1969 Sir William Osler

"Sir William Osler [1849-1919] - writer, medical philosopher, historian and teacher - could well be considered the most influential figure in the history of medicine. In his day, he was certainly the most famous physician in the English-speaking world."
Library and Archives Canada

Canada Post Office issued the William Osler commemorative stamp on June 23, 1969.

First Day Covers

Canada Post Office Publicity First Day Cover




Shering Corporation






Canada Envelope Company








Overseas Mailers




H & E




Cole Cover




Association of Medical Schools and Colleges (Rosecraft)








Ayerst Laboratories (Artmaster)








Artopages




Darnell




David Pritchard




Usages

Domestic Letter


Toronto to Scarborough, July 23, 1969
6 cents domestic letter rate


International Surface Letter



Victoria to London, June 23, 1969
6 cents surface letter rate to Great Britain

First Non-Stop Transatlantic Flight:
Alcock and Brown 1919

The first direct transatlantic flight was made from St. John’s Newfoundland to Clifden, Ireland by John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown in a twin-engined Vickers Vimy bomber, June 14 -15, 1919.


10th Anniversary:
Slogan Cancellation

Fredericton slogan July 29, 1919:



REMEMBER FIRST TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT
BY BRITISH AVIATORS
CAPT. JOHN ALCOCK AND LIEUT. A. WHITTEN BROWN
JUNE 14 1919


50th Anniversary:
Slogan Cancellation

Toronto, June 14, 1969:



RPSC CONVENTION
13-15 JUNE 1969
SALUTES NON-STOP
ATLANTIC FLT. 1919


St. John's, Newfoundland


June 14, 1969

CAPT. ALCOCK & LT. BROWN
1ST FLIGHT
TRANSATLANTIC
14 15 JUNE 1919


50th Anniversary:
Commemorative Stamp

Canada Post Office issued a 15 cent stamp on June 13, 1969, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first non-stop transatlantic flight.
First Day Covers

Canada Post Office Publicity First Day Cover




Chickering/Jackson




H  and E




Royal Philatelic Society of Canada Cole Cover








To the Alcock and Brown Exhibition Director, Manchester




Dominion Engineering Works Limited






Rosecraft










Philart




David Pritchard







RAF Souvenir Double Crossing Flight









Usages

Domestic


Ottawa to Elgin, July 24, 1969
46 cents paying the 6 cent domestic letter rate + 40 cents special delivery fee


International Air Mail


Calgary to Hamilton, Bermuda,September 30, 1969
15 cents air mail letter rate to Bermuda



Noranda to Helsinki, Finland, December 18, 1969
15 cents air mail letter rate to Europe + 50 cents registration fee

Toronto to Barnsley, June 24, 1969
15 cents air mail letter rate to Europe + 50 cents registration fee



Scarborough to Bloemfontein, South Africa, June 13, 1969
25 cents air mail rate to Africa


60th Anniversary:
Smithsonian Institution Commemorative Cover

Souvenir covers commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Alcock & Brown flight were prepared by the Smithsonian Institution National Air And Space Museum and cancelled at St. John's on June 14, 1979.



The insert provides an account of the adventure:










90th Anniversary : Irish Air Mail Society



St. John's Newfoundland : June 14, 2009
Clochan : June 15, 2009





Clochan cancel

1969 Suzor-Coté

Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté (1869 – 1937) was a Canadian painter and sculptor born in Arthabaska, Quebec in 1869. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts during the 1890s. After his return to Quebec, he produced many impressionist paintings of the Quebec landscape, as well as portraits, nudes, historical paintings and later sculptures.











The 1903 painting Return From The Harvest Fields was used to illustrate the 50 cent stamp issued on March 14, 1969 to commemorate the centennial of Suzor-Coté's birth.

First Day Covers

Canada Post Office Publicity Cover

To South Africa

David Pritchard





Usages

Domestic Registration Fee


Brantford to Hamilton, April 29, 1969
6 cents domestic letter rate + 50 cents registration fee


International Registration Fee


Weston to London, August 7, 1969
15 cents air mail letter rate + 50 cents registration fee



Vancouver to Barnsley, England, June 24, 1969
15 cents air mail letter rate + 50 cents registration fee
AR card was stapled to the letter


International Air Mail Letter


Ottawa to Tokyo, April 28, 1969
50 cents paying the double weight (one ounce) letter rate
2 x 25 cents/ 1/2 ounce