BNAPS actively encourages the publication of new books on suitable subjects in BNA philately through its Handbooks and Exhibit series which are produced by the Publications Committee. For more information on having books published, please contact the Book Department Coordinator, Mike Street email.

Revalued Canadian Postal Stationery - Correlation with Rate Changes

Robert Lemire
Released March 2025. Exhibit series # 122. 56 pages, 11" x 17", spiral.
Colour C$ 30.00 [ISBN 978-1-989280-51-5].

Rather than ignore the different issues of Canadian postal stationery that, for whatever reason, were revalued after their initial release, Robert Lemire has gathered them all into one book so they can get the attention they are due.

As recently as the 1980s, some judges did not treat postal stationery kindly. Through hard work by stationery exhibit pioneers such as Earle Covert, that view was slowly changed. Robert Lemire’s Revalued Canadian Postal Stationery - Correlation with Rate ... Read more...

Private Sector First Day Covers for Canadian Stamp Issues of the 21st Century

Gary Dickinson
Released March 2025. 58 pages, 8.5" x 11", spiral.
Colour C$ 28.00 [ISBN 978-1-989280-50-8].

The onset of “official” FDCs by Canada Post in 1971 resulted in a fairly rapid and substantial shift by collectors away from the products of private makers in favour of the official versions. By the end of the 20th century, private cachet makers barely existed.

In his new BNAPS handbook, Private Sector First Day Covers for Canadian Stamp Issues of the 21st Century, Gary Dickinson presents a few enterprising individuals who continued in the market with boutique-type operations. ... Read more...

Her Majesty Green Victoria - Varieties of the Canada 1898 One Cent Numeral Issue

Peter Spencer
Released March 2025. 120 pages, 8.5" x 11", spiral.
Colour C$ 36.00 [ISBN 978-1-989280-49-2].

Peter Spencer's Her Majesty Green Victoria - Varieties of the Canada 1898 One Cent Numeral Issue, the latest BNAPS handbook, continues the tradition of providing information freely to collectors.

Using today's technology to great advantage, the author has revisited the One Cent value of the 1898 Queen Victoria Numeral Issue. In a replacement of his earlier book, The Wearing of the Green, released in 2006, he brings to the fore the many varieties that can be ... Read more...

First Day Covers of the 1946 Canada King George VI Peace Issue

Donald J. LeBlanc
Released December 2024. 222 pages, 8.5" x 11", spiral.
Colour C$ 53.00 [ISBN 978-1-989280-48-5].

Shortly before his passing in July 2024, the late Donald J. LeBlanc completed the third and final volume of his series on Canadian First Day Covers, First Day Covers of the 1946 Canada King George VI Peace Issue.

Celebrating the end of World War II, in September 1946 Canada released a new set of high-value definitive stamps to replace the 1942 King George VI War Issue set. The new stamps showed different aspects of life in peacetime Canada.

Because of the large number of cachets, ... Read more...

The Philatelic History of Kingston, Ontario, from 1673 to the Present Day

Curated by Chris Anstead and Chris Hargreaves
Released November 2024. 220 pages, 8.5" x 11", spiral.
Colour C$ 53.00 [ISBN 978-1-989280-47-8].

Mike Street, Coordinator of the BNAPS Book Department, believes that, of the over 300 book titles BNAPS has published to date, The Philatelic History of Kingston, Ontario, from 1673 to the Present Day is the most colourful. Almost all normal competitive exhibits are focused on a particular type of material, and tend to be similar in many aspects such as colour and shape. The pages of the Kingston exhibit come from 40+ contributors. The diversity of contributors and their contributions ... Read more...

The Second Canadian Military Postal History Anthology

H.M. (Mike) Street, editor/compiler
Released October 2024. 272 pages, 8.5" x 11", spiral.
Colour C$ 57.00 [ISBN 978-1-989280-46-1].

A Canadian Military Postal History Anthology, published in 1991, was 250 pages in length. Interest in Canadian Military Mail has continued to be strong, resulting in a second, 272-page, anthology. The 44 articles, written by 21 authors, in the second anthology cover the period from 1897 to 1997.

There are several Boer War articles, more than a dozen from World War I, a larger number from World War II, plus a few from the Korean War and the post WW II peace-keeping era.

Subjects ... Read more...

The Centennial Definitives of Canada, 1967 to 1973

Douglas Irwin
Released July 2024. 170 pages, 8.5×11, Coil.
Colour C$ 57.00 [ISBN 978-1-989280-43-0].

The Centennial Definitives of Canada, 1967 to 1973 exhibit is divided into two parts: the basic adhesive stamps and supplementary categories, including the varieties, booklet pane covers, cello-paq envelopes, tagged stamps, regular issue postal and special-order stationery, followed by extensive coverage of Centennial postal history. One feature of the exhibit is the imaginative way the author has chosen to display some of the material.

Doug Irwin has been collecting and exhibiting ... Read more...

BNAPS would like to thank Sparks Auctions and Ian Kimmerly Stamps for their strong support of the BNAPS publications program since 2004. The great assistance of Brian Wolfenden over that time is especially appreciated.

BNAPS is pleased to announce that Bill Longley is the new sales agent and distributor of BNAPS books as of 1 October 2019.

BNAPS books are available from:

Bill Longley
c/o Longley Auctions
PO Box 620
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To browse through the BNAPS books on the Longley Auctions website, go to:

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