Golden Horseshoe (group details)

Time : 2PM EDT

The Golden Horseshoe Regional Group will hold a Virtual Zoom meeting on Saturday 4 December at 1400 EDT. The meeting requires an invitation link which will be provided via email from the Golden Horseshoe Group.

There will be some announcements, and you will be able to add any of your own, just by speaking up at the appropriate time.

Presentation
Topic: Behind The Curtain with Registered Mail

If there is enough time, there will be an opportunity for "show and tell". If you have something you'd like to share, make a digital copy of your item and have it open on your computer desktop before the meeting begins. When it is your turn to show your item, just click on the button at the bottom of the Zoom screen that says, "Share Screen", and then select your item - your item will appear and you can speak about it.

We hope to "see" as many of you as possible, and we hope you'll give us your feedback about the meeting afterwards.

A device with camera and speakers is best such as a computer, laptop, tablet or even smartphone can be used with the meeting, but a camera is not necessary to view or participate in the meeting.

Golden Horseshoe Regional pages

Calgary (group details)

The Calgary Regional Group will hold a Virtual Zoom meeting on Wednesday 9 February starting at 7PM Mountain Time (6PM Pacific, 9PM Eastern)
Schedule and Presentations:
Member presentations on Military Camps in their collections

Air Mail (group details)

The BNAPS Air Mail Study Group and The Canadian Aerophilatelic Society will hold a joint Zoom virtual meeting on Sunday, 6 February, from 11:30 to 1:30 Eastern Time.

Alec Globe will give a presentation on "How Research Furthers Knowledge about Canada's Semi-Official Airlines, 1924-1934". Alec's exhibit on The Development of Pioneer and Semi-Official Air Mail Within Canada 1918-1934, was displayed in the Court of Honour at the Postal History Society of Canada Symposium in 2019.

The meeting is open to all. You do not have to be a member of the Air Mail Study Group or the Canadian Aerophilatelic Society to attend. For more information and to get the Zoom meeting coordinates, contact Chris Hargreaves at hargreavescp@sympatico.ca.

List of study group meetings

Newfoundland (group details)

The Newfoundland Study Group will hold its next meeting on Saturday, 19 February, at noon EDT (Eastern time).

Topic: TBA

The meeting is open to all BNAPS members, not just Study Group members. Contact Martin Goebel goebel@nf.sympatico.ca for more information.

View the Study Groups Webpages

The Edmonton Spring Show is hosted by the Edmonton Stamp Club.

Show highlights include competitive exhibits, a stamp dealer bourse, a junior table, door prizes, a “Fun Frames” exhibit (a club initiative to encourage members to exhibit), and free appraisals.

When:
Saturday, 2 April, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Sunday, 3 April, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Where:
Central Lions Recreation Centre
11113 – 113 St.
Edmonton, AB T5G 2V1

Admission and parking are free.

For more information

ORAPEX 2022, the 59th ORAPEX, returns this April. ORAPEX is a National Level stamp show and part of the American Philatelic Society's "World Series of Philately."

The theme for ORAPEX 2022 is “Topicals, Thematics and Illustrated Mail.” There will be competitive and non-competitive exhibits, a bourse of more than 30 stamp dealers, a Youth Booth for young collectors, and plenty of room for social distancing.

When:
Saturday, 23 April, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Sunday, 24 April, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Where:
New location this year
Nepean Sportsplex
1701 Woodroffe Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario K2G 1W2

The show is managed by volunteers from the RA Stamp Club, the Amicale des philatélistes de l'Outaouais, the Ottawa Philatelic Society, and related philatelic societies and organizations.

Free admission and free parking.

ORAPEX website

Between 9-12 June 2022, Canada will be home to CAPEX 22, an International philatelic exhibition, Canada's first since 1996. All 400 exhibit frames will be devoted to one frame exhibits. CAPEX 22 will be the first International One Frame exhibition, and the largest showing of one frame exhibits at a single exhibition. CAPEX 22 will also feature a literature competition, encompassing both print and digital media.

CAPEX 22 will be hosted by the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada (RPSC), and will be held under the patronage of Federación lnteramericana de Filatelia (FIAF) and the recognition of the Federation Internationale de Philatelie (FIP). It will be held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

View the CAPEX 22 website