Volume 48 – #25

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Volume 48#25

March 26 – April 8, 2024

Two pages of exhibit on letter paper.

RPSC panellists explore innovations in exhibiting

The Royal Philatelic Society of Canada (RPSC)’s latest Stamp Panel featured ideas on how to make exhibits visually inviting. Kathy Johnson, both an exhibitor and a philatelic judge, created and competitively exhibited 28 multi-frame and 14 single-frame exhibits across the classes of exhibit types, and countries of origin. She had tips on how planning storylines can help with your exhibits. “A lot of the title pages we see are really bogged down, and are not inviting,” she said. “Remove some of the lengthy background and historic perspective, and have just a sentence or two. Get more into that on pages two, three, et cetera, but don’t have the title page be a whole block of text.” Continue reading →

Features
Auction firm celebrating 100th anniversary at Mississauga show
Page 1
Annual flower stamps showcase environmentally important wildflowers
Page 4
Wide-ranging sale exceeds estimates
Page 16

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
Norwegian explorer merited rare three-nation joint issue
Page 6
Everett Parker
Philatelic Journals
Notations on Newfoundland stamps put under microscope by BNA
Page 8

Ian Robertson
Stamping Grounds
Philately has generated an intiguing lexicon
Page 14
Robin Harris
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From around the world
Page 18

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