Insuring a stamp collection is the same as insuring anything else you own. Similar to insuring a house, its contents or any other personal possessions – excluding your car, which is mandatory – a stamp collection can be insured for a “catastrophic loss.” “Whether you have it or not is a question of whether you want to face your loss or share your misery with someone else, namely an insurance company,” said Garfield Portch, a retired insurance broker who manages member and chapter insurance plans for The Royal Philatelic Society of Canada’s (RPSC). Continue reading →
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Get your covers ready: Third annual CSN Cover Contest now accepting submissions
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Second World War vet seeks 100 birthday cards
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161-year-old mourning cover to highlight upcoming Maresch sale
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50-year RCMP collection coming to Edmonton Spring National
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Columns
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Guest Commentary
‘Colored Hockey League’ stamp misrepresents Canada’s histor
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Looking Back
Lots of fun with variations of Expo ’70 commemoratives
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Nickerson Stamps offers modern approval service
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Deltiology
Yukon postcards pure gold, detail territory’s mining history
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Philatelic Journals
Polar expedition ephemera detailed in ‘Polar Philatelists’ j
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New Bites
Duke, Duchess of Sussex stripped of ‘Royal Highness’
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