[Janet MacD]

This season’s sessions for the Kingston Seniors Association got underway on September 8 at the new location, St. Andrew’s By the Lake United Church, in Reddendale. The guest speaker was Jim Gould, who provided a thorough and informative talk about US Pre-cancels. He illustrated his talk by passing around colourful album pages which displayed a range of stamps with a wide variety of lettering and bar styles. He mentioned some of the alternative uses for the stamps, including revenue.

Thanks to Jim’s presentation, when I saw the back of this postcard at the Eastern Ontario Vintage Paper Sale, I knew better than to pass on it because I already own two copies. I don’t know if it was mailed from Wolfe Island, but there was insufficient postage. When it reached Watertown, New York, a pre-cancel was attached to record payment of the 2 cents postage due.

I am looking forward to showing this to the class!

[Janet MacD]

Stamps and Their Stories Week 2 was attended by all of the registered participants. Bob Gardner’s multi-part presentation had them making many notes. In addition to showing examples of Canadian provinces, Airmail, and Tax stamps, Bob provided detailed information on options for disposing of collections, including KSC’s consignment program - which was news to me!

Bob also brought a topical display prepared by his grand daughter, which was a perfect promotion for Week 3, when Paul Fleet will speak about Topical Collecting.

As a first time coordinator for this program, I am extremely grateful to the club members who have volunteered their time and expertise to make my job both easy and highly entertaining!