2025

The January issue (Vol. 18, No. 1) of The Pilot's Log, the newsletter of the Air Mail Study Group, features a detailed article by Marc Castel on the ill-fated 1927 flight from London, ON, to London, England. He discusses the history of the flight, the stamp labels printed for the event, the handling of the mail for the flight, and the sole surviving cover.

Marc also presented his research in a joint meeting of the Air Mail Study Group and the Canadian Aerophilatelic Society on 2 November 2024. A video recording is available on the Air Mail Study Group web pages.

Go to the Air Mail Study Group web pages to view the newsletter and video.

The Squared Circle Study Group updated the 6th edition of the Squared Circle Postmarks of Canada handbook based on reports of squared circle postmarks it has received during the past year. The December 2024 update replaces all the sections of the December 2023 update.

The handbook lists the squared circle postmarks by hammer type and province. Each section is published as a separate PDF file.

View the new ORE contributions

19 newsletters from five study groups were posted recently. The year of publication, study group, and number of issues are listed below:

► 2019 Large and Small Queens - 2 issues
► 2019 Canadian Military Mail - 4 issues
► 2022 Postal Stationery - 5 issues
► 2023 Railway Post Office - 4 issues
► 2019 Revenue - 4 issues

The Large and Small Queens, Military Mail, and Revenue study groups have requested a delay of five years between publication of their newsletters and posting on the website. The Postal Stationery Study Group requested a delay of two years and the Railway Post Office Study Group requested a delay of one year +.

The website was missing an issue of the newsletter of the Small Queen Study Group published in 1992. That issue, Vol. 16, No. 3, March 1992, has now been posted on the Large and Small Queens Study Group web page.

Several study groups have no delay period. Their newsletters were posted immediately upon publication in 2024. The study groups include:

► Air Mail - 3 issues
► British Columbia Postal History - 4 issues
► Fancy Cancel and Miscellaneous Markings - 3 issues
► Map Stamp - 1 issue
► Newfoundland - 4 issues (newsletter); 11 issues (news bulletin)
► Pence-Cents Era - 4 issues
► Perfin - 3 issues
► Re-entries and Constant Plate Varieties - 4 issues
► Squared Circle Cancels - 6 issues

These newsletters are an invaluable resource, especially for those collecting the subjects covered by the study groups. Consider joining the study groups catering to your collecting interests and contributing to their newsletters.

View the list of study groups and their newsletters

The Newfoundland Study Group has published the Jan.-Mar. Newfoundland Newsletter, No. 198.

A memorial to C.A. Stillions leads off the issue. CA was one of the founding members of the Newfoundland Study Group, its first Chairman, and the first editor of its newsletter.

Klaus Wehlt answers a query from Gareth Williams about a WW II censorship mark Gareth found on a postcard. He also explores the telegraph service in Newfoundland.

Andrew Hussey describes two covers from Argentina he acquired with a hitherto unknown 1913 cancel from the Newfoundland Post Office Mail Assorting Office, North Sydney, Nova Scotia.

Anthony Thompson answers the question: “Was the die for the 1¢ ‘Pile Of Cod’ stamp reworked by Waterlow?”

View the Jan.-Mar. newsletter (No. 198).

The December newsletter (No. 98) of the Fancy Cancel & Miscellaneous Markings Study Group is available.

The fancy cancels mentioned in this newsletter come from Big Tracadie, NS, and the following Ontario locations: Bowmanville, Durham, Kingston, Prescott, and Toronto.

The fancy cancel reporters include Mike Halhed, Steve Hellsten, Ron Smith, and Alec Globe.

Alex Globe contributes an article on the Kingston Fancy 9 cancels, and Dave Lacelle muses about wax “signet ring” hammers and whether a variant was used for fancy cancels.

View the December newsletter.

On 1 January, eight BNAPS members became Emeritus members, having been with BNAPS for the past 40 consecutive years.

View the list of Emeritus members