https://kingstonstampclub.ca/forum/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 01:30:43 +0000 MyBB https://kingstonstampclub.ca/forum/showthread.php?tid=349 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:23:15 +0000 Janet MacD]]> https://kingstonstampclub.ca/forum/showthread.php?tid=349
Val arrived early and was introduced to the church administrator, Amy, who had questions about how her ten year old daughter could learn about collecting. That was a match made in heaven!

We had a second featured speaker this week, Guy Monette, who spoke about the Canada 1898 map stamp. He shared a very wonderful story about how he got started as a collector. He also brought his stamp pillow to show the group.

Our final meeting will feature a panel - Val Mayers, Jim Gould, and - making his SATS speaking debut - Kevin Humphries.

Session 4 begins April 27. It is too soon to know if there will be enough people registered to run that program, but we will begin seeking speakers at our April 9th KSC meeting. You do not have to make a long presentation. We can group several speakers in one session and offer a philatelic potpourri! You don’t even need to have a formal presentation - you can bring a few things for Show and Tell.]]>
Val arrived early and was introduced to the church administrator, Amy, who had questions about how her ten year old daughter could learn about collecting. That was a match made in heaven!

We had a second featured speaker this week, Guy Monette, who spoke about the Canada 1898 map stamp. He shared a very wonderful story about how he got started as a collector. He also brought his stamp pillow to show the group.

Our final meeting will feature a panel - Val Mayers, Jim Gould, and - making his SATS speaking debut - Kevin Humphries.

Session 4 begins April 27. It is too soon to know if there will be enough people registered to run that program, but we will begin seeking speakers at our April 9th KSC meeting. You do not have to make a long presentation. We can group several speakers in one session and offer a philatelic potpourri! You don’t even need to have a formal presentation - you can bring a few things for Show and Tell.]]> https://kingstonstampclub.ca/forum/showthread.php?tid=343 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 22:35:54 +0000 Janet MacD]]> https://kingstonstampclub.ca/forum/showthread.php?tid=343 The Philatelic History of Occupation. Hugh showed occupation stamps and covers from conflicts in the 19th, 20th, and 21st century. It was a great learning opportunity for the group.

Another highlight this week happened during Show and Tell. One group member - who started collecting more than 70 years ago and was a country collector - asked about topical collecting and the feasibility of finding stamps related to his profession in the sciences. It was a privilege to be present as a seasoned collector dared to strike out in a new direction!

Next week Val Mayers will speak about Varieties. In the autumn session of Stamps and Their Stories, Val showed participants how to « flyspeck » and they were quite excited when they were able to see tiny variations.]]> The Philatelic History of Occupation. Hugh showed occupation stamps and covers from conflicts in the 19th, 20th, and 21st century. It was a great learning opportunity for the group.

Another highlight this week happened during Show and Tell. One group member - who started collecting more than 70 years ago and was a country collector - asked about topical collecting and the feasibility of finding stamps related to his profession in the sciences. It was a privilege to be present as a seasoned collector dared to strike out in a new direction!

Next week Val Mayers will speak about Varieties. In the autumn session of Stamps and Their Stories, Val showed participants how to « flyspeck » and they were quite excited when they were able to see tiny variations.]]> https://kingstonstampclub.ca/forum/showthread.php?tid=341 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:35:22 +0000 Janet MacD]]> https://kingstonstampclub.ca/forum/showthread.php?tid=341
Next week’s topic is Occupation Stamps, presented by Hugh MacDonald.

We don’t know yet if the Senior’s Association will want us to run another series in Session 4, which begins in late April. Watch this space for news!]]>
Next week’s topic is Occupation Stamps, presented by Hugh MacDonald.

We don’t know yet if the Senior’s Association will want us to run another series in Session 4, which begins in late April. Watch this space for news!]]> https://kingstonstampclub.ca/forum/showthread.php?tid=339 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:06:30 +0000 Janet MacD]]> https://kingstonstampclub.ca/forum/showthread.php?tid=339
This group is bringing some great items for Show and Tell. I am learning so much from them!

There is no class March 16 because of school break. Our guest presenter on March 23 will be Ted Luhtala, speaking about collecting stamps from Germany.]]>
This group is bringing some great items for Show and Tell. I am learning so much from them!

There is no class March 16 because of school break. Our guest presenter on March 23 will be Ted Luhtala, speaking about collecting stamps from Germany.]]> https://kingstonstampclub.ca/forum/showthread.php?tid=331 Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:50:01 +0000 Janet MacD]]> https://kingstonstampclub.ca/forum/showthread.php?tid=331
Hugh MacDonald provided an introduction to philately and postal history that was very well received. We have a list of topics the group would like to see presented in future sessions, so please be prepared to say YES with enthusiasm if we come your way at this week’s meeting!]]>
Hugh MacDonald provided an introduction to philately and postal history that was very well received. We have a list of topics the group would like to see presented in future sessions, so please be prepared to say YES with enthusiasm if we come your way at this week’s meeting!]]> https://kingstonstampclub.ca/forum/showthread.php?tid=330 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 22:27:54 +0000 Barb]]> https://kingstonstampclub.ca/forum/showthread.php?tid=330 The Kingston Stamp Club is delighted to announce the 2026 Eastern Ontario Spring Stamp Festival, taking place on Saturday, April 18, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Crossroads United Church, 690 Sir John A. MacDonald Boulevard, Kingston, Ontario. The venue is wheelchair accessible and offers ample free parking for all attendees.

This year’s festival will feature several local stamp dealers and over 20 tables presenting an extensive range of definitive and commemorative postage stamps, revenue, Cinderella, and topical stamps, postal stationery, postcards, postmarks, and first day covers, as well as, catalogues, and collecting supplies will be available to purchase. The event provides experienced philatelists, postal historians, and newcomers to the hobby with an excellent opportunity to enhance or begin their collections while exploring the ways in which stamps reflect history, culture, art, and nature in miniature form.

Hope to see you there!

Admission is free, and everyone is welcome to attend.

For additional information, please visit http://kingstonstampclub.ca 

or contact Club President, Bob Gardner at 613‑389‑9587, or bandjgardner@cogeco.ca]]> The Kingston Stamp Club is delighted to announce the 2026 Eastern Ontario Spring Stamp Festival, taking place on Saturday, April 18, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Crossroads United Church, 690 Sir John A. MacDonald Boulevard, Kingston, Ontario. The venue is wheelchair accessible and offers ample free parking for all attendees.

This year’s festival will feature several local stamp dealers and over 20 tables presenting an extensive range of definitive and commemorative postage stamps, revenue, Cinderella, and topical stamps, postal stationery, postcards, postmarks, and first day covers, as well as, catalogues, and collecting supplies will be available to purchase. The event provides experienced philatelists, postal historians, and newcomers to the hobby with an excellent opportunity to enhance or begin their collections while exploring the ways in which stamps reflect history, culture, art, and nature in miniature form.

Hope to see you there!

Admission is free, and everyone is welcome to attend.

For additional information, please visit http://kingstonstampclub.ca 

or contact Club President, Bob Gardner at 613‑389‑9587, or bandjgardner@cogeco.ca]]> https://kingstonstampclub.ca/forum/showthread.php?tid=303 Wed, 14 Jan 2026 03:25:49 +0000 Janet MacD]]> https://kingstonstampclub.ca/forum/showthread.php?tid=303 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (This is on the east side of the city before the downtown traffic snarl!)
6 Sakura Way
Toronto M3C 1Z5

$10 admission includes free parking

17 dealers confirmed so far

https://torontopostcardclub.com]]> 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (This is on the east side of the city before the downtown traffic snarl!)
6 Sakura Way
Toronto M3C 1Z5

$10 admission includes free parking

17 dealers confirmed so far

https://torontopostcardclub.com]]> https://kingstonstampclub.ca/forum/showthread.php?tid=278 Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:53:27 +0000 Janet MacD]]> https://kingstonstampclub.ca/forum/showthread.php?tid=278
A big thank you to our members who devoted time and expertise to develop their talks, used their initiative to find the little room hidden away in the centre of the church, and demonstrated a love of stamps while telling some great stories. We were a darned fine bunch of philatelists! 

In order from week 1, our guest speakers were: Jim Gould, Bob Gardner, Paul Fleet, Roy Lingen, Debbie Lingen, Richard Weigand, Hugh MacDonald, Ted Luhtala, and Val Mayers. Our week 9 panellists Jim Gould, Al Herrington, and Val Mayers helped me end the series with storytelling and a show and tell around the big library table. 

Thank you all for making my job so easy and representing the Kingston Stamp Club so well!]]>
A big thank you to our members who devoted time and expertise to develop their talks, used their initiative to find the little room hidden away in the centre of the church, and demonstrated a love of stamps while telling some great stories. We were a darned fine bunch of philatelists! 

In order from week 1, our guest speakers were: Jim Gould, Bob Gardner, Paul Fleet, Roy Lingen, Debbie Lingen, Richard Weigand, Hugh MacDonald, Ted Luhtala, and Val Mayers. Our week 9 panellists Jim Gould, Al Herrington, and Val Mayers helped me end the series with storytelling and a show and tell around the big library table. 

Thank you all for making my job so easy and representing the Kingston Stamp Club so well!]]> https://kingstonstampclub.ca/forum/showthread.php?tid=268 Sat, 08 Nov 2025 01:30:16 +0000 Janet MacD]]> https://kingstonstampclub.ca/forum/showthread.php?tid=268
Val also provided a brief overview of the club’s youth program. Guest speakers like Val certainly do a great job promoting the club, making it sound like a fun place to spend a few hours with friendly people.

There is just one week left in the program. For the first time, we are having a panel of five members sharing the story of their collecting journey.]]>
Val also provided a brief overview of the club’s youth program. Guest speakers like Val certainly do a great job promoting the club, making it sound like a fun place to spend a few hours with friendly people.

There is just one week left in the program. For the first time, we are having a panel of five members sharing the story of their collecting journey.]]> https://kingstonstampclub.ca/forum/showthread.php?tid=267 Thu, 06 Nov 2025 18:38:35 +0000 Janet MacD]]> https://kingstonstampclub.ca/forum/showthread.php?tid=267
This is why these sessions we do for the Kingston Seniors Association are called Stamps and Their Stories. In many cases, participants start by saying they don’t care about stamps, but they like to hear a good story. They are often surprised at the end of the session to find that they are interested in stamps!]]>
This is why these sessions we do for the Kingston Seniors Association are called Stamps and Their Stories. In many cases, participants start by saying they don’t care about stamps, but they like to hear a good story. They are often surprised at the end of the session to find that they are interested in stamps!]]> https://kingstonstampclub.ca/forum/showthread.php?tid=241 Tue, 21 Oct 2025 16:29:12 +0000 Janet MacD]]> https://kingstonstampclub.ca/forum/showthread.php?tid=241  

The group asked lots of questions. Two members are experienced collectors with a good understanding of postmarks and the evolution of the postal system. At the end of the presentation, Hugh handed out a selection of covers and invited participants to take something that appealed to them and examine it using the Four C’s: Covers, Cancels, Context, and Curiosity.

Next week - “Collecting Countries - Germany” with Ted Luhtala.]]>  

The group asked lots of questions. Two members are experienced collectors with a good understanding of postmarks and the evolution of the postal system. At the end of the presentation, Hugh handed out a selection of covers and invited participants to take something that appealed to them and examine it using the Four C’s: Covers, Cancels, Context, and Curiosity.

Next week - “Collecting Countries - Germany” with Ted Luhtala.]]> https://kingstonstampclub.ca/forum/showthread.php?tid=156 Tue, 07 Oct 2025 03:51:01 +0000 Janet MacD]]> https://kingstonstampclub.ca/forum/showthread.php?tid=156

A very seasoned collector was wowed by Richard’s explanation of the imagery on the George V Seahorses stamps. “So much propaganda packed into a little piece of paper!” This was a great advertisement for our study groups!

So many stamps … so many possible stories for future sessions of this program!]]>

A very seasoned collector was wowed by Richard’s explanation of the imagery on the George V Seahorses stamps. “So much propaganda packed into a little piece of paper!” This was a great advertisement for our study groups!

So many stamps … so many possible stories for future sessions of this program!]]> https://kingstonstampclub.ca/forum/showthread.php?tid=120 Tue, 07 Oct 2025 03:38:18 +0000 Janet MacD]]> https://kingstonstampclub.ca/forum/showthread.php?tid=120
Roy talked about collecting options, including one stamp for each design instead of 43 varieties of the same stamp, and variations of the one stamp per country album. At one point he did shatter the expectations of one person when he said their Canadian collectible stamps were worth their face value if used as postage!

We were very grateful to have Roy and Debbie make the trip down to Reddendale from the wild northern hinterland of Verona 

It is very interesting to see some participants remembering parts of past presentations and linking them with the current week. That happened again in week 5. 

The presenters are doing a wonderful job of “selling” the club!]]>
Roy talked about collecting options, including one stamp for each design instead of 43 varieties of the same stamp, and variations of the one stamp per country album. At one point he did shatter the expectations of one person when he said their Canadian collectible stamps were worth their face value if used as postage!

We were very grateful to have Roy and Debbie make the trip down to Reddendale from the wild northern hinterland of Verona 

It is very interesting to see some participants remembering parts of past presentations and linking them with the current week. That happened again in week 5. 

The presenters are doing a wonderful job of “selling” the club!]]> https://kingstonstampclub.ca/forum/showthread.php?tid=102 Fri, 26 Sep 2025 17:44:10 +0000 Janet MacD]]> https://kingstonstampclub.ca/forum/showthread.php?tid=102
Gary Burghoff made the video in 1988. Apparently he visited several major stamp shows to promote the video.

He really was a collector. He was also a supporter of the Duck Stamp program in the US, and a duck stamp contest judge. 

You can buy the VHS tape on eBay for about $40 USC, but with Canada Post on strike, that doesn’t seem like a good option. I have found a free recording on YouTube. I have only watched the first three minutes, because I felt compelled to share the link with a wider audience. It is funny and kooky and a wonderful artifact of the 1980’s. As I mentally curate my “stuff”, I see this tape sharing a shelf with the 1970’s Stamp Album I was recently gifted - with Fonzie from Happy Days on the cover - and the VHS Guide to Windows 95 made by actors from Friends. Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/YaCE3uaBxWA?si=KZG5MAJWNjetim6e]]>
Gary Burghoff made the video in 1988. Apparently he visited several major stamp shows to promote the video.

He really was a collector. He was also a supporter of the Duck Stamp program in the US, and a duck stamp contest judge. 

You can buy the VHS tape on eBay for about $40 USC, but with Canada Post on strike, that doesn’t seem like a good option. I have found a free recording on YouTube. I have only watched the first three minutes, because I felt compelled to share the link with a wider audience. It is funny and kooky and a wonderful artifact of the 1980’s. As I mentally curate my “stuff”, I see this tape sharing a shelf with the 1970’s Stamp Album I was recently gifted - with Fonzie from Happy Days on the cover - and the VHS Guide to Windows 95 made by actors from Friends. Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/YaCE3uaBxWA?si=KZG5MAJWNjetim6e]]> https://kingstonstampclub.ca/forum/showthread.php?tid=99 Tue, 23 Sep 2025 20:24:47 +0000 Janet MacD]]> https://kingstonstampclub.ca/forum/showthread.php?tid=99
One participant has attended the program three times, not because she is a stamp collector, but because she loves the stories. She doesn’t own a computer. She doesn’t have internet at home. She goes to the library three or four times a week to read her email. After Paul’s presentation, she announced she was going to get a computer, and home internet, because then she could do research too. 

Paul’s presentation reminded me of the first philatelic presentation I saw during the pandemic. Michele Bresso from the American Topical Association did a presentation on topical collecting for a Women’s Institute virtual group in Hampshire, UK. I had never heard of topical collecting and was captivated. Michele was working on an exhibit on the history of typewriters. She offered to send anyone interested in collecting topicals a gift of stamps from the ATA. I was astonished by the generous size of the envelope of stamps I received. Through Paul I experienced that excitement again yesterday.

Jim Gould brought in a one page topical exhibit on the History of Kingston, and yes, the exhibit included US pre-cancels! Jim succeeded in signing up a new member, and collecting the fee.

Guy Monette told the tale of the 1898 Canadian map stamp, and brought - and demonstrated - his stamp pillow.

The Kingston Stamp Club is putting on quite a show at St Andrew’s by the Lake!]]>
One participant has attended the program three times, not because she is a stamp collector, but because she loves the stories. She doesn’t own a computer. She doesn’t have internet at home. She goes to the library three or four times a week to read her email. After Paul’s presentation, she announced she was going to get a computer, and home internet, because then she could do research too. 

Paul’s presentation reminded me of the first philatelic presentation I saw during the pandemic. Michele Bresso from the American Topical Association did a presentation on topical collecting for a Women’s Institute virtual group in Hampshire, UK. I had never heard of topical collecting and was captivated. Michele was working on an exhibit on the history of typewriters. She offered to send anyone interested in collecting topicals a gift of stamps from the ATA. I was astonished by the generous size of the envelope of stamps I received. Through Paul I experienced that excitement again yesterday.

Jim Gould brought in a one page topical exhibit on the History of Kingston, and yes, the exhibit included US pre-cancels! Jim succeeded in signing up a new member, and collecting the fee.

Guy Monette told the tale of the 1898 Canadian map stamp, and brought - and demonstrated - his stamp pillow.

The Kingston Stamp Club is putting on quite a show at St Andrew’s by the Lake!]]>