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Issued this day in 2021. Sc 3296. Stan Rogers. Design: Steven Slipp. “Born in Hamilton ON on Nov 29, 1949, Rogers spent many summers in Nova Scotia, visiting his mother’s hometown of Canso. It was there that he found his passion in traditional Maritime music. A skilful storyteller, Rogers sang about subjects that were both deeply personal and universally relatable. He took tales from the past and made them moving and meaningful in the present – from the raucous sea shanty “Barrett’s Privateers,” on his first album Fogarty’s Cove (1976), to the emotional anthem “Northwest Passage” (1981), the title track of the last release before his death. Rogers was only 33 – with his career on the rise – when his life was cut tragically short in an airplane fire on June 2, 1983. " #MyStamps #canadaStamps