Virtual Exhibition and Conference 31 January 2026

Seminar Schedule
Horaire des séminaires

Each seminar has its own Zoom session. The seminars are open to everyone who registers for the conference.

Notes

1. All the seminars take place on Saturday, 31 January.

2. There are two concurrent streams of seminars.

3. All times are Eastern Standard Time.

4. The seminars are one hour long. There is a 15-minute break between consecutive seminars.

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

If you have questions about the meeting and seminar schedule, please contact Ronald F. Smith, Vice-President Study Groups, at vecSeminars@bnaps.org

Time Seminar/Meeting Chair Speaker/Topic
Stream 1
10:00-11:00
Newfoundland SG Malcolm Back Malcolm Back - The Newfoundland 1897-1908 Royal Family Issue; The Stamps, Specimens, Proofs and Postal History
Stream 2
10:00-11:00
Digital Philately SG Darin Cherniwchan Darin Cherniwchan - High Resolution Scanning Techniques - A Review
Stream 1
11:15-12:15
Air Mail SG Chris Hargreaves Show and tell. Everyone is invited to share a recent acquisition, or ask questions about an old one.
Stream 2
11:15-12:15
Large and Small Queens SG Darin Cherniwchan Darin Cherniwchan - Chronicles of a Confederation: 75 Years through Our Newsletters

Break – 12:15-13:00

Time Seminar/Meeting Chair Speaker/Topic
Stream 1
13:00-14:00
Canadian Military Mail SG Mike Street Harold Krische - American Aid for German Prisoners of War in Canada in WWII
Stream 2
13:00-14:00
Elizabethan II SG Bob Elias Show and Tell
Stream 1
14:15-15:15
Admiral SG Leopold Beaudet 1. Bill Burden - Updates to Finding Images for Marler...and Beyond! website
2. Study Group members - Discoveries and curiosities
Stream 2
14:15-15:15
Perfin SG Jim Graham 1. Jim Graham - SUN LIFE Perfins from Montreal
2. Russell Sampson - Method in the Madness - Pin Lengths and the Cummins Perforators
Stream 1
15:30-16:30
Fancy Cancel and Miscellaneous Markings SG Mike Halhed 1. Discussion on the upcoming 100th newsletter
2. Development of a Fancy Cancel website
3. Early Fancy's (do you have any on Pence, First Cents or early Large Queens?)
Stream 2
15:30-16:30
  Gary Steele Departmental Handstamps
Stream 1
16:45-17:45
Judges' critique   Judges' review of the exhibits
Stream 2
16:45-17:45
Squared Circle SG Rick Friesen  
Stream 1
18:00-19:00
Pence-Cents Era SG Jim Jung 1. Dave Hobden: "Differences of Paper for Unitrade #1 and #4 Pence Issue"
2. Bill Radcliffe: "Pence-Cents Rarities"
3. Jim McCormick: "1864 2¢ Decimal Stamp - Printing Orders & Plate Varieties"

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