Sinatra stamp will go on sale Tuesday

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new stamp honoring Frank Sinatra goes on sale next week.

First-day-of-sale ceremonies for the 42-cent stamp will be held Tuesday at three locations familiar to the famed singer and actor. The price of a first-class stamp goes up a penny to 42 cents on Monday.

The first ceremony for the performer often known as the “Chairman of the Board” will be hosted by the post office’s own chairman of the board of governors, Alan Kessler at 10 a.m. EDT at Gotham Hall in New York. On hand will be Sinatra’s daughter and son, Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra, Jr., as well as Rep. Jose E. Serrano, D-N.Y. Serrano has said he learned English by listening to Sinatra records.

Two ceremonies will be held at 3 p.m. EDT. In Las Vegas, Tina Sinatra, another daughter, will join Postal Service governor James Bilbray at the Bellagio fountains main alcove on Las Vegas Boulevard. And Frank Sinatra, Jr. will join Rep. Albio Sires, D-N.J., in a ceremony in Hoboken, N.J., Sinatra’s hometown.