The Canada 82 Youth Exhibition

Originally this episode aired October 26 2016. Prior name of the Podcast was Tea with Puppets.

In Episode 2, we talk about the creation of the Canadian Association for Philatelic Exhibitions (CAPEX), with a focus on the stamps from CAPEX ’51, CAPEX’78 and The Canada 82 Youth Exhibition.

CAPEX 51

The exhibition in 1951 commemorated the 100th anniversary of government Canada issuing postage stamps in Canada. It was the first Stamp show of it’s kind in Canada.

The following stamps were issued:

Trains of 1851 & 1951

Ships of 1851 & 1951

Stagecoach of 1851 & Plane of 1951

Three Pence Beaver 1951 Reproduction

CAPEX 78

The Canadian International Philatelic Exhibition, CAPEX 78, was held at the Canadian National Exhibition Grounds in Toronto from June 9 to 18, 1978. This was the nation’s second international stamp exhibition. CAPEX 78 commemorated the centennial of Canada’s entry into the Universal Postal Union. The show was the largest and most important in Canadian postal history at the time. Over 45,000 people attended the event.

Reprint 12d Queen Victoria — Date of Issue: 18 January 1978 (Scott 753)

Reprint 10d Jacques Cartier Date of Issue: 10 June 1978 (Scott 754)

Reprint ½d Queen Victoria Date of Issue: 10 June 1978 (Scott 755)

Reprint 6d Prince Albert Date of Issue: 10 June 1978 (Scott 756)

Below is info about the beautiful souvenir cards that were issued for CAPEX’78, that show what goes on behind the scenes of stamp printing. Only 10,000 were made.

More Info about the postcards:

Linn’s Stamp index showing the crash of early 1980′s

As would be seen in other collectible markets like baseball card and coins, the stamp market saw MASSIVE price spikes as “speculators” and “investors” got involved. A few years later, they started to “cash out” and valuations crashed to levels that were actually BELOW where they’d been. The thing to remember is none of this was “collector driven”, but they suffered the consequence of these overpriced stamps. “Linn’s Stamp Market Index”(from 2014) has a really nice graphical representation of what happened to the stamp market in the late 70’s and 80’s after this.

The Canada 82 Youth Exhibition

During the backdrop of Stamp Market starting to slow, Canada was selected as the site of the first youth philatelic exhibition held in North America. The Canada 82 Youth Exhibition (7th International Philatelic Youth Exhibition), was held May 20–24, 1982 in the Queen Elizabeth Building at the Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto. The event was sponsored by the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada and Canada Post Corporation, while under the patronage of the Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP). It drew 290 exhibitors from 43 countries and over 20,000 visitors came. This was also the only second souvenir sheet in Canada’s postal history ever released, (up to this time, the first being the 1978 show).

It includes the following stamps:

Reprint Beaver, 1851 Date of Issue: 11 March 1982

Reprint Mountie, 1935 Date of Issue: 11 March 1982

Reprint Champlain’s Departure, 1908 Date of Issue: 20 May 1982

Reprint Mt. Hurd, 1928 Date of Issue: 20 May 1982

Here is the painting which was the inspiration for the stamp:

It was a watercolour by Frederick Marlett Bell-Smith, entitled: “The Ice-crowned Monarch of the Rockies”

Reprint Bluenose, 1929 Date of Issue: 20 May 1982