Results from our February 2nd 2008, Club Show.

We at The Bramalea Stamp Club would like to thank those who attended our show. While the weather was harsh, the show managed to be of our best attended shows. We hope you enjoyed the show as much as we did and that you will drop by to one of our club meetings. As with any show, a number of people are responsible for its success. First of all, a big thank you goes to club president Bob Thorne. Bob was responsible for the overall organization of the show, but as usual, he went above and beyond. Bob was there early in the morning to co-ordinate the setup of the gym and to encourage new members to exhibit. A big thank you to Ron Feero for getting the dealers. As well, a thank you for all the dealers who travelled to our show. A big thank you to Paul Williamswho looked after the club books. A note of thanks goes to Don Garlick who gave Paul lots of help. A real big thank you to Ron Walker and Paul Nicholls who looked after the club auctions. A thank you to club treasurer Geoff Green who looked after the finances for the show. A big thank you to Bill Dean and Dick Jansen who sold draw tickets and were our door greeters. Thanks toRhonda Kavanagh who handled the snack bar. To Jerry Piotrowski, Joe Trauzzi, Bob Thorne, Don Garlick and Ingo Nessel for helping with the setup of the gym and the exhibits.

GTAPA Award Of Merit

During the show Garfield Portch, editor of PhilaJournal, presented club member Ron Walker with a Greater Toronto Area Philatelic Alliance Certificate of Merit in recognition of the work Ron has done for the club for many years. As well as being Bob Thorne’s assistant at the Sunday club auctions Ron has for years run the table auctions at the annual shows. He is also instrumental in obtaining door prizes from the dealers. Ron always shows up for our second meeting each December but for some reason always seems to be missing when Santa Claus arrives with gifts for everyone in attendance. Surprisingly Ron somehow wanders back to the meeting after Santa has left. Congratulations Ron!

Exhibits

Exibitor	Title of Exhibit
Don Garlick*	The Liberty Series
Bob Thorne	Sweden, Military Stationary World War ll
Bob Thorne	½ Queen Victoria Jubilee
Fred Messecar*	King George Vi
Malcolm Cook*	Little towns on the prairies
Steve Johnson	Jack V. Elliot Air Service
Ingo Nessel	Hong Kong King George Vl 8cent, A stamp interrupted by war
Henry Vander Top	Buttons made from postage stamps
Walter Krasowski	The 2 cent Arch issue study with emphasis on the overprinted counterpart
Jerry Piotrowski	Common and not so common philatelic terms
Jerry Piotrowski	Censor Markings on Polish mail 1915-22
Jerry Piotrowski	Poland 1941-48, Issues of the Government in Exile and other issues

* denotes new exhibitor

Special thanks to Garfield Portch. Garfield took the time to look over new exhibits and made a number of helpful comments and provided encouragement to all exhibitors. I know our new exhibitors appreciated your time and comments. Thank you Garfield!

Don Garlick is an avid United States collector. Don displayed a very nice exhibit showing "The Liberty Series".

To take a look back at our previous shows, click the links below. Our 2007 Show Results Our 2006 Show Results Our 2005 Show Results Our 2004 Show Results