MINIEX 2018

MINIEX 2018 was held at the RA Centre on Thursday, February 1, 2018,  in Court A & B.

 

 

 List of Exhibitors

1.       Rick Baxter “The Fighting Newfoundlander”

2.       Gord Cooke “My Favorite Stamp Set: Early Navigators of Australia”

3.       Andre Thibaudeau “Poissons”

4.       Tom Meyerhof “Canadian and Provincial Bisects: Real, Philatelic or Fake”

5.       Denis Ducharme “Oxydation”

6.       Tom Hare “Steamboat Mail on the Hudson River and Lake Champlain”

7.       Tom Hare “United States Trans-Mississippi Issue of 1898”

8.       John Bryant “Posted Afloat”

9.       Chris Anstead “Newboro – The Postal History of a Village”

Awards (information provided by Deborah Welch)

Grand Prize  John Bryant “Posted Afloat”

People’s Choice  Chris Anstead “Newboro – The Postal History of a Village”

New Exhibitor  Tom Meyerhof “Canadian and Provincial Bisects: Real, Philatelic or Fake”

BNA  Rick Baxter “The Fighting Newfoundlander”

Postal History  John Bryant “Posted Afloat”

World  Tom Hare “United States Trans-Mississippi Issue of 1898”

Small Exhibit  Tom Meyerhof “Canadian and Provincial Bisects: Real, Philatelic or Fake”

Topical  Not awarded

Other  Not awarded

MiniEx 2018 Volunteers

MiniEx Committee

Brian Watson, RA; Rick Baxter, RA; Yvan Hardy, APO; Ian Smillie, OPS; John Tooth, OPS

Exhibit Sub-Committee

 

Deborah Welch, OPS; Rick Baxter, RA; Michel Lupien, APO

Facilities, Equipment and Refreshments

Rick Baxter, RA (and Medody Rochon, RA Centre)

Exhibit Judging

Michael Peach, RA; Karl Siemens, OPS

Auction

Denis Ducharme; Caroline Phillips; Ian Smillie; Robert Lauer; John Noordof; Hank van der Linde; Tom Meyerhof; Robert Benôit; David Paradis, APO

Photography

Deborah Welch

Webwork

Kari Toomey

Speaker

Mike Powell

Gift Certificates

Provided through Chris Green Stamps

Canada Post Prizes

 

Jim Phillips, Stamp Services

Auction Results (provided by Hank van der Linde)

 

25 Sellers - OPS = 19 - down

   

294 lots offered for sale - way down - 382 in 2017

129 or 43.9% sold - number about the same % is up

No bidder dominated the sales

 

Total sales $897.75 - 2017 $900.50

 

MINIEX Commission $134.66 - 2017 $135.08

 

Average selling price $6.96  - down a bit

 

Highest price paid $60.00

   

58.1% of sales were $5.00 or under - down

 

83.7% of sales were $10.00 or under - up from 77%