The BNAPS annual convention takes place on 19-21 September in Vernon, BC, in the beautiful Okanagan Valley.

The convention features competitive exhibits, a large dealer bourse, three days of study group meetings, three day trips, Friday dinner at the Gray Monk Estate Winery, and the awards banquet on Saturday.

This is an opportunity to view major exhibits of British North America philatelic material, discuss stamps and postal history with experts in their field, and add to your collection.

View the BNAPEX 2025 Vernon web pages.

Manitoba-Northwestern Ontario (group details)

Agenda: Show and Tell

When: Sunday, 28 Sept., at 2:00pm

Location: 659 Century Street, Winnipeg

• Vintage Port will be served

For more information, contact Ben Cohen
• 204-290-5385
• bcohen@rideoutbay.com

Visit the Manitoba Northwestern Ontario Regional Group page

Golden Horseshoe (group details)

This is a notice that the next meeting of the BNAPS Golden Horseshoe Regional Group will take place on SUNDAY 28 September 2025 at the Brewers Blackbird Kitchen & Brewery (formerly Rousseau House Restaurant), 375 Wilson St. East, Ancaster.

We are pleased to announce that this month's presentation will be given by Doug Irwin, on some clever uses of low-value booklet stamps. See below for his presentation's title.

As usual, we encourage members to bring items of interest for show and tell.

We will follow our typical agenda for the day, from years past.

11AM – visit the dealers, talk and/or trade with other members. Our normal complement of Dealers are invited to bring stamps, covers or postcards to this meeting. New dealers are welcome. Material on hand will include Canadian postal history, postcards and stamps, including some varieties and a selection of cancellations on stamp. Anyone wishing to see specific material can contact the dealers directly or reply to this email, and we will pass on the request. Members are welcome to bring similar items for sale or trade if they would like to do so.

12:15PM - Lunch – enjoy the Brewers Blackbird’s excellent cuisine.

1:00PM - GHRG News and BNAPS activities. Also announcements from members regarding other philatelic meetings / activities of interest.

1:15PM - Show and tell of items of interest by attendees (bring scans, if you prefer).

1:30PM - DONATION AUCTION: To help defray our costs, members are asked to bring stamps or covers that can be auctioned off at the meeting. Except for Canada and/or BNA "name" collections, old auction catalogues are not required as they have not been selling and can present a disposal problem.

1:45PM - Our guest speaker will be Doug Irwin, whose presentation is titled, "Making Frugal Use of 1 Cent Booklet Stamps." Doug always fascinates us with unintended usages of definitive stamps!

3:00PM – adjournment so Brewers Blackbird can set up for dinner.

DIRECTIONS: [Changes or corrections to the following are welcome!]

From the north (Oakville, Toronto etc.) and east (Niagara) take the QEW to the junction with Hwy. 403 at Burlington.

From the north your exit to Hwy. 403 is on the right immediately after Brant Street.

From the east your exit is immediately after Plains Road/Fairview Drive (be sure to stay hard right and not get on the Hwy. 407 toll road).

Follow Hwy 403 westbound toward Hamilton and Brantford around the bends near the Cathedral and then go up the hill to the Lincoln Alexander Parkway/Rousseaux St. exit. Stay hard right and follow Rousseaux St. to Wilson St., turn left and drive into the village.

The restaurant is on the right just after the Glendale Motors lot. Lots of parking behind the restaurant.

From the west: (London, Woodstock): take Hwy. 401 to Hwy. 403 eastbound to the Wilson St./Hwy. 2 Exit 58 (the previous exit is Copetown/Reg. Rd. 52). At the end of the ramp turn left (east) onto Wilson Street and proceed through the traffic circle at the Fire Station into the village.

Look for Tim Horton's on the right - the Brewers Blackbird Restaurant is across the street. Lots of parking behind the restaurant.

See you in Ancaster on SUNDAY 28 September 2025! PLEASE REMEMBER to bring items for the donation auction – all proceeds go to the GHRG.

LUNCH REQUEST: Again, to assist with planning, please reply to this email as soon as possible to confirm that you will be having lunch. Your cooperation will be greatly appreciated.

Golden Horseshoe Regional pages

St. Lawrence Seaway (group details)

The St. Lawrence Seaway Regional Group will meet in Perth on Sunday, 5 October.

Meeting venue
McMartin House at the corner of Gore and Harvey Streets

Agenda
10:00 am - 1:00 pm Trading session for members
  1:00 pm - 5:00 pm General meeting
          ►  Review of BNAPEX 2025, Vernon
          ►  1-8 page show-and-tell from your collection (please bring something!)
  5:30 pm    Group dinner at a restaurant in Perth

Scenic Perth is on Highway 7, a pleasant one hour drive west southwest from Ottawa.
Meet with your fellow collectors, and have a relaxed and rewarding day discussing philately.

St. Lawrence Seaway Regional Group pages

Lower Canada / Bas Canada (group details)

Contacts:
BNAPS Lower Canada / Bas Canada Regional Group
Grégoire Teyssier, Co-chair: 418-930-5656 gteyssier@videotron.ca
Sébastien Crête, Co-chair: 514-754-2290 sebasten.cr@hotmail.com

In collaboration with L’Académie Québécoise d’Études Philatéliques and La Société d’Histoire Postale du Québec, the BNAPS Lower Canada Regional Group is organizing a mini philatelic symposium on Saturday, 1 November, at the MOCO Hotel (Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, QC – near Montreal), to which you are all cordially invited.

The day's program includes two lectures, a floor sale auction, and, of course, free time for exchanges and discussions. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact one of us.

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En partenariat avec l’Académie Québécoise d’Études Philatéliques et la Société d’Histoire Postale du Québec, le Groupe Régional du Bas Canada de la BNAPS organise un mini symposium le samedi 1er novembre à L’Hôtel MOCO de Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, QC, auquel vous êtes toutes et tous cordialement invité(e)s.

Au programme de cette journée : Deux conférences et un encan à la criée et bien sûr des moments libres pour échanges et discussions. Si questions, n’hésitez pas contacter l’un de nous.

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WHEN
Saturday, 1 November
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.+

WHERE
“Vieille” Room, MOKO HOTEL
40 Centennial Avenue
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, QC J6S 3L6
Tel. 866-430-4982
►  On-site or close restaurants, free parking, etc.
►  This activity is free, but we will accept donations to help us cover the cost of renting the room.

WHO
Members of the BNAPS Lower Canada / Bas Canada Regional Group
Members of the Académie Québécoise d'études philatéliques
Members of the Société d'Histoire du Québec

SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
9:00 a.m. Arrival of conference participants
11:00 a.m. Lecture #1 (Subject TBD)
12:00 p.m. Lunch break
1:00 p.m. Lecture #2: Hugo Deshaye
Fraudes postales au Canada (un aperçu) / Canadian Mail Fraud (an overview)
2:30 p.m. Floor Sale Auction
5:00 p.m. Closing

SOME NOTES FOR THE FLOOR SALE AUCTION AT 2:30 p.m.
►  A great way to get rid of your “bulky items”
►  All participants are invited to bring “philatelic” items to sell at the auction.
►  We accept everything from single items to large boxes of “junk drawers,” WW or Canadian Stamps, Canadian or WW postal history / Covers, literature, albums, etc.
►  Starting bid is $5 - Each lot will be sold to the highest bidder.
►  Payment in cash, cheque, or e-transfer on site.
►  Buyers must take their lots with them (no shipping).
►  Fees: 10% of the hammer auction floor price will be donated to the organization to help cover the cost of renting the room.
►  An experienced auctioneer will lead the proceedings.
►  Hand in your consignments in person when you arrive in the morning to: Grégoire Teyssier

Lower Canada / Bas Canada Regional Group web pages

The Canadian Philatelic Society of Great Britain (CPSGB) will be holding this year’s convention over Zoom from Sunday, 5 October, to Sunday, 12 October, a couple of weeks after BNAPEX 2025 Vernon.

The Zoom format opens the door to a larger number of North American collectors being able to take part this year. To facilitate this, CPSGB is planning to hold all the main philatelic display presentations in the evenings UK time.

CPSGB would love to get a few Zoom displays from Canadian or U.S. based collectors whose material is rarely, if ever, seen in the UK.

The program will include a range of different philatelic items including:

a) Some larger displays of 1 hour plus duration (think 40 - 50 slides plus). These would not be restricted to CPSGB members but could equally be given by BNAPS or PHSC members.

b) At least one evening devoted to members' short displays (could be as little as 1 slide but think a max of 16 - so one frame or less). The idea here would be to get the widest possible mix of material. For those of you who have attended the CPSGB in-person conventions, this would be a digital version of the Members Sheets slot.

c) The usual one frame competition - open only to CPSGB members.

Please contact Graham Searle if you have any questions at searle711@btinternet.com.

CPSGB convention information