What's New in BNAPS for 2006!
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December 30, 2006 The Golden Horseshoe Regional Group will revert to its original meeting date of January 28th due to the U.S. football conference championships which are to be held on the 21st. Have fun!!
December 28, 2006
Bob Dyer has completed another year of hard work summarizing the competition awards won by BNAPSers during 2006. Thanks, Bob!
December 20, 2006
Mike Salmon has submitted the third of his remarkable four frame PEI exhibit. Check it out!
December 16, 2006
Both of the Alberta Regional Groups held recent meetings. A report from the Edmonton Group is found
here; a report from Calgary is found here.
December 9, 2006 Among many powerful exhibits shown at BNAPEX 2001 in Ottawa were two that
covered quite different aspects of the philately of Newfoundland, one by Colin
Lewis and one by John Walsh. Both have since been modified and re-exhibited,
going on to win higher awards. Because there is almost no overlap in subject
matter it was decided to reproduce them simultaneously as part of the BNAPS
Exhibit Series. BNAPS is pleased to announce that Colin Lewis'
NEWFOUNDLAND
POSTAL HISTORY 1857 – 1899 becomes the 42nd volume in the series and John
Walsh's NEWFOUNDLAND 1897 ROYAL FAMILY, DEAD LETTER SEAL AND MAP STAMPS is the
43rd.
Release Notes are now posted.
December 5, 2006
The Golden Horseshoe Regional Group has a new logo !! See it with the
report of their November meeting.
November 29, 2006 The BNAPS Book Department is pleased to
announce the release of Plating Studies on Prince Edward Island Stamps I. The
Two Pence Issue - Scott #1 and #5, 2006, by Kenneth A.
Kershaw.
Release Notes are now posted.
November 22, 2006
New information about BNAPEX2007, in Calgary, is now available.
November 22, 2006
The Atlantic Provinces Regional Group met recently, with a guest who was sitting 4 time zones away! To see how that happened, visit
the Group's new web page.
November 22, 2006
Stephen Prest sends a brief note to advise BNAPS Members that George VI Study Group Member Gary Dickinson has published a monograph entitled “First Day Covers of the 1948 Canada Royal Wedding Commemorative Issue” which has been posted on the Research page of the George VI Study Group Web Site. This is the first of what Gary hopes might be a series of monographs that will lead to the identification of all known First Day Cover cachets of the 1948 Royal Wedding and other commemorative stamp issues of the George VI period.
Gary is hopeful that Study Group and other BNAPS Members might be able to identify further examples of FDC cachets to those presented in this first edition of his 1948 Royal Wedding FDC cachet monograph. Members are encouraged to contact Gary directly (his email address is listed in the monograph) with further examples or alternately, these can be sent to Stephen and he will relay them to Gary.
November 20, 2006
We have a reminder that The Golden Horseshoe Regional Group meeting is upcoming. Also, some photos from the STAMPEX meeting.
November 18, 2006
The Golden West (California) Regional Group has provided an update on the upcoming meeting at PENPEX.
Remembrance Day, November 11, 2006
Finally, time was found to post photos from the
Pacific Northwest Regional Group meeting in October. Thanks to the photographers!
November 6, 2006
The Golden West Regional Group has new information about meetings. Please check HERE.
November 5, 2006
We are pleased to open for your viewing the BNAPS promotional slide show. This is intended for both online viewing and viewing at shows, meetings, etc. with a CD version. The main page has also been altered a bit and will undergo further renovations. In the meanwhile, click on the slide show button and enjoy !
November 4, 2006
The 2nd Edition of the KGVI Bibliography has been posted in the Member’s area of the George VI Study Group Web Site. Thanks goes out to Study Group members Gary Dickinson and Larry Goldberg who contributed philatelic references that have been incorporated into the KGVI Bibliography.
November 1, 2006
Frame two of Mike Salmon's remarkable PEI exhibit is now available on the "exhibits" web site. Two more frames to come.
October 28, 2006
Do Small Queens make you drool? Check out Andy's newest
Circuits!.
October 28, 2006
A report on the recent meeting of the Golden Horseshoe Regional Group is available. Also, there is a change to the future meetings schedule.
October 28, 2006
Stephen Prest advises us that Issue 9 of the Post & Mail has been posted on the King George VI Study Group Website. Study Group Members may download their copies of Issue 9 from the website by following the P & M Archive link in the Members area of the website.
October 28, 2006
Charles Livermore tells us that the Northeastern Regional Group will meet in the New York Area on Saturday November 11 at the Collectors Club in Manhattan - 22 E35th Street. This is located a few blocks south of Grand Central and between Madison and Park Avenues. Charles will show highlights of his Advanced Posting Service exhibit and there will be a show and tell for members to discuss new additions to their own collections. The meeting will begin at 2pm and will probably run about 2 1/2 to 4 hours depending on how talky people are.
October 27, 2006
William C. Walton,
Chairman of BNAPS' Order of the Beaver, is pleased to announce the selection of
N.J.A.
(John) Hillson as the newest recipient of an OTB Lifetime Achievement Award.
Please see OTB Lifetime Achievements. October 22, 2006
The webmaster will return October 27th. Please hold items until then. In an emergency, please send the item to either Greg [ g.m.spring@asch.co.uk ] or Jeff [ jeffanddana@jerseymail.co.uk ]. Thanks.
October 22, 2006
A report of the very successful October meeting of the Pacific Northwest Regional Group is available. Photos will be posted when the webmaster returns (see above).
October 20, 2006
There is a current update of material on the Youth Program pages. The 2007 program details have been announced. If you have an interest in the BNAPS support of youth projects, please take a look.
October 19, 2006
A second hard cover binding of 'A Canadian Postal History 1897-1911:
The Maple Leaf, Numeral, and King Edward Era', by George B. Arfken and
William S. Pawluk will be possible if several new orders are received.
If you are interested in obtaining a hard cover edition of this book
please contact Ian Kimmerly Stamps AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. A credit card
order will be taken but not processed until the book is mailed.
Details: Stock # B4h021.11HB (colour, hardbound) $225.00 retail. BNAPS
MEMBERS RECEIVE A 40% DISCOUNT OFF RETAIL PRICES.
October 19, 2006
Just a reminder that the next BNAPS Golden Horseshoe Regional Group
meeting will take place at the Rousseau House Restaurant in Ancaster
on Sunday, November 26. Guest speaker Doug Irwin will show us some the
results of his long study of the Centennial issue.
October 18, 2006
Jean Walton and Cimon Morin have reported the recent passing of Lola Caron, who turned 95 this past January. An obituary has been posted.
October 16, 2006
Edmonton area BNAPSers take note: now that the CFL Eskimos are eliminated, look more closely at BNAPS meeting dates - there is a change!
October 5, 2006
Awards are now posted for the recent shows: NOVAPEX and the ROYAL. Congratulations to all!
October 4, 2006
Look what we have !! Freshly updated Circuits sheets! Thanks, Andy.
October 2, 2006
The Royal Philatelic Society of Canada and the Calgary Philatelic Society presented a first class show in Calgary this past weekend. The BNAPS breakfast was very well attended and featured a presentation by Charles Verge on how he selected the items from the Royal Philatelic Collection that were exhibited at the show. More, later.
October 2, 2006
The BNAPS Golden Horseshoe Regional Group would like to remind all
BNAPSers that their next meeting will take place at 1:00PM on
SATURDAY, October 14, 2006 at the CSDA/STAMPEX show, which will be
held at the Queen Elizabeth Building of the Canadian National
Exhibition (CNE) site in Toronto October 13
15. See the GHRG section of the Regional Groups page for more details.
October 2, 2006
The Education department has posted a really good article by John Hotchner titled
"Getting Started in Philatelic Exhibiting" under the exhibitors icon. John H. was gracious enough to let us use this article for the good of the hobby and as an officer of BNAPS, John Burnett thanks him for it.
October 1, 2006
Bob Dyer has announced the
2007 Youth Activity Program. See BNAPS Youth Program
for information and an application. This new program issued individual grants of
$140-400 this year to 15 school stamp clubs, junior stamp clubs and youth
activity tables at stamp shows. Thousands of stamps were also distributed. If
you know of an opportunity to support a new or expanded 2007 program related to
youth philately , you may submit an application or give one to an interested
party. Applications will be accepted through March 10, 2007. September 26, 2006
The St Lawrence Seaway Regional Group will meet at 10:00 am, October 21st, in Perth, Ontario at the McMartin House, corner of Gore and Harvey streets.
September 25, 2006
The Minutes of the 2006 BNAPS Annual General Meeting are now available, from Secretary Pete Jacobi.
September 24, 2006
The Pacific Northwest Regional Group has sent info about their famous October meeting.
September 23, 2006
A new article on "Sailing Tables for the Pacific", by Gray Scrimgeour, is found at: our Exhibits pages.
September 23, 2006
The rejuvenated Golden West Regional Group has had another very successful meeting. Congratulations to you all !
September 20, 2006
The Admiral's Log, the newsletter of the Admirals Study Group, has been updated - thanks to Leopold Beaudet.
September 18, 2006
Bob Dyer has provided the latest list of award winners, including VANPEX, BNAPEX, the non-jury awards from BNAPEX and others.
September 18, 2006
Tim Bartshe and the American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors (AAPE) have generously permitted reproduction of a seminar about front pages and synopsis writing. This is found at our exhibits website.
September 18, 2006
The Edmonton Regional Group has provided
meeting dates for the coming year (2006-7).
September 14, 2006
The Atlantic Regional Group is planning to meet at NOVAPEX, September 14th. Please get in touch with Jack Forbes, at this email.
September 14, 2006
Information from BNAPEX in Sudbury is now coming in to the website. First, check out the updated lists of Officers, and Study Groups, and Regional Groups. Next, President Bill Pawluk is pleased to announce that Jerry Jarnick has been appointed Publicity Officer. To reach Jerry, please see the listing under Officers.
August 26, 2006
Appointment of BNA Topics
editor. I am very pleased to announce the appointment of Doug
Sayles as the editor of of BNA Topics. Doug has been in touch with the
publications committee and is expected to start immediately on the preparation
of the 2006 4th quarter issue. Many of you already know Doug as the chair and treasurer
of the Military Study Group. Others will have read the announcement of his most
recent publication, The BNAPS Catalogue of Canadian Military Mail Markings,
Volume 3 – From Victory in 1945 to Afghanistan. I hope you will welcome Doug by submitting articles
which will keep him busy as they keep the rest of us informed and entertained. P. Charles Livermore August 26, 2006 The BNAPS Book Department is pleased to announce the
release of: Canadians in Russia: the Last Contingent of World War I; by
Hendrik
August 25, 2006
The BNAPS Book Department is pleased to announce the release of
its newest publication: The BNAPS
Catalogue of Canadian Military Mail Markings, Volume 3 – From Victory in 1945 to
Afghanistan; by C. Douglas Sayles (Editor).
Release Notes are now posted.
The Webmaster will be unavailable until September 13th. Urgent items can be sent to Greg Spring or
Jeff Wallace
August 23, 2006
The remaining frames of Vic Willson's post card exhibit are now on display. This might be the first online exhibition of an 8-frame exhibit. Members are encouraged to consider sending their exhibits for online display.
August 19, 2006
A review by Gray Scrimgeour of the BNAPS book "A Canadian Postal History 1897-1911. The Maple Leaf, Numeral, and King Edward Era", by George B. Arfken and William S. Pawluk, is now posted. This review will appear in the September PHSC Journal. Thanks go to Gray and the PHSC for permission to post the review here.
The BNAPS Book Department is
pleased to announce the release of the newest
BNAPS handbook, The Post Office in Canada: A Chronology of Facts,
Feats, and Firsts from the French Regime to 1981, Second edition by
Thomas A. Hillman and E. R. Toop. Release Notes are now posted.
August 10, 2006 The BNAPS Book Department is pleased to announce the release of the newest BNAPS handbook, 'The Dead Letter Office in Canada 1830-2002, An illustrated postal history, Second Edition' by Brian C. Plain. Release Notes are now posted. August 1, 2006 The judges have determined the hits on August 1st to be 108,288. The winner of the $150 book prize was "Sportster" who predicted 107,755 hits. Congratulations to "Sportster", whose name will be revealed at the Sudbury Convention. July 31, 2006 The Table of Contents for the third quarter Topics is now available. July 29, 2006 The BNAPS Book Department is pleased to announce that it has acquired the copyrights to and remaining stock of all four volumes of THE CANADIAN CHRISTMAS MAP STAMP OF 1898, A DEFINITIVE PLATING STUDY by Kenneth A. Kershaw and Roger Boisclair. Details will soon be posted. July 29, 2006 We are advised that there is a price increase on three of eight BNAPS books recently re-printed. July 27, 2006 BNAPS is pleased to announce the publication of the fortieth book in its exhibit series, J.J. MacDonald's 'One Hundred Years Over the Waters'. Release Notes are now posted. July 22, 2006 The Table of Contents of the latest issue of BNA Topics is available for viewing by non-members who might wish to join the Society. July 22, 2006 The first frame of Vic Willson's BNAPS Grand Award exhibit is now posted on the exhibits website. July 19, 2006 John Frith has provided an update on information re BNAPEX at Sudbury. Go there now !! July 12, 2006 BNAPS is pleased to welcome two additional winners of the Youth Scholarship Program. These are the two final nominees for 2006 and both come from the Calgary Regional Group. Chloe Giroux and Orin Esau both have been nominated by BNAPS sponsors and are granted 3-year memberships, with all priviledges. July 12, 2006 The BNAPS Book Department is pleased to announce the release of the newest BNAPS handbook, 'A Canadian Postal History 18971911: The Maple Leaf, Numeral, and King Edward Era', by George B. Arfken and William S. Pawluk. Release notes are found here. July 11, 2006 The Webmaster is pleased to announce that two members, Jeff Wallace and Greg Spring, will begin handling some of the web work. Jeff will handle publications and youth work; Jeff (who is webmaster for the ISG site) will also handle education programs and work with Greg on the youth program. Both will be working with the Webmaster to update the technical capabilities of all BNAPS sites. July 9, 2006 Today, there was a re-enactment of the first air mail delivery in western Canada. Check it out. You will enjoy it !! June 30, 2006 The latest Portraits has information about the upcoming election of BNAPS officers. Please note that the ballots should reach Don Ure by latest July 31st. June 29, 2006 Brandon University, in a cooperative project with BNAPS, has launched a website showing the Gordon Jory collection of Manitoba covers. Thanks go to the Manitoba and Northern Ontario Regional Group for its involvement. June 24, 2006 The Society regrets to inform that one of its most supportive members, Ed Whiting, passed away on June 22nd. An obituary is found HERE. June 23, 2006 Peter McCarthy has provided details of the very interesting meeting held recently by the Golden Horseshoe Regional Group. For this, and information about the planned fall meeting, click HERE. June 22, 2006 A new category is about to be added to the Circuits by Andy. Collections, Accumulations, Exhibits, and just plain Bulky lots of stamps or covers will be listed under the code 'LL' . Watch for new material and be sure to make contact with Andy if you have material to add. June 19, 2006 An advance notice of the hard copy edition of A Canadian Postal History, 1897 - 1911, by George Arfken and Bill Pawluk is found HERE. June 16, 2006 Hugh Delaney sends a summary of the Calgary Regional Group's last meeting of the year. June 15, 2006 Bob Dyer reports on the very successful Washington 2006 international show where BNAPS members won 15 awards for exhibits or literature. See AWARDS. June 6, 2006 The Secretary, Pete Jacobi, is now at his Summer Palace in Montana. details are found HERE. June 6, 2006 The Table of Contents of the latest issue of Topics is now up. June 6, 2006 Andy has provided some revised Small Queen pages and a new Newfie page in Circuits. June 5, 2006 Postal historians are in for a treat when they see Andrew Scott's article, 'Marked for Life', reproduced with his permission from the Vancouver magazine. Check it out as an inspiration for collectors! June 1, 2006 Check out the new web page for the Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario Regional Group. May 31, 2006 Release notes for Ken Kershaw's new handbook are now available. May 30, 2006 The Golden Horseshoe Group wishes to remind all members that their next meeting is THIS Sunday, June 4. Guest Speaker is Jorge Peral, Vice-President and Portrait Engraver for the Canadian Bank Note Company, Ottawa. See Golden Horseshoe section of Regional Groups for more information. May 30, 2006 Release notes for Pete Jacobi's book update are now available. May 25, 2006 The PNW Regional Group has offered a template for exhibitors preparing a Synopsis for their exhibits. Check it out. May 25, 2006 Begin to tremble in your boots!! BNAPEX 2006 has announced the judges for the exhibition: Chair of the jury is Vic Willson along with Gar Loman, Bill Walton, and Bill Longley is the apprentice. May 25, 2006 Bob Dyer has brought us up to date with recent exhibition awards (ORAPEX, PIPEX, and Boxborough). May 25, 2006 On May 6 at ORAPEX in Ottawa the Postal History Society of Canada (PHSC) announced the following awards to BNAPS members: Special Citation to Robert K. (Bob) Lane for the excellence of his presentation of the BNAPS website, and for his RPO and postal history exhibits on that website. Frank W. Campbell Award for major contributions to the study of BNA postal history in other publications to David Handelman (Ottawa, ON) for his 'Stampless Corner' series in BNA Topics Stan Shantz Award presented annually to the author of the article deemed most worthy in the PHSC Journal for 2005 - Richard (Rick) Parama (Houston, TX) for his article, "A Remarkable Cover form Fishburn, Alberta", which appeared in the June 2005 issue, #122, pp. 8-23. May 25, 2006 Mike Street advises as follows: "Just a note to advise that BNA Topics 2006Q1 was taken to the Post Office in Ottawa this morning and should reach members next week. Work has already started on BNA Topics 2006Q2 and we hope to have it in the mail in four weeks or a bit less. BNA Topics 2006Q3 will be on time, approx August 1". Robert and Mike - Interim Co-editors. May 25, 2006 Check out the new website for the Fundy Stamp Collectors Club in Moncton NB. May 24, 2006 A website about the postal history of Brandon, Manitoba has been developed to help celebrate Brandon's 125th year as a city, in 2007. BNAPS has provided the platform for this, in the philatelic.org site. May 24, 2006 Check out this nice article about Bob Dyer's Washington Show connection. May 23, 2006 Is garbage your bag? Check out Chris Ryan's new examples in the Revenue Section. May 23, 2006 The Collectors Club of Chicago is pleased to announce this year's "PRATT AWARD" winner is Sammy Whaley for his book NEWFOUNDLAND: 1865-1879 The New York Printings A Cover Study. More in the Awards page. May 19, 2006 Release notes are now available for Ken Ellison's latest book, published by BNAPS. Check it out! May 18, 2006 The deadline has passed for participating in the hit counter contest. Only 5 predictions were received and one of those five will receive a prize of $150 worth of books, as per the details. In view of the substantial lack of interest, there will be no more "fun" contests on this website. May 17, 2006 Mike Street has provided a summary of the OTB Lifetime Achievement Awards that were presented recently at ORAPEX. Congratulations to all. May 4, 2006 Bob Dyer has posted 15 additional exhibit awards to BNAPS members at WESTPEX, AMERISTAMP EXPO and the Garfield-Perry March party. April 30, 2006 Joe Schlitt has sent the great news that the Golden West Regional Group has been re-formed. This was accomplished by the hard work of several California, Arizona and Nevada members and a meeting at WESTPEX. A report will be posted soon. Joe can be reached at this email address. Congratulations! April 25, 2006 The BNAPS ISG server is now online and available. Drop by, login and visit the Forums. April 25, 2006 Bob Dyer, our Youth Coordinator, has sent several helpful documents created by George Speers of the Brantford Junior Stamp Club. They should be of interest to anyone involved in activity planning for groups of young collectors - a set of goals and a detailed outline for six months of meetings. Please see the Youth Program area for more details. April 21, 2006 Greg Spring, the Internet Study Group Coordinator today posted this notice: "At 4 o’clock this afternoon (UK time) I was informed that the office where the BNAPS ISG server is located would suffer from several power cuts over the weekend as a result of some re-construction work that is going on in the University. It was therefore safest to switch the server off for the weekend to avoid any damage to the server and its security devices. The Internet Study Group forum will therefore be unavailable from now until Monday morning. I will turn the server back on at start of business Monday morning, and I apologise for smothering any burning philatelic issues that any of you may have wanted to air during your weekend!" April 21, 2006 Mike Street has provided release notes for the latest books in the BNAPS Book Department. Congratulations to the authors! April 20, 2006 Andy Ellwood has changed a few Circuits pages and added some Revenues. April 20, 2006 The recent Golden Horseshoe Regional Group meeting is described here. April 15, 2006 John Burnett has provided a summary of the recent meeting of the PNWRG in Kelowna. April 14, 2006 Hugh Delaney reports on the recent meeting of the Calgary Regional Group. April 14, 2006 Jon Johnson has announced "that BNAPEX'07 will be held in conjunction with CALTAPEX'07 (Calgary Philatelic Society) August 31 - September 2, 2007, at the Westin Hotel, Calgary, Alberta. We will endeavour to provide some real western hospitality to all who attend. Until the organizing committee is announced, inquiries may be made to Jon Johnson. April 14, 2006 Robert Lemire reminds us of the revised procedures pertaining to the awarding of the Vincent G. Greene Award for the 'Best Article or Series in BNA TOPICS' during the previous calendar year. April 14, 2006 Robert Lemire has provided a notice of the forthcoming meeting of the St. Lawrence Seaway Regional Group. The meeting will be in Ottawa in conjunction with ORAPEX, which is always a fine National Level show with a good bourse. Dick Malott will give a presentation on "Canadian Crash Covers". WHEN: Saturday May 6, 2006, 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. WHERE: at the RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Dr. Ottawa. April 12, 2006 President Charles Livermore has issued this note: "For reasons of health Henk Burgers is not able to continue with his duties as editor of Topics. He had started to work on the next issue when he was confronted with a health issue which made it impossible for him to continue. I know we all wish the best for Henk and hope for a speedy recovery. From what I knew of him and what I subsequently learned as a result of the search for editor it is unfortunate that he is not able to apply his considerable talents to our flagship publication. We will be the poorer for it. But I have to thank Robert Lemire and Mike Street who continue to show their remarkable dedication to the Society as they have already picked up the work that Henk began and are now at work on the next two issues of Topics to get us back on track. I hope to have an announcement soon as to the new editor of Topics. If any of you have articles for Topics almost ready for publication I urge that you complete and send them to Mike Street. Any effort like this will make his temporary job easier. Again please keep Henk in your thoughts and wish the best for him." April 5, 2006 Andy Ellwood has sent some replacement Circuits pages, including PRICE REDUCTIONS ! More to come. April 4, 2006 The VANPEX organizers have provided a Press Release about the 2006 show. April 3, 2006 Bob Dyer sends the following: "The Golden West Regional Group will meet at the WESTPEX SHOW in San Francisco on Saturday, April 29th from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. in room 6096. John Wynns, from Arizona, will give a presentation on "Stamp Centenaries." See his article in the Fourth Quarter 2005 BNATopics. Bob Dyer will also bring an array of flown covers from the July 2005 VIMY flight to Ireland, piloted by Steve Fossett. Additionally, Bob will give a short presentation on the new BNAPS Youth Philately program. WESTPEX will be held at the San Francisco Airport Marriott, 1800 Old Bayshore Highway. Further information can be obtained from Bob Dyer, nrdyer@comcast.net". Let us all hope that this will lead to re-generation of the Golden West group. April 1, 2006 Bob Dyer has provided the first awards list for 2006, including ARIPEX and the Edmonton Spring National. March 30, 2006 The BNAPS Edmonton Regional Group held its annual breakfast at the Edmonton Stamp Club's annual Spring National. March 13, 2006 Hugh Delaney has provided details of the recent BNAPS Regional Group meeting in Calgary. March 12, 2006 Our friends at the Postal History Society of Canada have a new web site. March 9, 2006 New program information for the Golden Horseshoe regional group is now posted. March 7, 2006 Andy has provided new Circuits - Revenues! March 4, 2006 Even more information about BNAPEX 2006 is now available. Web presentation is not attractive, but it will be! Depends if Edmonton wins tonight's pro lacrosse game. March 2, 2006 Information and forms are now available for BNAPEX 2006. For further information, email John Frith. February 28, 2006 Hotel information is now available for BNAPEX 2006. Exhibition info will be up tomorrow. February 28, 2006 Peter McCarthy tells us about the June speaker for the Golden Horseshoers; and their own logo contest. February 23, 2006 The Texas Prairie Beavers have issued their latest newsletter. The agenda for their March meeting is found HERE. February 21, 2006 New RPOs in the Circuits! Yummy! February 17, 2006 An obituary has been provided, for Harry Sutherland. February 15, 2006 Hugh Delaney has provided news of the February meeting of the Calgary Regional Group. February 15, 2006 Charles Verge has conveyed the sad news of the passing of Harry Sutherland late February 14, 2006 at the age of 75. An obituary is being requested. February 15, 2006 Preliminary hotel information for BNAPEX 2006 is now available. Much more information will be posted soon. February 12, 2006 Enter the contest to predict the hit count !! Be sure to read all about it. February 11, 2006 George Arfken has submitted a contribution to our "rarity factors" page. Check it out! February 10, 2006 Some additional information about our new Topics Editor, from Charles: "About our new editor. Hendrik Burgers (Henk) was born in The Netherlands and immigrated to Canada where he served as an Engineer Officer in the Canadian Army from 1962 to 1983. Until 2001 he was the president of a major translation company at which time he decided to try being semi-retired. His editorial experience includes a term as editor of the Canadian Philatelist and then for a time as as editor of our Military Mail Study Group’s newsletter. One of the warmest welcomes you could provide is a constant supply of articles to keep him busy editing those articles for a future issue of BNA Topics." Webmaster's note: contact information is now available at the Publications page. February 10, 2006 President Charles Livermore has made this announcement: "I am pleased to announce that Hendrik Burgers has been asked to serve as the next editor of BNA Topics and he has accepted. Work has already begun on making the transition as seamless as possible. An announcement will soon follow as to where your articles can be sent for inclusion in the journal." February 9, 2006 Bill Longley has passed along the sad news of the passing of UK BNAPSer Dorothy Sanderson. An obituary has been provided by Malcolm Montgomery. February 9, 2006 President Charles Livermore has announced the resignation of David Handelman as Editor of the journal BNATopics. More detail is found by clicking HERE. February 8, 2006 BNAPS begins its newest page - Book Reviews - with a review by Gray Scrimgeour of the publication of the BNAPS Calgary Regional Group: "Letters From the Far West". February 6, 2006 The Golden Horseshoe Regional Group has provided some entertainment in the form of photos taken at their January meeting. Thanks, Peter. February 5, 2006 Thanks to the work of the Internet Study Group, 38 listings have been removed from the Members' Email page. These listings had proven to be dead. Members wishing to provide up to date listings should make contact with the webmaster. February 4, 2006 Greg Spring and the others in the BNAPS Internet Study Group are proud to announce the launch of their ISG web site. A major feature is the many forums available for members, including a Collectors Fair. Check it out! February 2, 2006 After an incredible amount of work, Andy Ellwood has re-opened the BNAPS Circuits On-Line. You have to see it to believe it! Thanks, Andy. February 2, 2006 Mike Street has provided new release notes for BNAPS books. January 31, 2006 BNAPS is pleased to announce the first recipients of it youth scholarships, as offered through a regional pilot project. Jamie Barron of Edmonton and Firmin Wyndels of Victoria have been granted 3-year memberships in BNAPS. They have been recognized as young philatelists who show great promise within the hobby. The Edmonton regional group and the Pacific Northwest regional group were the sponsors, respectively. Congratulations and welcome to the society! For more information about the program, please email Bob Lane. January 26, 2006 From President Charles Livermore: BNAPS is pleased to announce the establishment of an Education Committee. The role of the committee will be to create educational materials which will be used to produce pamphlets, booklets and web pages. These materials will be used to inform the novice and experienced collector of the many and varied aspects of BNA philately. One of the first challenges this committee will tackle is the revision and update of Ed Richardson's 1981 booklet - An Introduction to BNA Philately. Additionally BNAPS is pleased to announce that John Burnett has agreed to chair this committee. John is the perfect person for this job. He has an extensive knowledge of BNA philately, has exhibited and, for many years, has written the Canadian column in Linn's. John has generously offered to use these columns as needed in the creation of the committee's educational products. We welcome John to this new responsibility. If there are members who would like to be involved with this committee and give John some needed assistance please get in touch with him. He'd be delighted to hear from you. You can reach John at jb45855@aol.com. We are also fortunate that Vic Willson will serve on this committee. Vic is both an accomplished educator and a distinguished philatelist. BNAPS is indeed fortunate to have both of these gentlemen serving on its Education Committee. January 22, 2006 Mike Street has announced the availability of a List Server to enable folks to receive announcements from the BNAPS Book Department. Check it out!. January 18, 2006 BNAPS in Arizona !! A BNAPS meeting is scheduled for Feb. 11 at 11 am at ARIPEX 2006 in the Mesa Centennial Hall, Pomeroy Room. John Wynns will be chairing the meeting and for more info email him at jwynns96@cox.net and for show info visit www.aripex.com. All BNAPSers and visitors are welcome. January 17, 2006 There is a significant movement afoot to form an Atlantic Provinces Regional Group. Members there will be hearing about this soon. Non-members in the Atlantic provinces thinking about joining BNAPS can email Jack Forbes at JAFRBS@aol.com for information.
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