1972 Frontenac

Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau (1622 –1698) was a French soldier and Governor General of New France from 1672 to 1682 and from 1689 to his death in 1698. He was one of the more turbulent and influential figures in the history of Canada, chiefly noted as the architect of French expansion in North America He established a number of forts on the Great Lakes and engaged in a series of battles against the English and the Iroquois.

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online provides a detailed biography of Frontenac.
Canada Post Office issued a stamp commemorating Frontenac on May 17, 1972. The stamp was issued in untagged and tagged formats.




National Archives of Canada


Ottawa tagged


First Day Covers

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Canada Envelope Company






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Canadian Bank Note







Cominco






Rosecraft






Canada Post Office Official First Day Cover




Ottawa tagged


David Pritchard




Usages

Domestic


Black Duck Cove, Nfld., to Moncton, June 21, 1972
8 cents domestic letter rate + 50 cents registration fee

Commemorating the Founders of Montreal

Paul de Chomedy de Maisonneuve, Jeanne Mance, and Marguerite Bourgoys are considered to be the co-founders of Montreal.

• Maisonneuve was given a mission by the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal to found a missionary colony consecrated to the Holy Virgin in New France. The group he commanded arrived in Montreal in May, 1642, and called the colony Ville Marie.Maisonneuve, governor from 1642 to 1665, was a skilful organizer and tireless defender of the settlement. In 1895, a statue of Maisonneuve was erected in Montreal:
  

• Jeanne Mance was a lay nurse whose aim was to serve the "poor Indian and French sick people in the settlement. She founded and ran the hospital Hôtel-Dieu, and was the treasurer and manager of the Montreal colony. The Jeanne Mance commemorative stamp was issued on April 18, 1973 :

• Marguerite Bourgeoys, a deeply religious person, arrived at Montreal in 1653, having been invited by Maisonneuve to teach school and religion classes. Bourgeoys occupied herself with works of charity and of social service, founding the religious order the Congrégation de Notre-Dame. Referred to as "Mother of the Colony" by the settlers, Marguerite Bourgeoys was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1982, becoming Canada'sfirst woman saint. Canada Post issued a stamp honouring Marguerite Bourgeoys on May 30, 1985 :

Although the Canadian post office has issued stamps honouring Jeanne Mance and Marguerite Bourgeoys, a Canadian Maisonneuve commemorative stamp has yet to be released. This lack of philatelic recognition is surprising given the fact that France issued a Maisonneuve stamp in 1972:
















The 400th anniversary of Maisonneuve's birth will be celebrated in 2012. It would be appropriate at that time for Canada Post to issue a stamp honouring Paul de Chomedy de Maisonneuve.

1972 World Health Day Stamp

In 1948, the First World Health Assembly called for the creation of a "World Health Day" to mark the founding of the World Health Organization. Since 1950, World Health Day has been celebrated on the 7th of April annually.


Each year a theme is selected for World Health Day that highlights a priority area of concern for WHO. The theme of the 1972 World Health Day was "Your Heart Is Your Health". The day was dedicated to the prevention and treatment of heart and circulatory diseases. Its purpose was to stimulate public interest in the problems of heart and circulatory diseases, to promote new measures to solve these problems and to reinforce international co-operation in this field.


Artist Joyce Wieland (1933-1998) , one of Canada's foremost artists of the second half of the 20th century, was commissioned to design the 1972 World Health Day stamp. At that time she was at the height of her career. The National Gallery of Canada had just held its 1971 exhibition, "True Patriot Love," featuring her work. This was the Gallery's first exhibition devoted to a living Canadian woman artist.

Her life's work encompassed a wide variety of media, including film making, painting, sculpture, quilting, collage, print making. The themes that she explored included feminism, the environment, Canadian identity, isolation, and spirituality.


The World Health Day stamp was issued untagged and Ottawa tagged on April 7, 1972.


National Archives of Canada



Ottawa Tag


First Day Covers

Shering Corporation






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Cominco






Canadian Bank Note


To Paget, Bermuda


Rosecraft






Canada Post Office Official First Day Cover




Tagged


David Pritchard




Usages

Domestic Letter


Cobalt to Toronto, May 7, 1972
8 cents domestic letter rate
Untagged



Ottawa to Toronto, May 7, 1972
Ottawa tagged


Philippines
Several countries issued stamps for World Health Day. The Philippines stamps were issued on October 24, 1972.

Overseas Mailers