The United Nations is truly putting the stamp on jazz, several dozen of
them in fact, when the third annual International Jazz Day rolls around on
Wednesday, April 30. UNESCO and the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz are
sponsoring International Jazz Day, which will have Osaka, Japan as its host
city for major, all-star events.Coinciding with International Jazz Day, the United Nations Postal Administration will issue three mini-sheets of a dozen jazz-related postage stamps, a first-day-of-issue envelope and a souvenir card. The items were designed in a cohesive collage format by UNPA Art Director Sergio Baradat. Here’s a preview of those materials. The stamps will be issued in U.S. dollars, Swiss francs and Euros. For more information, visit UNStamps.org.
