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New Meeting Place and Date
Read more: New Meeting Place and DateEffective October 3, 2024 the Victoria Stamp Club will meet in a new place and on a different date for the first meeting of each month. The meeting schedule will change from the 2nd Friday to the 1st Thursday of each month. The meeting times (7:00 pm to 9:00 pm) will not change. The new…
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Victoria Stamp and Postcard Fair
Read more: Victoria Stamp and Postcard FairNovember 24 is the last stamp fair of the year, so come out and join the early Christmas shopping. Plus: browse through the VicPEX stamp exhibition and displays.
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RPSC – PHSC Joint Symposium on Postal History
Read more: RPSC – PHSC Joint Symposium on Postal HistoryPlease join us for The RPSC-PHSC Joint Symposium on Postal History Via Zoom Saturday, November 9, 2024 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm EST (All times Eastern) The Zoom Symposium will feature three concurrent streams presenting material which is designed to interest beginner, intermediate and advanced collectors of postal history. Pre-registration is not necessary – simply…
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Cable Repair in the Pacific: 1937–1942
Read more: Cable Repair in the Pacific: 1937–1942This article by Gray Scrimgeour and Ian Kimmerley describes mailed items from an extensive correspondence (1937–1942) involving Henry Porter, a trans-Pacific cable repair worker based in Victoria, British Columbia. Most of the correspondence is between Porter while he was travelling and his family in Victoria. There also are some cable-work related covers. Most of Porter’s…
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RPSC Journal Reviews Larry Margetish Book
Read more: RPSC Journal Reviews Larry Margetish BookBack in January 2024, VSC member Larry Margetish published his new book, “The Story Behind Canada’s Caricature and Landscape Issues.” The book was recently reviewed by Tony Shaman for The Canadian Philatelist, journal of the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada. You can read Tony’s review below. The book is published by the British North America…
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Garden City Announces First Auction
Read more: Garden City Announces First AuctionThe inaugural sale of Garden City Philatelic Auctions sale has just been posted on the Stamp Auction Network where you will find 1,146 lots in many stamp and postal history categories. The live sale will be conducted at their Victoria location over two days, each starting at 8:00 am Pacific time: Saturday, September 28: Lots…
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Upcoming Events
November 2024
Victoria Stamp Club – 1st Thursday
Joint Symposium on Postal History
Sidney Stamp Club Meeting
BESG hosts: “American Aid for German War Prisoners in Jamaica” with Harold Krische
Victoria Stamp Club – 3rd Friday
North Shore Numismatic Society Collectables Fair
Victoria Stamp & Postcard Fair
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