Four insightful seminars as well as the annual awards banquet of The Royal Philatelic Society of Canada (RPSC) will be held today at the society’s 90th convention in St. Catharines, Ont.
Hosted by the St. Catharines Stamp Club, the three-day show is being held at the Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Convention Centre on 327 Ontario St. The bourse will be open today from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and tomorrow from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Admission is $3 today and free tomorrow. Free parking is also available at the venue all weekend.
TODAY’S SCHEDULE |
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| 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | Exhibition and bourse open | |
| 10 a.m.-11 a.m. | RPSC Annual General Meeting | Concord Room |
| 11 a.m.-noon | RPSC Board meeting | Concord Room |
| 11 a.m.-noon | Seminar: “Getting Started with Thematic Exhibiting” by Dawn Hamman |
Ostin “A/B” Room |
| 1 a.m.-2 p.m. | RPSC Philatelic Research Foundation Board meeting | Concord Room |
| 1 a.m.-2 p.m. | Seminar/workshop: “Workshop, GB Postal Reform to Modern Machins” by Tom Slemons & Steve McGill |
Ostin “A/B” Room |
| 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. | Seminar: “ATA Roundtable” |
Ostin “A/B” Room |
| 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. | Seminar: “A Show and Tell of Unusual Canadian FDCs” by Andrew Chung |
Ostin “A/B” Room |
| 5 p.m. | Exhibition and bourse close | |
| 6 p.m.-7:15 p.m. | RPSC President’s Reception | Hall in front of Concord Room |
| 6:30 p.m.-7:15 p.m. | Symposium | Concord Room |
| 7:30 p.m. | Awards Banquet | Concord Room |