Friday, January 28, 2011

1969 Stephen Leacock

Stephen Leacock (1869-1944) was a humorist, essayist, teacher, political scientist, and historian. He was the English-speaking world's best-known humorist, 1915-25.



Canada Post honoured the centennial of Leacock's birth with a commemorative stamp issued November 12, 1969.


National Archives of Canada


First Day Covers


Leacock Summer House - Orillia Slogan

Leacock had a summer house in Orillia, Ontario, which is now a National Historic Site. Leacock created the fictional Canadian town of Mariposa as the setting for a series of short stories published in one volume as Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town. Although Leacock publicly denied it, the town was closely modelled on the town of Orillia and its inhabitants.


MARIPOSA--SUNSHINE TOWN


Orillia, November 12, 1969






Canada Post Office Publicity First Day Cover


Mailed to St. Thomas, Jamaica


Postmaster, Ottawa, Replacement Cover


Replacement cover mailed to Pfaffenhofen, West Germany


Replacement cover insert


Shering






Canada Envelope Company






Chickering/Jackson




Overseas Mailers




Overseas Mailers insert


H and E




David M. Pritchard




Kingswood


Autographed by cachet designer


Artopages




Rosecraft







The McGill Fund Council






Usages

Domestic Letter


Toronto local, December 9, 1969
6 cents domestic letter rate


 Ste-Anne-de-Beloeil to Maldon, England, November 28, 1969
6 cents preferential surface letter rate to Great Britain