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BNAPEX 2026 Valleyfield 17 - 20 September 2026

Seminar Schedule

BNAPS meetings and seminars will be held in the following rooms:

  • Maresch Room
  • SHPQ Room
  • FQP Room
  • BNAPS Waterfront Room

The hotel floor plan shows the location of the Maresch Room, the SHPQ (Société d’histoire postale du Québec) Room, and the FQP (Fédération québécoise de philatélie) Room. The FQP Room is reserved for seminars organized by the FQP. All convention attendees are invited to attend both the BNAPS and the FQP seminars.

The BNAPS Waterfront Room is situated at the end of the hallway on the third floor of the hotel.

The meeting schedule is below the floor plan. The duration of most meetings is 1 hour 20 minutes. Meetings end 10 minutes before the next one. For seminar room bookings and questions about the seminar schedule, please contact Ron Smith, Vice President Study Groups, at bnapexSeminars@bnaps.org.

Notes
1. Check this page periodically for updates.
2. The date of the most recent schedule change appears in the page footer.

Hotel floor plan showing the BNAPEX rooms

Hotel floor plan

Meeting schedule

Thursday, 17 September 2026

Time Room Seminar/Meeting Chair Speaker/Topic
09:00 - 16:00 Waterfront BNAPS Board of Directors Richard Judge Board of Directors meeting

Friday, 18 September 2026

Time Room Seminar/Meeting Chair Speaker/Topic
10:00 - 11:20 SHPQ      
10:00 - 11:20 Maresch      
10:00 - 11:20 FQP      
11:30 - 12:50 SHPQ Perfin Study Group Jim Graham
Russell Sampson
Handbook Updates
S22 Sun Life perfins
11:30 - 12:50 Maresch      
11:30 - 12:50 FQP      
13:00 - 14:20 SHPQ Meet the webmaster Leopold Beaudet Website questions, comments, and suggestions
13:00 - 14:20 Maresch Air Mail Study Group David Bartlet Show, tell and chat
13:00 - 14:20 FQP      
14:30 - 15:50 SHPQ Admiral Study Group Leopold Beaudet Discoveries and curiosities
14:30 - 15:50 Maresch Illustrated Mail Study Group Chris Ellis Inaugural meeting to see if there is interest in reigniting this Study Group. Please bring one or two items for show and tell.
14:30 - 15:50 FQP      

Saturday, 19 September 2026

Time Room Seminar/Meeting Chair Speaker/Topic
07:00 - 08:00 Waterfront Order of the Beaver breakfast (private) Bill Walton
08:00 - 09:00 Waterfront Order of the Beaver meeting (private) Bill Walton OTB Annual meeting
10:00 - 11:20 SHPQ      
10:00 - 10:50 Maresch      
10:00 - 11:20 FQP      
11:00 - 12:50 Maresch Royal Philatelic Society London Ingo Nessel Canadian Regional Meeting
11:30 - 12:50 SHPQ Newfoundland Study Group Malcolm Back  
11:30 - 12:50 FQP      
13:00 - 14:20 SHPQ Elizabethan II Study Group Bob Elias Show and Tell
13:00 - 14:20 Maresch Fancy Cancel & Miscellaneous Markings Study Group Mike Halhed  
13:00 - 14:00 FQP   Richard Gratton The forgeries of the first three issues of Newfoundland
14:15 - 15:50 FQP   Jean-Luc Quénec'hdu The tobacco revenue stamps
14:30 - 15:50 SHPQ Canadian Military Mail Study Group Mike Street Civil Censorship of the Mails in Canada during the Great War Era - Mike Powell
14:30 - 15:50 Maresch Postal Stationery Study Group Mike Sagar  

Sunday, 20 September 2026

Time Room Seminar/Meeting Chair Speaker/Topic
08:00 - 09:00 Maresch BNAPS Annual General Meeting David Bartlet - BNAPS President BNAPS society business and members' meeting
09:30 - 11:20 Maresch Judges' review TBA Judges' review of exhibits
10:00 - 11:20 FQP      
11:30 - 12:50 SHPQ Squared Circle Study Group Bill Radcliffe  
11:30 - 12:50 Maresch Digital Philately Study Group Darin Cherniwchan  
11:30 - 12:50 FQP      
13:00 - 14:20 SHPQ Large and Small Queens Study Group Bill Radcliffe  
13:00 - 14:20 Maresch      
13:00 - 14:20 FQP      

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