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.
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Canada Post honoured the centennial of Leacock's birth with a commemorative stamp issued November 12, 1969.
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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.
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MARIPOSA--SUNSHINE TOWN
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Orillia, November 12, 1969
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Canada Post Office Publicity First Day Cover
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Mailed to St. Thomas, Jamaica
Postmaster, Ottawa, Replacement Cover
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Replacement cover mailed to Pfaffenhofen, West Germany
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Replacement cover insert
Shering
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Canada Envelope Company
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Chickering/Jackson
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Overseas Mailers
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Overseas Mailers insert
H and E
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David M. Pritchard
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Kingswood
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Autographed by cachet designer
Artopages
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Rosecraft
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The McGill Fund Council
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Usages
Domestic Letter
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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