THUNDER BAY — The Lakehead Stamp Club had its 73rd annual exhibition at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery on Saturday.
The club was established in 1947 by a group of approximately 12 stamp collectors.
Throughout the years, the club has been growing, and today has an active membership of 47, with generally about 25 to 30 members at meetings.
The club has been having its annual exhibition at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery for about 30 years, with six classes of stamps.
“Class one is 1850 to about 1900 Canada,” said Martin Fuhr, president of Lakehead Stamp Club.
“Class two is newer Canada. Class three is Great Britain or commonwealth countries. Class four . . . we have a big collection up there in Finland and there's Germany, France (and more). Class five is what we call our thematic collection, that's where you collect stamps (of personal interest) and present them.”
Fuhr said all go up for competition with first, second and third place ribbons awarded.
There are also door prizes at the stamp show, he added.
The exhibition continues on Sunday from 12 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery.
Fuhr said the Lakehead Stamp Club is a very social club that has been around for a long time.
“Anybody is welcome to come to our meetings, we welcome new members. I'm pretty sure there's a bunch of stamp collectors out there that haven't come to our club.
“We'd love them to come out and see what it's all about. We haven't got any junior members.”
Anybody under 16 years old must have an adult chaperone, he said.
The club meets at Hammerskjold High School on the second Wednesday and last Friday of the month starting at 7 p.m. from the beginning of September to the middle of June.
For more information visit the club’s website.
