Plummer stamp features iconic roles

Canada Post has revealed a new commemorative stamp honouring late Canadian acting legend Christopher Plummer.

The Toronto-born stage and screen star played a leading role in selecting the stamp design before he died at his Weston, Conn., home in February at age 91.

It features Plummer in several prominent roles from his 70year career, including Prospero in a Stratford Festival production of “The Tempest;” the lead in “King Lear;” Rudyard Kipling in “The Man Who Would Be King,” Captain von Trapp in “The Sound of Music” and John Barrymore in the play “Barrymore.”

THE CANADIAN PRESS Toronto-born acting legend Christopher Plummer helped Canada Post design his stamp before he died in February at 91.