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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Some collectors enjoy creating their own album pages and there are many ways to do this. AlbumEasy is free software that allows you to design individual pages from simple text commands and then print them as PDF documents. Developed by Vancouver Island philatelist, Clive Levinson, it is available for free download. His website also offers
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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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The Royal Philatelic Society of Canada presents its monthly ‘Stamp Talk’ series on Zoom, this month featuring Douglas Hill presenting Canadian Cartophilately: Much More Than the 1898 Map Stamps. This talk covers the many different maps appearing on Canadian stamps, and other philatelic materials such as souvenir sheets, booklet panes, semi-official airmails, and eight other
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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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Great Britain Issues the World’s First Pre-Paid Adhesive Postage Stamps This exhibit by Peter Newroth explains the design and use of the world’s first pre-paid postage stamps in 1840 which permanently changed the way mails were used. The idea was first proposed by Sir Roland Hill and the stamps had an immediate impact on literacy
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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“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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This display explores postage stamp production as printing technology, postal needs and design styles evolved. VICPEX 2022 provided me an opportunity to prepare and show a “one frame” display in support of philately on Vancouver Island. “One frame” exhibits generally are defined by judges to show a narrow subject, about a nearly complete story or
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