Golden Horseshoe (group details)

GHRG will have a meeting at 2PM EST on Sunday April 26.

The content of the meeting will be members' show and tell, an opportunity for you all to bring topics and items of interest to you, to the attention of your GHRG colleagues. Join in, and learn what others are finding interesting as well.


2PM announcements
215PM two featured presentations, as follows:

Golden Horseshoe Regional Group
Time: April 26, 2026 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84763664250?pwd=OazO63bbKRRPVwqcBNhNbLZbeVVcl6.1
If attending by telephone:
Meeting ID: 847 6366 4250
Passcode: 737389
https://us06web.zoom.us/meetings/84763664250/invitations?signature=Hp6UgjQ7Ka2Jrn_15EtfxLtufXR5W_Xxw0V4yOMKSJw

Golden Horseshoe Regional pages

St. Lawrence Seaway (group details)

The semi-annual meeting at ORAPEX will be a show-and-tell presentation by Regional Group members: “A favourite from my collection”. It takes place on Saturday, 2 May, from 2:00 to 3:00 PM.

Email a scan of one or two items from your collection to Chris Anstead acropolis@superaje.com. Items may be wonderful, weird, or puzzling.

Preferred format is jpeg, 200dpi for covers, 600 dpi for stamps or postmarks. Chris will prepare your submission for electronic presentation at the meeting. You will have a chance to introduce your selection. If you are unable to attend, you can still participate by sending a short description along with your scan(s).

St. Lawrence Seaway Regional Group web pages

Alberta (group details)

The Alberta Regional Group has a Zoom meeting on Wednesday 13 May starting at 7PM Mountain time - 9PM Eastern,
Subject Admiral Scroll and Medallion in your Collection
Starts 7PM Mountain
7PM - Administration
715PM - Presentations
9PM - Meeting end

Everyone is welcome to join in.

Visit Alberta Regional pages

Lower Canada / Bas Canada (group details)

BNAPS members are invited to the BNAPS Lower Canada Regional Group breakfast-seminar on 7 June 2026 starting at 8 AM. The seminar will take place in the Laurier Room at the Travelodge Hotel in Québec City during the 5th Québec City Stamp & Old Paper Show.

Ingo Nessel of the Vincent Graves Greene Philatelic Research Foundation (VGG), will give a presentation on the expertise at the VGG using the Foster + Freeman VSC 8000.

The cost of the breakfast is $21, payable on site. Reservations are required and must be made by contacting Grégoire at: gteyssier@videotron.ca.

In addition, BNAPS members are invited to enter an exhibit in the “One or Two Pages” national exhibition. You can get the exhibit entry form at https://svpq.ca/.

We look forward to seeing you at the show in Quebec City for this special occasion.

Kind regards,
Grégoire Teyssier & Sébastien Crête
Co-Chairs BNAPS Lower Canada Regional Group

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Le groupe régional du Bas-Canada de la BNAPS a le plaisir d’inviter les membres de la BNAPS à un déjeuner-conférence qui aura lieu le 7 juin 2026 à compter de 8 h, dans la salle « Laurier » de l’hôtel Travelodge à Québec, en marge du 5e Salon du timbre et du vieux papier de Québec.

À cette occasion, M. Ingo Nessel, représentant la Vincent Graves Greene Philatelic Research Foundation (VGG), présentera les services d’expertise offerts par la Fondation, grâce au système Foster + Freeman VSC 8000.

Le coût du petit-déjeuner est de 21 $ net, payable sur place. La réservation est obligatoire et doit être effectuée auprès de Grégoire à l’adresse suivante : gteyssier@videotron.ca.

De plus, tous les membres de la BNAPS intéressés à participer à l’exposition nationale « Une à deux pages » sont invités à nous envoyer leur formulaire d’inscription qui se trouve sur le site du salon : https://svpq.ca/.

Nous espérons avoir le plaisir de vous accueillir nombreux à Québec pour cet événement spécial.

Cordialement,
Grégoire Teyssier et Sébastien Crête
Coprésidents, Groupe régional du Bas-Canada de la BNAPS

Lower Canada Regional Group / Groupe régional du Bas-Canada

Digital Philately (group details)

As collectors, we spend a lifetime gathering research, auction catalogues, and specialized handbooks. But how often do we struggle to find that one specific rate or plate variety buried in a 300-page PDF?

In the next Zoom session of the Digital Philately Study Group, I will demonstrate how to use Google’s AI-powered research assistant, NotebookLM, to transform your digital library into a searchable, interactive "specialist." We will walk through how to upload your own sources—from the APS Manual of Philatelic Judging to your own census notes—and ask the AI complex questions that would normally take hours of manual page-flipping to answer.

In preparation, to get the most out of the live demo, please email me 3 to 5 PDF files related to your collecting interest on your computer. We will build a "Digital Dossier" together! Also, email me to get the Zoom coordinates to attend the meeting. My email is 1870@smallqueens.ca.

Add it to your calendar! - Saturday, 25 April, 13:00 Eastern, 10:00 Pacific

Darin Cherniwchan

Videos of previous Digital Philately Study Group meetings

2026 marks the 63rd anniversary of ORAPEX, the Ottawa philatelic exhibition. ORAPEX is one of only a few national-level stamp shows held annually in Canada and part of the American Philatelic Society's "World Series of Philately."

The show has two themes this year: “Aerophilately” and “Bytown” (the original name of Ottawa) which was founded in 1826, 200 years ago.

Date and time
Saturday, 2 May, 10 am - 6 pm
Sunday, 3 May, 10 am - 4 pm

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

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

Details on the ORAPEX website