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Canada Post will honour Leonard Cohen with a new set of stamps
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 8:57 am
by MarieM
https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/canada-post ... -1.4586625
CTV News
Canada Post to honour Leonard Cohen on what would have been his 85th birthday
CTV News Montreal
Published Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Canada Post will honour the late, legendary singer, songwriter and Montrealer Leonard Cohen with a new set of stamps.
And it will be doing so on what would have been Cohen's 85th birthday: Saturday, Sept. 21, when the stamps will be available to the public.
Cohen, one of Montreal's most iconic and influential cultural figures, was born in Westmount on Sept. 21, 1934. He died in Los Angeles on Nov. 7, 2016, at the age of 82. His death inspired an international outpouring of tributes, of which the Canada Post stamp set is but the latest example.
Details about a public event in Montreal for the launch of the stamps on Sept. 21 will be announced soon.
Canada Post is no stranger to honouring Quebec icons on the company's stamps. Past Quebecers honoured in this manner include race-car driver Gilles Villeneuve, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Montreal Canadiens' Hall of Fame goaltender Jacques Plante (among many others).
Re: Canada Post will honour Leonard Cohen with a new set of stamps
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 9:57 pm
by Eva
If you want to preorder, you can do so right now by phone only. 1-877-632-6347.
Online orders will be available closer to the date.
Booklet if 9 stamps - Cdn. $8.10
Souvenir sheet - 6 stamps - Cdn. 8.52
There is also 2 Framed enlargements, limited edition, so of these you can only order max. 3
Framed enlargement - $ 139.00
Framed pane - $69.95
Uncut press sheet - $19.95
Envelope with cancelled stamp- $ 11.95
There is an order fee, if order is under $20.00
of $ 4.99
Re: Canada Post will honour Leonard Cohen with a new set of stamps
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 6:06 pm
by jarkko
Montreal Gazette, September 12, 2019:
Thanks to Jim Phillips, Director of the Canada Post Stamp Services, for sharing the article with us!
Re: Canada Post will honour Leonard Cohen with a new set of stamps
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 4:43 am
by mutti
Re: Canada Post will honour Leonard Cohen with a new set of stamps
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 10:34 pm
by Eva
Eva wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2019 9:57 pm
If you want to preorder, you can do so right now by phone only. 1-877-632-6347
Online orders will be available closer to the date.
Booklet if 9 stamps - Cdn. $8.10
Souvenir sheet - 6 stamps - Cdn. 8.52
There is also 2 Framed enlargements, limited edition, so of these you can only order max. 3
Framed enlargement - $ 139.00
Framed pane - $69.95
Uncut press sheet - $19.95
Envelope with cancelled stamp- $ 11.95
There is an order fee, if order is under $20.00
of $ 4.99
Re: Canada Post will honour Leonard Cohen with a new set of stamps
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2019 2:47 pm
by jarkko
Here is a better pic of the invitation Leslie already shared with us
Re: Canada Post will honour Leonard Cohen with a new set of stamps
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:26 pm
by jarkko
We will be broadcasting the unveiling of the stamps on our Facebook pages and we now have the event scheduled on our page (*). Please feel free to share these with your followers so that they can RSVP and get a reminder just prior to us lifting the veils on these amazing stamps!
https://www.facebook.com/canadapost/pos ... ?__tn__=-R
Chris Cartwright
Director, Social and Multimedia
Canada Post / Postes Canada
(*) Friday September 20, at 5:20 pm Eastern Time
Presale opens after the unveiling.
We will post pictures and complete information about the stamps and limited edition collectibles at 5:30 pm Eastern Time in a new thread (hoping to be able to do so - I will be in Yorkshire, participating in the 6th Leonard Cohen Walking Weekend!)
If there will be a delay in posting, just go to
https://www.canadapost.ca/cohenstamps
This will bring straight in to all Cohen material.
To make an order in Canada and USA, best to call 1-800-565-4362
Around the world or for any online shopper of as of Sept. 20 at 5:30 pm Eastern time visit the online store at
https://www.canadapost.ca/cohenstamps
Re: Canada Post will honour Leonard Cohen with a new set of stamps
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2019 11:29 pm
by jarkko