The original Small Queens Study Group was formed in 1950, just the second BNAPS Study Group to be formed. The founding members were Dr. Armand Gelinas (Chairman), Peter Hurst, Richard P. Hedley (Treasurer), Louis Crosby, A. K. Grimmer, B. C. Binks, Roland L. Powe, Lester N. Littlefield, Robert J. Duncan, M. W. Cryderman, R. W. Lees-Jones, and Russell Allison. The Study Group displayed a non-competitive two-frame exhibit at BNAPEX 1950 Philadelphia, PA.

The most recent incarnation of the Study Group was formed at the 1975 BNAPEX convention in Toronto. Twelve people attended a Small Queens meeting chaired by Bill Simpson, and elected to form the Study Group. Don Fraser volunteered to edit the Study Group newsletter, aiming to publish on a quarterly schedule. The Group went dormant in 1992.

In 1996, Ron Ribbler volunteered to chair a study group devoted to the Large and Small Queens, and Roy Sass volunteered to edit the Study Group newsletter. The original intent was to concentrate on the Large Queens. The Small Queens were added because the Small Queens Study Group was dormant and the two definitive sets shared common features.

The newsletters of both Study Groups are available below.

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Newsletters of the Study Group formed in 1950

1952 List of members, research topics, and fancy cancels found on the Small Queens (PDF, 1.9 MB)

Newsletters of the Study Group formed in 1975

The issues are in PDF format. File sizes vary from 1.0 to 14.7 MB.
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Index for Newsletter Vols. 1 - 15 (PDF, 3.7 MB)

An index for Vols. 1 to 16 was compiled by Samuel Rock and published in Philiography Canada, Vol. 3, No. 4, July 1993, the newsletter of the Philatelic Literature Study Group.

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Newsletters - Confederation

The issues are in PDF format. File sizes vary from 0.6 to 6.0 MB.