63¢ 2013 - Robertson Davies booklet of 10


63¢ 2013 - Robertson Davies booklet of 10
Added by Alain Martineau
General Description : Photography: Yousuf Karsh
Calligraphy: Tan Chao Chang
Gum Type: P.V.A.
Layout: Booklet of 10 stamps
OFDC Cancellation Location: Toronto, Ontario
Robertson Davies was born on August 28, 1913, in Thamesville, Ontario. When his father purchased the Kingston Whig-Standard in 1925, the family moved to Kingston. Robertson attended Toronto’s Upper Canada College, then Queen’s University before receiving his Bachelor of Literature from the University of Oxford’s Balliol College in 1938. While in the U.K., he met and married stage manager Brenda Mathews.
Davies returned to Canada in 1940, as literary editor of Saturday Night, and in 1942, became editor, then publisher, of the Peterborough Examiner. He published 18 books, produced several of his own plays and served on the board of the Stratford Festival.
In 1960, Davies began teaching at Trinity College and in 1961, became the founding master of Massey College, which opened in 1963.
Davies published his best known novel, Fifth Business, in 1970, appearing on the Toronto Star bestseller list for 42 weeks. It was followed by The Manticore (1972), and World of Wonders (1975), which became known as The Deptford Trilogy.
Face value 63 Canadian cents
Catalog code (Michel) CA MH0-487
Catalog code (Scott) CA 2660a
Catalog code Canada post Product #: 413903111
Stamp colour Black and White
Stamp use Booklet stamp
Print run 2,000,000
Issue date 28/08/2013
Designer Steven Slipp
Paper type Tullis Russell
Print technique Lithography in 6 colours, one foil stamping, embossing plus varnish
Printed by Lowe-Martin
Perforation Simulated perforation (SP)
Height 28.00 mm
Width 28.00 mm
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