A meter mail from Boston, the first illustration in our display, depicts a pair of spectacles and so qualifies as a relevant postal item. The two stamps shown are from the booklet.īuddy Holly's most distinctive feature were his glasses which have thick lenses and heavy frames. They were issued in two formats in se-tenant pane of five across and seven down, and as booklet stamps. In June 1993 the United States issued stamps to commemorate these two musicians together with five other rock 'n' rollers.
The day the music died… stamp suggestionsĪ thematic display illustrates the story in question using postcards, ephemera or letters, but the obvious source is stamps, and of course Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens are often depicted. Time, money, and interest will have an effect on how your collection develops, but it is the choice of title that defines your collection. You decide what you will collect and how you are going to form the collection, and do your best to make the theme unique. When you put together any collection you start with a blank page. The choice of title when creating a thematic display is vital to any thematic as it gets the imagination going. A combination of web-based research and more nostalgic sources can help collectors get the facts and figures they require while still getting a feel for the culture of the time. This is the final chapter in his life.Ĭreating a successful and well defined collection requires plenty of research. We do not need to know where he was born, find out about his childhood or know every minor event of his short career. Deciding on a very specific theme is an important aspect of any display, since being too general can cause observers to lose interest as the focus is blurred. There are many collectors of music on stamps who will have items relating to Buddy Holly, but we are concerned only with the final day of his life. Now known as the day the music died, rock 'n' roll was never the same.
When the plane went down on that cold February day the 22-year-old star was only just starting out on what seemed destined to be a dazzling career. The exact cause of the crash is uncertain but the pilot and all three passengers were killed as the plane nose-dived through snowy skies into a frozen cornfield. Just after one o’clock the plane left Mason City, Iowa for Fargo, Dakota, but never made its destination. Hoping to save time and keep warm during a long and busy tour of the Midwest in the winter of '59, Buddy Holly chartered a small four-seat aircraft, a Beechcraft Bonanza V tail, to fly onto the next venue with Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper joining him. His short life is also recalled in the well-known Don Maclean song 'American Pie' and later in the biopic released by Columbia The Buddy Holly Story. In his tragically short career, Buddy Holly visited the UK and Australia, and influenced not only his fellow countrymen but the UK pop bands of the following decade, including the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. The three rock 'n' roll musicians involved in the tragic and now famous plane crash were, at that time, on the verge of worldwide fame:
0 kommentar(er)
