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IMPORTANT NOTICE: STARTING IN MAY, 2008, THE BC PHILATELIC SOCIETY WE WILL NO LONGER HAVE EVENING MEETINGS ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH. PLEASE REFER TO THE SCHEDULE BELOW FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT MEETING DATES AND TOPICS. (Download and print this handy calendar of BC Philatelic Society events in May, June, and July, 2008.)

OUR NEXT MEETING, on WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 76:30 - 9:30 p.m. — A Presentation Night: Bruce Perkins will speak about Canadian First Day Covers, starting with an historical overview and bringing the discussion forward to modern times. He will also discuss speciality areas within the field as well as current and possible future trends.

We meet weekly, September through June, in the South Community Room of the West Burnaby United Church, 6050 Sussex Avenue, in Burnaby, the suburb immediately east of Vancouver. The church is within easy walking distance of the Metrotown/Metropolis SkyTrain Station and just a block north of the Kingsway.

Our monthly Monday meetings start at10:30 am (the doors are usually open by 10 am) and end by 1:30 pm. They will be a casual affairs. Please plan to arrive when you wish and leave when you wish.

Doors open at about 7:00 pm for our Wednesday evening meetings, and a business meeting takes place at 7:30 pm. This printable Google map gives directions. For additional travel information, download and print this Adobe PDF document. (NOTE: The Adobe Reader, required to read PDF files, is a free download available at the Adobe website)

We enjoy a wide range of activities at our meetings, including speakers on a variety of subjects, Social Night/Swap & Shop (Includes Stamp Grab/Treasure Hunt), auctions and topical/thematic show & tell nights. The club sometimes departs from the regular schedule for special programs. Summer doldrums are energized with a popular midsummer auction, in July. Our schedule:

    MAY - JULY 2008

    May

    • NOTE: THERE IS NO MEETING PLANNED FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 7. The next meeting is on Wednesday, May 14. Meetings of the Society that have previously been scheduled on the first Wednesday evening of each month have been replaced by daytime meetings, starting at 10:30 am, on the Monday immediately preceding the first Wednesday.

    • WEDNESDAY EVENING, May 14, 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm — A Presentation Night: Bruce Perkins will speak about Canadian First Day Covers, starting with an historical overview and bringing the discussion forward to modern times. He will also discuss speciality areas within the field as well as current and possible future trends.

    • WEDNESDAY EVENING, May 21, 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm — May Auction: Our regular — and popular! — monthly auction, featuring up to 75 lots of philatelic, collateral, and non-philatelic items. Sellers get 90% of the hammer price. Donations welcome.

    • WEDNESDAY EVENING, May 28, 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm — Social / Swap and Shop / Stamp Grab / Treasure Hunt / RPSC circuit books: Come to enjoy the tea, coffee, snacks, and good company.
      You aren’t seeing double — we are now planning extra Swap & Shop meetings to accommodate members who cannot attend the new Monday daytime meetings.

    June

    • MONDAY MORNING, June 2, 10:30 am - 1:30 pm — Social / Swap and Shop / Stamp Grab / Treasure Hunt / RPSC circuit books / Social (tea, coffee & cookies)
      NOTE: This is the second of our new Monday meetings. There will be no meeting on Wednesday, June 4.
    • WEDNESDAY EVENING, June 11, 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm — Presentation Night: Part 1 of "The Nazi Scourge: Postal Evidence of the Holocaust and the Devastation of Europe," a narrated DVD version of the award-winning exhibit by Ken Lawrence. Part 1 covers the years of the rise of Nazism in Germany, 1933-1939. Part 2 will be presented in September. We invite members and guests to bring their own examples of interesting pre-war Third Reich stamps and covers.

    • WEDNESDAY EVENING, June 18, 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm — June Auction: Our last auction of the regular “Collecting Year.” Let’s make it a good one! Turn up to six lots into cash!

    • SATURDAY, June 21, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm — BC150, our 2008 stamp show in the Community Hall of the West Burnaby United Church. Exhibits, bourse, club consignment table. Open to the public. No admission, free parking.

    • WEDNESDAY EVENING, June 25, 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm — Last meeting before Summer Break: A friendly social night to talk, eat, drink, be merry. And start thinking about the Summer Auction!

    July

    • WEDNESDAY EVENING, July 23, 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm — Summer Auction (our only summer meeting): You’ve had three weeks since our last meeting to get ready for this auction: We’re all looking forward to see the stamps, covers and whatnot that you’ve pulled from all those stock books, shoe boxes, and the hoard under your bed! Six lots per person, more if you twist the auctioneer’s arm!

    No meetings are planned for August. The next meeting will be on Monday morning, September 1, (Labour Day), starting at 10:30 am. No meeting is planned for Wednesday evening, September 3.

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