I Just Renewed My APS Membership... But Why?

Yes, I read it. Yes, I understood it. But, most after that morphed it and it started a quick digression. Oh, and by the way Johnson wasn't the first to lie. F.D.R. knew about Pearl Harbor DAYS before the attack. Then allowed it to happen, so we could get involved in the Pacific Theater. This is well documented as well. Nor do I believe Johnson was or will be the last!

This is also why I collect Revenues. No Gov't. ever printed them to defraud collectors.

By the way my APS membership expired back in the late 70's

The issue isn't defrauding collectors. Here is what I said:







So what? Then you obviously didn't have a renewal decision to make by the 10th of the month.

I've wondered often what made me start up collecting again after so many years (about 10 or so) without doing it, and it was simple...it's a hobby I can do either independently or in collaboration as a stress relieving experience. I simply look at the context of the history and enjoy the different designs. I've had enough stress in the past few years to not work myself up anymore ;) (yup, us young ones can have bad times, too).

To Modern_Who,
I really think that your statement is a matter of opinion. And of course you are entitled to it. It has a ring of truth to it, and that is not necessarily the whole truth. If the nature of stamp collecting is so onerous, you are certainly free to change your collecting area.

I am not going to be drawn into politics..i believe the topic was about renewing APS membership. I have been proud to be a member of the APS for over a third of a century (where did the time go ?) It defines who I am ..a member of the stamp collecting community in good standing...nothing is perfect..but the APS can be a treasure to the collector who belongs..if you go to an APS show and wear the member name tag..the dealers treat you with respect !!

You think that's a problem? I can identify with it, up here in Canada.

The Governor General is the Queen's representative in Canada. For years this position was filled by someone from England, which was definitely somewhat imperialist in nature, and made us feel like a "colony" despite the fact that we achieved our independence in 1867.

Finally, in 1952, Vincent Massey was named as Governor General.



Other than the fact that he was the brother of Raymond Massey, the great actor, Vincent Massey was the first ever Canadian-born Governor General. It WAS a big deal.

Massey was the first. After him was:

Georges Vanier (1959-67)


Roland Michener (1967-74)


Jules Léger (1974-79)


Ed Schreyer (1979-84) (still alive and therefore no stamp)

Jeanne Sauvé (1984-90)


Ray Hnatyshyn (1990-95)


and Romeo Leblanc (1995-99) (Stamp to be issued February 8, 2010)

Now, like I say, it was a big deal for the Queen's Representative in Canada to be born here. To an extent, it was a recognition that we had "finally arrived" as far as the Crown was concerned.

However, with our last two GG's, it seems that to be born here isn't good enough anymore. The last one (Adrienne Clarkson, 1999-2005) was born in Hong Kong, and the current one Michaelle Jean (2005- ) was born in Haiti! Now I can understand to an extent that Clarkson immigrated here at the age of two because her homeland, a British Crown Colony, had been overrun by the Japanese in World War II, but Haiti doesn't even figure into the equation! We have no real ties with that country, other than the fact that we have a sizeable French-speaking population in the Province of Quebec and this is the language that they also speak in Haiti. It is a tenuous connection at best.

To me, it's just another indication that we're giving our country away under the guise of multiculturalism...

I would think that if you didn't read the APS's magazine or use its services you would not renew each year. If I didn't enjoy any of the benefits of membership, it would be very simple & easy to let my membership expire and spend the money elsewhere. I do enjoy the APS magazine each month and was having difficulty coming up with the money to renew by 12/31 this year. I was able to accomplish this by switching to the digital only version of Linn's.