There are four major stamp shows on this week’s docket, and among them is one of upmost distinction: Royal*2017*Royale, the 89th convention of The Royal Philatelic Society of Canada (RPSC), will open in Boucherville, Que. later this week.
Organized by l’Association des numismates et des philatélistes de Boucherville (ANPB) and the Fédération québécoise de philatélie (FQP), the convention will be held May 26-28 at Hôtel Mortagne on 1228 Nobel St. in Boucherville, Que. Admission and parking are free.
Nearly 30 of Canada’s top philatelic dealers will preside over more than 45 tables of material on the bourse, which is being held in the hotel’s Boucherville Room. Canadian Stamp News will be selling magazines as well as philatelic supplies at table six.
The bourse will open to the public at 10 a.m. each day before closing at 5 p.m. on May 26 and 4 p.m. on the following two days.
For more information, see our full story later this week.
BRIGHTON, ONT.
Coming later this week, on May 27, the first of two shows is the South-Central/Eastern Ontario Saturday Coin, Stamp and Postcard Show at King Edward Community Centre on 75 Elizabeth St. in Brighton, Ont. The show will be open from 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. and will boast more than a million worldwide coins, banknotes, postage stamps, covers and postcards. Related hobby supplies will also be also available—many at discounted prices, according to organizers.
BURNABY, B.C.
Also on May 27 is the Coin, Stamp and Collectibles Show, which is being hosted by Vancouver’s North Shore Numismatic Society at the Nikkei Centre on 6688 Southoaks Cres. in Burnaby, B.C. The bourse will be open from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. and feature coins, banknotes, tokens, medals, stamps postcards, art, pins and more. Free underground parking is available, and admission $2. (although children under the age of 16 are free if accompanied by an adult).
PENTICTON, B.C.
Rounding out the week in shows is the Penticton Stamp Show and Bourse, which will be hosted by the Okanagan Mainline Philatelic Association on May 27 at the Penticton Seniors’ Drop-in Centre on 2965 South Main St. in Penticton, B.C. The show will be open from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., and admission is free.