A new stamp honoring Frank Sinatra goes on sale today. First-day-of-sale ceremonies for the 42-cent stamp will be held Tuesday at three locations familiar to the singer and actor.
The first ceremony for the "Chairman of the Board" was hosted by the post office's own chairman of the board of governors. Joining him at the ceremony at Gotham Hall in New York was be Frank's daughter Nancy and son, Frank Sinatra Jr.
Two other ceremonies will be held at 3 this afternoon. In Las Vegas, Tina Sinatra will join Postal Service governor James Bilbray in dedicating the stamp at the Bellagio fountain`s main alcove on Las Vegas Boulevard. And Frank Sinatra Jr. will join Jersey lawmaker Albio Sires in a ceremony in Hoboken, New Jersey, Sinatra`s hometown.
"42 cents?" you ask. The price of a first-class stamp went up a penny to yesterday. Other postal rates increased, too. Get used to it. A new law, the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, means that the U.S. Postal Service will adjust prices for mailing services every May. The act was signed into law December 2006 by President Bush, who has posed for a stamp of his own.
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