The BNAPS annual convention takes place on 19-21 September in Vernon, BC, in the beautiful Okanagan Valley.

The convention features competitive exhibits, a large dealer bourse, three days of study group meetings, three day trips, Friday dinner at the Gray Monk Estate Winery, and the awards banquet on Saturday.

This is an opportunity to view major exhibits of British North America philatelic material, discuss stamps and postal history with experts in their field, and add to your collection.

View the BNAPEX 2025 Vernon web pages.

Midwest (group details)

The Midwest Regional Group will meet at the APS Great American Stamp Show (GASS) in Chicago on Friday 15 August at 10 am in the Schaumburg E meeting room. Everyone invited.

Richard Judge will give a talk on “The Challenges in Collecting the Large and Small Queens of Canada.”

If anyone is interested in presenting their collecting interests at the meeting, they are most welcome. For more information, contact Richard Judge at ch2se@sbcglobal.net.

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Mid-Atlantic (group details)

There will be a Mid-Atlantic Regional Group meeting at BALPEX ‘25.

BALPEX venue:
BWI Airport Marriott
1743 West Nursery Road
Linthicum Heights, MD 21090

BALPEX dates:
5-7 September

The Mid-Atlantic Regional Group meeting is tentatively set for Saturday, 6 September. Program TBD.

BALPEX website

The Canadian Philatelic Society of Great Britain (CPSGB) will be holding this year’s convention over Zoom from Sunday, 5 October, to Sunday, 12 October, a couple of weeks after BNAPEX 2025 Vernon.

The Zoom format opens the door to a larger number of North American collectors being able to take part this year. To facilitate this, CPSGB is planning to hold all the main philatelic display presentations in the evenings UK time.

CPSGB would love to get a few Zoom displays from Canadian or U.S. based collectors whose material is rarely, if ever, seen in the UK.

The program will include a range of different philatelic items including:

a) Some larger displays of 1 hour plus duration (think 40 - 50 slides plus). These would not be restricted to CPSGB members but could equally be given by BNAPS or PHSC members.

b) At least one evening devoted to members' short displays (could be as little as 1 slide but think a max of 16 - so one frame or less). The idea here would be to get the widest possible mix of material. For those of you who have attended the CPSGB in-person conventions, this would be a digital version of the Members Sheets slot.

c) The usual one frame competition - open only to CPSGB members.

Please contact Graham Searle if you have any questions at searle711@btinternet.com.

CPSGB convention information