
Link to Original Record
Record ID
npm_1995.2075.61