The Map Stamp Study Group was founded by Whitney Bradley at BNAPEX 1982 Virginia Beach. The first issue of the newsletter, dated Nov.-Dec. 1982, listed 18 members. In August 1989, BNAPS published Whitney's Map book, The Canadian Map Stamp of 1898 - A Plating Study. At the end of 1990, Whitney retired as newsletter editor, and the Group went dormant.

The Group was re-established at BNAPEX 1999 in Vernon, BC, by Doug Lingard (then Vice-President Study Groups), Francis Au, and Bill Pekonen. Fred Fawn was Chairman, Roger Boisclair Secretary/Treasurer, and Bill Pekonen newsletter editor. The first issue of the newsletter, The 1898 Christmas Stamp Newsletter, published in Jan. 2000, listed 20 members.

Bill Pekonen retired as Editor at the end of 2000. The editorial reins were taken up by John T. Anders in 2001, and Roger Boisclair took on the role of Assistant Editor in addition to being Secretary and Treasurer. The newsletter was renamed The 1898 Christmas Map Stamp Newsletter. Roger Boisclair retired from his three roles towards in the latter part of 2002, and John Anders became Secretary and Treasurer while continuing as Editor.

Orville F. Osborne assumed the roles of Secretary, Treasurer, and Editor in the spring of 2005. Orville's last issue was No. 26, Spring/Fall 2008. He went on to develop a Map Stamp website for the Study Group. It went live in January 2010 and saw a major upgrade in November 2014. The website was taken down in January 2021.

In March 2021, Rick Friesen volunteered to reinvigorate the Study Group. He contacted several Map Stamp enthusiasts to becomes Study Group members, and invites any BNAPS member with an interest in the Map Stamp to join. For more information, you can email Rick at rickfriesen5@gmail.com.

Newsletter Editors
First Series

From	To	Editor
1982	1990	Whitney. L. Bradley

Second Series

From	To	Editor
2000	2000	Bill Pekonen
2001	2004	John T. Anders
2005	2008	Orville F. Osborne

Third Series

From	To	Editor
2021		Scott Robinson, editor; Rick Friesen, co-editor

Newsletters - First series

The issues are in PDF format. File sizes vary from 1.4 to 14.1 MB.
When you click on an issue number, it will be displayed in a new window. Closing the window returns you to this page.

1982 No 1

1983 No 2 No 3 No 4

1984 No 5 No 6 No 7

1985 No 8 No 9 No 10

1986 No 11 No 12 No 13

1987 No 14 No 15 No 16

1988 No 17 No 18

1989 No 19 No 20

1990 No 21

Newsletters - Second series
The 1898 Christmas Map Stamp Newsletter

For the first three issues, the name of the newsletter was The 1898 Christmas Stamp Newsletter

2000 No 1 No 2 No 3

2001 No 4 No 5 No 6 No 7

2002 No 8 No 9 No 10

2003 No 11 No 12 No 13 No 14

2004 No 15 No 16 No 17 No 18

2005 No 19 No 20 No 21 No 22

2006 No 23 No 24

2007 No 25

2008 No 26

The following issues were mis-numbered:

1. Vol. 3, No. 3, whole no. 10, Oct.-Dec. 2002, was mis-numbered Vol. 3, No. 4.
2. Vol. VI, No. 4, whole no. 22, Winter 2005-2006, was mis-numbered 23.
3. Vol. VII, No. 1, whole no. 23, Summer 2006, was mis-numbered Vol. VII, No. 2, whole no. 26.
4. Vol. VII, No. 2, whole no. 24, Winter 2006, was mis-numbered Vol. VII, No. 3.
5. Vol. IX, No. 1, whole no. 26, Spring/Fall 2008, was mis-numbered Vol. XI, No. 1.

An index to the 21 issues edited by Whitney Bradley along with a brief history of the Study Group was published in the last issue of the newsletter in the second series, No. 26 (Spring/Fall 2008).

Newsletters - Third series
Xmas 1898 Map Stamp Report

2021 Vol 1 No 1 Vol 1 No 2 Vol 1 No 3 Vol 1 No 4

2022 Vol 2 No 1 Vol 2 No 2 Vol 2 No 3

2023 Vol 3 No 1

Censuses of postmarks on the Map Stamp, on and off cover

Click on the title. The census will be displayed in a new window. Closing the window returns you to this page.

Rick Friesen has compiled four censuses of postmarks on the Map Stamp:

• Railway Post Office (RPO) postmarks
• Barred circle postmarks
• Squared Circle postmarks off cover
• Squared Circle postmarks on cover

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