Exhibit Info | Exhibit Title | Description | First Page |
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Entry#: 1 Favourite Award: 1st Place Tied MultiFrame 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 |
The Fall of The Twin Towers | A Philatelic look at the Fall of The Twin Towers. | |
Entry#: 3 Favourite Award: 1st Place 1-15 Page 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#: 4 Favourite Award: 2nd Place 1 Frame, 2nd Place Creative 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#: 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#: 6 Favourite Award: 3rd Place Tied Multiframe, 3rd Place Overall 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#: 7 Favourite Award: 3rd Place Tied 1 Frame - Judged LV 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#: 8 Favourite Award: 3rd Place Tied Creative 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#: 9 Judged - LG 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 Favourite Award: 1st Place 1 Frame, 1st Place Creative, 1st Place Overall, Judged - V 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 Judged Award: LS 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#: 12 Favourite Award: 2nd Place Tied 1-15 Page 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#: 13 Favourite Award: 3rd Place Tied MultiFrame - Judged - LV 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#: 14 Judged Award: LV 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 Favourite Award: 3rd Place Tied 1 Frame - Judged - G 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#: 17 Favourite Award: 3rd Place 1-15 Page 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#: 18 Judged - LS 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. | |
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#: 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" | Shown are two covers with instruction that mail should be cancelled lightly as they are philatelic in nature | |
Entry#: 24 Judged - LV 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#: 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. | |
Entry#: 27 Favourite Award: 1st Place Tied Multiframe, 3rd Place tied Creative, 2nd Place tied Overall 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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