05-05-2026, 01:40 PM
Weeks 1 and 2 enjoyed full attendance. There are only four participants, but three of them are “graduates” of the last session. The other participant was a KSC member some time ago and will be returning to the club.
Bob Gardner’s presentation this week was very informative. Before he started, he discovered he had personal connections to almost everyone in the room, so our discussion felt like a group of very good friends sitting around an antique oak library table. Hugh and I missed the ferry home because we couldn’t get the group out of the room when the class ended!
We have created an all-new program for this final session, and we really appreciate the club members who have volunteered - not just to present, but to develop and present something that is new! We have incorporated a new hands on session so everyone can practise looking for watermarks, measuring perforations, finding some varieties, working with hinges, cutting a mount, examining stock books and sampling album pages - and hopefully go home and get closer to the collections they have inherited or built over time.
We are ending with a bang! Roy Lingen has offered himself up as a philatelic sacrifice - inviting the group to ask him anything for an hour. A selfless act of bravery that is very much appreciated!
Week 1 - Introduction
Week 2 - Country Collecting: Saint Pierre & Miquelon with Bob Gardner
Week 3 - Introduction to Marcophily: 250 Years of Postal Cancellations with Hugh MacDonald
Week 4 - Hands On Session: Traditional Tools for Collectors with Richard Weigand, Val Mayers, Jim Gould and Hugh MacDonald
Week 5 - Country Collecting: Germany with Ted Luhtala
Week 6 - An Introduction to Topical Collecting with Janet MacDonald and “17th January” with Guy Monette
Week 7 - Digital Demos: New Tools for Collectors with Hugh and Janet MacDonald
Week 8 - Ask a Dealer Anything with Roy Lingen
Bob Gardner’s presentation this week was very informative. Before he started, he discovered he had personal connections to almost everyone in the room, so our discussion felt like a group of very good friends sitting around an antique oak library table. Hugh and I missed the ferry home because we couldn’t get the group out of the room when the class ended!
We have created an all-new program for this final session, and we really appreciate the club members who have volunteered - not just to present, but to develop and present something that is new! We have incorporated a new hands on session so everyone can practise looking for watermarks, measuring perforations, finding some varieties, working with hinges, cutting a mount, examining stock books and sampling album pages - and hopefully go home and get closer to the collections they have inherited or built over time.
We are ending with a bang! Roy Lingen has offered himself up as a philatelic sacrifice - inviting the group to ask him anything for an hour. A selfless act of bravery that is very much appreciated!
Week 1 - Introduction
Week 2 - Country Collecting: Saint Pierre & Miquelon with Bob Gardner
Week 3 - Introduction to Marcophily: 250 Years of Postal Cancellations with Hugh MacDonald
Week 4 - Hands On Session: Traditional Tools for Collectors with Richard Weigand, Val Mayers, Jim Gould and Hugh MacDonald
Week 5 - Country Collecting: Germany with Ted Luhtala
Week 6 - An Introduction to Topical Collecting with Janet MacDonald and “17th January” with Guy Monette
Week 7 - Digital Demos: New Tools for Collectors with Hugh and Janet MacDonald
Week 8 - Ask a Dealer Anything with Roy Lingen
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