Bob Thorne receives GRVPA Memorial Philatelic Award
Bob Thorne, President of the Bramalea Stamp Club, was recently chosen as this year’s recipient of the GRVPA Memorial Philatelic Award. This award is presented annually by the Grand River Valley Philatelic Association to an individual of a member club who has made a major contribution to the progress and success of philately in the past year. In Bob’s case, his dedication and contributions to our hobby have been evident to those who know him for much longer than that.
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Bob Thorne at left, Ingo Nessel at right.
His accomplishments are many. He has served as president (including the present term), secretary, circuit books manager and show chairman of the Bramalea club. Bob has also served as a director of the GRVPA, past president of PSS (Philatelic Specialists Society) and director of GTAPA (Greater Toronto Area Philatelic Alliance). Bob is a past editor of “Flagpole” the newsletter of the Flag Cancel Study Group of BNAPS, author of articles for various philatelic publications and recently authored a major research work “The Machine Cancels of Canada”. Bob is also a well-known and respected authority on Canadian slogan cancellations
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Bob shares his knowledge willingly and encourages all club members to learn more not only about their own collecting interests but about philately in general. There is never a meeting of the Bramalea club where Bob does not pull out items from his briefcase for members to look at and learn about.
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Bob’s infectious enthusiasm for our hobby makes him a very worthy recipient of the award.
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Congratulations Bob!!!