Canada: Cinderellas

Here's a cute little stamp, obviously issued for Canada's 125th anniversary in 1992. The gentleman is 'Honest' Ed Mirvish, Toronto business man, entrepreneur, philanthropist, retailer, icon and legend. Oh, and he was a friend of my Dad's!
Ed had a huge store in Toronto, called Honest Ed's which I think everyone who lived or grew up here has a memory of. Sadly Ed died a few years ago, and his son David has taken over the family fortune. The store will be closing at the end of this year to make way for....you guessed it....a condo.
Unfortunately that means that all the small businesses around it, including the stamp dealer I frequent, will have to move.
Ah, progress.





Maybe cindyman can tell us more about this one, and if there were any others in the set.

Fondateur Des Oblats de Marie Immaculée

This one is one I had to have.Printed on almost postcard stock.Looks early to me.

Picked these up today as well. Vancouver 1936 Jubilee. I had the one in the upper right already. According to candyman's post about this back on page 8, this is a set of 42. So, only 38 more to find.

This label marking the centennial of Canadian Confederation in 1967 has seen better days; however, it hadn't yet been posted here so I thought it worth displaying.






And a companion piece.

I was only 3 years old at the time of the Canadian Centennial and even I have heard this song 20,000 times since then ... I can't imagine what it would have been like at the time it was current.  Bobby Gimby, he of that really strange unbent trumpet, was a fixture on telethons and talk shows and things of such nature here for years afterward.



Ryan

Looking for years on these to file them away

A sheetlet of the Group of Seven stamps is currently being offered on Rigastamps.

For the Group of Seven Canada Trust stamps:
A total of 11 different stamps was issued in four different configurations of minisheets of 6 stamps (3 x 2). The stamps feature the following slogans and artwork:
a) “Save our Parks” with “Pine Cleft Rocks” by Tom Thomson
b) “Save our Streams” with “River St. Urbain” by A. Y. Jackson
c) “Save our Trees” with “Melting Snow” by Edwin Holgate
d) “Save our Forests” with “Forest Algoma” by Arthur Lismer
e) “Save our Air” with “Goat Range Rocky Mountains” by J. E. H. MacDonald
f) “Save our Parks” with “Mountain Portage” by F. H. Varley
g) “Save our Lakes” with “Moose Pond” by Frank Johnston
h) “Save our Trees” with “Pike Lake” by A. J. Casson
i) “Save our Air” with “Eclipse Sound and Bylot Island” by Lawren Harris
j) “Save our Trees” with “Oak Bluff” by Lionel FitzGerald
k) “Save our Forests” with “Spring Garland” by Frank Carmichael
A mini album with detailed descriptions of each of the paintings was also offered.
Sheet configurations: Sheet 1: a-b-c/d-e-f; Sheet 2: a-g-d/h-c-e; Sheet 3: b-a-i/j-h-k; Sheet 4: b-f-i/j-g-k.

For the Canada Trust Nature seals:
Starting in 1971 Canada Trust issued a series of 6 nature seals featuring animals and plants:
a) frog with “Save our streams”;
b) hawk with “Save our birds”;
c) flowers with “Save our parks”;
d) deer with “Save our forests”;
e) butterfly with “Save our air”;
f) fish with “Save our lakes”.
The seals were distributed in Canada Trust branches in the 1970s and again in the 1990s. They were printed as 5 different minisheets of 6 stamps (3 x 2) with different types of selvage inscriptions and perforations, or as a perforated sheet of 36 (6 x 6).

Nice covers and labels James. Thanks for sharing. First time I've seen these.