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June 11, 2010
BNAPS' Youth Activity Program is focused this year on providing colorful free stamps to youth clubs, schools, Scouts, etc. Bob Dyer reports he has already distributed over 30,000 stamps this year and is about to ship another 5,000. The Canadian stamp barrel is almost empty, however. He is looking for used Canada COMMEMORATIVES, on or off paper. He has enough in his budget to reimburse anyone sending him stamps. Modern West Europe is another area from which he is looking for material. If you think you can help, email him at nrdyer@comcast.net
June 10, 2010
BNAPS is pleased to congratulate Margaret (Maggie) Toms, Member No.
2162, on reaching her 100th birthday. Although Maggie came late to philately, she more than made up for any delay with significant work on the postal history of Trans-Atlantic mail to and from Canada.
Between 1979-86 Maggie wrote an eleven-article series titled 'Letters Exchanged via England between British North America and France' for BNA Topics. In 1987-88 she followed that with a five-article series on 'Canadian Letter Mail to France: The Small Queen Era - 1870-1897', co-authored with George Arfken. Photo courtesy Gus Knierim, PHSC. See also What's New, May 1st.
June 10, 2010
The Victoria BNAPEX organizers have revealed the "show covers". More about that can be found HERE .
June 9, 2010
The Golden Horseshoe Regional Group has submitted its usual great meeting report. Thanks!
June 4, 2010
The Secretary Pete Jacobi has arrived at the Summer Residence in Montana. His email there is pjacobi@frontier.com .
May 30, 2010
BNAPS regrets to inform members of the passing on May 28 of long-time member John Frith of Sudbury, Ontario. John was a well-known collector and dealer of Canadian Military Postal History. A memorial is being prepared.
May 23, 2010
Attendees at BNAPEX will have an opportunity to view the award-winning Canadian postal history collections of
Mr. William G. Robinson OTB, which will be offered for sale in the bourse. Collections include:
Canadian Contingents Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902,
WWI Prisoner-of-war Internment Mail,
WWI 'Canada Militia' postmarks,
Canadian Expeditionary Force in Siberia 1918-1920,
Canadian North Russia Expeditionary Force 1918-1919,
WWI R.A.F.-Canada, and
Various Railway Post Office collections.
May 5, 2010
The BNAPS Northeast Regional Group now has a website. Congratulations!
May 5, 2010
The latest issue of the DLO Newsletter can be see at this location .
May 1, 2010
BNAPS extends heartiest Happy Birthdays to 45-year member Maggie Toms of Ottawa, on her 100th birthday!
April 30, 2010
The Table of Contents of the latest issue of BNA TOPICS is available.
April 29, 2010
A memorial for the late Ian McTaggart-Cowan is now posted.
April 24, 2010
The Circuits pages have been updated with several replacement pages.
April 24, 2010
BNAPS regrets to inform members of the passing of long-time member Ian McTaggart-Cowan. A memorial is being prepared.
April 24, 2010
See this article for how the BNAPS Youth Activity Program is helping the Boy Scouts.
April 18, 2010
The full report of the last GHRG meeting is found HERE .
April 10, 2010
The GHRG has a new date for its next meeting: Sunday, June 6, 2010.
April 8, 2010
The exhibit awards to BNAPS members for the first quarter of 2010 have now been posted. Once again, our members did very well, including Grand and Reserve Grand awards.
April 8, 2010
In the April 2010 issue of The American Stamp Dealer and Collector, BNAPS gets a strong pat on the back for our Youth Program. Although we have suspended cash grants for this year, thousands of free stamps are still available for youth programs. See this page for the article.
March 29, 2010
The American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors has presented the Clyde Jennings Award to Gary Steele for his article about chairing the Halifax BNAPEX exhibition.
March 26, 2010
The memorial for John Tucker is now at this location.
March 26, 2010
The current list of contacts for BNAPS Study Groups is available.
March 25, 2010
The PNWRG reports that the stamp theft reported earlier from Chiliwack has been successfully resolved - everything recovered.
March 19, 2010
There is still time to register for the Pacific Northwest Regional Group meeting taking place in Osoyoos, B.C. from April 30 to May 2. More information may be found HERE.
March 19, 2010
BNAPS regrets to report the passing of member John Tucker. A memorial is in preparation.
March 9, 2010
There is a long overdue update to the RPO Study Group meetings page. My apologies.
March 8, 2010
Peter McCarthy has sent his usual great summary of the latest meeting of the Golden Horseshoe Regional Group. Thanks.
March 6, 2010
The Initial Schedule for Study Group Meetings and Seminars at BNAPEX 2010 in Victoria, BC can be found HERE . Thanks Barry Brown and Greg Spring.
February 26, 2010
PIPEX (Pacific International Philatelic Exhibition), hosted by the Inland Empire Philatelic Society and sponsored by the Northwest Federation of Stamp Societies, will be held
June 4-6, 2010 at the beautiful Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln St. Spokane, Washington. 10-5 Friday and Saturday, 10-4 Sunday. Free admission and lots of free parking.
There are 20 dealers expected and 200 frames will be judged by a panel of Canadian and U.S. Judges. This is a WSP show. There will be a $100.00 cash award to the best Canadian Exhibit among the many awards to be presented. Information can be obtained at this site, or emailing us at ickyburg@comcast.net or by calling 509-443-8147.
February 22, 2010
Book Release Notes are now available for ‘A History of Cross-Border Postal Communication between Canada and the United States of America 1761 - 1875’, by Dorothy Sanderson and Malcolm Montgomery.
February 11, 2010
Michael Peach has informed us about the National and Regional Stamp Show NOVAPEX 2010, scheduled for 24-26 September 2010. For details and a prospectus, as well as an exhibit entry form, visit the Nova Scotia Stamp Club website .
February 9, 2010
The Table of Contents for the latest edition of BNA TOPICS is now available.
February 6, 2010
George Arfken, OTB, FRPSC inducted into the APS Writers Unit Hall of Fame. I am delighted to announce that my colleague George Arfken has been inducted into the American Philatelic Society's Unit 30 Hall of Fame. The Induction took place August 9, 2009 at the APS Stampshow in Pittsburgh.
Dr. Arfken has written or co-authored several books on the evolution of Canada's postal system. One of his main interests pertains to Canada's entry into the Universal Postal Union and its impact on early postal rates, and the processing and routing of mail. He has published over 200 articles and continues to be a regular contributor to the various national journals including BNA Topics. He continues to be an inspiration to others to share their knowledge through writing about their areas of expertise.
Dr Arfken was awarded the Vincent G. Greene Award in 1988
(co - shared) and again in 1993 for the best article or series published in BNA Topics in the previous year.
BNAPS extends its congratulations to Dr. Arfken for his well deserved induction into the APS writer's hall of Fame.
Bill Pawluk, OTB, FRPSC.
January 30, 2010
The PNWRG has advised us that Rick and Mary Lou Lang of Chilliwack, BC have reported the theft from their home, on January 25, of a large stamp collection, including 16 volumes of the Scott International Postage Stamp Albums along with a number of specialty albums made by Scott, Minkus, Schaubeck, Lindner, and other manufacturers. A description of the stolen material is found HERE.
The police file number is 2010-2443; tips or other pertinent information should be telephoned to Constable Gatka, 604-792-4611.
January 26, 2010
For information about THE SUDBURY STAMP SHOW, at TOM DAVIES SQUARE FOYER,
April 24 and 25, 2010, contact BIFF PILON
January 26, 2010
The Map Stamp Study Group has its web page at this location .
January 22, 2010
Bob Dyer's annual summary of competitive awards won by BNAPSers is now presented for 2009. Thanks Bob and Dave.
January 20, 2010
The BNAPS web team extends a warm welcome to Dave Bartlet, its newest member. Dave will be taking on a few specific web subjects in the next few weeks and these will be announced in the "Contacts" section of the main page.
January 20, 2010
Bob Dyer has listed the 2010 free stamp offers to Youth.
January 19, 2010
President George Dresser has announced that, effective January 1, 2010, J. Claude Michaud is our Treasurer taking over from Robert A. Lee. The transition between the incoming and outgoing treasurer is largely complete. Also, effective January 1, 2010, Hugo Deshaye is a regular director filling the director vacancy created when J. Claude Michaud moved to the position of Treasurer.
January 13, 2010
BNAPS regrets to inform that BNAPS member Wally Gutzman has passed away. A memorial is being prepared.
January 6, 2010
Charles Livermore advises that all issues of the DLO Newsletter are now posted, at this location.
January 3, 2010
There is a recent update on the Stalker TPO summary, found HERE .
January 2, 2010
Issue 17 of the KG VI's study group newsletter Post and Mail, is now available in the members area of the group's web-site.
