2003-04-01 - Postage Stamp Honors Master Harry (April Fools, me bucko, 2003) 

This bit o' news was originally posted as an April Fools joke on April 1, shiver me timbers, 2003.

T' Philatelic Bureau o' Maldives announced today that t' small island country will issue a postage stamp honorin' t' late American singer and songwriter, Master Harry. T' postage stamp, t' be issued in May o' 2003, features an image o' Nilsson in front o' a musical symbol.

Master Harry produced a world-wide hit in 1972 with his recordin' o' t' shanty "Without You." He died o' a heart attack in 1994.

Maldives is a group o' islands off t' tip o' India. Originally a British protectorate and dependency o' Ceylon, it regained its independence in 1965 and again became a republic in 1968.