The members' own displays that they have created are also worth seeing, with a wide variety of topics – everything from Stamps Honouring the UN to Disney As Represented On Stamps.
These shows pull in people from a large geographic area, as devoted stamp collectors are apt to attend as many shows as they can get to.
Similarly, these devotees are apt to be members of more than one stamp club. Accordingly, the Cobourg Stamp Club can boast membership from Oshawa, Newtonville, Lindsay, Warkworth, Belleville, Trenton, Brighton, Grafton, Millbrook and Peterborough, as well as the Cobourg and Port Hope regulars.
Many of these philatelists have decades of membership behind them, though new members are always gladly welcomed as kindred spirits. It's an educational pursuit for young people and, as the area's immigrant population grows, it could prove to be a way for them to honour their roots (while also learning more about the history of their new homeland).
For a $10 annual membership, you have access to accumulated decades of expertise and access to the club's library of stamp catalogues – not to mention the fellowship you will enjoy on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month, September through June.
Paying a visit to Copex 2019 on Sept. 28 is one way to learn more about this amazing group, as well as to introduce yourself to a new potential pastime.
