Leonard Cohen Stamps

I picked up these Leonard Cohen stamps a couple months ago and thought it was about time I showed them off. These stamps issued by Canada Post were released on September to coincide with the 85th anniversary of Cohen’s birth. Leonard Cohen passed away November 7th 2016. He was a Canadian Legend who was a singer, songwriter, poet, and novelist. Leonard has been inducted into every music hall of fame you could think of. A true legend and missed dearly. This book of nine stamps with three different pictures shows Leonard through a different phase of his career. The front of the booklet features a picture of a mural painted on a building in his hometown of Montreal. These stamps can now go with the other Canadian music stamps (The Hip, Guess Who, Rush and Stompin' Tom Connors) I have collected over the years.

Rock N' Roll Stamps

Last week Canada Post released a new series of stamps honouring some of Canada's most popular bands. There were four different stamps unveiled. I got three of them as the fourth one is a French artist that I have never heard of before. The ones I did get were... The Tragically Hip, The Guess Who and my favorite Rush. The stamps look pretty sharp, and if your lucky, maybe this Xmas you may get a card from me with one of these stamps on it.

Stompin' Tom Connors Honoured

As many of my friends and family know, I have been a huge Stompin' Tom fan since I was a little kid. Actually, one of the very first albums I ever owned was a Stompin' Tom album called The Hockey Song which I still own to this day.
Well, this summer Canada Post honoured him with his own stamp. I thought this was a cool way to honour him, as he wants know part of a Juno award, which is a stupid reward that they give out to Canadian musicians (like a Grammy in the USA) he has actually won a few Juno's back in the day, but ended up giving them back as he wanted no part of them.
Stompin' Tom has never got the accolades he deserves, the man has put out countless albums and has wrote well over three hundred songs, most of which are about Canada and its people. I have seen Stompin' Tom three times and has never put on a disappointing show. I hope I get to see him again soon, as he is now 73 years old.
I am very happy to see Stompin' Tom Connors honoured on a Canadian stamp. I was lucky enough to get myself a few of these stamps. Congratulations Stompin' Tom, you deserve it. 54 cents well spent!!!!