hey there, hope all well
a nice occasion for sure and congrats to Gord and the others plus hopes for more of our living artists to be honoured in a follow up
as for personal taste, I prefer rectangular stamps and I really have never liked that hood ornament-like Lightfoot font and especially having it plastered on the front of his forehead - the font for Gordon, Lightfoot and Canada, imo, clash unlike that of the Murray issue, very tasty
am surprised there's no protective cardboard packaging or sleeve to protect the set the way they've done in the past but I suppose most of cost in packaging but they've gone all out before
the GL stamp catalogue cover is nice (no chrome Lightfoot font, no wonder they're worth something on ebay
) as are the postcards and so is the first day issue in that it's got the select song lyrics but I'd rather have seen EMR or CRT lyric segment than IYCRMM for numerous reasons but there's no bad choice and I guess it bought the farm...the other tunes are Big Yellow Taxi, Snowbird and Diana
can throw some GL catalogue covers and first day issue copies into next GL convention raffle
honestly, was hoping for perhaps a previously unreleased pic of Gord but they chose the most recognizable for sure...I remember in an old proposed stamp I didn't even put 'Lightfoot' on the stamp, just figured it went without saying
anyone hear the songs of canada segment on cbc radio on Canada Day, July 1? I was driving in from out of town and heard a portion - various artists paid tribute to Canadian songwriters backuped up by CBC radio orchestra - Sexsmith sang the Mountains & Marianne, The Last Time... and Now & Then...all versions sounded appealingly miserable ...then I believe Sarah Harmer came on but I had to tend to some stuff and missed that...I imagine both of these guys will one day be on stamps also
happy USA Day, travel safe + cheers, in that order