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WASHINGTON -- The Postal Service is heading for Broadway to honor one of the nation's most prolific and beloved songwriters.\nA new 37-cent stamp commemorating the work of Irving Berlin will be issued Sept. 15 at New York's annual Broadway on Broadway concert.\nThe free concert kicks off the annual theater season, long a forum for Berlin, who wrote 17 complete scores for Broadway shows including "The Coconuts," "Annie Get Your Gun" and "Call Me Madam." The stamp will go on sale across the country the following day.\nBerlin, born Israel Beilin in Russia, has more than 1,000 songs to his credit including such favorites as "Alexander's Ragtime Band," "Easter Parade," "There's No Business Like Show Business," "White Christmas," "God Bless America," "How Deep is the Ocean," "Blue Skies," "Always," "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better," "Cheek to Cheek," "Puttin' On The Ritz," "Heatwave," "A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody," and "Let's Face the Music and Dance"