Ottawa Philatelic Society
NEW 2020 O.P.S. SCHEDULE
These meetings will be held by Zoom Teleconference starting at 7:00 pm. In addition to the “main event” there will be presentations by members on “favourite stamps’, covers, topicals and mini-exhibits.Study Groups will be open to all OPS members
September 10 Welcome Back and ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
September 17 SPEAKER: Robin Harris, Editor, Unitrade:
“Simplifying the Machins orMachins 101”
September 24 CANADA STUDY GROUP
“Patriotic Postcards & Envelopes –WWI”
October 1 US STUDY GROUP
"The US Bank Note Series 1870-1893"
Lead by: Richard Logan
October 8 GB/COMMONWEALTH STUDY GROUP
“The Stamps of King Edward VII”
October 15 STAMP BASICS: “Buying and Selling: eBay, on-line
Auctions and other possibilities”
October 22 CANADA STUDY GROUP
“The Postage Stamps of PEI –Part I”
October 29 SPEAKER: Guillaume Vadeboncouer,
“From Large Queens to Small Queens–
the Transition to a New Issue”
November 5 US STUDY GROUP
"Patterns in Commemorative Stamps of the Great War"
Lead by: Paul O’Grady
November 12 “GB Invalid Postage; Stamps & Labels” and
“The CNR Ladyboats”
November 19 CANADA STUDY GROUP
“The Postage Stamps of PEI –Part 2”
November 26 SPEAKER: Garfield Portch, President, Vincent Graves
Greene Foundation,“Forensic Philately at the Greene
Foundation”
December3 US STUDY GROUP
"New 2021 Scotts Specialised Catalogue of United
States Stamps and Covers"
Lead by: David Giles
December 10 STAMP BASICS: “Watermarks” – Dick Logan
December 17 SPEAKER: Elia Anoia, “Canada Post Stamp Program
for 2021”
2021 SUBJECT TO CHANGE
January
7 CANADA STUDY GROUP
“Personalized Mail Indicia, by Denis Ducharme
January 14 OPS SPEAKER: Dick Logan “Envelopes”
January
21 GUEST SPEAKER: Jennifer Miller from the ATA:
“Topicals 101”
Jan 28 GB/COMMONWEALTH STUDY GROUP
Dave Madeley: "First UK Ariel Post 1911"
February
4 GUEST SPEAKER Hugh Rathbun:
"Hand painted First Day Covers of American Authors"
February 11 CANADA STUDY GROUP
Guest Speaker Mike Halhed
"Postal Markings - The Power of Retroreveal &
Powerpoint's Transparency feature."
February
18 US STUDY GROUP
"Busted! The 1938 - 1944 Presidential Series - The
Prexies"
Lead by: Juzar Noorbhai
February
25 GUEST SPEAKER: Chris Green
"TheMulready Envelope"
March 4 GUEST SPEAKER: Leon Mattys
"The Halifax Explosion"
March
11 CANADA STUDY GROUP
"The Centennials - Perforations, Paper, and Tagging"
Presented by Neil Elson
March
18 US STUDY GROUP
"US One cent postage history 1861-1900"
Lead by: Tom Hare
March
25 GB/COMMONWEALTH STUDY GROUP
“The Stamps of Heligoland, Robert Benoit”
April 1 CANADA STUDY GROUP
Guest speaker Mike Flynn, “Mechanizing the Mail
Process”
April
8 US STUDY GROUP
"Expertizing - Part 3" Lead by: Gerhard Peters & Ron
Tidrow
April
15 GB/COMMONWEALTH STUDY
GROUP
“1901 and 1902 Royal Tours of Australia and India:
Postal History Post Cards” – Tom Hare
April
22 Member
Presentations:
"We The North: Selected Arctic Institute of North
America Covers” -- John Fowell
“Three Generations and Two Continents:
The Smillie Engravers” – Ian Smillie
April 29
CANADA STUDY GROUP
Ray Villeneuve, “A Postal Profile of Queen’s University”
May
6 US STUDY GROUP
"Your Favourite Cover" Lead by: Mike Powell
May
13 Member
Presentations:(TWO)
Robert Lauer—“The Fascinating Hradcany Stamps
of Czechoslovakia”
Robert Benoit--“Stamps of the German States”
May 20 GB/COMMONWEALTH STUDY GROUP (TBC)
May
27 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
June 4 OPEN HOUSE:
Unstructured discussion on topics, queries and
presentations of interest.