fashion - going back in time

 

Most images of Audrey Hepburn show off her elongated neckline in an elegant black dress.  I'm not sure why this Yousuf Karsh portrait (1956) has her in a casual turtleneck sweater, which in its own way, shows off her long neck.

Louis Jordan was a saxophonist (jazz, swing, blues, and jump blues)

Caledonia (youtube).  This stamp shows the poster for the 1941 movie.  Striped trousers were very fashionable in the 1940s

And, Edgar Allan Poe looking dapper with his trademark ascot.

A 2009 stamp showing a portrait by Michael Deas.

and here it is November again - time for day 1 of  NaBloPoMo

opera

 

Joan Sutherland was a renowned coloratura soprano.  Her last performance was in 1990 at age 63.  She died in 2010, six years after these stamps were issued. 

you can hear an example of her range here

a famous and accomplished woman for Sunday Stamps

next week: 'historical  events' for our month of learning

fonts and letters

there are several fonts, and languages, in this message for our June theme of 'shapes', this week: the shape of letters

information cards are always interesting, even if you already know all the information...

and a busy movie poster from 1943

indigenous

This set came out last year (Eva has already introduced us to Christi Belcourt for 'B'). Grandmother Josephine Mandamin was a water rights activist and co-founder of Mother Earth Water Walk

Elisapie Isaac is an Inuk musician, actress, broadcaster, filmmaker, and activist.  In the background is a landscape view of Nunavik where she was born and raised.  An Inuktitut version of the Fleetwood Mac song Dreams

famous

 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - even his name sounds musical - (1756-1791) 

 

Ava Gabor (1919-1995) here portraying Lisa Douglas with Arnold the pig, from the 1960s tv show Green Acres

Canadian women

issued for the centenary of the Young Women's Christian Association and the National Council of Women.  the photograph on the left is of Adelaide Hoodless (bottom left) ca 1887

Pitseolak (Inuit artist) she produced thousands of drawings depicting monsters and spirits, early Inuit life and other sentiments close to her heart;  Helen Kinnear (legal pioneer) the first federally appointed woman judge in Canada, she showed special interest in juvenile crime and family legal affairs

Adelaide Hoodless (educator) "Educate a boy and you educate a man. But educate a girl and you educate a family." she helped form the YWCA, the NCWC, and the VON;  Marie Gerin-Lajoie, (social reformer) combined a commitment to social work and reform within the framework of a religious vocation

scarlett

 

Vivien Leigh in 1939

astronaut

 

Roberta Bondar, astronaut as well as neurologist, photographer and author.

She spent  8 days, 1 hour and 14 minutes in space (1992)

philosopher

  

If I didn't recognize his face, I'd have no idea this was Aristotle.  I'm sure the writing surrounding the stamp is very profound...

a man and his cat

 

Georges Perec was a French novelist, essayist and filmmaker.  He liked to write books using a curious wordplay - for example a novel without using the letter 'e', and another using only the vowel 'e'.

Perec had a succession of cats, all named Duchat.  This stamp is from a photo done in 1978 by Anne de Brunhof (granddaughter of Jean de Brunhof of Babar fame)

lyon

Joseph Marie Jacquard, a weaver, inventor and merchant who lived from1752 to 1834 in Lyon.  He is perhaps best known for inventing the Jacquard loom (1804) which simplified complex patterns such as brocade and damask.

Lorne Greene, a Canadian actor, best known for playing Ben Cartwright on the tv show Bonanza.  Interesting fact: he was born Lyon Green in 1911.  He died in 1987.

headshots for Sunday Stamps

(and for anyone paying attention... I have no idea why the font keeps changing size)

stars

Salome Bey (October 10, 1933 -  August 9, 2020)

singer, songwriter, composer, actress

 First Lady of the Blues

 

 

The stars in Empress Elisabeth's hair are considered the most famous piece of jewellery in Austria

 

a talented man

 

Ugo Tognazzi was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter.  The entertainment industry was in the family blood as he fathered four children, two of whom are actors, and two of whom are film directors.

side note: among his many comedic roles during his 40 year career, he played Renato (the father) in La Cage aux Folles in 1978,  a favourite film of mine that is not shown often enough.  A musical version is part of the line up at the Stratford Theatre Festival this summer and I want to go.

a strong voice

 Sheikh Hasina, the longest serving Prime Minister of Bangladesh at 20 years (combined)

She is also the world's longest serving female head of government.  During her political career, she has endured 19 assassination attempts.

industrial revolution

 1732 - 1792

Showing Arkwright's spinning machine and drawings.  Patented in 1769, this machine was too large to be used by hand and was powered by water.  It propelled the introduction of the modern factory system.

crowning glory

 A rather unique style, Frida Kahlo was often seen with flowers in her hair as a symbol of fertility and her Mexican heritage.

Anna Pavlova

Here she is Princess Aspicia in the Pharaoh's Daughter for the Moscow Ballet, 1908

most beloved

 

I have two stamps of Colette, a French writer whose full name was Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (28 Jan 1873 - 3 Aug 1954). She wrote Gigi, which was the basis of one of my favourite films (the 1958 one with Leslie Caron)

 

From the most beloved writer of France to the best beloved writer of Scotland, Rabbie Burns whose 265th birthday this week inspired this theme. This rosy cheeked portrait is by Alexander Naysmith

Maybe I should have chosen this theme for next week when it would have been Colette's 151st birthday, but I hadn't decided on the second writer at the time.

planes, trains, automobiles

 

I have shown this one before, but I like it so you're getting to see it again. It's a jet flying out of Ottawa airport in 1964.

France's high speed train, which is now 42 years whisking you through the countryside. 

 

 

and, finally, a Ferrari with Gilles Villeneuve (1950-1982)

 and, tangentially related...

A very funny man, who died far too young in 1994. Starred in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (with another great, funny man, Steve Martin) in 1987. In much less speedy circumstances, the two were trying to get home in time for Thanksgiving (happy turkey day to viridian. and Marina? not sure where you are)

movember

Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah

Asterix, with a more substantial moustache

 

 

 and a whisper of a 'stache on Bob Marley

Movember started in Australia in 2003. In 2007, Canada, the UK, and Spain joined the fun charity. There are now 22 countries participating, with over 1250 men's health projects funded.

 

smiles

Gregory Hines, who died 20 years ago this month, was an actor, musician, and a celebrated tap dancer who started dancing on the stage at age five

Shirley Temple, who died nine years ago, was also an actor, singer and dancer who was the number one box office draw from age six to ten

two child show business stars for Sunday Stamps