The Postal Service will dedicate its Linda McCartney stamps on Friday, Sept. 25, at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
Born Linda Eastman in Scarsdale, NY, in 1941, she rose to prominence in 1966 after photographing the Rolling Stones while working as an editorial receptionist at Town and Country magazine.
She became known as a chronicler of 1960s music culture. A 1968 portrait of Eric Clapton made her the first female photographer to have her work appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
She met future husband — Paul McCartney, bass guitarist for British rock band the Beatles — while on assignment in London in 1967.
Linda McCartney later became a musician in the pop-rock band Wings, a cookbook author and animal rights activist.
McCartney died in 1998 at age 56.
Derry Noyes, an art director for USPS, designed the stamps using five of McCartney’s photographs. The selvage — the area surrounding the stamps — features a black-and-white image of McCartney behind the camera.
The stamps will be sold in sheets of 20 and will be available at Post Offices and on usps.com.
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