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....'.
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.