Jimi Hendrix will be honored as part of the Music Icon series of U.S. postage stamps.

An article at antimusic.com reports that:

The image used on the stamp is a painting of Hendrix by Rudy Gutierrez, who created the artwork for the 2002 album, "Shaman", by Santana.

The design of the stamp will be unveiled on March 13th in Austin,Texas at the South by SouthWest Music Festival.

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