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www.canadianstampnews.ca An essential resource for the CANADIAN advanced and beginning collector Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/canadianstampnews Follow us on Twitter @trajanpublisher STAMP NEWS Follow us on Instagram @trajan_csn Volume 44 • Number 16 November 26 - December 9, 2019 $4.50 Calgary club tops 2019 CSN Cover Contest After a month of voting, the second annual CSN Cover Con- test has come to a close with the Calgary Philatelic Society (CPS) taking top honours in the club category. One of seven clubs to mail a Toronto collector Derwin Mak created a first-day cover for one cover to CSN to mark October’s of Canada Post’s 2019 holiday stamps, which were issued Nov. National Stamp Collecting 4. The cachet to the left of the cover features a photograph of Month, the CPS was an- Mak (left), his friend Theresa (centre) and Karen Kain (right), nounced as the winner on Nov. artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada. 1. The club’s cover, which earned 112 votes, celebrates National Stamp Collecting The results are in: the Calgary Philatelic Society Private cachet-makers Month alongside the club’s an- wins the first-place prize in the club category of the nual fall show – Caltapex – 2019 CSN Cover Contest. stymied in early 1970s which is also held in October. “The CPS is proud and By Jesse Robitaille only began selling cacheted – happy to have won the con- voting at the club’s monthly RPO” postmark dated Sept. 23, oday, first-day covers are is- or illustrated – first-day covers test,” says CPS member and meeting this September, mem- 2019. sued alongside stamps by in the early 2000s. cover designer Dave Bartlet. bers chose one photograph for For taking the top spot in the manyT postal services around “In fact, it took decades be- “All hobbies these days often the stamp while two runners- club category, the CPS wins the world, including in Can- fore the U.S. Postal Service need to promote what they do up were chosen for the cachet. $100 from CSN. ada, where the “official first- (USPS) would sell a first-day as there is a lot of competition “We felt the theme of pandas “We were late in the game to day cover” (OFDC) signalled cover,” said collector and for the attention of people in for the show was something create our cover this year since the demise of private cachet- award-winning exhibitor Der- the market.” that is attractive to all genera- our show was not until the making in that country. win Mak, of Toronto. Inspired by the Calgary tions, young collectors and third week of October, but see- While Canada’s Post Office “For decades, the way to get Zoo’s ongoing panda exhibit, older collectors alike,” adds ing your promotion in the elec- Department issued its first a first-day cover in the U.S. was CPS members decided to frank Bartlet. tronic Canadian Stamp News and OFDC nearly 50 years ago, in to get the stamp, put it on your their cover with a customized The cover’s stamp is also remembering last year when 1971, its American counterpart own envelope, send it to the Picture Postage stamp. After cancelled by an “Airways Continued on page 19 city of the first day of issue and Publications Registration Mail No. 09136 Agreement No. 40069699 Agreement Mail No. 09136 Publications Registration get the postmaster there to can- cel it and send it back to you,” added Mak, who’s a member Holiday, Hanukkah stamps of the American First Day Cover Society (AFDCS). round out 2019 stamp issues “You just could not walk into the post office and buy a first- By Jesse Robitaille This year, the Crown corpo- mas stamp focusing on the day cover.” Three sets, five stamps ration continued the tradi- Magi plus a “shiny-and- While the USPS has since dress up festive holiday mail tion with two sets issued on bright” secular holiday trio. started offering first-day cov- Nov. 4. The festive designs “Wishing you the best of ers, they generally lack a cachet A pair of holiday sets issued include a traditional Christ- the holidays, and happy col- – something that differs from in early November lecting in the new Canada’s OFDCs. plus a separate Ha- year,” writes Jim Phil- “That’s because the U.S. has nukkah set released lips, director of stamp a strong first-day cover indus- later that month are services, in the Novem- try, which has a strong lobby among the final issues ber issue of Canada group with the USPS,” said of this year’s stamp Post’s Details magazine. Mak, who’s also a member of program. the North Toronto Stamp Club, For 55 years, Can- CHRISTMAS STAMP Royal Philatelic Society of Can- ada Post has issued Available in booklets ada and invite-only Philatelic themed stamps to of 12 stamps, this year’s Specialists Society of Canada. adorn holiday mail. Continued on page 17 Continued on page 11 Guide us to thy perfect light The Magi This stamp issue celebrates the Christmas season with a design featuring the Magi – also known as the Three Kings or Wise Men – from the Nativity story. Simple and elegant, the stamp depicts the Magi, guided by the star of Bethlehem, travelling on their camels to pay homage to the infant Jesus. They offered him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh – symbols of kingship, divinity and mortality. $1080 $190 Booklet of 12 stamps First day of issue special envelope 114121 414121131 Add this beautiful stamp to your collection, and use it when mailing Christmas greetings to family and friends. Available at participating post offi ces or From Canada or the U.S. From other countries canadapost.ca/shop 1 800 565-4362 902 863-6550 FIND DEALERS YOU CAN TRUST! These dealers are members of the Canadian Stamp Dealers’ Association. They have subscribed to a high standard of business ethics. 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