BNAPEX 2024 Kingston, the 75th annual exhibition and conference of BNAPS, takes place on the weekend of 23-25 August. The convention is hosted by the BNAPS St. Lawrence Seaway Regional Group and the Kingston Stamp Club. The convention venue is the St. Lawrence College Event Centre, 100 Portsmouth Ave., Kingston, ON.

There will be an exhibition with up to 160 frames, a dealer bourse of about 15 to 20 dealers, study group seminars on all three days, and an awards banquet on Sunday.

BNAPEX 2024 Kingston web pages

Calgary (group details)

The Calgary Regional Group will hold a virtual meeting via Zoom on Wednesday, 8 May, at 7:00 PM Mountain time.

This meeting will review the Kiosk stamps.

Visit the Calgary Regional Group web page

Golden Horseshoe (group details)

The next meeting of the BNAPS Golden Horseshoe Regional Group will take place, on SUNDAY 26 May 2024 at the Brewers Blackbird Kitchen & Brewery (formerly Rousseau House Restaurant), 375 Wilson St. East, Ancaster.

We learned that Dr. Eric Cogswell, a long-time BNAPS member and frequent attendee at our Ancaster meetings, passed away on February 19. He was 85. His date of membership with BNAPS was somewhere between those of Derek Smith and Mike Street, so you know it was "way back." If you would like to share reminiscences of your encounters with Eric, please feel free to send them along to us, and we will share them with the other GHRG members.

March 24 meeting details:

The meeting room will be open from 11AM, and lunch will be served at noon. The set cost for lunch will be $25 (tax and service included).
Please reply to this e-mail, as soon as possible, to advise us of your planned attendance and your wish to purchase the lunch - we and the venue will appreciate this information for planning purposes.

We will follow our typical agenda for the day, from years past.

12 Noon - 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.

1:30PM - 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 - GUEST SPEAKER: The guest speaker on May 26 will be … you!. This will be a “show and tell” opportunity for you to share something of interest from your collection.

3:00PM – adjournment so Brewers Blackbird can set up for dinner.
DIRECTIONS: [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 the NAPA Autopro car service center on the right - the Brewers Blackbird Restaurant is just a little further along the street, on the right. Lots of parking behind the restaurant.

See you in Ancaster on SUNDAY 26 May 2024! PLEASE REMEMBER to bring items for the donation auction – all proceeds go to the GHRG.

If you'd like to share something of philatelic interest with the group, you may send a scan of your item by return e-mail to me, and I will arrange for Simon to show it during the meeting. Please send it in .jpeg format.

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.

Golden Horseshoe Regional pages

Newfoundland (group details)

The Newfoundland Study Group is holding a virtual meeting via Zoom on Saturday, 25 May, at noon Eastern Daylight Time.

Tony Thompson (presenter) and John Wiseman will discuss "Stamp restoration – 3c Small Queen stamp of Canada", a topic that also applies to Newfoundland stamps.

Stamps are made by a complex process involving paper, ink, and more. These deteriorate naturally. This presentation explains the “acid attack” on the paper and the “sulphur attack” on the ink for the 3c Small Queen stamp of Canada printed 1870-1897. This turns a bright orange-red stamp to a dirty brown colour and eventually to dust. We describe how to restore these stamps to near-original appearance and give them life for the coming centuries! But is this ethical? Should restoration be promoted?

Contact Study Group Treasurer/Circulation Manager Martin G. Goebel (email) for details and Zoom meeting coordinates.

View the Study Groups web page