What's New in BNAPS for 2007!
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December 30, 2007 Bob Dyer has provided the 2007 summary of BNA awards by BNAPSers, as well as some recent awards. Thanks also to Jeffrey Wallace for his nice style of presentation on this web page. December 23, 2007 Just a brief note to advise that, following BNAPS' initiative to list back issues of Study Group newsletters on the main BNAPS website, Issues 1 to 7 of the George VI Study Group newsletter, the Post & Mail, can be accessed by following the links to the Horace W Harrison Online Library Area of the BNAPS website or via the "Post & Mail" link on the George VI Study Group website (www.kgvi.ca). December 13, 2007 The BNAPS Map Stamp Study Group has a new web site, found here. December 13, 2007 Please see the IMPORTANT announcement re BNAPEX 2008, regarding hotel reservations. December 9, 2007 Notes are available for the newest BNAPS Book Release - King Edward VII Issue 1902-1912 by Alan Selby. December 4, 2007 The Golden Horseshoe Regional Group describes its latest great meeting, with photos! November 2, 2007 The Edmonton Regional Group held its first meeting of the 2007-2008 season. October 27, 2007 The Awards page has been updated with awards from Royal 2007 and Omaha 2007. Have a look!! October 22, 2007 We have the report of the Golden Horseshoe Regional Group meeting at the Royal in Toronto. Also - photos! October 20, 2007 The Midwest BNAPS fall meeting is scheduled for Nov 18 2007 11 am at Chicagopex, which is held at the Sheraton Chicago Northwest 300 Euclid Arlington Heights Il. The speaker will be Basil Burrell talking about his Canadian semi-official airmails. Please bring items to show that would be of interest to other members. For further info contact Marc Eisenberg October 19, 2007 BNAPS provided Robert Martin a Youth Activity grant this year, enough to financially support two new school clubs. As you will see by Martin's story (under Youth Programs, scroll down) a dedicated adult mentor can do wonders getting school children interested in stamps. This California philatelist expects to form school clubs for over 500 children this year, and is offering to help others start clubs in the U.S. October 17, 2007 Issue 11 of the Post & Mail has been posted on the Study Group Website. Study Group Members may download their copies of Issue 11 from the website by following the P & M Archive link in the Members area of the website. BNAPS Members who are not Members of the George VI Study Group but who are interested in learning more about the activities of the Study Group are encouraged to contact the Study Group Webmaster via the link on the George VI Website. October 17, 2007 Just a brief note to advise BNAPS Members that Gary Dickinson has now completed seven monographs in his series on First day Covers of the George VI period. Recent monographs cover the 1937 Coronation and 1947 Alexander Graham Bell issues. All seven of Gary's monographs are available via the Research page in the public area of the George VI Study Group Website. October 9, 2007 A notice for the October meeting of the St Lawrence Seaway Regional Groups is found HERE. October 9, 2007 The details of the 2008 Youth grant program are available HERE . October 9, 2007 The Texas Beavers have sent news of the passing of Sanford (Sandy) Riesenfeld, of Houston. An obituary is found HERE. October 2, 2007 Vic Willson has provided this interesting message regarding Edith M. Faulstich and her work with military postal history. October 1, 2007 The latest issue of the Beaver Chatter from the Texas Prairie Beaver Regional Group is now available. On a sad note, Sandy Reisenfeld passed away and the obituary is in the Chatter. September 28, 2007 The Atlantic Provinces Regional Group met at the recent NOVAPEX show. Read all about it. September 28, 2007 The October 20 meeting of the Texas Prairie Beavers Regional Group will be at St. Mary's Catholic Center, 603 Church Avenue, Room 207. Parking is available in the large parking lot across Nagle Street (east) from the Center. Church Avenue is the next street north and parallel to University Avenue; turn north (away from the campus) off University Avenue at the Shell Station, corner of Nagle and University. If you are not sure where University Drive is (the main street on the north side of Texas A&M) suggest you consult Map Quest in advance. September 27, 2007 A reminder about the next Golden Horseshoe Regional Group meeting is found HERE. September 23, 2007 The Tables of Contents for BNA Topics are now up to date. September 20, 2007 The latest competition awards won by BNAPS members are now listed, including those at BNAPEX in Calgary. September 20, 2007 BNAPS members will have a society promotion table at STAMPEX/ROYAL 2007 in the Queen Elizabeth Building on the CNE Grounds Oct. 12-13-14. They are looking for Golden Horseshoe Regional Group members to staff the table while the show is open. Show hours will be: Friday, 10 to 6; Saturday 10 to 5; and Sunday 10 to 4. Please make contact with Peter McCarthy. September 19, 2007 Notes are now available for a new BNAPS book: "Postage Due Stamps of Canada 1906 - 1928" by Stan Lum & Elsie Drury. September 18, 2007 Some photos from BNAPEX2007 are now available. September 18, 2007 John Burnett has provided two more Education essays. You can visit them at: Crashes, etc. and Paquebot covers. August 24, 2007 The next meeting of the Texas Prairie Beavers will be in College Station on Saturday, October 20, 2007 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Put this date on your calendar now. The meeting will NOT be at the College Station Conference as it is completely booked on that day so stay tuned for an announcement about the meeting location. August 23, 2007 The British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS) Ltd. is pleased to announce the publication of: "Canada 1897 Diamond Jubilees", 2007 by Herbert McNaught. Review notes can be found HERE. August 15, 2007 New Circuits have been added. Check out CL576 !!! August 14, 2007 Release notes are now available for "Just Perfect: The Patents and Postal Markings of Machines Invented by Joseph O. Lamoureux and Omer Francois Lefebvre 1912-1980", 2007 by Reg Morris and Robert J. Payne. August 14, 2007 The offer below regarding books at BNAPEX has expired. Pre-ordered books have now been shipped. Come to the BNAPEX book table in Calgary and shop your brains out!! August 1, 2007 BNAPS members attending BNAPEX 2007 from August 31-September 2 can obtain free delivery in Calgary of any books requested from Ian Kimmerly Stamps if ordered no later than August 11. More about this convenience offer, including new books and rates for BNAPS members, will be found HERE in the next day or so. August 1, 2007 New release notes are available for the book: "Fancy Cancels on Canadian Stamps 1855 to 1950 - Second Edition, 2007" by D.M. (Dave) Lacelle. July 28, 2007 Charles Livermore has provided photos from the Sudbury convention - found HERE or HERE. July 19, 2007 Hugo Deshaye and Michael Rixon have initiated a new regional group - in Quebec - called the Lower Canada Regional Group / Groupe Regional du Bas Canada. Congratulations and bienvenue !! July 15, 2007 A report of the May meeting of the St. Lawrence Seaway Regional Group is found HERE. July 11, 2007 Some new information is available re hotels for BNAPEX08 in Halifax. June 30, 2007 New competitive awards summaries are now listed. June 20, 2007 The Secretary, Pete Jacobi, is now using his summer email address [ beaver@libby.org ]. June 20, 2007 The Golden Horseshoe Regional Group recently finished its pre-summer meetings. Photos included ! June 16, 2007 The Pacific Northwest Regional Group had a great time at VANPEX - see photos also ! June 16, 2007 The British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS) Ltd. is pleased to announce the release of three new books, all on the subject of plating classic BNA and Canadian stamps. Release Notes are now posted. June 4, 2007 The Texas Prairie Beavers Regional Group has provided its June, 2007 newsletter. June 4, 2007 Four new articles have been posted on the Education web pages. Article by Cecil Coutts on slogan cancels and articles on WWII issue stamps, The Peace issue of stamps and an article on the Olympic issue of 1976. June 2, 2007 Secretary Pete Jacobi and his entourage will delay slightly the move to the summer palace in Montana this year. This year, he will be there between June 15th and August 30th. The address is on the Officers Page. May 31, 2007 On June 9 the semi annual meeting of the PNWRG will be held in the Richmond Curling Club. This meeting is being held in conjunction with VANPEX 07. Members of the PNWRG are providing all the speakers for VANPEX on that day. We plan on five one hour talks. There will be a no host dinner on the Friday evening, June 8 and the group will have their dinner at the awards banquet. Everyone is welcome. For more details, please check with John Burnett. May 30, 2007 Reminder: Just a reminder of the BNAPS Golden Horseshoe Regional Group meeting THIS Sunday, June 3 at the Rousseau House Restaurant in Ancaster. So far four dealers have confirmed that they will attend. For more information about the Golden Horseshoe (southern Ontario) Group, please visit HERE. May 27, 2007 Crash cover alert - Vancouver members need
to be on the lookout for covers retrieved from the Alberta river gorge incident
on May 19th.
Most of the mail was destined for Vancouver. You can read more about it
here. May 14, 2007 BNAPS is pleased to
announce the publication of 'Canadian Permit Postage Stamp Catalogue, Third
Edition, 2007' by Dieter (Dick) Staecker.
Release Notes are now posted. Randall Martin, a member who collected and exhibited the Postal History of Newfoundland and the Maritime Provinces, has died. An obituary can be read here. May 13, 2007 Bob Dyer sends another group of 23 recent awards, including a Grand for Douglas Irwin at the Philatelic Show in Boxsborough, MA. See them under competition award-winners. May 2, 2007 We have the sad news of the passing of David Cooper. An obituary is found here. Although not a member of BNAPS, David was well known to many members, particularly in the Atlantic provinces. Very recently, David served on the jury for the Edmonton Spring National.
April 21, 2007
A few updates and new sheets have been posted in the
Circuits pages.
April 20, 2007
The Mid-America (Mid-West) Group is proud to have Marc Eisenberg give a talk on his award-winning Canadian Victoria UPU cards Sunday May 27 at COMPEX 2007 located at the Forest View Educational Center 2121 S Goebbert,
Arlington Heights, Illinois.
April 20, 2007
The Golden Horseshoe Regional Group has issued a challenge to all members and all regional groups for a one-frame competition. See the details
HERE.
April 19, 2007
The BNAPS St Lawrence Seaway Regional Group is pleased to be holding its spring meeting in Ottawa in conjunction with ORAPEX, which is always a fine National Level show with a good bourse (free admission, free parking). Charles Livermore will give a presentation on:
"Toronto's Growth and it's Sub-Post Offices,
the beginnings of several projects."
April 13, 2007
Bob Dyer sends the latest competition award-winners, the first for 2007. The winner of the Grand at the 2007 Edmonton Spring National, Tom Gosse, has joined BNAPS. His exhibit was "Newfoundland King George VI". Let's welcome this top exhibitor to our ranks!
April 9, 2007
Mike Street has provided some material to help observe today's wonderful ceremony at Vimy Ridge, France.
April 9, 2007
Gray Scrimgeour recently had the pleasure of presenting, on behalf of the Postal History Society of Canada, the Frank W. Campbell Award for 2006 to Andrew Scott. The award is "an annual award from the Postal History Society of Canada for outstanding writing outside the PHSC Journal". Mr Scott's article "Marked for Life", in a Vancouver newspaper, came to the attention of BNAPS and was posted on a BNAPS web site, and was also reproduced in the PHSC Journal.
April 5, 2007
Last year the new BNAPS Youth Activity Program issued 15 cash grants in support of youth philately. One of these grants was to Don Shorting to help pay expenses for a FDC contest in Greater Victoria schools. Don reports the contest, which started in the fall term, was a success. He had 92 entries from three elementary schools and one middle school. Each participant received a ribbon and a $1 philatelic item. The best three entrants from each school also got $10 philatelic items. This is an example of how our organization is helping generate interest in stamp collecting among our youth.
March 30, 2007
The Pacific Northwest Regional Group has plans for VANPEX2007. Check them out!!
March 21, 2007
The Internet Study Group "Forums" web site will be down temporarily. Watch for a notice announcing its return !
March 21, 2007
The monthly Edmonton Regional Group meeting held yesterday was attended by President Bill Pawluk. A lively show and tell followed discussions about planning for the weekend show.
March 19, 2007
The Texas Prairie Beavers regional group will meet on March 31st at the College Station Conference Center, 1300 George Bush Drive and Holik. Please email George Dresser to confirm attendance.
March 16, 2007
This is a reminder that the next meeting of the BNAPS Golden Horseshoe
Regional Group will take place in nine days, on Sunday, March 25, 2007
at the Rousseau House Restaurant, 375 Wilson St. East, Ancaster.
Please note SIGNIFICANT meeting and time changes. For more info, click HERE.
March 14, 2007
Jerry Jarnick has provided a very interesting Press Release about support for BNAPS and its Youth Program. Read all about it !
March 9, 2007
The Table of Contents of the recent Topics journal is now posted.
March 6, 2007
Registration forms for BNAPEX 2007 are now available by clicking HERE.
March 4, 2007
See YOUTH section for a photo of school kids from Newfoundland using supplies provided under BNAPS' Youth Activity Program. Pleasant proof of the value of this program!
February 26, 2007
BNAPS is pleased to announce the publication of new editions of two books in the
Exhibit series, Steven Luciuk's 'Internment Mail in Canada 1914-1919 &
1939-1946' and Kevin O'Reilly's 'A Postal History Of Labrador Before
Confederation'.
Release Notes are now posted. February 22, 2007
Attention BNAPS members outside the Americas and Australia! Volume 64 #1 of BNA Topics was mailed last week. Because of an error on my part, an incorrect mailing list was used for copies mailed to addresses outside the Americas and Australia. The addresses used were correct, but the names of the actual addressees were scrambled. Thanks are due to John Hillson and Peter Feuser who quickly reported the problem.
It is suspected that a fair portion of the copies will be delivered to the correct addresses, regardless. However, copies may not reach some members.
Eventually, a follow-up letter will be sent to try to ensure that all overseas members receive copies. Please let me know by e-mail when (if ?) you receive a copy of BNA Topics, Vol. 64 #1 (regardless of the person to whom it is apparently addressed).
I deeply regret this error, which is mine alone, and does not result from any actions of the BNAPS Secretary, BNA Topics editor or St. Joseph Printing.
February 20, 2007
Vic Willson and David D'Alessandris have each added one-frame exhibits to our Exhibits web site. This makes four new exhibits in just a few weeks. Watch for a re-construction of that web site in the near future.
February 19, 2007
The Golden West Regional Group has an update on its planned activities at WESTPEX! Check it out !
February 8, 2007
LINN's Stamp News has published a nice article on the BNAPS 2007 Youth Activity Program.
February 6, 2007
The Atlantic Provinces Regional Group will meet Saturday, Feb. 10th, at 2:30 in the afternoon at:
The Sackville Public Library, 636 Sackville Drive, Lr. Sackville.
February 5, 2007
Check out the Circuits pages! Some significant re-pricing of better quality items. Please see NF489 and 492 as well as CL 478, 481, 482, 483, and 486. Also a new grouping has been created for sheets containing a mixture of stamps from different groups. Please see this new group which has been called MIXED (MX).
February 2, 2007
Two new one-frame RPO exhibits have been added to the Exhibits Web Site.
January 30, 2007
The report from the Golden Horseshoe meeting is now posted.
January 27, 2007
The Calgary Regional Group will meet on Valentine's Day, Wednesday, February 14th. For details, click HERE.
January 24, 2007
A new article on "The Admiral Stamps of Canada: A guide for the
Beginning & Intermediate Collector" by Randy Van Someren is now available on the
Education pages.
January 13, 2007
The next meeting of the BNAPS Golden Horseshoe Regional Group will
take place NEXT Sunday, January 28, 2007 at the Rousseau House
Restaurant, 375 Wilson St. East, Ancaster. Please note SIGNIFICANT
meeting and time changes.
January 13, 2007
Andy Ellwood has made numerous replacements of Circuits pages, to show where items have sold. There are some price reductions - check the Pre-cancel section!
January 7, 2007
Jack Gordon reports that Aaron Gulliver has created a website with important information on squared circles. They are in the process of fine tuning the numbers. You can see this at this location.
January 7, 2007
Jon Johnson has sent a link and other information for booking hotel rooms for
BNAPEX 2007.
January 6, 2007
Mike Salmon's remarkable PEI exhibit is now complete, in four frames, click HERE.
January 6, 2007
Issue 10 of the Post & Mail has been posted on the Study Group Website. Study Group Members may download their copies of Issue 10 from the website by following the P & M Archive link in the Members area of the website. BNAPS Members who are not Members of the George VI Study Group but who are interested in learning more about the activities of the Study Group are encouraged to contact the Study Group Webmaster via the link on the George VI Website.
Also, a brief note to advise BNAPS Members that Gary Dickinson has completed two further monographs in his series on First day Covers of the George VI period. Monograph No 2. reviews the FDC’s issued in conjunction with the issue of the 1949 Halifax Bicentenary commemorative while Monograph No. 3 reviews the 1947 Citizenship issue. Monograph No. 1, covering the 1948 Royal Wedding Issue, was issued in November.
All three monographs can be accessed through the “Research” page on the public side of the George VI Study Group website (www.kgvi.ca) .
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