Malta issued this attractive minisheet in 2006, to celebrate the musician Sting.

Mint unhinged, and in pristine condition. SG MS 1489. Catalogue value = £7.50 (= NZ $14.37).

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Gordon Sumner CBE (born 1951), known as Sting, is an English musician and actor. He was the frontman, songwriter & bassist for new wave rock band The Police from 1977 until their breakup in 1986. He launched a solo career in 1985 & has included elements of rock, jazz, reggae, classical, new-age, & worldbeat in his music.

As a solo musician & a member of The Police, Sting has received 17 Grammy Awards: he won Song of the Year for "Every Breath You Take", three Brit Awards, including Best British Male Artist in 1994 & Outstanding Contribution in 2002, a Golden Globe, an Emmy, & four nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. In 2019, he received a BMI Award for "Every Breath You Take" becoming the most-played song in radio history. In 2002, Sting received the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers & Authors & was also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Police in 2003. In 2000, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for recording. In 2003, Sting received a CBE from Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace for services to music. He was made a Kennedy Center Honoree at the White House in 2014 & was awarded the Polar Music Prize in 2017.

With The Police, Sting became one of the world's best-selling music artists. Solo & with the Police combined, he has sold over 100 million records. In 2006, Paste ranked him 62nd of the 100 best living songwriters. He was 63rd of VH1's 100 greatest artists of rock, & 80th of Q magazine's 100 greatest musical stars of the 20th century. In 2018, he released the album 44/876, a collaboration with Jamaican musician Shaggy, which won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 2019.

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