Musicians and Groups on stamps

Can't forget about Alvin Lee! That video reminded of him. That guy can jam!!

Found this on YouTube a while back, Johnny Cash on Tex Ritter's show in 1957.

Ryan

In 1949, the German Democratic Republic's stamp agency started to sell canceled sets of new issues. These are CTOs of the two stamp set issued on March 26, 1952 to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the death of Ludwig van Beethoven: the 12pf blue gray & violet blue, perf 13.5 is Scott 96 and the 24pf gray & red brown is Scott 97.

Beethoven definitives
8 Pfg. issued Aug.1927/ 20 Pfg. Nov.1st,1926
70 Pfg.dark-green issued Dec.1st,1961/ 70 Pfg.black-blue-green issued Nov.1962

My favorite, The Beatles, who changed the world.

They most certainly changed the world. They were at the forefront of the revolution, men wearing long hair, psychedelic drugs, the Carnaby Street look, the anti-war movement, free love, etc, etc, etc.

Prior to the Beatles, it was an Ozzie & Harriet world here in America.

Beethoven 200th birthday,issued Dec.16th,1970.

To end the showing of the few Beethoven-stamps I own,here one from West-Berlin:




Issued on March 26th,1952,it commemorates the 125th anniversary of Beethoven´s death.
However,unlike one might think,the stamp does not show the death-mask,but a mask made
from his face in 1812.

Can any Beethoven expert tell me if I have collected all the German stamps of Beethoven or if I am missing some?

Not a German stamp but from The Rep of Maldives - 1977 - Sc # 669

In 2019, Canada Post issued a set of 6 stamps with 4 facial values commemorating Leonard Cohen at 3 different stages of his career, in the 60's, 80's, and 00's.

This is the pane of 6 stamps, signed by the two stamp designers on the first day of issue (2019-09-21) in Montreal:



This is the booklet of 9 stamps of domestic rate:





These are the 4 first day covers:



This is the uncut press sheet. It's designed in the same format as a vinyl record:





I have had the honour of participating the first day issue of these stamps (below: event invitation) in Montreal, where I got special pictorial cancellations inspired by Cohen's album cover design on a series of 4 linovers I plan on creating. The first one has been completed, the remaining ones will be cancelled on what would be Cohen's 90th, 95th, and 100th anniversary.



I don't know if it's legal to share the image of the first linover of the series cancelled in 2019 in Montreal, on what would be Cohen's 85th anniversary, because my realistic drawing is based on a copyrighted photograph. It wasn't sold for commercial purpose; it was created as a souvenir. So I set this image to be autodeleted after one month. If you should like to see my creation after that time, please message me.



(The 'Future' pictorial cancellation was misplaced by error -- Well, 'there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in'.)

Thank you Rob for your kind words!

No, I am not familiar with Jennifer Warnes's recording, but ‹ Famous Blue Raincoat › is my favourite Cohen song, so I will definitely look for her cover. I have been in love with this song ever since I heard Tori Amos' cover in my high school English class for the first time.

Here are the other pictorial cancellations that were available on the first day of issue:



The first cancellation, matched with the Cohen portrait taken in the 60's, is inspired by the back cover of Cohen's debut album.

The second cancellation, matched with the Cohen portrait taken in the 80's, probably alludes to the first song in the album Various Positions (1984),  ‹ Dance Me to the End of Love ›. At the post office, many people asked about the connexion between this cancellation design and the song ‹ Hallelujah › (which is perhaps Cohen's most famous song); they specifically aimed for getting the cachet of ‹ Hallelujah ›.

The third cancellation, matched with the Cohen portrait taken in the 00's, is inspired by the cover design of his last studio album.

The fourth cancellation, matched with the 3 permanent (domestic) stamps, uses the cover of The Future (1992) for reason unknown to me. My guess is that it may be due to that the matching first-day cover quotes the lyric of the song ‹ Anthem ›: 'There is a crack, a crack in everything / That's how the light gets in.'

In 2014, Canada Post issued a set of 5 stamps honouring Canada's country artists: Tommy Hunter, k.d. lang, Renée Martel, Hank Snow and Shania Twain. 5 booklets (containing 10 self-adhesive stamps) were issued for each individual artist.