ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY REGIONAL GROUP
Meeting Report Oct 15, 2011: St. Lawrence - Seaway Regional Group AGM
The meeting held in McMartin House was called to order at 1.10 pm by the chairman Geoff Newman and the minutes were recorded by Gus Quattrocchi, chair of the Perth Stamp Club who were sponsoring this meeting with 18 members present. A brief discussion was held on how the notice of the meeting was sent.
The members present all stood in turn giving their name, place and collecting interests. The North Bay convention was discussed by those that attended with info re the exhibits, judging and entertainment, this lasted quite a while with many good comments. It was mentioned that North Bay paid back the $1,000.00 to the group that had been loaned to them. President Robert Lemire then spoke about BNAPS with many kind remarks and that the 2012 convention would be held in Calgary on Labour Day weekend.
As most of the members on arrival had placed from one to six pages of a particular part of their collection on the 4 frames that were back of the head table it was now time for the show and tell which is always an interesting and educational part of our meeting.
1st - Don Ecobichon had 2 covers on mining. The Silver Island mine of the 1870`s where he explained the history of the mine in the area.
2nd - Gus Quattrocchi had 5 covers of miscelaneous marking, explaing each covers marking.
3rd - Louise Daigenault had a folded letter to Montreal that took 1 month to be delivered and she took the time to explain the history connected with the 3 other letters that she had.
4th - Hank Narbonne spoke about a letter of the 1800`s.
5th - Chris Anstead explained mail delivery to Cloyne on the K & P railway.
6th - Dudley Nash spoke on his showing of booklet stamps and forgeries. With 8 pages.
7th - Jill Hare had a mica cover and samples of the mineral.
8th - Geoff Newman had a cover with 5 2c King Edward imperfs to Belgium.
9th - Tom Hare had an 1894 cover to Istanbul and 8 pages of 3c small queens showing the various shades from Montreal to Ottawa printings.
10th - Dudley Nash had pages with 7c admirals showing the colours brown to green to olive to yellow and golden yellow.
11th - Robert Lemire had 3 pages of QV 1898 - 99 business cards.
12th - Doug Lingard had a showing of early covers of Cobourg from m/s to CDs.
13th - Ray Villeneuve had some covers from Russel.
14th - Steve Joburn had some photos of planes used in the Yukon.
The meeting closed at 5 pm and all the members then went to Mr. Newmans house for some refreshments and socializing before going to Maximillians restaurant for a nice dinner of weinerschnitzel etc, the end of another succesful meeting.
Members were present from Montreal, Hull, Deep River, Cornwall, Rochester Ny, Ottawa, London ON, Carleton Place, Brockville, Elgin, Lombardy, Elphin and the Perth area.
Meeting Report May 2011: St. Lawrence - Seaway Regional Group
Held in conjunction with the Ottawa ORAPEX show, the semi-annual meeting was attended by about 30 members. After a short business meeting chaired by Geoff Newman, we were entertained with a colourful presentation by Jon Johnson of Calgary. Who could imagine the variety of privately produced envelopes in the pioneer days of air mail in Canada? Thanks, Jon! Mark your calendars for the next meeting, October 15 in Perth. Submitted by Secretary-Treasurer, Chris Anstead
Meeting Report May 2010: St. Lawrence - Seaway Regional Group
Our semi-annual meeting on May 1, 2010 was held in Ottawa at the ORAPEX national show. Robert Lemire, who has acted as Secretary-Treasurer for many years was applauded by all for his meticulous dedication. An electronic presentation with participation from a dozen members followed. "A Favourite from my collection" attracted submissions from 1842 to 1985. It turned out to be a pleasant interlude from the show's bourse and excellent exhibits.
Submitted by incoming Secretary-Treasurer, Chris Anstead
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