A New Book By VSC Member Victoria Stamp Club member Larry Margetish has just released a new book titled, “The Story Behind Canada’s Caricature and Landscape Issues.” Way to go Larry!! Published by the British North America Philatelic Society, it is available for sale from the BNAPS Sales Agent. Here’s the BNAPS description of the […]
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Or: A Nice Little Puzzle Question for Philatelic Students Fraud, Theft and Errors This is a long story if all the details are included but here the story is abbreviated. However, it will still include implications of fraud or theft, errors in communication and delays in procurement. It all starts with an audit of a
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During the Second World War, Canadian military units were deployed as defensive forces to a number of locations around the world. Most were somewhat removed from the main theatres of conflict. This presentation by Hal Kellett describes the postal history of these “Alphabet Forces” and shows examples of mail to and from Canadians serving overseas.
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The District of Keewatin, created in 1876, was the first district of the North-West Territories. It was between Manitoba and Ontario and extended north to the Arctic Ocean. This presentation by Gray Scrimgeour explains the history of its many boundary changes and the post offices that served it.
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The Occupation of German Territory, Nov 1918 to Feb 1919 This presentation shows postal items sent to and from Canadian troops who were engaged the occupation of Germany after the armistice was signed on November 11, 1918.
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Its Untold Story This presentation by Larry Margetish explains the story of the people behind the design and production of the 1977 12¢ Parliament stamp (Scott #714 and #729).
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One of Canada’s Longest Mail Routes This presentation by Gray Scrimgeour shows mail sent between Canada and West China in the early 20th century. Almost all of it was sent to and from Canadian medical missionaries and educators living in China and the lives of some are described.
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The next episode of Under The Covers (sponsored by the Postal History Society of Canada) airs on Tuesday 16 January 2024 @ 3:00 pm Pacific Time and features “Canadian Mail Sent via the Empire Air Mail Scheme 1938 – 1939” presented by Gary Steele. This Zoom presentation shows Canadian 1st class letters and postcards mailed
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“Just imagine….” he muttered, staring at a Canadian six pence stamp of 1851. He compared the engraved portrait of Prince Albert on the stamp with the larger image on a steel engraving collected many years earlier. The collector was quietly studying this stamp by kerosene lighting in his Vancouver Island home at Deerholme. And he
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In the 2019 fourth quarter issue of Topics, the journal of BNAPS, I read the article “Classified Mail” by Bill Pekonen. In the article he lists eight different classifications that were used during WWII to indicate how secret the correspondence was. The third classification was Confidential. Having read the classifications, I remembered that I had
