US 4789a Music Icons Johnny Cash imperf NDC horz pair (2 stamps) MNH 2013

Item Specifics

Country

United States

Catalog Number

4789a

Stamp Type

General Issue

Condition

Mint (NH)

Stamp Format

Pair

Year of Issue

2013

Item Description

Detailed Description
Johnny
Cash (1932-2003) is best remembered internationally as a country music artist,
but we feel his influence just about everywhere—from rock and folk to blues and
gospel. The JOHNNY CASH (FOREVER®) stamp is being issued this year as
part of the exciting new _Music Icons_ stamp series.

Resembling the appearance of a 45 rpm record sleeve, the square stamp features
a photograph taken by Frank Bez during the photo session for Ring of Fire: The
Best of Johnny Cash (1963). In the photo, Cash stares out at the viewer through
a veil of shadow, his brooding expression fitting for an artist known to so
many people simply as “the Man in Black.”

Cash found inspiration for his music in the stories of outlaws and laborers,
and in his own life experience. A child of the Depression, he grew up in rural
Arkansas, and the culture of that time and place—especially the Bible and
gospel and country music—remained with him all his life. Themes of redemption,
loneliness, love, loss, and death colored his music with a gritty realism that
differed markedly from other socially conscious popular music. “I shot a man in
Reno just to watch him die,” he sings famously in “Folsom Prison Blues.”

By the 1960s, Cash had become one of the top names in country music, with a
string of hits that included “Cry, Cry, Cry,” “I Walk the Line,” and the Grammy
award-winning “A Boy Named Sue.” Though his popularity waned in the 1970s and
1980s, Cash made a remarkable resurgence in the 1990s, culminating in several
more Grammy awards. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980
and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.

Greg Breeding served as art director and designer for the stamp.

The Johnny Cash stamp is being issued as a Forever® stamp. Forever stamps are
always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail® one-ounce rate.

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* First item (USA) - BETWEEN USD $1.13 AND USD $1.79, DEPENDS ON THE SIZE

* First Item (International) - BETWEEN USD $1.77 AND USD $3.57, DEPENDS ON THE DESTINATION

* Each eligible additional item (USA / International) - USD $0.10 (see combined shipping discount), independent of size and destination

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Seller Information

Seller

msfong (28582)

Registered Since

04/25/2013

Feedback

99.9%

Store

Fongan

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Item Location

California, United States

Ships To

Worldwide

Returns Accepted

Yes

Returns Policy

Money Back - Returns Accepted within 30 Days (Buyer pays Shipping Cost)