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
6 cents preferential surface letter rate to Great Britain
