The subjects are:
- Topical Collecting 101
- Integrating Errors, Freaks & Oddities into Your Collection
- The Most Beautiful Bridge in Paris
- Maps, Politics and Stamps: Some Examples from the Middle East
- Presidential Grab Bag: The Variety You Can Collect
- Nurse Philatelic Stories with a Sampling of Exhibit Elements
- Stamping in Sequim
- Innovations Seen in US Railroad Topical Stamps
- Indigenous Peoples of the World – on Stamps!
- Telling Stories with Postcards
- COVID-19-Related Philately
- From Me to You: The Philatelic History of Roberto Clemente on Stamps
You see the schedule and register for these events here.
Balfour Mount, M. Vera Peters, James Till and Ernest McCulloch. Their contributions to the fields of pediatric pathology, HIV/AIDS, palliative care, oncology and stem cell science changed the practice of medicine in Canada and around the world.
a manageable condition with a near-normal life expectancy and has markedly reduced HIV transmission. Dr. Mount, O.C., O.Q. (b. 1939), considered the father of palliative care in North America, founded the world’s first comprehensive palliative care service based in a teaching hospital. Dr. Peters, O.C.(1911-93) revolutionized treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma and breast cancer in an era when the work of female physician scientists was not often acknowledged. Dr. Till, O.C., O. Ont. (b. 1931) and Dr. 
McCulloch, O.C., O. Ont. (1926-2011) transformed the world’s understanding of tissue renewal by establishing the foundations of stem cell science.
pandemic.
TORONTO, le 14 sept. 2020 /CNW/ – Aujourd’hui, Postes Canada a émis un jeu de cinq timbres commémoratifs célébrant six pionniers de la médecine : la Dre M. Vera Peters, les Drs Bruce Chown, Julio Montaner, Balfour Mount et Ernest McCulloch, et le chercheur James Till. Leurs contributions dans les domaines de l’oncologie, de la médecine pédiatrique, de la recherche sur le VIH/sida, des soins palliatifs et de l’étude des cellules souches ont transformé la pratique de la médecine au Canada et partout dans le monde.
Le Dr Chown, O.C., M.C. (1893-1986), a été l’un des premiers dans le monde à éliminer la maladie rhésus (Rh) qui entraînait autrefois la mort de nombreux nouveau-nés. Grâce au Dr Montaner, O.C., O.B.C. (né en 1956), le VIH/SIDA est devenu une maladie chronique gérable, son taux a grandement diminué et les personnes qui en sont atteintes ont maintenant une longévité comparable au reste de la population. Considéré comme le pionnier des soins palliatifs en Amérique du Nord, le Dr Mount, O.C., O.Q. (né en 1939), a 
fondé le premier service de soins palliatifs complet au monde dans un hôpital d’enseignement. La Dre Peters, O.C. (1911-1993), a révolutionné le traitement du lymphome de Hodgkin et du cancer du sein à une époque où les femmes chercheures en médecine n’étaient guère reconnues. James Till, O.C., O. Ont. (né en 1931), et le Dr Ernest McCulloch, O.C., O. Ont. (1926-2011), ont transformé la notion de renouvellement des 
tissus en prouvant l’existence des cellules souches.
contributions remarquables.
kaleidoscopic patterns. In the cheerful and playful stamp sheetlet full of optical illusions, graphic designer Hansje van Halem, winner of the Dutch Design Award for Communication in 2018, has applied all the colors from the color box. [A larger picture of the full sheet is shown at the end of this page.]
Van Halem started her design by drawing simple lines in a random pattern. “Without a goal, just try it out. For me, drawing equals searching, discovering. You have to look closely at what you are doing to understand what you have done. In the process I try to discover what I want to achieve. For example, I make a lot of endpapers for books and they are of course decorative. There too I look for harmony by creating optical illusions, just as happened with these stamps. ”
The Hague, September 14, 2020. On the latest stamp sheetlet from the “Experience nature” series, forest and heather birds play the leading role. The ten depicted birds on the stamps are the raven, coal tit, keep, great spotted woodpecker, red-collared redstart, greylag flycatcher, gray shrike, black grouse, wryneck and rump head. [Larger illustration of full sheet at end]
sheetlet “Experience nature” costs € 9.10. The price for the full series 2020 is € 36.40, including storage folder.
nature. Janse: “It has become a beautiful autumnal sheet with a mossy green in the background, which fits exactly with this season. In the center of the sheet, red accents draw the attention: the background by the gray shrike, the eyebrows of the black grouse, the berries at the keep and the “pants” of the great spotted woodpecker.”
Heather birds in particular have a difficult time in our country due to the deterioration in the quality of heathland areas and the sharp decrease in the number of insects. Many bird species have therefore entered the danger zone. The black grouse, for example, is on the verge of disappearing. The wheatear can hardly be found on heaths anymore, but it can still be found in dune areas. The gray shrike only occurs as a winter guest in our country.
5484 (55¢) Fruits and Vegetables – Red and black plums
5495 (55¢) Bugs Bunny, 80th Anniv. – Basketball player
Mare’s Nest (1952), Rupert And The Lost Cuckoo (1963) and Rupert’s Christmas Tree (1947)
Rupert Bear. The stamps feature the artwork of Alfred Bestall, who wrote and illustrated more than 270 Rupert stories after he took on the role in 1935.
at the Express, and his wife, Mary, was the illustrator.
Her replacement was Alfred Bestall, an established artist with Punch and other magazines, who also illustrated children’s books. In total, he wrote and illustrated 224 Rupert stories for the newspaper and provided 47 other stories, mostly for the Rupert Annuals. In 1985 he was awarded the MBE for his work. He died the following year. It is his illustrations which are reproduced on the stamps which feature Rupert in adventures with some of friends including Algy Pup, Bill Badger and Pompey the baby elephant.
whereby every picture had a rhyming couplet underneath, plus a few lines of story text to accompany them. Bestall’s couplets often ended with the promise of a mystery, so that the next day’s paper was eagerly awaited by children, curious to see how the story would unfold. Bestall also introduced new characters to add variety, including Lily Duckling, Gregory Guineapig, the Old Professor, Bingo and the Imps of Spring and Autumn. Most Rupert stories commence with the bear leaving home and end with him returning after an adventure in time for tea to tell his mother of his experiences.
While books of reprinted Rupert stories appeared in the 1920s, it was decided that an annual publication would appear every Christmas. It was titled, Monster Rupert. The first volume was issued in 1931 and continued up to 1934, ceasing after Mary Tourtel retired.
World War, the government sanctioned sufficient paper for the annuals to be printed, to help boost the morale of the public.
generations of children to a wonderful make-believe world of magic and adventure.”
The Allied Military Government Collectors’ Club (AMGCC) is proud to announce the initial class of inductees to the newly formed AMGCC Hall of Fame. These three individuals were instrumental in establishing post-World War II AMG philately as a challenging and respected area of collecting; creating resources that encouraged involvement in the field and further study. They are:
A new book from the American First Day Cover Society shares a collector’s love for the 1945 U.S. stamp that heralded the formation of the United Nations. The Al Raddi Collection of Scott 928 Toward United Nations Conference FDCs shows more than 170 different first day covers and related items for the issue commemorating the meeting of delegates from 50 countries toward the end of World War II.
The book starts with a brief history of the conference, and then information about the stamp.
The American First Day Cover Society is a not-for-profit educational organization, with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status granted by the IRS. Established in 1955, the AFDCS also publishes handbooks, catalogues and its award-winning bimonthly journal, First Days. It also promotes first day cover exhibiting, both at its own Americover show and at other stamp shows.
