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