Specialist ‘digging up material’ on Canada’s airmail history

Left to right: Galway, Garfield Portch and John Laraway review material on Canada’s airmail history during a 2015 presentation at a West Toronto Stamp Club meeting.

Dr. Robert Galway, a prominent aerophilatelist from Toronto, recently presented a lecture on the formative years of aviation in Canada and early history of airmail as part of the West Toronto Stamp Club (WTSC) discussion group program. Galway said he has spent the past four years “digging up material” on the topic of aviation and... Continue reading →

Collector classifieds take to the web

As I wrote in a column during the summer months, here at Trajan Media, we have been busy working behind the scenes on a number of new initiatives to launch over the fall and winter months. Our first major initiative this fall is a new website where philatelists and numismatists can meet at our new... Continue reading →

B.C. security firm sets eyes on stamps

An iridescent colour is created through the reflection and fragmentation of light waves off a number of nano-sized holes that can be added to virtually any surface.

Postal authorities around the world are looking to bolster their anti-counterfeiting measures, and they may look to nanotechnology for help. While the next step in sizing up this new technology is a big one, there has been solid interest from investors, who recently provided $2.6 million during the latest round of fundraising, which ended Aug.... Continue reading →

Canadian postal history evolves with transportation

Throughout its illustrious history, Canada Post has continuously explored new modes of transportation, including (clockwise from top left) a Royal Mail sledge (Library and Archives Canada, Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, Acc. No. R9266-4212); the Royal Mail steamer Coriscan (Patent and Copyright Office/Library and Archives Canada/C-010370); a winter crossing of the Gulf of St. Lawrence (Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1970-188-2076 W.H. Coverdale Collection of Canadiana); and a Canadian Airways airplane (Hayward Studios/Library and Archives Canada).

This week, and most other weeks of the year, Canada’s postal couriers will travel more than 1.6 million kilometres during their dispatches from coast to coast to coast, ensuring the country’s postal services remain intact. That’s about 86 million kilometres – more than half the distance to the sun – travelled each year on behalf... Continue reading →

A little cash would be a big boost for stamp shows

The Canadian Stamp Dealers’ Association certainly has been in a quagmire over what to do about its Toronto National Postage Stamp Show. Well, no longer. Association president Rick Day recently sent an email to members informing them its board had decided that, after almost 30 years in the show business, its November 2015 show “will... Continue reading →

Legendary NHL goalies on Canada Post’s latest issue

Lorne Worsley, Johnny Bower, Tony Esposito, Bernie Parent, Ken Dryden and Martin Brodeur are featured on Canada Post’s ‘NHL Great Canadian Goalies’ six-stamp set. It’s the third of a five-year collection of NHL stamps leading up to the league’s 100th anniversary in 2017.

ess than a week before the first puck dropped to begin the 2015-16 NHL season, six legendary goalies were immortalized as part of Canada Post’s multi-year NHL stamp collection celebrating the goaltending greats who transformed the game of hockey. Available in booklets of six – one for each player, including Lorne Worsley (Montreal Canadiens), Johnny... Continue reading →

Initiatives aim to enhance connection to the hobby

As I have written previously, we have been making a concerted effort in recent months to enhance our connection with Canadian stamp clubs and affiliated organizations. As of this column, I have been invited to four club meetings as a guest speaker. This not only provides me with the opportunity to speak about the history... Continue reading →

Stamp error recall creates challenge for collectors

This official first-day cover – a hot commodity after being recalled only days after its initial issue – is now garnering bids nearing $300 on auction sites like eBay.

While some collectors are excited about Canada Post’s recent recall, others have expressed concern about the difficulty in acquiring some of this recalled material, which was only available for a few days before being returned to the Crown corporation’s headquarters and destroyed. One of these concerned collectors is noted philatelist Irving Osterer, whose letter to... Continue reading →

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