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CALTAPEX 2018
October 13 and 14Kerby Centre, 1133 - 7 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta
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SHOW COMMITTEE
Chairman Walter Herdzik
Dealer liaison Ray Villeneuve
Auction Jim Senecal and Doug Kollar
Show catalogue Dale Speirs
Posters Peter Fleck
Show covers Dave Bartlet
Exhibits Dave Russum
Frames Walter Herdzik
Awards and Palmares Donna Trathen
Facilities and publicity Erika Peter
Judges and Awards Banquet Janice Brookes
PHILATELIC SOUVENIR OF CALTAPEX
The theme of this year’s show is the centennial of the first airmail in Alberta, flown by
Katherine Stinson on July 9, 1918, from Calgary to Edmonton. The cover was designed by
Dave Bartlet. They are franked with a Picture Postage design showing Stinson, the design of
which was not available at the time this catalogue went to press.
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Events are in the Kerby Centre, except the Awards Banquet, which will be held at the Danish-
Canadian Club, 727 - 11 Avenue SW. Tickets are required for the Banquet; all else is free.
Saturday, October 13
Show opens 10h00
Canteen opens 11h00
Canteen closes 14h30
Show closes 17h00
Awards Banquet 18h00 to 22h00
Sunday, October 14
Show opens 10h00
Judge’s Critique 10h00
Canteen opens 11h00
Auction lots accepted 13h30
Canteen closes 14h30
Show closes 16h00
Auction begins 16h00
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MESSAGE FROM THE SHOW CHAIRMANby Walter Herdzik
Welcome to CALTAPEX 2018. A little over a yearhas passed since the Calgary Philatelic Society andthe local BNAPS Regional Group hosted theBNAPS 2017 show in Calgary.
It is nice to get back to our usual facility for ourannual show. We are pleased to have present a fullcomplement of dealers along with exhibits, juniorand club tables and our auction.
On reflecting on my own philatelic collectinginterests in Central Africa, I was fortunate earlierthis year to travel to Zambia and Zimbabwe andrevisit a part of the world where I had spent overtwo years of my life in the 1970s.
As a member of the Rhodesia Study Circle celebrating its 70th year, I attended a gathering ofabout 50 members of that society for a few seminars and a visit to the Victoria Falls area.Philately is not just collecting little pieces of paper (stamps and covers) but it allows one tobroaden horizons by learning about the history and people who occupy the country orcountries we collect from.
This year, our show theme is the 100th anniversary of the Stinson flight on July 9, 1918. Afew of our Calgary Philatelic Society members, who are also members of the CanadianAerophilatelic Society, along with Westjet and others participated in the flight re-creation andthe transport of mail from Calgary to Edmonton.
While our own society is a general stamp collecting club, I realize there are other clubs andsocieties that specialize in topical, thematic or other geographic areas in the philatelic world.I encourage you to seek out other clubs and societies that have more specialized knowledgeand information. In particular, I encourage members to consider exhibiting which is a sharingof philatelic knowledge.
This year, our club is initiating a single page competition without any rules. Judging for thebest one-page exhibit will be selected by People’s Choice judging. To all the CALTAPEX2018 committee, volunteers, dealers and attendees, I would like to express a sincere thank youfor making the show a success. I hope that we can enhance your collecting horizons andinterests.
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SHOW AWARDS
Medal Levels
Five levels of ribbons and certificates are awarded. Gold, Vermeil, Silver, Silver-Bronze and
Bronze. Exhibits are judged according to RPSC Regional guidelines.
Special Awards
Grand Award
One-Frame Grand Award
Jon Johnson Award for the Best exhibit of two frames or more in any category by a Calgary
Philatelic Society (CPS) member.
Youth Grand Award to the best exhibit in any category submitted by an entrant under the age
of 21.
American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors (AAPE) Silver Award of Honor to recognize
excellence of presentation by an exhibitor who has not been awarded a Gold Ribbon.
American Philatelic Society (APS) Medals of Excellence may be awarded in each of four time
periods:
- Pre 1900 Material
- 1900-1940 Material
- 1940-1980 Material
- Post 1980 Material
American Philatelic Society (APS) Research Medal
American Topical Association
- ATA First Award for best topical exhibit
- Award of Merit for Best Single Frame
- ATA Youth Award
British North America Philatelic Society Award
- Best BNA exhibit
- Best Elizabethan BNA award
Canadian Aerophilatelic Society Exhibition Award from the CAS for the best airmail exhibit.
Sterling Achievement Award from WE (Women Exhibitors) to recognize an exhibit that has
been awarded a Bronze, Silver-Bronze, or Silver medal that shows notable accomplishment in
the exhibit’s treatment.
Thunderbird Award from the NW Federation of Stamp Clubs to recognize an exhibit of merit,
one that has potential or special appeal.
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LIST OF EXHIBITS
Invited Exhibits
Mike Ley Burma: The First Two Issues - selected frames
Mike Ley Exclusive Uses of the 50 Cent Prexie
Dave Bartlet Booklet varieties of the Admiral issue
Dave Bartlet 100 years of Airmail in Eastern and Western Canada
Youth
Amelia Kelbert World of the Monarch Butterfly
Competitive
Donna Trathen Horses: Origins, Breeds and Roles
Dale Speirs Postal history of the Calgary Winter Olympics
Dave Russum Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II - Their reigns and postal
service
Ray Villeneuve Special Delivery Service in Canada: Forms and Labels
Dave Bartlett Funding for WW1 through the Post Office
Sandy Freeman Lampooning the Three Axis Amigos
Steve Davis Canada War Issue 6c & 7c Airmail Stamps: Rates and Usages
Jon Johnson Canadian Merchant Navy , Sept 1943 - Sept 1945
Walter Herdzik How do they know it is Airmail?
Jim Taylor Earth Sciences
Non-Competitive
Various One to four page exhibits (People’s Choice Award)
Penny Borrowman Sightseeing in China
Janice Brookes Evolution of the World Wildlife Fund logo
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CHIEF JUDGE: MIKE LEY
Mike Ley graduated from the University of
Nebraska in 1971. He worked in the freight industry
for various trucking companies. When he retired in
2015 he was the manager of sales and service for the
Old Dominion Freight Line Service Center in Grand
Island, Nebraska.
Mike started exhibiting in the 1980s. He has shown
exhibits of material from the United States, Finland,
and Uruguay. He is best known for his exhibits of
Burma. He has won Single Frame Grand Awards at
World Series of Philately shows with three different
exhibits, and has won a total of five multi-frame
Grand Awards at WSP shows with two different
exhibits.
He has written a number of articles and is serving as the exhibits chairman of the WSP Omaha
Stamp Show. He became an accredited APS judge in 2009 and a Chief Judge in 2017. He
currently serves as the secretary of the American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors.
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DEALER BOURSE
Don Kaye17131 Coral Beach Road, Winfield, British Columbia V4V [email protected]
Doug Kendig805 Bolton Road, Tappen, British Columbia V0E 2X3
Firmin WyndelsVictoria, British [email protected]
Jim MillerThe Stamp Collection ConnectionSuite 2029, 61 Broadway Boulevard, Sherwood Park, Alberta T8H [email protected]
J. Garvey & Sons10403 - 140 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T5N [email protected]
Luciano Bassetto30 Kootenay Street North, Vancouver, British Columbia V5K [email protected]
Zatka PhilatelyBox 1181, Station M, Calgary, Alberta T2P [email protected]
MJR Postcards & CoversBox 36027, Castledown P.O., Edmonton, Alberta T5X [email protected]
Peter FleckBox 16, Site 2, R.R. #4, Red Deer County, Alberta T4N [email protected]
Royal William StampsBox 69058, Kensington P.O., Edmonton, Alberta T5L [email protected]
Wayne Dods420 Christleton Avenue, Kelowna, British Columbia V1Y [email protected]
Ihor RudykEdmonton, [email protected]
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KATHERINE STINSON AND CALGARYby Dale Speirs
2018 is the centennial of the first airmail flown in Alberta, which was also the second airmail
flight in Canada and the first airmail in Canada flown by a female pilot (she also was the first
woman to fly American airmails). Katherine Stinson was a pioneer aviator from the USA who
barnstormed around North America.
In The Beginning.
Airmail is taken for granted these days, but prior to World War Two it was front-page news
in any city that received it. Air transport began after World War One, but its greatest problem,
and the thing that held back airmail routes, was reliability. The earliest reports of airmail
routes are replete with crash or forced landings due to untrustworthy aircraft or unexpected bad
weather.
Delays were frequent due to lack of weather forecasting. Navigation by pilots consisted of
taking along a road map and following train tracks. Aircraft could not fly over mountains and
had to zigzag along valleys. The pilots had to pray they could get their planes over mountain
passes without flying into something.
Calgary is the major city of southern Alberta, the petroleum capital of Canada, and thus a
logical choice for airmail routes. Lethbridge, however, keeps popping up as the southern
Alberta terminus in most of the early airmail flights. This was because the Crowsnest Pass
through the Canadian Rockies was the preferred route for unpressurized aircraft. The
Crowsnest Pass opens onto the prairies in the Lethbridge vicinity. After World War Two,
when pressurized aircraft were added to routes, the terminus was moved to Calgary.
Katherine Stinson.
Katherine Stinson had an easier time of it when she pioneered the airmails in Alberta by flying
from Calgary to Edmonton on July 9, 1918. The distance is flatlands, and she only had to
follow the railroad that runs in a straight line between the two cities. Even so, her plane made
a forced landing moments after takeoff in the Beddington district. There was a delay while she
sent back for parts, but she managed to finish the flight the same day she started it.
Stinson had made some exhibition flights around Calgary in 1916 and 1917. The 1918 flight
carried about 250 pieces of mail. Most items were letterheads folded over and closed with red
seals. A rectangular cachet was used to mark the mail. The cachet read “Aeroplane Mail
Service/July 9, 1918/CALGARY, ALBERTA”. An Edmonton backstamp was applied on
arrival.
The front cover of this show catalogue is a scan of a real-photo postcard in my own collection,
showing Stinson as she prepared to depart Calgary on the day.
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The typical cover from this Stinson flight is shown in Figure 1. These covers are the ones most
likely to be encountered in philatelic auctions.
A unique piece was owned by the late Sam Nickle, shown in Figures 2 and 3 on the next page.
Sam was a wealthy Calgary oilman prominent in local philately. He was active in the 1950s
and 1960s on the executive of the CPS and served a term as President, as well as being
Chairman of several stamp shows in the 1970s and 1980s. Back in the 1980s, I wrote a history
of Calgary airmails and Sam was kind enough to give me a photocopy of his Stinson cover.
The document is a piece of the road map Stinson used as a guide. She tore it off and wrote a
message to the Edmonton Exhibition manager on one side, then folded it as a letter. This was
sold off as part of Sam’s philatelic estate. It is currently owned by a Calgary collector.
Figure 1: The majority of flown covers were folded letterheads sealed by red tape.
Figure 5 (postmark) and Figure 6 (Picture Postage stamp) are from BNAPEX 2007, hosted in
Calgary, and show the Stinson Special biplane she flew, which was customized from a Jenny
biplane. Her flights were done as benefits for the Red Cross, which explains the cross on the
tailfin.
Figure 5 (left)
Figure 6 (right)
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Figure 2: Outside of letter.
Richardson was the manager
of the Calgary Industrial
Exhibition. (The Stampede did
not yet exist.)
Figure 3: Message of letter.
Dear Mr Richardson.
As I’ve no note paper along,
am taking part of the map I
will use on the trip up. Hoping
you soon have a regular route
b e t w e e n C a l g a r y a n d
Edmonton. Thanks for your
assistance.
Yours sincerely,
Katherine Stinson
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CENTENNIAL OF KATHERINE STINSON FLIGHTphotos by Walter Herdzik and John Chalmers
On July 9, 1918, Katherine Stinson flew the
first airmail in Alberta from Calgary to
Edmonton. It was the second airmail in
Canada, and the first flown by a woman.
In honour of the occasion, the Canadian
Aerophilatelic Society and WestJet Airlines
staged a special flight on July 9, 2018. A
ceremony was held at Calgary International
Airport at 10h00.
At left: CPS member Sandy Freeman adds a
letter to the centennial mailbag from Calgary
Mayor Naheed Nenshi to Edmonton Mayor
Don Iveson.
Below: The mailbag with the flight crew
and cabin attendants of the Q400 NextGen
turboprop. From left to right are: First
Officer Janna Breker Kettner, flight
attendants Sandra Ostertag and Rabia
Saghen, and Captain Athenia Jensen.
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For the centennial flight, Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi sent this letter to Edmonton.
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A special postmark was used for the centennial flight. The Canadian Aerophilatelic Society
did a lot of the work in arranging the flight.
There is a Canada Post retail outlet on the southern edge of Calgary International Airport called
Airways. Local philatelists had covers canceled there, using a Picture Postage stamp prepared
by Dave Bartlet. The cover below was prepared by Dale Speirs.
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ABOUT THE CALGARY PHILATELIC SOCIETY
The Calgary Philatelic Society was founded in April 1922 by Dr. Edward George Mason, and
has been in continuous existence since. The CPS provides a meeting place for local stamp
collectors to get together and share their interest in stamps and postal history. It is Chapter 66
of the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada, Chapter 1360 of the American Philatelic Society,
and Chapter 91 of the American Topical Association.
Some of the benefits to members:
1) enjoying social interaction with other stamp collectors
2) opportunity to buy, sell, trade, and exhibit philatelic material.
3) subscription to our award-winning bulletin, the Calgary Philatelist
4) access to our excellent library, with resources for all aspects of philately
5) two philatelic shows per year: CALTAPEX in October, and a Spring Bourse in April.
Visitors and guests are always welcome. Meetings and Auctions are held beginning at 19h30,
with the doors opening at 18h30. The location for the General Meeting and the monthly
Auction is: Kerby Centre, Room 205 (Lecture Room), 1133 - 7 Avenue SW, Calgary. (If you
park in the Kerby parking lots, you must register your licence plate on the terminal inside the
building.)
General meetings, are held on the first Wednesday of the month except July, August, and
December. They include a silent auction, a short business meeting, and a philatelic
presentation by one of our members. Coffee and doughnuts are served after the presentation.
Regular auctions are held on the third Wednesday of the month, except July, August, and
December. Auction lots should be in before 19h00 to allow viewing.
The Calgary Philatelist is published seven times per year. Every issue contains club news,
original articles on philatelic subjects or postal history, members' advertisements, and a
schedule of meetings and upcoming events.
The CPS Website is located at: www.calgaryphilatelicsociety.com
Real-mail address is Box 1478, Calgary, Alberta, T2P 2L6.
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SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!
CALTAPEX 2019
Saddle up and ride out here onOctober 19 and 20, 2019
More information in August 2019 at:www.calgaryphilatelicsociety.com
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