C/O CJOB - Radio Mail

Many of us have heard a radio announcer say "Send your name and address to ..."  The below covers were sent to Winnipeg radio station CJOB in 1962 after hearing the announcer say something very similar.

Blog Updates

Good morning,

I have been tweaking a few of my pages on the blog and have updated my Album Pages, Page:

I now have 16 album pages listed.  The complete list is below:

7 New Wonders of the World from Cuba
Children Playing from Belgium
Fijian Passion Fruit
HIstory of Russian Painting
HMCS Bonaventure
India's Aero India 2003
Kenya's Kenyan Moumtains
Norwegian Soccer Centennial
Paintings by Perov
Paraguay's Stations of the Cross
Phasmids on Fijian Stamps
Poland celebrates Stamp Day
Polish Navy During WW II
Russia celebrates the UPU Centennial
Russian Gems
Sink the Bismarck

I also added a page on my Canadian Pictorial Cancel Collection

The Grey Cup - The Game

Following my post last week on the Grey Cup Trophy, today I will detail some of the history on the Game.

The first Grey Cup Game was played on December 4, 1909 between the University of Toronto Blues and the Parkdale Canoe Club,  the Varsity Blues won the game 26 - 6.  Since then 99 Games have been held with the 100th being played November 24, 2012.

The Grey Cup - The Trophy

In 1909 Earl Grey, the Governor General of Canada, donated the Grey Cup for Canada's National Football Championship.

2012 sees the 100th Grey Cup game (no games were held between 1916-1919) and this is being commemorated by Canada Post in their 2012 stamp program. 

Trying to Get Kids Interested

Much is said in the philatelic media about our hobby dying and the lack of youth involvement in stamp collecting.  As collectors/philatelists it is our job to try to entice people into the hobby.  Now, we will continue to fight an up hill battle with the likes of X Box, PS3, Wii's, et al.  we can atleast try to involve them some how.

At my house I try to involve my children as much as possible.  One such way is developing small mounted frames with stamps of a particular frame to show them the collecting possibilities that exist. 

Classic Aircraft on US Airmails

One of my favourite stamp sets is the American Airmail stamps issued in the summer of 1947.  The 3 value set features prominent aircraft and landmarks of the time.   The stamps were printed by rotary press and are perforated 11 x 10½.  

The 10¢ value features the Martin 2-0-2 and the Pan American Union Building in Washington DC.  The Martin 2-0-2 first flew in November of 1946 and was built as an intended replacement for the venerable DC-3.  With a production run of only 47 aircraft, these aircraft were in operation until the mid-1970s.  The major operators of the 2-0-2 were Northwest Orient Airlines, LAN Chile and Trans World Airlines.

Ras Al Khaima celebrates Napoleon Bonaparte

A set of 4 stamps issued by Ras Al Khaima in 1969 features Napoleon Bonaparte as presented on 4 different portraits.