USPS is ready to release a special stamp to honor Gregory Hines who was an American dancer, actor, singer, and choreographer. His unique style of tap dancing injected new artistry and excitement into a traditional American form. This is the 42nd stamp in the Black Heritage series that will go on sale nationwide January 28, 2019. Art director Derry Noyes designed the stamp, which features a 1988 photograph by Jack Mitchell.
Gregory Hines is the most famous and beloved tap dancer in the final decades of the twentieth century. He was a very talented person who danced, acted, and sang on Broadway, on television, and in movies, Hines contribution to the art of tap dance is enormous. He developed the entertainment traditions of tap into a serious art form and is often credited with renewing interest in tap during the 1990s. The stamp prepared by USPS shows a smiling Hines on one knee in a red blazer and gray pants, with one foot raised to show the taps on the bottom of his shoe.
See also other USPS Black Heritage stamps.
