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BNAPS Re-entries and Constant Plate Varieties Study Group
1851 ½d Pence Issue
Major re-entry, position 84 on original plate
1912 1¢ Admiral
12LR35 re-entry
1943 4¢ War Issue
Plate 31, cracked plate
1978 14¢ Parliament
Missing brick plate flaw
Ralph E. Trimble established the Canadian Re-entries Study Group in 1981, and was its chair and newsletter editor for 15 years. During this time, he produced 71 issues. BNAPS gave him the John S. Siverts Award for best Study Group newsletter in 1989 and again in 1993. A few years after retiring from his Study Group activities, Ralph began building a popular and highly regarded website devoted to re-entries.
Following Ralph's tenure, Bill MacDonald took over as editor from 1997 to 1998 and Hal Kellett from 1999 to 2004.
Michael D. Smith reactivated the Study Group in 2014, and expanded the Group's scope from re-entries to all constant plate varieties on engraved stamps. He named the newsletter Dots and Scratches to reflect the expanded scope.
Newsletter Editors
First Series
| From | To | Editor |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 1996 | Ralph E. Trimble |
| 1997 | 1998 | Bill MacDonald |
| 1999 | 2004 | Hal Kellett |
Second Series - Dots and Scratches
| From | To | Editor |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2019 | Michael D. Smith |
| 2020 | 2023 | Scott Robinson |
| 2023 | James Jung |
Newsletters
First Series
The issues are in PDF format. File sizes vary from 2.5 to 17.0 MB.
When you click on an issue number, it will be displayed in a new window. Closing the
window returns you to this page.
| 1981 No 1 No 2 |
| 1982 No 3 No 4 No 5 No 6 No 7 No 8 |
| 1983 No 9 No 10 |
| 1984 No 11 No 12 No 13 No 14 No 15 |
| 1985 No 16 No 17 No 18 No 19 No 20 No 21 |
| 1986 No 22 No 23 No 24 No 25 No 26 No 27 |
| 1987 No 28 No 29 No 30 No 31 No 32 |
| 1988 No 33 No 34 No 35 No 36 No 37 |
| 1989 No 38 No 39 No 40 No 41 No 42 |
| 1990 No 43 No 44 No 45 No 46 No 47 |
| 1991 No 48 No 49 No 50 No 51 No 52 |
| 1992 No 53 No 54 No 55 No 56 No 57 |
| 1993 No 58 No 59 No 60 No 61 No 62 |
| 1994 No 63 No 64 No 65 No 66 No 67 |
| 1995 No 68 No 69 |
| 1996 No 70 No 71 |
| 1997 No 72 No 73 No 74 |
| 1998 No 75 No 76 |
| 1999 No 77 No 78 |
| 2000 No 79 No 80 No 81 No 82 |
| 2001 No 83 No 84 No 85 No 86 |
| 2002 No 87 No 88 No 89 No 90 |
| 2003 No 91 No 92 No 93 No 94 |
| 2004 No 95 No 96 No 97 No 98 |
Newsletters
Second Series - Dots and Scratches
| 2014 No 1 No 2 |
| 2015 No 3 No 4 No 5 No 6 |
| 2016 No 7 No 8 No 9 No 10 No 11 |
| 2017 No 12 No 13 No 14 No 15 |
| 2018 No 16 No 17 No 18 Special Edition No 19 |
| 2019 No 20 No 21 No 22 No 23 |
| 2020 No 24 |
| 2021 No 25 No 26 No 27 No 28 |
| 2022 No 29 No 30 |
| 2023 No 31 No 32 |
| 2024 No 33 No 34 |
Other resources
Newsletter Index
Ralph E. Trimble, 1 Dec. 1993.
The index covers Vol. 1, No. 1, to Vol. 12, No. 5, Whole nos 1 to 62, 1981-1993.
File size: 7.7 MB
Canada’s ½d Plate Varieties (12.4 MB pdf) - Michael D. Smith
Re-entries and plate flaws with clear illustrations taken from the plate proof. References the plate of
120 for the imperforate stamp and the cut-down plate of 100 for the perforated stamp. Presented at the
Re-entries and Constant Plate Varieties Study Group meeting at BNAPEX 2018 Quebec.
Three Pence Beaver Selected Re-entries and Plate Varieties
(2.9 MB pdf) - Michael D. Smith
Description, including plate position, of selected re-entries and plate flaws with detailed illustrations
to aid identification. Presented at the Re-entries and Constant Plate Varieties Study Group meeting at
BNAPEX 2015 Niagara Falls.
Whitworth’s Plate Flaws on the One Cent Decimal Issue
(6.5 MB pdf) - Michael D. Smith
Close-up illustrations from an early plate proof and issued stamps with detailed annotation of plate flaws
reported by Geoffrey Whitworth in the 1960s. Version 2, revised in Jan. 2020.
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