With a bit of help from Canadian club leaders, youth philately in the Philippines has flourished in recent years. The more than 60 members of the Peace Arch Stamp Club, based in Surrey, B.C., have provided a young Filipino collector with tens of thousands of stamps plus financial assistance in recent years to help him and his peers with their collecting endeavours. “The Peace Arch Stamp Club is so pleased that we are encouraging a new generation in the Philippines to love philately,” said Terry Leishman, the Peace Arch club’s president. Continue reading →
Filipino student Shawn Agsalud’s 2021 CSN Cover Contest entry shows the young collector in the cachet alongside several Philippine-related philatelic items.
