Hi....we would most certainly appreciate any and all help you can give us in getting a stamp for Marvin Gaye...we are aiming to get ONE MILLION signatures/letters ... supporters don't have to send a long or complicated letter...just send a post card or letter to the address below and say: "I support a stamp for Marvin Gaye."...again, thanks for your support...pass this letter on....tell a friend!
Ron Brewington
MOTOWN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Los Angeles Chapter
6305 S. La Brea Avenue, Suite 3
Los Angeles, CA 90056
(323) 293-1663
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 24June2003
Marvin Gaye Fans Launch World-Wide Campaign of Support For U.S. Commemorative Postage Stamp.
(Los Angeles) - The Motown Alumni Association, Los Angeles Chapter, is officially launching an intensive 3-month world wide "grass roots" campaign of support to get a commemorative U.S. postage stamp for legendary Motown singer Marvin Gaye.
Ron Brewington, Executive Director, LA Chapter, MAA, says the campaign is being called "A Stamp For Marvin."
Fans are being asked to write a letter of support to the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee, U.S. Postal Service in Washington, DC to show their support so that Gaye can get the stamp on what would have been his 65th birthday on April 2, 2004.
"The committee has turned down Marvin for a stamp several times," says Brewington. "No reason for the denial was given."
The Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee is a group of independent citizens appointed by the Postmaster General. They meet four times a year (January, April, July and October) to review the more than 40, 000 suggestions for stamp subjects the Postal Service receives each year.
Commemorative stamps are issued to honor anniversaries, important people or special events.
Postal Service policy states that individuals must be deceased for at least 10 years before they are considered for a commemorative stamp.
"Marvin Gaye suffered an untimely death on April 1, 1984," says Brewington.
Fans are asked to send a letter of support to:
Dr. Virginia Noelke
Chair, Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee
U.S. Postal Service
475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW
Room 5670
Washington, DC 20260-2437
Gaye has received numerous honors for his musical achievements, including inclusion into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), a Grammy Award, and a star on the world famous Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Brewington says the campaign will end at the end of September 2003 in time for the scheduled committee meeting in October.