Volume 43 – #08

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Volume 43#08

August 7 – August 20, 2018

Grégoire Teyssier, curator of the Travelling Postal Museum, uses the 1930s-era stamping machine produced by Pitney Bowes, a mailing equipment and services company founded in 1920.

‘Travelling Postal Museum’ highlights show circuit

A “Travelling Postal Museum” produced by long-time philatelist and award-winning exhibitor Grégoire Teyssier, of Québec, is making the rounds at stamp shows across the country. First presented this March at the Lakeshore Stamp Club exhibition in Dorval, Qué.; at Orapex in Ottawa this May; and at the Postal History Society of Canada (PHSC) Symposium in Hamilton this July, the museum will also be displayed at BNAPEX – the annual convention of the British North America Philatelic Society – in Québec this September. Continue reading →

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An introduction to competitive thematics
Page 1
RPSC outlines new vision at AGM
Page 19
Photo report: 100th anniversary of Canada’s first airmail flight
Page 22

Regulars
CSN Marketplace
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Page 20
Show & Bourse
Check out the shows in your area
Page 23
Columns
Ian Robertson
Looking Back
100th anniversary for a lone ‘Admiral’ definitive
Page 6
Everett Parker
Philatelic Journals
Powell River postal history explored by BNAPS research group
Page 8

Gary Dickinson
First-Day Covers
Elvis first-day covers were good, bad and ugly
Page 10
Ian Robertson
News Bites
Canada’s first woman in space elevated to companion of Order
Page 14

Robin Harris
New Issues
From around the world
Page 18

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