The St. Catharines Stamp Club is committed to helping young collectors, beginners and our members explore the wonderful world of philately.
The club meets on the first and third Wednesday of each month (effective September 2020) to enjoy the social and trading aspects of collecting stamps.
Our meetings are held at the wheelchair-accessible Grantham Lions Club on 732 Niagara St., St. Catharines, and usually run from 6:45 p.m.-8:45 p.m. Every meeting has club circuit books, a five-cent stamp box and a dealer while the second meeting of the month is usually an auction night.
Directions: From the QEW, take the Niagara Street exit and go north on Niagara Street (towards Lake Ontario). The Grantham Lions Club is about four kilometres north of the QEW. The hall is on the right side of the street after Linwell Road and before Lakeshore Road.
Schedule: Jan. – Dec. 2025
All meetings are on Tuesday.
Jan. 7: Plan for the Bourse
Continue estate sales. Will accept reasonable offers
Jan. 21 Auction Night
Sat. Jan. 25 CATHEX 10:00a.m – 5:00 p.m.
Plan to have a bargain table for estate items that have not sold.
Feb. 4 Review CATHEX, Up-date on our stamp per issuing state.
Feb. 178 Auction Night.
Mar. 4 Presentation: Numeric cancels used in England, Scotland, Wales
Mar. 18 Auction Night.
Asking for subjects for future presentations and volunteers.
Apr. 1 Presentation.
Apr. 15 Auction Night.
May 6 Presentation
May 20 Auction Night
Jun. 3 Presentation
Jun. 17 Auction Night. Wrap up our year.
July-Aug. No meetings
Sept. 2 New membership year: Please pay your membership. Circuit payouts and sheet returns. Time to refresh the circuit with new material.
Sept. 16 Auction Night
Oct. 7 Presentation
Annual Meeting, Election of Officers
Oct. 21 Auction Night
Nov. 4 Presentation:
Nov. 18 Auction Night
Dec. 2 Presentation:
Dec. 16 Auction Night
Bring some goodies to celebrate Christmas early.
All meetings: Circuit books, collectors helping collectors, continuing the project of finding a stamp from every issuing entity (we are over 970 but have about 100 to go – can you help?).
Challenge: Volunteer to do 5-minute presentations!
2026
76th CATHEX 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Jan. 31st
All meetings: Circuit books, collectors helping collectors, continuing the project of finding a stamp from every issuing entity (we are over 970 but have about 100 to go – can you help?).
2026:
76th CATHEX 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Jan. 31st
Challenge: Volunteer to do 5-minute presentations!
JOIN TODAY!
Club membership, which includes 20 meetings and is open to everyone.
The club’s dues are:
- $25 for adult and family memberships;
- $20 for senior memberships (aged 65-plus);
- $25 for senior family memberships; and
- $20 for youth memberships (aged 17 and under).
SPEAKER SERIES
To boost knowledge about our hobby, the club invites and encourages speakers to give presentations at meetings.
Talking for between five and 15 minutes, the speakers usually highlight the area of collecting they focus on. During these talks, we ask for everyone’s undivided attention. One idea is for a speaker to bring a sheet of stamps, a cover or another item from their collection and discuss it, how it was obtained, its significance and more.
Exhibits: Can we produce 16 single-page exhibits or several two- or four-page exhibits and 16-page exhibits for our January bourse, Cathex? Let’s try to fill five frames (80 pages).
