BNAPS Regional Groups

Throughout the United States and Canada, BNAPS members have formed regional groups (listed below) that meet one or more times a year. Meetings are much like mini-conventions, some lasting the weekend, during which strong philatelic friendships flourish, and both knowledge and material are exchanged.

If you love BNA stamps and covers and enjoy meeting others who share your enthusiasm, you are likely to find the benefits of a BNAPS regional group worth the Society dues alone.

Vice President Regional Groups
Upcoming Regional Group Events

11 Dec 2024
Details updated: 24 Nov 2024

Alberta

The Alberta Regional Group will have a Zoom meeting on Wednesday, 11 December, at 7:00 PM Mountain Time.
Members are requested to use Christmas as a theme for their short presentations.

Visit Alberta Regional pages


14 Dec 2024

Prairie Beaver

The Prairie Beaver Regional Group will meet on Saturday, 14 December, at St. Mary’s Catholic Center in College Station, TX.

The day-long meeting begins at 8:45, and features three presentations:

1. Canadian Boer War Participation - Vic Willson
2. Thinking About Exhibiting? - Jay Stotts and Ron Strawser
3. Exploring Collecting Possibilities in the World of Orange Citrus Philately - Jeff Switt

See full agenda in the Nov. issue (Vol. 49, No. 1) of Beaver Chatter


26 Jan 2025

Golden Horseshoe

The January meeting of the BNAPS Golden Horseshoe Regional Group will take place, on SUNDAY 26 January 2024 at the Brewers Blackbird Kitchen & Brewery (formerly Rousseau House Restaurant), 375 Wilson St. East, Ancaster.

January 26 meeting details:

The meeting room will be open from 11AM, and lunch will be served at noon. The set cost for lunch will be $25 (tax and service included).
Please reply to this e-mail, as soon as possible, to advise us of your planned attendance and your wish to purchase the lunch - we and the venue will appreciate this information for planning purposes.

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

12 Noon - 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.

1:30PM - 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 - TBA

3:00PM – adjournment so Brewers Blackbird can set up for dinner.
DIRECTIONS: [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 the NAPA Autopro car service center on the right - the Brewers Blackbird Restaurant is just a little further along the street, on the right. Lots of parking behind the restaurant.

See you in Ancaster on SUNDAY 26 January 2025! PLEASE REMEMBER to bring items for the donation auction – all proceeds go to the GHRG.

If you'd like to share something of philatelic interest with the group, you may send a scan of your item by return e-mail to me, and I will arrange for Simon to show it during the meeting. Please send it in .jpeg format.

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

Regional Groups

Alberta


Alberta, Saskatchewan
  • Chairman: Dave Bartlet email
  • Secretary: Jon Johnson email

Regional Group web page

Atlantic Provinces


NS, NB, PEI, Newfoundland & Labrador
  • Chairman: J. A. Forbes, Jr. email
  • Coordinator: Gary W. Steele email

Events and meeting reports

Dixie Beavers


Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
  • Chairman: Dennis R. Amos email

Events and meeting reports

Golden Horseshoe


Southern Ontario, western New York, eastern Michigan and northern Ohio
  • Chairman: Nicholas Poppenk email
  • Secretary: Wayne Schnarr email

Events and meetings

Golden West


California, Arizona, Nevada

Events and meeting reports

Lower Canada / Bas Canada


Quebec
  • Co-chairman: Mark Berner email
  • Co-chairman: Luc Freve email

Events and meeting reports

Manitoba-Northwestern Ontario


Manitoba, northern Ontario, Minnesota, North and South Dakota

Group History | Meetings

Mid-Atlantic


Virginia, West Virginia, DC, Delaware, Maryland

Report of August 2010 meeting of this group

Midwest


Indiana, western Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska

Northeastern


Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Maine, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Massachusetts
  • Co-chair: Charles Livermore email
  • Co-chair: Joan Harmer email

Group info and meetings

Pacific Northwest


British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Yukon
  • Chairman: Mark Oakley email
  • Treasurer: William A. Verbruggen email

Events, reports, newsletters

Prairie Beaver


Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana
  • Chairman: George B. Dresser email
  • Newsletter editor: Victor Willson email

Events, reports, newsletters

St. Lawrence Seaway


Eastern Ontario, western Quebec
  • Co-chairman: Christopher J. Anstead email
  • Co-chairman: Robert Lemire email

Meetings

Inactive Regional Groups

The following regional groups are inactive.

Calgary

The Calgary and Edmonton Regional Groups merged in June 2024 to form the Alberta Regional Group

Info, events, meeting reports | Calgary covers

Edmonton

The Edmonton and Calgary Regional Groups merged in June 2024 to form the Alberta Regional Group

Group information and meeting reports


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