The Official First Day Cover pays tribute to award-winning band Blue Rodeo.
It is cancelled in Toronto, Ontario, where the band formed and is based.
Blue Rodeo has sold more than four million albums and won 12 JUNO Awards, including induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
The band has also received a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame and earned a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement.

Good to know

This Official First Day cover was issued on April 4, 2025.
There were 7,000 covers printed for this issue.

About the issue

Canada Post has a long history of honouring Canadian bands and singer-songwriters for their contributions to the nation’s arts and culture.
Blue Rodeo joins such past honourees as Robert Charlebois (2009), The Tragically Hip (2013), Beau Dommage (2013), and Sarah McLachlan (2024).

About Blue Rodeo

One of Canada’s most beloved bands, Blue Rodeo has helped shape and redefine Canadian popular music. When they formed in 1984, the band’s unique blend of country, folk and rock set them apart in a musical landscape dominated by synth-pop and hair metal. Led by the sweet, soaring harmonies and endearing melodies of principal singer-songwriters Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor, Blue Rodeo is known for its rootsy eclecticism and superb musicianship. Hits such as “Try,” “Lost Together,” “5 Days in May” and “Hasn’t Hit Me Yet” have propelled Blue Rodeo albums to multi-platinum status.

Blue Rodeo has won 12 JUNO Awards, including induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, received a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame and earned a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement. They have sold more than four million albums and played more than 2,500 live shows – including more at Toronto’s venerated Massey Hall (their hometown venue) than any other rock band. Forty years on, Blue Rodeo continues to tour and record.

About the design

The foreground on the front of the Official First Day Cover features the band members’ signatures superimposed over their portraits from the stamp image.
In the background is a photo of Blue Rodeo performing in Toronto in August 2024.
The front of the cover also includes the text “Blue Rodeo” and the stamp, cancelled on April 4, 2025, in Toronto, Ontario – where the band formed and is based.
The cancel mark is a guitar pick with a flower at its centre that is reminiscent of the floral detail that appears on the band’s western-style shirts.
The back of the OFDC is a collage created from a different photo taken at the same concert and art that appears on the stamp.
The back also features a short text on the stamp subject, along with credits/captions.

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Blue Rodeo 2025 Official First Day Cover