'Over the Rainbow' Songwriter Yip Harburg on U.S. Postage Stamp

'Over the Rainbow' Songwriter Yip Harburg on U.S. Postage Stamp

What: First-day-of-issue ceremony for the Yip Harburg 37-cent postage stamp (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041105/DCF007-q )

Who: David Solomon, Vice President, Area Operations, New York Metro Area, U.S. Postal Service David Failor, Executive Director, Stamp Services, U.S. Postal

Service Ernie Harburg, Harburg's son and President of The Yip Harburg

Foundation Sol Adler, Executive Director 92nd Street Y

When: 6 p.m. (EDT) April 28, 2005

Where: 92nd Street Y Kauffman Concert Hall 1395 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10128-1612

Background: The U.S. Postal Service honors E. Y. "Yip" Harburg, who wrote

the lyrics for more than 600 popular songs, including "Over the Rainbow," created with composer Harold Arlen for the movie "The Wizard of Oz." Stamp designer Ethel Kessler began with a photograph taken by portrait photographer Barbara Bordnick in 1978, then added other elements including a rainbow and the lyric "somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue" from Harburg's Oscar-winning song.

Performing Harburg's songs are Ben Harburg, Harburg's grandson; Michael Feinstein, Joel Grey, A.J. Irvin, Anne Jackson, Maureen McGovern, Kerry O'Malley, Catherine Russell,

John Sloman, Eli Wallach and Terri White.

CONTACT: Melissa Dodge, +1-202-268-5188, or cell: +1-202-360-1552, or Patricia McGovern, +1-212-330-3307, or cell: +1-917-837-0942, both of the U.S. Postal Service.

PRNewswire -- April 26

Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041105/DCF007-q PRN Photo Desk; photodesk@prnewswire.com Source: U.S. Postal Service

Web site: http://www.usps.com/

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