Volume 50 – #07

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Volume 50#07

July 15 – July 28, 2025

As a judicial recount flipped the Montréal-area riding of Terrebonne, Qué., from the Bloc Québécois to the Liberal Party by just one vote, Elections Canada admitted to misprinting the postal code on some mail-in ballots.

Returned ballot cover stirs collector buzz

A seemingly small postal error has captured national attention – and now, it’s capturing the imagination of Canada’s philatelic community. A misdirected mail-in ballot from the April 2025 federal election, returned due to a postal code misprint, could become one of the most significant modern-era covers in Canadian postal history. Continue reading →

Features
Returned ballot cover may become a collector item
Page 1
Social media ‘collaboration’ fuels philatelic growth
Page 1
Denninger and Hobart sales span Elizabethan errors to BNA classics
Page 1
New stamp trio honours Indigenous cultural advocates
Page 4
Polar Salon makes Americas debut
Page 4

Regulars
CSN Marketplace
Are you buying or selling?
Page 16
Show & Bourse
Check out the shows in your area
Page 19
Columns
Ian Robertson
Looking Back
Group of Seven works a mainstay on Canadian stamps since 197
Page 6
Jane Sodero
Book Reviews
Dickenson’s latest work introduces the folks who create firs
Page 8

Ian Robertson
News Bites
Garneau’s first mission inspired Canadian stamp
Page 12
Diana Revelins
Philately 101
Presentations celebrate the fruits of philatelic curiosity
Page 14

Mike Smith
Deltiology
Even in hobbies, records and firsts can be challenged
Page 15
Robin Harris
New Issues
From around the world
Page 18

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