Volume 43 – #01

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Volume 43#01

May 1 – May 14, 2018

Trajan show returns with a bang

The National Postage Stamp and Coin Show set a new record for attendance this April, when more than 1,000 collectors gathered for the biannual event in Mississauga. The show returned to the Greater Toronto Area on April 7-8 for the fifth time since 2015, when Trajan Media took over what was then known as the National Postage Stamp Show from the Canadian Stamp Dealers’ Association. After moving locations in spring 2016 to the 9,000-square-foot Graydon Hall at the Hilton Mississauga, the show has continued to grow year after year. Continue reading →

Features
‘One-cent Magenta’ author highlights importance of knowledge in collecting
Page 1
Canadian philatelist, exhibitor appointed to Stamp Advisory Committee
Page 1
75th Annual NTSC Exhibition lauded by judges
Page 16
Canada Post’s latest issue includes ‘philatelic first’
Page 22

Regulars
CSN Marketplace
Are you buying or selling?
Page 20
Show & Bourse
Check out the shows in your area
Page 23
Columns
Ian Robertson
Looking Back
Real or myth? Biologist devoted a lifetime to belief
Page 6
David Piercey
Philatelic Bookshelf
Stanley Gibbons’ flagship catalogue releases 120th edition
Page 8

Mike Smith
Deltiology
Rumsey and Co. carried on after First World War
Page 10
Ian Robertson
News Bites
That’s ‘Sir Richard Starkey’; Beatles dummer knighted
Page 14

Robin Harris
New Issues
From around the world
Page 18

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