The Society for Canadian Philately
Southern Ontario, western New York, eastern Michigan and northern Ohio
The Golden Horseshoe boundaries stretch from Oshawa in the east to Windsor in the west and as far north as is reasonably sane to drive. More than two hundred and twenty-five BNAPSers live in the area, and everyone is welcome. Any BNAPSers visiting the Golden Horseshoe region, especially those from adjacent Great Lakes states, should be sure to drop in. Encourage friends to attend. There’s lots of philately in the Golden Horseshoe. See you there!
28 Sep 2025
This is a notice that the next meeting of the BNAPS Golden Horseshoe Regional Group will take place on SUNDAY 28 September 2025 at the Brewers Blackbird Kitchen & Brewery (formerly Rousseau House Restaurant), 375 Wilson St. East, Ancaster.
We are pleased to announce that this month's presentation will be given by Doug Irwin, on some clever uses of low-value booklet stamps. See below for his presentation's title.
As usual, we encourage members to bring items of interest for show and tell.
We will follow our typical agenda for the day, from years past.
11AM – visit the dealers, talk and/or trade with other members. Our normal complement of Dealers are invited to bring stamps, covers or postcards to this meeting. New dealers are welcome. Material on hand will include Canadian postal history, postcards and stamps, including some varieties and a selection of cancellations on stamp. Anyone wishing to see specific material can contact the dealers directly or reply to this email, and we will pass on the request. Members are welcome to bring similar items for sale or trade if they would like to do so.
12:15PM - Lunch – enjoy the Brewers Blackbird’s excellent cuisine.
1:00PM - GHRG News and BNAPS activities. Also announcements from members regarding other philatelic meetings / activities of interest.
1:15PM - Show and tell of items of interest by attendees (bring scans, if you prefer).
1:30PM - DONATION AUCTION: To help defray our costs, members are asked to bring stamps or covers that can be auctioned off at the meeting. Except for Canada and/or BNA "name" collections, old auction catalogues are not required as they have not been selling and can present a disposal problem.
1:45PM - Our guest speaker will be Doug Irwin, whose presentation is titled, "Making Frugal Use of 1 Cent Booklet Stamps." Doug always fascinates us with unintended usages of definitive stamps!
3:00PM – adjournment so Brewers Blackbird can set up for dinner.
DIRECTIONS: [Changes or corrections to the following are welcome!]
From the north (Oakville, Toronto etc.) and east (Niagara) take the QEW to the junction with Hwy. 403 at Burlington.
From the north your exit to Hwy. 403 is on the right immediately after Brant Street.
From the east your exit is immediately after Plains Road/Fairview Drive (be sure to stay hard right and not get on the Hwy. 407 toll road).
Follow Hwy 403 westbound toward Hamilton and Brantford around the bends near the Cathedral and then go up the hill to the Lincoln Alexander Parkway/Rousseaux St. exit. Stay hard right and follow Rousseaux St. to Wilson St., turn left and drive into the village.
The restaurant is on the right just after the Glendale Motors lot. Lots of parking behind the restaurant.
From the west: (London, Woodstock): take Hwy. 401 to Hwy. 403 eastbound to the Wilson St./Hwy. 2 Exit 58 (the previous exit is Copetown/Reg. Rd. 52). At the end of the ramp turn left (east) onto Wilson Street and proceed through the traffic circle at the Fire Station into the village.
Look for Tim Horton's on the right - the Brewers Blackbird Restaurant is across the street. Lots of parking behind the restaurant.
See you in Ancaster on SUNDAY 28 September 2025! PLEASE REMEMBER to bring items for the donation auction – all proceeds go to the GHRG.
LUNCH REQUEST: Again, to assist with planning, please reply to this email as soon as possible to confirm that you will be having lunch. Your cooperation will be greatly appreciated.
Meetings
The GHRG holds meetings every two months except during the summer. Meetings are typically scheduled in January, March, May, September, and November. Unless otherwise noted, all meetings will be held at the Brewers Blackbird Kitchen & Brewery in Ancaster.
Directions
From the north:
Your exit to Hwy. 403 is on the right immediately after Brant Street.
From the east:
Your exit is immediately after Plains Road/Fairview Drive. Be sure to stay hard
right and not get on the Hwy. 407 toll road.
Follow Hwy. 403 westbound toward Hamilton and Brantford around the bends near the Cathedral and then up the hill to the Lincoln Alexander Parkway/Rousseaux St. exit. Stay hard right and follow Rousseaux St. to Wilson St., turn left and drive into the village. The restaurant is on the right just after the Glendale Motors lot. Lots of parking behind the restaurant.
From the west (London, Woodstock):
Take Hwy. 401 to Hwy. 403 eastbound to the Wilson St./Hwy. 2 exit (the previous exit is
Copetown/Regional Rd. 52). At the end of the ramp, turn left and follow Wilson St.
through the traffic circle at the fire station and past the shopping centres approximately 2 km
into the village area. Look for Tim Horton’s on the right - the restaurant is across the street.
Lots of parking behind the restaurant.
Volunteers
Volunteers are needed to assist with group meetings and publicity. Anyone who would like to help should email Wayne Schnarr, Secretary, Golden Horseshoe Regional Group.
Rides and car-pooling
We are looking for anyone able to help with car-pooling from the Toronto area. For more information or to offer your help, please email Wayne Schnarr at gwschnarr@rogers.com.
Speakers
To continue making this an interesting group we need the participation of the membership in the form of speakers. There’s such a wide range of subjects out there that there should be no trouble in having people volunteer. What we are looking for is a speaker and a back-up for each meeting. The back-up of one meeting would be the speaker for the following meeting. There is a time limit of forty to forty-five minutes including a question and answer period. If you are interested, contact Wayne Schnarr by email at gwschnarr@rogers.com.
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