CALVIRT 2022 Exhibits by Exhibit Type – Calgary Philatelic Society

**CALVIRT Exhibits 21 Jan 2022 to 2 Feb 2022**

Exhibitors can be - Novice, Active, Junior
Exhibit Types can be - New, Current, Revised

ADOBE Acrobat may be required to view the exhibits (Many browsers will show PDF files without it). The exhibits are Best viewed on a large computer screen and maximizing the Adobe window. On a Tablet or Smartphone rotate the phone based on the way the exhibit is described as Portrait or Landscape. On Laptops you may need to shrink the magnification of the exhibit so it fits on one screen. For how to view pages side by side Click Here. When you select an Exhibit to view, it will open in a New window/tab in your browser. When you have finished viewing the exhibit, close that window and you should be returned to the CALVIRT Exhibits page.

When viewing exhibits, note that this exhibition is to encourage collectors to exhibit in ANY manner and NOT follow specific Exhibition rules. Exhibitors all have to decide an exhibiting path - just for enjoyment or for competition. If Feedback has been requested, then the exhibit will be judged on Competitive Exhibiting rules, and exhibitors are encouraged to view the Association of Philatelic Exhibitors website. An exhibit may look great even when not following rules, but achieve a lower rating in feedback as the rules have not been followed. Exhibitors should Not take the feedback personally only understand the feedback is based on those rules.

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Exhibits with 1 to 15 Pages

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Exhibit Info	Exhibit Title	Description	First Page
Entry#: 3 Size: 6 Pages Best Viewed: Portrait Exhibitor: Active Exhibit Type: Current FeedBack Request: No	Canadian Wildlife Conservation Stamps	A selection of Conservation stamps issued in Canada
Entry#: 5 Size: 1 Page Best Viewed: Portrait Exhibitor: Active Exhibit Type: New FeedBack Request: No	Slowest GB to Canada Mail	1827 letter taking 110 days to Montreal and a 2020 Air Mail letter that took 90 days to reach Calgary
Entry#: 12 Size: 1 Page Best Viewed: Portrait Exhibitor: Active Exhibit Type: Current FeedBack Request: Yes	Was Mrs Gourlay a half-Sister of Queen Victoria	Mrs Gourlay believed to be the illegitimate daughter of Edward the Duke of Kent (Father of Queen Victoria) and Isabella Hyde in 1818.
Entry#: 17 Size: 1 Page (Double) Best Viewed: Landscape Exhibitor: Active Exhibit Type: New FeedBack Request: Yes	Calgary Stamp Collector in 1922 – 100th Anniversary	A Calgary collector named George Kay from 1922 - was he a CPS Member?
Entry#: 22 Size: 1 Page Best Viewed: Landscape Exhibitor: Active Exhibit Type: New FeedBack Request: Yes	Dick Merrill's 1937 'Anglo-American's Goodwill Coronation Flight' cover	Shown is a special Trans-Atlantic round-trip cover flown from New York to London to New York between May 8 and May 14 1937 by Dick Merrill
Entry#: 23 Size: 1 Page Best Viewed: Portrait Exhibitor: Active Exhibit Type: New FeedBack Request: Yes	Instructional Marking “Please Cancel Lightly"	CShown are two covers with instruction that mail should be cancelled lightly as they are philatelic in nature
Entry#: 25 Size: 1 Pages Best Viewed: Portrait Exhibitor: Active Exhibit Type: New FeedBack Request: No	The “Elvis Presley” 29 cent Stamp Sheet	A humorous look at the January 8, 1993 Elvis Presley stamp issue – an issue of 517 million stamps.
Entry#: 26 Size: 1 Pages Best Viewed: Portrait Exhibitor: Active Exhibit Type: New FeedBack Request: Yes	Mail was fast in those days..... and sometimes Slooow	1909 Postcard sent London to Baku when Russia was still using the Julian calendar and a 1906 printed postcard that took 25 years to arive.

**Exhibits 1 Frame**

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Exhibit Info	Exhibit Title	Description	First Page
Entry#: 4 Size: 1 Frame Best Viewed: Portrait Exhibitor: Active Exhibit Type: New FeedBack Request: No	Olympic Firsts	A selection of Olympic events and athletes making history.
Entry#: 7 Size: 1 Frame Best Viewed: Portrait Exhibitor: Active Exhibit Type: New FeedBack Request: Yes, Judged : Yes View Synopsis	Queen's University at Kingston : A Postal Profile	A display of various philatelic elements related to the history of Queen's University and it's contribution to our society.
Entry#: 9 Size: 1 Frame Best Viewed: Portrait Exhibitor: Active Exhibit Type: New FeedBack Request: Yes, Judged : Yes View Synopsis	15 Decades of Mail Britain to Canada	A study of rates, routes, and efficiency of service between Britain and Canada from 1850 to 1999
Entry#: 10 Size: 1 Frame Best Viewed: Portrait Exhibitor: Active Exhibit Type: New FeedBack Request: Yes, Judged : Yes View Synopsis	The Philately of the 1920 Antwerp Olympics	The stamp issues and advertising cancellations for the 1920 Antwerp Olympics.
Entry#: 11 Size: 1 Frame Best Viewed: Portrait Exhibitor: Active Exhibit Type: New FeedBack Request: Yes, Judged : Yes View Synopsis	Only 8 Stamps	There are only 8 stamps which appear in Fourhole, OHMS Overprint and G Overprint
Entry#: 14 Size: 8 Pages (1 Frame) Best Viewed: Landscape Exhibitor: Active Exhibit Type: Revised FeedBack Request: Yes, Judged : Yes View Synopsis	Booklet Varieties of the Admiral Issue	This exhibit shows varieties of the Admiral Booklet Covers and panes. The display is limited to those varieties visible to the naked eye.
Entry#: 15 Size: 1 Frame Best Viewed: Portrait Exhibitor: Active Exhibit Type: New FeedBack Request: Yes	WHAT CAN I COLLECT?	A display of 15 subjects available to collector for the Mufti Issues 1937-1942.
Entry#: 16 Size: 1 Frame Best Viewed: Landscape Exhibitor: Active Exhibit Type: Revised FeedBack Request: Yes Judged: Yes View Synopsis	British Columbia Hospitals Aid Stamps 1933	In May 1933 the British Columbia Government legislated a duty on restaurant meals to supplement the funding of hospitals, but it was rescinded by court order in August 1933.
Entry#: 18 Size: 1 Frame Best Viewed: Portrait Exhibitor: Active Exhibit Type: New FeedBack Request: Yes, Judged: Yes View Synopsis	When Free Franking is not Enough	Use of Official stamps on Parliamentary mail
Entry#: 19 Size: 1 Frame Best Viewed: Landscape Exhibitor: Active Exhibit Type: New FeedBack Request: Yes View Synopsis	United States 1928-1960 mail for St. Pierre & Miquelon via The Gull Fast Train through Maritime Canada	United States mail for SPM was sent to Boston. There it was bagged and dispatched via four railway companies via "the Gull" through Maritime Canada to connect with the "SS Belle Isle" at Halifax or Sydney.

**Exhibits Multi Frame**

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Exhibit Info	Exhibit Title	Description	First Page
Entry#: 1 Size: 3 Frame Best Viewed: Portrait Exhibitor: Active Exhibit Type: Revised FeedBack Request: No	History of the CPS	"History of the CPS" is a display of the history of the Calgary Philatelic Society
Entry#: 2 Size: 3 Frame Best Viewed: Portrait Exhibitor: Active Exhibit Type: New FeedBack Request: Yes View Synopsis	The Fall of The Twin Towers	A Philatelic look at the Fall of The Twin Towers.
Entry#: 6 Size: 3 Frames Best Viewed: Portrait Exhibitor: Active Exhibit Type: New FeedBack Request: No	Postal History of the Calgary Winter Olympics	Covers and postmarks used in the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.
Entry#: 8 Size: 2 Frames Best Viewed: Portrait Exhibitor: Active Exhibit Type: New FeedBack Request: Yes	Mail Fraud	A look at the three main types of mail fraud.
Entry#: 13 Size: 4 Frames Best Viewed: Landscape Exhibitor: Active Exhibit Type: New FeedBack Request: Yes, Judged : Yes View Synopsis	Foreign mail from the Anglo- Egyptian Sudan	Franking, Rates and Postal Routes of Surface and Air mail of the Colonial Government to end of 1955
Entry#: 20 Size: 5 Frames Best Viewed: Portrait Exhibitor: Active Exhibit Type: New FeedBack Request: Yes	The Lowly “Air Mail” Sticker Takes Mail to Great Heights	This is a display exhibit of “etiquettes” or airmail sticker and labels on commercial mail indicating air transport as used by many countries of the world.
Entry#: 21 Size: 8 Frame Best Viewed: Portrait Exhibitor: Active Exhibit Type: Revised FeedBack Request: No	Canadian COVID-19 Philatelic Souvenir Covers	The pandemic has caused in person gatherings to be stopped resulting in no stamp shows or bourses. The exhibits shows the covers, stamps and cancels that have been used in Canada through the pandemic until this time.
Entry#: 24 Size: 6 Frames Best Viewed: Landscape Exhibitor: Active Exhibit Type: Revised FeedBack Request: Yes Judged: Yes View Synopsis	Canadian Mail, The Post Office and Covid-19	COVID 19 related PO signs, Commercial mail, Philatelic Mail, Returned mail, Cancellations and Post Office gifts
Entry#: 27 Size: 5 Frames Best Viewed: Portrait Exhibitor: Active Exhibit Type: New FeedBack Request: Yes View Synopsis	The Story of Lloyd's: From Coffee to Commerce	This exhibit relates highlights of the 300+ year history of the world-famous insurance market, interspersing details about the interaction of Lloyd’s with postal authorities along with more conventional historical details.

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