The original Small Queen Study Group was formed in 1950, just the second BNAPS Study Group to be formed. The founding members were Dr. Armand Gelinas (Chairman), Peter Hurst, Richard P. Hedley (Treasurer), Louis Crosby, A. K. Grimmer, B. C. Binks, Roland L. Powe, Lester N. Littlefield, Robert J. Duncan, M. W. Cryderman, R. W. Lees-Jones, and Russell Allison. The Study Group displayed a non-competitive two-frame exhibit at BNAPEX 1950 Philadelphia, PA.

The most recent incarnation of the Study Group was formed at the 1975 BNAPEX convention in Toronto. Twelve people attended a Small Queen meeting chaired by Bill Simpson, and elected to form the Study Group. Don Fraser volunteered to edit the Study Group newsletter, aiming to publish on a quarterly schedule. The Group went dormant in 1992.

In 1996, Ron Ribbler volunteered to chair a study group devoted to the Large and Small Queens, and Roy Sass volunteered to edit the Study Group newsletter. The original intent was to concentrate on the Large Queens. The Small Queens were added because the Small Queen Study Group was dormant and the two definitive sets shared common features.

The newsletters of both Study Groups are available below.

Small Queen Study Group

Large and Small Queens Study Group

Viewing the newsletters

The issues are in PDF format. When you click on an issue number, it will be displayed in a new window. Closing the window returns you to this page.

How to search the newsletters

Here are two ways of searching the newsletters.

1. Index to the Small Queens Study Group newsletters
An index to Vol. 1 to 15 plus relevant articles in BNA Topics and Maple Leaves was published as a standalone document. A similar index, expanded to cover Vol. 16, was compiled by Samuel Rock and published in Philiography Canada, Vol. 3, No. 4, July 1993, the newsletter of the Philatelic Literature Study Group.

2. Google search - newsletters of both study groups
To search through all the newsletters using Google and constrain the search results to just the newsletters, paste the text: site:https://bnaps.org/studygroups/LargeSmallQueens/newsletters in the Google search box followed by the phrase you wish to search for. In the image reproduced below, the search phrase is "strand of hair". Note that if the phase "strand of hair" is not enclosed in quotes, the search results will include all instances of "strand", "of", and "hair". The search is case-insensitive. "STRAND OF HAIR" and "strand of hair" will return the same results.

Newsletters of the Small Queen Study Group formed in 1950

1952 List of members, research topics, and fancy cancels found on the Small Queens (PDF, 1.9 MB)

Newsletters of the Small Queen Study Group formed in 1975

The issues are in PDF format. File sizes vary from 1.0 to 14.7 MB.

Newsletters of the Large and Small Queens Study Group
Confederation

The issues are in PDF format. File sizes vary from 0.6 to 9.5 MB.