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by Sam Chiu Ph.D., FRPSL
September 24 @ 16:00 – 17:00
Exhibiting and Collecting Chinese Postal History
Specializing in Cities
Sam will share with you his journey from stamp collector to exhibitor. In the 1990s when Sam was asked to exhibit to qualify as a philatelic judge in Canada, there were very few reference to Chinese postal history. Sam took on the task by researching and collecting data for his own census on the material that he was collecting. He decided that the ideal boundary to collect and research on should be according to cities. Hence, the start of his first exhibit, Chefoo, 1880-1911. On receiving his first gold medal in 1997, he then went on to accumulate material for his other exhibits.
Another approach that Sam took was to collect/exhibit about wars and conflicts. But this display will only show his 3 cities exhibits. Besides Chefoo, he will also show Wei Hai Wei, 1895-1949 and Hankow 1891-1919.
Sam currently has received 150 medals in national and international open competition for his exhibits. This included 49 large golds and 53 gold medals. Nine of his exhibits had won a total of 18 APS Awards for Research, which showed that his research had put him on the right path. Sam is also past president of RPSC.
Other Related Sites:
- The Royal Philatelic Society of Canada – https://www.rpsc.org
President’s Programme 2026-2027
| Date | Time | Presenter | Title | Report |
| 10 Sep 26 | 1 pm | Royal Collection | Material from the Collection of His Majesty the King | 10 Sep 26 |
| 24 Sep 26 | 1 pm | Sam Chiu | Exhibiting and Collecting Chinese Postal History, Specializing in Cities | |
| 8 Oct 26 | 1 pm | Bill Hedley | The Republic of Venice, 1200-1797 | |
| 29 Oct 26 | 1 pm | The Postal History Society | Display to celebrate 90 years of the Postal History Society | |
| 5 Nov 26 | 1 pm | Hugh Feldman | Britain’s Mail Coach Era 1784 – 1840 | |
| 19 Nov 26 | 1 pm | Rex Dixon | Axis expansion in Europe from the 1935 Saar plebiscite through to Stalingrad | |
| 10 Dec 26 | 4 pm | Peter Chadwick | Early postal routes and Post Offices of Scotland | |
| 17 Dec 26 | 1 pm | Atef Sarian | Egypt | |
| 14 Jan 27 | 1 pm | Thames Valley Philatelic Federation | Group Display by members from the Thames Valley Philatelic Federation | |
| 28 Jan 27 | 4 pm | Darryl Fuller | The Revenues of the State of Israel | |
| 11 Feb 27 | 1 pm | Chris Harman | The work of Perkins, Bacon – Security Printers – Bank Notes and Stamps – 1819 to the 1880s | |
| 25 Feb 27 | 1 pm | West Indies Philatelic Study Group | Group Display by the West Indies Philatelic Study Group | |
| 4 Mar 27 | 4 pm | Adriano Bergamini | Two important parts of the Austrian Empire: Croatia and Czechia | |
| 11 Mar 27 | 1 pm | Bo Ivanovic | British Post Offices Abroad | |
| 25 Mar 27 | 4 pm | Angelo Terruzi | The postal relations between the Kingdom of Sardinia/Italy and the Austrian Empire | |
| 8 Apr 27 | 4 pm | Jan Berg | Pre-colonial Samoa | |
| 22 Apr 27 | 4 pm | Terje Heskestad | The Evolution of the Norwegian Postal System, 1719 to GPU | |
| 6 May 27 | 1 pm | Laurence Kimpton | Airmails across the Middle East and India, 1918-1932 | |
| 20 May 27 | 1 pm | Railway Philatelic Group | Display by the Railway Philatelic Group | |
| 3 Jun 27 | 1 pm | President | Dominica | |
| 17 Jun 27 | 1 pm | Jack Zhang | Aspects of Great Britain Postal History with Focus on Sir Rowland Hill and the Penny Black | |
| 24 Jun 27 | Annual General Meeting | |||
| 8 Jul 27 | Devonshire Bowl |
Last updated 17 Aug 2026