BNAPEX 2024 Kingston, the 75th annual exhibition and conference of BNAPS, takes place on the weekend of 23-25 August. The convention is hosted by the BNAPS St. Lawrence Seaway Regional Group and the Kingston Stamp Club. The convention venue is the St. Lawrence College Event Centre, 100 Portsmouth Ave., Kingston, ON.

There will be an exhibition with up to 160 frames, a dealer bourse of about 15 to 20 dealers, study group seminars on all three days, and an awards banquet on Sunday.

BNAPEX 2024 Kingston web pages

St. Lawrence Seaway (group details)

The St. Lawrence Regional Group will meet at ORAPEX, held at the Nepean Sportsplex in Ottawa on 4-5 May.

Meeting time:
Saturday, 4 May, at 2:00 PM, in Hall D

Agenda:
Speaker: Larry Margetish
Topic: Rates and Solo Uses in the Caricature and Landscape Era

All ORAPEX attendees are invited. You don't have to be a member of the Regional Group or BNAPS.

St. Lawrence Seaway Regional Group web page

Calgary (group details)

The Calgary Regional Group will hold a virtual meeting via Zoom on Wednesday, 8 April, at 7:00 PM Mountain time.

This meeting will review the Kiosk stamps.

Elizabethan II (group details)

The Elizabethan II Study Group will meet at ORAPEX, held at the Nepean Sportsplex in Ottawa on 4-5 May.

Meeting schedule:
Saturday, 4 May, at noon, in Hall C

Agenda:
Presenter: Leopold Beaudet
Topic: Constant Plate Flaws on Elizabethan Stamps

The talk discusses the types of constant plate flaws found on the printing processes used to print Elizabethan stamps. It also discusses how flaws changed as the printing processes evolved.

Everyone attending ORAPEX is invited. You don't have to be a member of the Study Group or BNAPS.

BNAPS study groups web page

Pence-Cents (group details)

The Pence-Cents Era Study Group will meet at ORAPEX, held at the Nepean Sportsplex in Ottawa on 4-5 May.

Meeting schedule:
Saturday, 4 May, at 4:00 PM, in Hall C

Agenda:
Two presentations are planned
1. Luc Freve - early California-Canadian mail
2. Ron Majors - Update on Decimal Issue cover census

All ORAPEX attendees are invited. You don't have to be a member of the Study Group or BNAPS.

BNAPS study groups web page

View the Study Groups web page

Squared Circle Cancels (group details)

The Squared Circle Cancels Study Group will meet at ORAPEX, held at the Nepean Sportsplex in Ottawa on 4-5 May.

Meeting time:
Saturday, 4 May, at 2:00 PM, in Hall C

Agenda:
Brian Copeland is giving a presentation on the time marks of the Nanaimo, BC, squared circles.

All ORAPEX attendees are invited. You don't have to be a member of the Study Group or BNAPS.

BNAPS study groups web page

Newfoundland (group details)

The Newfoundland Study Group will meet at ORAPEX, held at the Nepean Sportsplex in Ottawa on 4-5 May.

Meeting schedule:
Sunday, 5 May, at 1:00 PM, in Hall D

Agenda:
Presenter: Blair Ashford
Topic: "New" Newfoundland Registration Cancels: Hiding in Plain Sight

Everyone attending ORAPEX is invited. You don't have to be a member of the Study Group or BNAPS.

BNAPS study groups web page

Fancy Cancel and Miscellaneous Markings (group details)

The Fancy Cancel and Miscellaneous Markings Study Group will meet at ORAPEX, held at the Nepean Sportsplex in Ottawa on 4-5 May.

Meeting time:
Sunday, 5 May, at 11:00 AM, in Hall D

Agenda:
1. Facebook + Robin Simpson Remembrance
2. The Fancy’s of Owen Sound
3. Show and Tell
4. Open Discussion

All ORAPEX attendees are invited. You don't have to be a member of the Study Group or BNAPS.

BNAPS study groups web page

BNAPS study groups web page

ORAPEX, the Ottawa philatelic exhibition, one of only a few national-level stamp shows held annually in Canada. ORAPEX is part of the American Philatelic Society's "World Series of Philately".

The show's theme this year: "Marcophily/Postmarks".

Date and time
Saturday, 4 May, 10 am - 6 pm
Sunday, 5 May, 10 am - 4 pm

Venue
Nepean Sportsplex
1701 Woodroffe Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario K2G 1W2

The show features competitive exhibits, about 35 dealers, society and study group meetings. Free admission and parking.

More details on the ORAPEX website