General Interest Articles and Presentations

Articles

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Book Review of Stampin’ Around or The Life of a Stamp Collector. (Dec 2009) The Nova Scotia Post. Vol. 39, Iss. 397, p. 3.

Having Trouble Finding Philatelic Information, Try the National Library! (Jan 2010) The Nova Scotia Post. Vol. 39, Iss. 398, p. 3.

Stamps Aren’t the Only Way to Denote Payment. (Dec 2017) The Nova Scotia Post. Vol. 47, Iss. 463, p. 2.

Stamp Talk – Postal History. (January 2018) The Nova Scotia Post. Vol. 47, Iss. 464, p. 2.

Writing Philatelic Articles Increases Your Enjoyment of Your Collection. (Oct 2018) The Nova Scotia Post. Vol. 48, Iss. 471, p. 1.

New Ways to Enjoy our Hobby during the Pandemic. (June 2021) The Nova Scotia Post.  Vol. 50, Iss. 500, p3.

Use a citation manager to easily keep track of sources.  (Summer 2023) The Philatelic Communicator. No. 221, p. 6.

The Winding Road of Research, Unravelling the Story of the Port Hood Provisional Stamps. (Third Quarter, 2023) Philatelic Literature Review. Vol. 72, No. 3, Whole No. 280, p. 192.

Some useful questions to assist with writing a strong article. (Winter 2024) The Philatelic Communicator. No. 223, p. 6.

Presentations

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Stamps … Who Needs Them? Lessons Learned on the Development of Typologies and Cataloguing, Collecting the Non-Stamped Postal History of Botswana. (Sep 2019). A presentation at Milcopex 2019. Contains descriptions of typologies and accessioning systems I have developed for Botswana Meter Marks Official Free Marks, Government Printed Envelopes, Registration Labels and Permit Mail.

Video of the Presentation (46 min.)

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Stamps … Who Needs Them?  Collecting the Non-Stamped Postal History of Botswana. (June 2023). This presentation was given as part of a panel discussion of “Unusual Collecting” given as part of the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada Stamps Panels.  This presentation explains my interest in Botswana Meter Marks Official Free Marks, Government Printed Envelopes, Registration Labels and Permit Mail and provides a quick overview of the typologies and accessioning system I have developed to keep track of the items I have in my collection.  I shared the panel with Mark Berner who presented on the “Fiscal History of the Third Bill Stamp Era in Nova Scotia (1868-1882) , and Jane Sodero who presented on Stamp Paraphernalia: A Smattering of Stamp and Post Office Related Items.

Video of the Presentation (Total video is 43 min.  My discussion begins at 17:57 and runs to 31:00)

PDF of the Slides Used in the Presentation

Typologies! A personal approach to classification.  (July, 2023). This presentation was the inaugural presentation of the online video series for the Auxiliary Markings Club on 12 July, 2023.

Video of the Presentation

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