The “Chairman of the Board’s” children joined the Postal Service’s Chairman to celebrate the achievements of “Ol’ Blue Eyes” by dedicating the Frank Sinatra commemorative stamp in the first of three ceremonies taking place in New York City, Las Vegas and Hoboken, NJ, today. All 120 million Frank Sinatra 42-cent First-Class stamps become available throughout the US today.

“Today, the Postal Service is proud to deliver its own special tribute to the ‘Chairman of the Board,’” said Postal Service Board of Governors Chairman Alan Kessler. “On Frank’s 80th birthday, the City of New York turned the Empire State Building blue. Starting today, we’re going to try to do New York City one better — by turning America’s mail a beautiful shade of blue. One hundred twenty million portraits of ‘Ol’ Blue Eyes’ will carry our cards, letters and packages to their destinations all around the world.”

“Our father loved this country,” said the Sinatra family, represented by Nancy, Frank Jr. and Tina Sinatra. “This would have been one of his happiest days.”

The special edition release of the new Sinatra Nothing But the Best CD includes a collectible commemorative Frank Sinatra stamp bearing the official USPS first-day-of-issue postmark. The release is only available in the UK through Sinatra’s home on the web www.rhino.co.uk