BNAPS Atlantic Provinces Regional Group General Information
The Atlantic Provinces Region includes all four of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador. The contact person is J. A. (Jack) Forbes Jr.. Jack's mailing address is Box 2010, Dartmouth, NS B2W 3X8.
February 2008 Meeting at NOVAPEX
Eight members of the BNAPS Atlantic Regional Group met at the Inn on the Lake for lunch and discussion of stamp activities afterwards on February 16,08. Michael Peach also attended as a guest in addition to Jack Forbes, Carl Munden, Jeff Parks, Tony Thompson, Gary Steele, Sean Weatherup, Hugh Rathbun and Guy Jeffrey.
The highlight of the meeting was a gift from Carl Munden on CD of his Post Offices of Pre-Confederation Newfoundland. A very professional job with inscription on the CD front, listings and pictures on file.
Discussions centered around activities and matters relating to the BNAPS Annual show in Halifax this year with exhibits coming in, dealer registrations and auction activities included. One matter of interest to Jack's heart is the team competition with the BNAPS group planning on entering another five frames.
Each member brought something to discuss from Hugh's actual Cape Breton Post Office hammers including ones never used from Sydney Mines and North Sydney to Tony's Newfoundland Cod stamp study. Other items of interest were Guy's Small Queen stamp Plate varieties, Gary's Dead Letter Office pre 1898 material, Jeff's George VI Post Postes material' Jack's Fake Large & Small Queen Blocks sourced from the Ukraine and Sean's "rescued" Postal History items.
In view of the fact that we all seem to be trying to locate some particular philatelic item from time, it was decided to institute an electronic Classified Ads system, where once a month, a list could be circulated to all members of the Atlantic Regional Group to allow members to scout for items they might want to acquire or sell.
It was decided that this type of meeting was something that we would like to do in the future if proper locations could be found.
September 2007 Meeting at NOVAPEX
The Atlantic Regional Group met at the NOVAPEX show for our second annual meeting with approximately 15 members in attendance on Sept 16,2007. We were very pleased to have had Pat Burns from Argentina, and three Fredericton members who were in the city for NOVAPEX 2007 join us.
Jack Forbes attended the BNAPEX in Calgary and gave the group a review with the other members that had attended. Mention was also made by the BNAPS Executive on Young Collectors and Education as a priority in our organization. On that note a BNAPS Youth Scholarship was awarded to Alex Faulkner of Dartmouth in recognition of his efforts in competitive exhibiting.
Discussions mainly centered on the next BNAPS Convention in Halifax regarding exhibits, dinners, committee meetings, exhibits and other venues to allow for a great convention. Some exhibitors have indicated the numbers of frames they would be requiring already with a maximum of approximately 250 for the total show. The judges should start preparing soon.
Many members had entered exhibits in the Dave Cooper Memorial Team Competition at NOVAPEX 2007 which was well regarded and should continue forward to next year.
As meetings have been sporadic we will try to get together 3 to 4 times a year with collecting, trading and communications the main importance.
Exhibit books and some collection material were passed around for viewing.
November 18, 2006
The first meeting by metro members of BNAPS for the Atlantic Provinces Regional Group took place on a sunny Saturday afternoon in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. Jack Forbes, Chairman presided over an informal group of members here with an emphasis on fun, with Gary Steele, Secretary/Treasurer, Carl Munden, George Lafontaine, Hugh Rathbun, Bob Soper, Gordon Smith, Sean Weatherup, and Jeff Wallace from the Island of Jersey via internet video/audio conference call link-up.
Many members were surprised to see the set-up with Jeff in on the meeting and enjoyed the new adventure of someone from four time zones away and being able to speak with him and see him live. This may be able to be done for a few other members from Newfoundland or New Brunswick that really can't make the trip but may have the ability to link up with our group.
Each member introduced themselves, and their collecting interests in a round-table format and then we showed a few items of interest or similarity to each person's area. Many areas of collecting actually crossover for the same individual or between various members.
Discussions were varied with ideas of what we can do for future meetings and where they could be held etc. In addition we viewed the promotional BNAPS Slide Show on CD. Feedback was very complimentary with nothing but positive comments wondering why we did not do this sooner.