13c Jimmie Rodgers single
Object Details
- Date
- May 24, 1978
- Description
- The 13-cent Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933) stamp was first available on May 24, 1978, at Meridian, Mississippi. Jimmie Rodgers brought southern music to center stage in the United States. He is remembered particularly for his songs about railroading. The songs of blacks who worked for the roads influenced him, and he is known by many as the 'Singing Brakeman'. He died of tuberculosis in 1933.
- mint
- Place
- United States of America
- Topic
- Stars of Stage & Screen
- Music & Musicians
- U.S. Stamps
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Object number
- 1980.2493.17300
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Metadata Usage
- Usage conditions apply
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.17300
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