Name: Victoria Stamp & Postcard Fair
Start: 2025-11-16
End: 2025-11-16
Location: Sandman Hotel Victoria

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Space Without Space: The Soviet Cosmos in Philately

by Igor Krasnov From Gagarin’s smile to launch pads and antennas, Soviet stamps framed the cosmos as a human stage. But where are the stars, comets, and galaxies? This essay looks at what the Soviet view of space left out and why. I started my “space” stamp collection with a very popular theme: Soviet space.…
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Victoria stamp collectors keeping an old hobby alive

from the VICTORIA NEWS, October 30, 2025 By Tim Collins Stamp collecting, or philately, dates back to 1840 when the world’s first adhesive postage stamp, the Penny Black, was issued in Great Britain. The hobby has enthralled millions since then and became a worldwide pastime with stamp clubs, catalogues, and a plethora of periodicals supporting…
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November Victoria Stamp & Postcard Fair

Calling all stamp collectors! The Victoria Stamp & Postcard Fair brings together many local and regional dealers who offer stamps, postal history, and other philatelic material for sale. Plus, an exhibition of stamps sponsored by the Victoria Stamp Club. 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, Sandman Hotel Victoria, 2852 Douglas Street. Free admission, free parking, free…
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Bob Stock Wins Reserve Grand at BNAPEX

BNAPEX 2025 is the annual convention of the British North America Philatelic Society, held this year in Vernon BC. There was a strong Victoria contingent and our own Bob Stock took a Gold medal plus the Allan Steinhart Reserve Grand award for his seven frame exhibit titled “The Postmarks of Oxford County, Upper Canada.” Other…
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Muffin Break Gatherings Resume

The weekly drop-in meetings of the Muffin Break group will resume because the lobby renovation of the Cedar Hill Recreation Centre has been completed. People usually gather between 9:30 am and 11:00 am for coffee and a chat about stamp activities. All are welcome.
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Jan Hofmeyr Wins Champion of Champions

Our very own Jannie Hofmeyr continues his international exhibiting success. His stunning exhibit titled Philatelic Invention in the United States: 1861-1881 has recently been awarded the Benjamin & Naomi Wishnietsky Champion of Champions prize at the American Philatelic Society’s Great American Stamp Show, the World Cup of philately. Jannie showed us this the first part…
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