E. Pauline Johnson. 5 Cent Commemerative Stamp, Release Date 10 March, 1961.

Stamp Design by: Bernard James Reddie

Portrait and picture engraved by: Yves Baril

Lettering engraved by: Gordon Mash

Issued by: Canada Post Office Department (Canada Post)

Collections Canada catalog data:

TITLE: E. Pauline Johnson, 1861, Canada, 10 March 1961, 5 cents, [Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited]

MATERIAL DESIGNATION: [philatelic record]

DESCRIPTION: 1 postage stamp , steel engraving , 2 colours .

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Perforation: 12

REFERENCE:

Item Number: 1989 -565 . 000392 -001

Reproduction Number: POS-000442

USE/REPRODUCTION:

Credit: National Archives of Canada - POS-000442

Copyright: Canada Post Corporation

SOURCE: Itemlev 6798

(Note: Copyright release info below)

Stamp Description, rephrased from the CollectionsCanada.ca website:

'The stamp... honours the centennial of birth of E. Pauline Johnson, [aboriginal] poetess. Stamp shows profile of the late poetess, wearing a high ruffled collar of Victorian apparel superimposed on a background of forests, plains and mountains. In the background, a full-length likeness of Miss Johnson in tribal costume is shown to emphasize her two personalities of Indian princess and Victorian lady. In foreground lower left corner, "1861", the year of her birth, appears on the pages of an open book representing her contribution to Canadian literature....'.

Link: http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=000392.B742.&l=20&d=ITLV&p=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.collectionscanada.ca%2Farchivianet%2F020117_e.html&r=1&f=S&SECT3=ITLV

	This Canadian stamp is in the public domain in Canada because it is more than 50 years old.
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[extract from Canada Post communication:]

February 12, 2009

This letter is in response to [the] request to reproduce the following stamp image: E. Pauline Johnson, 5 cents, 10 March 1961

Canada Post is pleased to grant Wikipedia, The Online Encyclopedia permission to reproduce this stamp in a biography of Pauline Johnson. Permission to reproduce the above-mentioned stamps includes the Rights for the following areas: Canadian/International, English, Print and Digital.

By means of this letter, we authorize the National Library and Archives Canada to release this stamp image to [Wikipedia].

Please note the following conditions:

1. The stamp reproduction must be at least 50 per cent larger or 50 per cent smaller, by area measurement, than the postage stamp of which it is a reproduction, or clearly defaced by means of a line through the denomination. The stamp image may not be altered or obscured in any other way.

2. The following credit line must be displayed: "© Canada Post Corporation {1961}. Reproduced with Permission".

3. Any additional use of this stamp image must be authorized by Canada Post Corporation.

[Issued by:]

M. Morin, Research Officer

Stamp Products and Services

Canada Post Corporation