The 100th Anniversary of the Montreal Canadiens, a 2009 booklet of 10 pressure-sensitive stamps from Canada.

 

Canada Post commemorates the 100th anniversary of this celebrated sports franchise with a commemorative stamp at the domestic rate, issued in a booklet of 10 stamps. The domestic stamp features a close-up of Maurice “Rocket” Richard’s game-worn #9 hockey sweater, which is currently housed in the Montreal Canadiens Hall of Fame.

The storied “Flying Frenchmen” came into being in 1909, when the original franchise, officially known as le Club de hockey Canadien, was granted to J. Ambrose O’Brien. Fans soon nicknamed them les Habitants (or “the Habs”), a term used to refer to the first French settlers in present-day Québec. One of the “Original Six” pre-expansion teams, the Canadiens helped found the National Hockey League in 1917 and have gone on to win more Stanley Cups than any other club in hockey history.

Inside the booklet, the team’s list of Stanley Cup wins is listed vertically, and its centennial logo is printed on the back.