OTD: CAPEX 22 marquee adorns downtown Toronto

On today’s date in 2022, the CAPEX 22 logo and phrase World Postage Stamp Show” adorned the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC) marquee for the June 9-12 international philatelic exhibition, Canada’s first such event in 26 years.

At the crossroads of downtown Torontos financial and entertainment districts, the MTCC stands beside the CN Tower, Rogers Centre, Union Station and countless other landmarks. The large-scale event centre also beckons many of the citys roughly 27 million annual visitors, which last June included philatelists from around the world.

I thought it was fantastic: on the first day of the convention, I looked out the window, and I saw the electronic sign outside with CAPEX 22’ instead of Go Blue Jays Go’ or something about another tragedy for the (Toronto Maple) Leafs,” said Ed Kroft, of Vancouver, B.C., then the president of the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada, which hosted CAPEX 22.

Its great to have a stamp collecting sign out there for the people who are stuck on the Gardiner Expressway to see and ask the question, What is philately?’ and maybe learn more. 

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