Our 2025 Convention will be held remotely over Zoom. The event will be held in the week commencing 5 October with all of the philatelic displays being timed for the evenings UK time. The full programme is shown below and the Zoom links (a separate one for each session) will appear here a week or two before the event.

There is no requirement to register for the event. The Zoom sessions will open abuot 10 to 15 minutes before the scheduled event time.

We would urge as many members as possible to attend the short AGM session on Saturday 11 October as this is where important stuff like your subscription levels are determined!

A final draft of the planned progamme is as follows:-

PRE-CONVENTION (FRIDAY 3 OCTOBER 1930HRS):
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER
1945HRS CONVENTION OPENING
2000HRS MAIN DISPLAY SESSION 1: CANADA CENTS PERIOD 1859 TO 1868 – POSTAL HISTORY (INCLUDING SELECTIONS FROM THE CAMELLIA PLC HOLDINGS).
MONDAY 6 OCTOBER
2000HRS MAIN DISPLAY SESSION 2: PHILATELIC SCENE DURING THE ADMIRAL ERA – LEO BEAUDET
TUESDAY 7 OCTOBER
1600HRS FELLOWS MEETING
2000HRS MAIN DISPLAY SESSION 3: FANCY CANCELS – RON SMITH
WEDNESDAY 8 OCTOBER
1930HRS    COMPETITION RESULTS
2000HRS    MAIN DISPLAY SESSION 4: MILITARY MAIL MARKINGS OF WW2 – NEW DISCOVERIES – MIKE STREET  FOLLOWED BY – THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHOSPHOR TAGGING ON CANADIAN STAMPS – MIRKO ZATKA
THURSDAY 9 OCTOBER
2000HRS    MAIN DISPLAY SESSION 5:  ‘MORE TO PAY’ – JOHN WATSON
FRIDAY 10 OCTOBER
1930HRS    COMMITTEE MEETING
2030HRS    MAIN DISPLAY SESSION 6: THE TORONTO HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN’S EARLY CHRISTMAS APPEALS – JEAN WANG
SATURDAY 11 OCTOBER
1930HRS    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
2030HRS   MEMBERS AND OTHERS SHORT PRESENTATIONS (1 TO 16 SLIDES): INCLUDING CONTRIBUTIONS FROM: RON SMITH, DOUGLAS HILL, SIMON CLAUGHTON, RICHARD THOMPSON, CHARLES LIVERMORE AND OTHERS

SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER
2000HRS    MAIN DISPLAY SESSION 7: THE CANADIAN PENCE PERIOD 1847 TO 1859 - GRAHAM SEARLE

Note that the times shown here are all UK British Summer Time. EST is 5 hours behind with appropriate adjustments for other time zones in North America.

Our 2026 Convention will be an 'in-person' event and will be held in Aberdeen, Scotland.

We will be holding our usual one frame competition as part of the 2025 event. The entry form for this can be found here.

The rules governing this competition are slightly relaxed this year as we will not have to mount the entries on frames. This will allow entries comprising sheet sizes different to the A4/ Letter size norm provided the total amount of the entry is the equivalent of 16 A4 sheets.