Donald Sutherland invites fans to send postcards

By David Hartwig

Actor Donald Sutherland, whom Canada Post honored on a stamp issued Oct. 19, 2023, would like you to send him a postcard franked with the stamp.

During an interview that aired Dec. 12, 2023, on the podcast Q with Tom Power, produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBC), Sutherland said fans have been sending him letters in envelopes franked with the stamp.

“People have sent me letters just because they wanted to send me a letter with my stamp on it,” he said.

After the interview, he followed up with the CBC with an invitation for anyone to send him a postcard franked with the stamp. Those interested can address the postcard to Donald Sutherland, General Delivery, Georgeville, QC J0B 1T0, Canada.

Sutherland told Powers that he considers the stamp his greatest achievement.

“When they showed me this stamp, I felt that everything had come together,” Sutherland said. “You know, when you’re 88 years old — very nearly 89 — it means a lot, a stamp, because we grew up writing letters … . The stamp for me is everything, just everything!”

Sutherland was born July 17, 1935, and acted in the films Kelly’s Heroes (1970), M*A*S*H (1970), Klute (1971), Fellini’s Casanova (1976), Ordinary People (1980), The Italian Job (2003), and The Hunger Games (2012), among others.

The Donald Sutherland stamp is available from Canada Post’s online store; by mail order from Canada Post Customer Service, Box 90022, 2701 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, ON K1V 1J8 Canada; or by telephone from the United States or Canada at 800-565-4362, and from other countries at 902-863-6550.

Connect with Linn’s Stamp News: 

    Sign up for our newsletter
    Like us on Facebook
    Follow us on Twitter