The seventy-second annual convention and exhibition of the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada was opened, appropriately, by Manitoba’s Lieutenant Governor, The Honourable Peter M. Liba. The Lieutenant Governor, Patron of the Winnipeg Philatelic Society, in his remarks also commented on the value of philately as a hobby and on the fact that the year 2000 was the centennial of the Society. The ceremony took place on the mezzanine floor of the Marlborough Hotel; the eighth floor ballroom was the location of the main show for the RPSC convention and show. A major part of the morning ceremonies was the unveiling of Canada Post’s “Rural Mailboxes” designs. These four colourful stamps were shown to us as they were taken from a large mailbox by the Honourable André Ouellet, chairman of the Board, Canada Post. The stamps were first on sale later that morning at the Canada Post kiosk.