Unitrade Associates has just announced the release of the much-anticipated update to its Specialized Catalogue of Canadian Stamps, and for the first time, the catalogue will be issued as two volumes. It is expected to sell out quickly and some dealers are already accepting pre-orders. Here is the full press release: PRESS RELEASE: 2025-2026 Unitrade […]
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The CBC Maritimes has produced this great 22 minute item about last year’s Royal Philatelic Society of Canada’s national convention in Fredericton NB. It’s titled “Why People Still Collect Stamps” and features interviews with many collectors old and young. Philately is definitely alive and well.
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The Pacific Northwest Regional Group of the British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS) has announced a meeting to be held in conjunction with the Victoria Stamp & Postcard Fair on Sunday, May 4, 2025. The location is the Sandman Hotel, 2852 Douglas Street, Victoria. Planning is still underway, but the program will include presenters on
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The Postal History Society of Canada presents its monthly ‘Under The Covers’ Zoom session featuring ‘An Eclectic Look at Trans-Atlantic Stampless Covers to and from Fredericton, New Brunswick’ with Ron Smith. The presentation is scheduled for Tuesday March 25, 2025 at 3:00 pm Pacific Time. The session is free and open to all, but pre-registration
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This 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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Back 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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It’s a long way to travel for those of us on the west coast, but if you are going to be down east in September, Canada’s annual premier exhibition is happening on the other side of the country this year. For only the second time ever, the annual convention of The Royal Philatelic Society of
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This presentation by Gray Scrimgeour focuses on the postal history of the James Bay area of Victoria, BC. As the earliest place of European settlement and the seat of the government in Vancouver Island, the colonial leaders lived here. Mail to and from many of these people is shown and the area’s history is described.
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The Royal Philatelic Society of Canada presents its monthly ‘Stamp Talk’ series on Zoom, this month featuring Garfield Portch speaking about “Philatelic Expertizing.” Learn about getting your items expertized. Garfield Portch is a member of the expertizing committee at the Vincent Graves Greene Philatelic Research Foundation. This Zoom presentation is free and open to all
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During the Second World War, supplying Britain with new aircraft built in North America was a significant logistical challenge for the Allies. This presentation explains the development of the RAF Ferry Command which eventually flew these aircraft to where they were needed. Not long after its formation, a semi-formal system of using these ferried aircraft
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