Distinguished Members
Over the years the PSSC has been honoured to count among its membership a great many of the most recognizable names in philately. Below is a selection of prominent PSSC members. Society members can find a complete listing in the Members Only area.
Decoding of philatelic honours:
- RDP - Roll of Distinguished Philatelists
- FRPSC - Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada
- FRPSL - Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London
- OTB - Order of the Beaver of the British North America Philatelic Society
- FCAS - Fellow of the Canadian Airmail Society
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Senator James Alexander Calder, PC, RDP
Active in PSSC: 1954 - 1955*
Known For:
- Member #22
- Author, specialist in the 1859 issues of Canada.
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Herbert Dubé, FRPSL
Active in PSSC: 1954 - 1972*
Known For:
- Member #1
- First President of the PSSC
- The founding Father of our Society. Our highest award, The Herbert Dubé Lectureship Award, is named in his honour
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Dr. Richard Maresch
Active in PSSC: 1954 - 1974*
Known For:
- Member #4
- A founder of the Society the prominent stamp auction house that bears his name
- Author
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George S. Wegg
Active in PSSC: 1954 - 1992*
Known For:
- Member #7
- Prominent Toronto stamp dealer and founding member of the Society
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Hans Reiche, FRPSC
Active in PSSC: 1954 - 2001*
Known For:
- Member #9
- Prolific author of many philatelic handbooks
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Kenneth Rowe, RDP, FRPSC, FRPSL
Active in PSSC: 1954 - 2014*
Known For:
- Member #14
- Author
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Vincent Graves Greene Philatelic Research Foundation
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Harry Sutherland, QC, RDP, FRPSC, FRPSL
Active in PSSC: 1955 - 2006*
Known For:
- Member #34
- Dean of Canadian Philately
- Past Chairman of the Vincent Graves Greene Philatelic Research Foundation
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William H.P. Maresch, FRPSC
Active in PSSC: 1956 - 2008*
Known For:
- Member #39
- Prominent Toronto stamp dealer and auction house
- Author
- Expertizer
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James N. Sissons, FRPSC, OTB
Active in PSSC: 1957 - 1980*
Known For:
- Member #44
- One of Canada's top philatelic professionals
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Alan G. McKanna, FRPSC
Active in PSSC: 1958 - 2005*
Known For:
- Member #52
- Contributed greatly to the Machin issues of GB and the Sower issue of France
- PSSC Treasurer for 38 years
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Dr. G.M. Geldert, FRPSC
Active in PSSC: 1959 - 1967*
Known For:
- Member #62
- Successfully petitioned the Governor-General for Patronage of the Canadian Philatelic Society, resulting in the Society henceforth becoming the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada
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Charles P. de Volpi, FRPSC, OTB
Active in PSSC: 1960 - 1964*
Known For:
- Member #67
- A leading authority on Canadian postal history
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Vincent Graves Greene RDP, FRPSC, OTB
Active in PSSC: 1961 - 1988*
Known For:
- Member #75
- Founder of the Vincent Graves Greene Philatelic Research Foundation
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Senator Dr. Henry D. Hicks, CC, QC, FRPSC
Active in PSSC: 1965 - 1991*
Known For:
- Member #81
- Known for his study of the Victorian period
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Fred Jarrett, OC, RDP, FRPSC, OTB
Active in PSSC: 1965 - 1979*
Known For:
- Member #82
- Known as the First Dean of Canadian philately and author of the first main Canadian handbook, “Stamps of British North America.”
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Dr. Fred G. Stulberg, FRPSC
Active in PSSC: 1967 - 1983*
Known For:
- Member #84
- The first recipient of the Herbert Dubé Lectureship Award
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Major Richard Kenneth Malott, FRPSC, FRPSL, FCAS
Active in PSSC: 1969 - 2020*
Known For:
- Member #88
- Foremost specialist in Canadian aerophilately
- Accredited international judge in aerophilately
- Prolific author and lecturer on the development of airmail
- Member of the Aerophilatelic Hall of Fame
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Michael Madesker, RDP, FRPSC, FRPSL
Active in PSSC: 1973 - 2021*
Known For:
- Member #100
- Prolific author
- Postal historian in several specialized subjects
- A leader in Youth Philately
- Highly successful international exhibitor and juror
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Allan L. Steinhart, FRPSC, OTB
Active in PSSC: 1975 - 1996*
Known For:
- Member #110
- Postal history expert extraordinaire
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Dr. K. Gray Scrimgeour, FRPSC
Active in PSSC: 1984 to present
Known For:
- Member #129
- Director of the Postal History Society of Canada for 30+ years
- Awarded the Geldert Medal in 2001 for best article in The Canadian Philatelist
- National Judge Emeritus
- Prolific author and exhibitor.
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Charles Verge, RDP, FRPSC, FRPSL
Active in PSSC: 1990 to present
Known For:
- Member #160
- Long-time leader of Canadian Philately domestically and on the world stage as exhibitor and juror
- BNA Expertizer
- Past president of the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada
- Greene Foundation board member
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Ron R. Brigham, FRPSC
Active in PSSC: 1997 to present
Known For:
- Member #194
- Exhibitor extraordinaire
- Ron is the only Canadian to have won the International Philatelic Federation (FIP) World Championship
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Jean-Jacques Tillard, FRPSC
Active in PSSC: 2008 to present
Known For:
- Member #267
- Resident of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
- Philatelic Expert
- Author
- Philatelic judge
- Highly successful exhibitor earning over 120 Gold / Large Gold medals
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J. Edward Nixon, FRPSC, FRPSL
Active in PSSC: 1986 to present
Known For:
- Member #143
- Chairman of the Vincent Graves Greene Philatelic Research Foundation from 2006 - 2019
- Published specialist in Small Queens
- International Gold Medal exhibitor
- Chairman of the Greene Foundation Expertization Committee
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Dr. Peter P. McCann, RDP
Active in PSSC: 2003 to present
Known For:
- Member #227
- Prolific author
- FIP International Judge
- Long time philatelic leader in America
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D. Robin Harris, FRPSC
Active in PSSC: 2017 to present
Known For:
- Member #331
- Editor extraordinaire of the Unitrade Specialized Catalogue of Canadian Stamps and The Canadian Philatelist
- Webmaster for numerous Societies including PSSC
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Dr. Cheryl Ganz, RDP
Active in PSSC: 2019 to present
Known For:
- Member #356
- Former Chief Curator of Philately at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum
- Much sought-after philatelic speaker
- Foremost specialist in Zeppelin philately