Come and visit our Spring Exhibition featuring displays from local schools. The next Stamp and Postcard Fair happens on Sunday, May 4 with local dealers offering stamps, postal history, supplies and other philatelic material at our new location at the Sandman Hotel, 2852 Douglas Street. Free Admission, Free Parking, Free Stamps for Beginners.
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Victoria Literacy Connection and the Victoria Stamp Club There has always been a tight connection between philately and literacy. Where would our hobby be if not for letters and correspondence being sent around the world? And yet, not everyone is able to easily send a letter to a friend, whether digitally or on paper. Without
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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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Garden City Philatelic Auctions’ second sale has been posted online on the Stamp Auction Network. The sale, which features 1,185 lots of singles, sets, collections and postal history of the world, will be conducted over two days, each starting at 08:00 am Pacific time. Saturday March 1, 2025: Lots 1 to 539Sunday March 2, 2025:
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The first stamp and postcard fair of the year happens on Sunday, February 9 with local dealers offering stamps, postal history, supplies and other philatelic material at our new location at the Sandman Hotel, 2852 Douglas Street. Free Admission, Free Parking, Free Stamps for Kids.
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The Victoria Stamp Club has announced the schedule for the 2025 Stamp and Postcard Fairs: All dates are Sundays. The Fair will be open from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm each day and there is no charge for admission. Also new for the coming year is a change of location: SANDMAN HOTEL VICTORIA 2852 Douglas
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Starting in 2025, the Sidney Stamp Club will meet in the Highway Christian Fellowship, 10384 McDonald Park Road, Sidney. Meeting dates and times are unchanged, except for the April 2025 meeting which will occur April 5, not April 12. Check the Club page for more details about programs and activities.
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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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Effective 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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The 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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