What's New in BNAPS for 2008!
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December 23, 2008 Yesterday, long-time member Tom Southey passed away in St. Albert, AB. A Memorial is in preparation. The Society offers condolences to the family. December 21, 2008 Recently, BNAPS was informed of the passing of Dr. Harry Duckworth, Sr. of Winnipeg. A Memorial is in preparation. The Society offers condolences to the family. December 20, 2008 A Christmas Newsletter has been received from the Texas Beaver Regional Group. December 18, 2008 The Edmonton Regional Group had a fine dinner meeting yesterday. Details are found HERE. December 15, 2008 Release notes are now available for "British Columbia and Vancouver Island", an exhibit by Jack Wallace. December 8, 2008 The Golden Horseshoe Regional Group has a report about the meeting of the CSDA and their own meeting. December 4, 2008 BNA Topics - Q3 is at the printer, work on Q4 is underway The Publications Committee advises that Doug Sayles is unable to continue as Editor of BNA Topics due to illness. Robert Lemire and Mike Street are acting as Interim Co editors. BNA Topics 2008 Q2 has been delivered to members in the last 10 days. BNA Topics 2008 Q3 is at the printer, and work on BNA Topics 2008 Q4 is well underway. The intent is to get publication of BNA Topics back on schedule by February 2008. The members of the Publications Committee offer their apologies to BNAPS members, and thank them for their continued patience. Articles are still and always needed for BNA Topics. Please contact Mike with submissions or for further information. November 25, 2008 BNAPS members did well at two recent international stamp exhibits. See the posted awards. November 22, 2008 Release notes are now available for "Dead Letter Office Handstamps 1874 to 1954", by Gary W. Steele. November 22, 2008 A Memorial for Dr. "Sandy" Campbell has been posted. November 22, 2008 The BNAPEX 2009 information page has been updated. November 20, 2008 The Society regrets to inform that Dr. Sandy Campbell has passed away. A memorial notice is in preparation. November 20, 2008 This is a reminder that the next meeting of the BNAPS Golden Horseshoe Regional Group will take place in a little over a week, on Sunday, November 30, 2008 at the Rousseau House Restaurant, 375 Wilson St. East, Ancaster. Further details. Also included is a report from the September meeting. November 14, 2008 The Edmonton Regional Group will hold its next meeting on Wednesday, November 19th, at The Centre for Education, at One Kingsway Avenue. For details, see the group's web site. November 9, 2008 Visitors to this web site are now able to join the Society with an optional electronic application form and an optional means for paying dues electronically. Check it out! November 8, 2008 Release notes are now available for "Canada - The 1908 Quebec Tercentenary Issue", by Herbert L. McNaught. November 2, 2008 Release notes are now available for "Canadian Money-Letters Forerunners of Registered Mail", by Horace W. Harrison. October 28, 2008 Over 50 pages of Circuits material have been updated or added. be the first to check them out!! October 27, 2008 As approved by the Board of Directors, a process has now been established for renewing BNAPS members' dues. Check it out on the main page. October 5, 2008 The recent recipients of the Order of the Beaver and the Order of the Beaver Lifetime Achievement Award can be found HERE. October 3, 2008 The Publications Committee advises that 2008 Q2 issue of BNA Topics is expected to go to press this month: "BNA Topics is still far behind schedule, as Editor Doug Sayles has been under-the-weather all summer and into the autumn. The good news is that Doug is now feeling much better, and work on Q2 (and indeed on Q3 and Q4) is proceeding at a good pace. The intent is to get publication of BNA Topics back on schedule later this year (though Q4 may not appear until early 2009). In any case, rest assured that all members will receive four full 2008 issues. The members of the Publications Committee offer their apologies to BNAPS members, and thank them for their continued patience. October 3, 2008 John Grace is the new secretary-treasurer of the Postal Stationery Study Group. Revisions, if any, to all regional and study groups will soon be posted. October 3, 2008 The St. Lawrence Seaway Regional Group meeting notice for October is found HERE. September 27, 2008 Marc Eisenberg advises that the BNAPS Mid-west Regional Group will meet at Chicagopex Nov 21 at 1 pm. For more information, please email Marc. September 15, 2008 This is a reminder that the next meeting of the BNAPS Golden Horseshoe Regional Group will take place in a little over a week, on Sunday, September 28, 2008 at the Rousseau House Restaurant, 375 Wilson St. East, Ancaster. Further details. September 15, 2008 The RPO Study Group now has a web page - yippeee! September 13, 2008 The exhibit awards from BNAPEX 2008 are now posted. Most observers (including the judges) felt the overall quality of the exhibits may have been the best ever. Note how many Gold's were awarded! September 13, 2008 The third update to Brian Stalker's Travelling Post Offices book is now available to see. Good reading !! September 5, 2008 Andy Ellwood has provided the latest Circuits updates. September 5, 2008 Jack Forbes has provided a report on the recent successful meetings of the Atlantic Regional Group, disguised as BNAPEX2008. September 3, 2008 The Halifax BNAPEX2008 was a rousing success. Congratulations to the organizers. In the next while, information about the show will be added; for now, please go to the Conventions page. August 25, 2008 His Secretary-ship, Lord Jacobi, has further announced that he will now not be available until September 26th. He and Lady Jacobi will be casting their benedictions upon the eastern provinces following BNAPEX. If there is any urgent business for him, please send it to the Webmaster, who will convey it appropriately. August 15, 2008 A messenger arrived today with the pronouncement that Lord Jacobi would this weekend be moving from the Summer Palace back to the Secretary's Winter Palace in Surrey, BC. Check HERE for contact information. August 13, 2008 A report of the August meeting of the Golden West Regional Group is found HERE. August 10, 2008 There is a problem of communications between persons using sympatico.ca email addresses and the Webmaster. Evidently, sympatico.ca cannot send to either of the following email addresses: bob@wep.ca, or webmaster@bnaps.org . We are trying to get this fixed. Meanwhile, sympatico users should email the Webmaster at the following address: boblane12@shaw.ca . Thank you. August 9, 2008 A few updates to the Circuits have been posted HERE. August 9, 2008 A Memorial about the late Bill Maresch can be found at this page. August 1, 2008 Recent exhibition awards to BNAPSers are posted HERE. August 1, 2008 The British North America Philatelic Society is pleased to announce that by special arrangement a new book, 'The Postal History of World War II Mail between Canada and Switzerland', by Charles J. LaBlonde and John Tyacke, is available to members through BNAPS and Ian Kimmerly Stamps. Release notes are found HERE. July 24, 2008 One of the Golden West Regional Group's imaginative and useful notice cards has arrived. Next meeting: August 9, 11:00 AM, Gar Lohman's home (email for detailed address). Program: Canada's First RPO (Bruce Wilson). Wish I could be there. July 6, 2008 The BNAPEX seminar schedule is now posted on the BNAPEX web site. July 6, 2008 The 2008 Q2 issue of BNA Topics will be late. Production difficulties have been encountered, and the journal issue will not appear until later this summer. This is especially unfortunate because computer difficulties had caused a very long delay in the mailing of the previous issue. However, it is anticipated that publication of BNA Topics will get back on schedule later this year. The Publications Committee and Editor Doug Sayles offer their apologies to BNAPS members, and thank them for their patience. June 28, 2008 BNAPS has released two new PEI stamp plating books. Click HERE for release notes. June 24, 2008 BNAPS notes, with deep regret, the passing of members John Hillmer and Herb McNaught. Memorials are found HERE. June 19, 2008 The Edmonton Regional Group wound up the 2007-2008 season with a dinner meeting. Check it out! June 18, 2008 Bob Dyer has posted 30 recent exhibit awards. Two of our members won the Grands at ORAPEX and the ROYAL/ROYALE! June 18, 2008 The Pacific Northwest Regional Group meeting at Fairmont, BC in May is described with photos. June 13, 2008 Additional BNAPS book release notes are now available. June 7, 2008 The Table of Contents for the latest BNA TOPICS is now available. June 7, 2008 The latest BNAPS book release notes are now available. June 6, 2008 The Order of The Beaver Lifetime Achievement Awards have two additional names. Please pay tribute to those remarkable members. June 6, 2008 The Golden Horseshoe Regional Group reports on its May meeting and announces the speakers for several months ahead. June 5, 2008 The latest Education article is now posted at this location. Enjoy! May 30, 2008 The Secretary, Pete Jacobi, announces that he has taken up residence at the summer palace in Montana. Kindly use his summer address (Officers page) and email until further notice. May 26, 2008 The Youth Activity Program recently helped pay for a bus to carry 31 young collectors to the 2008 Philatelic Show in Boxborough, Massachusetts. See story and photos of happy kids!. May 7, 2008 Webmaster is away for 2-3 weeks. Please send urgent material to Greg Spring. May 7, 2008 A small correction has been made in the Admirals' Log. May 4, 2008 Carol Edholm is the Executive Director of Youth Stamp Collectors (and a BNAPS member!). She has developed a "philatelic passport" for kids and its printing was paid for by BNAPS' Youth Activity Program. See this page. May 1, 2008 The Mid-West (Mid-America) Regional Group will meet at COMPEX 2008 Friday May 23 at 2 pm. The speaker will be Marc Eisenberg and the topic will be The Nascopie story. April 30, 2008 The Golden West Regional Group had a great meeting at WESTPEX. April 30, 2008 Circuits pages have been updated, including some new pages. Sales have been going well, so get there fast!! April 23, 2008 Jim Kraemer's son advises that, unfortunately, Jim suffered a stroke last month. The good news is that Jim has recovered a lot of his abilities and progressed sufficiently at the Civic to be released to a rehabilitation facilty for a month or so. Anyone wishing to send their greetings to Jim can do so by addressing correspondence to his home address: J Kraemer, 17 Commanche Dr., Nepean, ON, K2E 6E8. April 22, 2008 The BNAPS St. Lawrence Seaway Regional Group will meet at Orapex, Saturday May 3rd, 2:30-4:00 pm, RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa. April 16, 2008 A reminder that the Texas Beavers meet this weekend; Saturday, April 19th at College Station Conference Center. April 12, 2008 Bob Dyer has submitted 20 more BNAPS exhibit winners, including those from the Edmonton Spring National. Look closely and you will see two Grand Award winners. April 7, 2008 The Golden Horseshoe Regional Group has provided another of their excellent meeting reports. April 4, 2008 Andy has provided some new and some updated Circuits pages - found HERE. March 26, 2008 BNAPS Northeast Regional Group will meet at NOJEX in Secaucus NJ at the Meadowlands Crowne Plaza Hotel on Saturday, May 24, 2008, at 2-4 pm. NOJEX is one of the grand shows on the circuit so you can expect a good range of dealers. It's also very close to the Secaucus Outlets if your wife loves to shop. For more information call Charles Livermore at 917 863 9011. March 21, 2008 We have introduced a new web feature: an events calendar. Our policy is not actively to search for entries but we will respond to any requests. We will try to remove entries soon after an event is done. The calendar is limited to events involving BNAPSers or BNAPS only. March 19, 2008 The Pacific North West Regional Group has provided details about its next meeting, to be held at the Fairmont Hot Springs Resort. March 15, 2008 The 2007 Order of the Beaver information is now available at this page. March 14, 2008 Release notes for 'The Admirals of Canada' by Richard Morris are now available at this page. March 11, 2008 Release notes for two new BNAPS books - '19th Century Nonletter Mail' by Vic Willson and 'Mrs. Brown - the Canada 10 Cent Numeral Issue' by Peter Spencer - are now available at this page. March 9, 2008 Persons interested in database projects might be interested in The Philatelic database.com February 22, 2008 Bob Dyer has submitted the first group of exhibit awards for 2008, from three APS shows. February 22, 2008 A major stamp theft has been reported from the Sno-King Stamp Show in Everett, Washington. Please check this out. February 18, 2008 The Atlantic Regional Group reports on a successful recent meeting. February 16, 2008 The Admirals Study Group has updated the TOC for the Admirals' Log. February 15, 2008 New and updated Circuits pages have been posted; shown in blue. February 11, 2008 Two regional reports have been received: Golden Horseshoe Regional Group and Edmonton Regional Group. The reports can be found from HERE. February 2, 2008 We regret to advise of the passing of well-known philatelist Stan Lum. An obituary is found HERE. January 3, 2008 The Table of Contents for the fourth issue of the 2007 Topics is now posted. January 3, 2008 Thanks to the BNAPEX2008 organizers and web-designer Greg Spring, the new web site for the event is now launched!
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