On April 5, at the monthly club meeting, the 100th anniversary of the club founding was celebrated. The photo below shows, from left to right, two great-granddaughters Beth Saunders and her sister Carol Irwin, then Beth’s daughters Jennifer and Shannon. Not in the photo but also attending was Beth’s husband Bill. Additional photos can be […]
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Member Awards at Canadian Shows
At the Montreal Lakeshore Stamp club annual show 1-2 April, Dave Bartlet was awarded the following for his exhibits – The Baby Sisters – Gold, BC Hospital Aid – Gold, Admiral Booklet Varieties – Vermeil, Covid-19 – Bronze. The first in person National show was held at ORAPEX in Ottawa 23-24 April. Ray Villeneuve won […]
International Awards by CPS Members
As live international stamp shows resume, CPS members are participating. At the London 2022 show, Amelia Kelbert won a Large Silver for her exhibit on monarch butterflies. Don Wilson won Gold at HUNFILEX 2022 in Budapest for his exhibit “Australian Mail To The UK To 1891”, which also received a special prize from the Emirates […]
Stolen Stamp Collection
Gregg Butt had a stamp collection stolen in October – details follow. If you have information contact the number on the report, “I was robbed of a very valuable stamp collection and I was hoping that you could send a watch out for this, and notify police immediately with any pertinent details. It is a […]
CPS wins the October National Stamp Collecting month category
The Calgary Philatelic Society won for the most votes and the Canadian Stamp News cover contest for Best National Stamp Collecting month cover and will win the prize of $150. With 619 votes, the runner up Kevin O’Reilly had 591 votes in a tight race. The cover is shown here. The cover was designed by […]
CALTAPEX 2021 Cancelled – Special Show Covers
Three covers are available for CALTAPEX 2021. The first cover has a strip of 3 stamps promoting CALTAPEX 2021, CALVIRT 2022 and BNAPEX 2022 – $5. The second cover is strictly a CALTAPEX cover with a single stamp for the CALTAPEX show – $2. The third cover is for the Cancellation of CALTAPEX with a […]
Calgary Philatelic Society Website awarded Gold Medal in the Star Route Website by the APS
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 at 6:46 Subject: Congratulations Star Route Website Gold Medalist Congratulations on Your Star Route Medal which is attached here for your Website. Thank you for submitting your website to Star Route 2021. We look forward to seeing the growth of your website in the next year and will be in touch […]
CPS Winners at BNAPEX Virtual 2-6 September
Several club members participated in the annual BNAPEX show sponsored by the British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS). This show due to the pandemic was held Virtually through the bnaps.org website from 2-6 September 2021. The live seminars are over, but will be posted on the bnaps.org website in the coming weeks. All the exhibits […]
Calgary Philatelic Society CANCELS CALTAPEX Show 16-17 Oct
The annual show and exhibition of the Calgary Philatelic Society (CALTAPEX) has been CANCELLED by the CPS Board due to concerns over Covid in Alberta. A decision will be made if the show will be moved to the spring, or whether the exhibition portion will be done virtually in the same manner as CALVIRT was […]
Calgary Philatelic Society again Cancels In Person Meetings
The CPS had resumed in-Person meetings for our end of August auction, our AGM on 1 September, and our monthly club auction night on 15 September. However with the massive increase with Covid infections in Alberta, the board has decided to once again suspend ALL CPS in-person meetings for the remainder of September through the […]