Pete Seeger, Folk Singer (Sheet of 16) First-Class Mail Forever Postage Stamps 2022 Scott 5708
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Pete Seeger, Folk Singer (Sheet of 16) First-Class Mail Forever Postage Stamps 2022 Scott 5708
Series: Music Icons
Pete Seeger (1919–2014) appears on this stamp in the Music Icons series. Generations of fans regard him not just as a folk singer but also as a folk hero.
The stamp art features a color-tinted black-and-white photograph taken in the early 1960s by Dan Seeger, the performer’s son. Pete Seeger is shown in left profile, singing and playing his iconic banjo.
Born in New York to musician parents, Seeger intuitively took to any musical instrument put within his reach. Rural Southern folk music he heard during early family travels, and the five-string banjo that characterized it, would define his long career.
After World War II, Seeger formed a quartet, the Weavers, whose first record, “Goodnight, Irene,” became the number one song of 1950.
The Pete Seeger stamp is being issued as a Forever stamp. This Forever stamp will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail one-ounce price.