DONALD SUTHERLAND

With this booklet of 10 permanent stamps, Canada Post celebrates Canadian screen legend Donald Sutherland. The internationally renowned actor, whose career has spanned seven decades, became famous for his many iconic roles: a brilliant example of a Canadian artist whose talent propelled him to the world stage. For the stamp, Official First-Day Cover, and booklet, portraits of the actor were carefully selected to highlight Sutherland’s long film and television career and the wide range of roles and characters he portrayed.

The composition of the stamp follows the visual traditions of movie posters, presenting Sutherland on a spotless white background. Credits of his most noteworthy television series and films are superimposed on a photograph of the actor from the 2020 television miniseries The Ondoing. Sutherland appears in a stunning profile shot with his name at the bottom in large silver letters. The booklet features a more recent photograph, this time set on a black background and bathed in stage lighting, while the Official First-Day Cover shows Sutherland as Sergeant Oddball from the 1970 film Kelly’s Heroes.