1978-1991 Performing Arts Series, Complete Set of 12 Stamps

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Performing Arts Series 

On May 24, 1978, the USPS issued the first stamp in the Performing Arts Series, honoring Jimmie Rodgers.

The Jimmie Rodgers stamp was issued on May 24, 1978, in his hometown of Meridian, Mississippi.  The stamp issue coincided with the town’s annual Jimmie Rodgers Festival.  The stamp shows Rodgers as the “Singing Brakeman,” a character based on his previous experience on the railroad that he later also portrayed in a short film.  Called the “Father of Country Music,” Rodgers was the first person ever inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Here are the stamps included:

1755         1978 13c Jimmie Rodgers      

1756         1978 15c George M. Cohan     

1801         1979 15c Will Rogers         

1803         1980 15c W. C. Fields        

2012         1982 20c The Barrymores      

2088         1984 20c Douglas Fairbanks   

2090         1984 20c John McCormack      

2110         1985 22c Jerome Kern         

2211         1986 22c Duke Ellington      

2250         1987 22c Enrico Caruso       

2411         1989 25c Arturo Toscanini    

2550         1991 29c Cole Porter