The stamp will also be featured at an event on February 28 in Philadelphia, the city of the singer's birth. The event at 11 a.m. at the Kimmel Center is free and open to the public.
Present at the Town Hall unveiling on February 15 were (below, from left) Marvin Leffler, president of Town Hall; Alfred F. Hubay, a friend of Sol Hurok, Anderson's manager; opera singer Martina Arroyo; John Hargett, manager of Post Office operations; Blanche Burton-Lyles, president of the Marian Anderson Historical Society; Phyllis Sims, curator of the Marian Anderson Historical Society; and singer Kevin So.