St. Lawrence Seaway (group details)

The semi-annual meeting at ORAPEX will be a show-and-tell presentation by Regional Group members: “A favourite from my collection”. It takes place on Saturday, 2 May, from 2:00 to 3:00 PM.

Email a scan of one or two items from your collection to Chris Anstead acropolis@superaje.com. Items may be wonderful, weird, or puzzling.

Preferred format is jpeg, 200dpi for covers, 600 dpi for stamps or postmarks. Chris will prepare your submission for electronic presentation at the meeting. You will have a chance to introduce your selection. If you are unable to attend, you can still participate by sending a short description along with your scan(s).

St. Lawrence Seaway Regional Group web pages

Digital Philately (group details)

As collectors, we spend a lifetime gathering research, auction catalogues, and specialized handbooks. But how often do we struggle to find that one specific rate or plate variety buried in a 300-page PDF?

In the next Zoom session of the Digital Philately Study Group, I will demonstrate how to use Google’s AI-powered research assistant, NotebookLM, to transform your digital library into a searchable, interactive "specialist." We will walk through how to upload your own sources—from the APS Manual of Philatelic Judging to your own census notes—and ask the AI complex questions that would normally take hours of manual page-flipping to answer.

In preparation, to get the most out of the live demo, please email me 3 to 5 PDF files related to your collecting interest on your computer. We will build a "Digital Dossier" together! Also, email me to get the Zoom coordinates to attend the meeting. My email is 1870@smallqueens.ca.

Add it to your calendar! - Saturday, 25 April, 13:00 Eastern, 10:00 Pacific

Darin Cherniwchan

Videos of previous Digital Philately Study Group meetings

2026 marks the 63rd anniversary of ORAPEX, the Ottawa philatelic exhibition. ORAPEX is one of only a few national-level stamp shows held annually in Canada and part of the American Philatelic Society's "World Series of Philately."

The show has two themes this year: “Aerophilately” and “Bytown” (the original name of Ottawa) which was founded in 1826, 200 years ago.

Date and time
Saturday, 2 May, 10 am - 6 pm
Sunday, 3 May, 10 am - 4 pm

Venue
Nepean Sportsplex
1701 Woodroffe Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario K2G 1W2

The show features competitive exhibits, society and study group meetings, and about 35 dealers from across Canada. Free admission and parking.

Details on the ORAPEX website