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Belgium Marks 50th Anniversary of the Establishment of Postcodes

Belgium 2019-03-18

On March 18, 2019 Belgium Post issued a stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the establishment of postcodes in Belgium. The horizontal formatted and very colorful single issue depicts a map of Belgium “stylistically” divided into approximately nine sub-divisions each with a large numeral shown inside each, basically indicating the first digit […]

Single from Canadians in Flight Issue Features Map

Canada 2019-03-27

A map is featured on one of the stamps issued by Canada Post on March 27, 2019 honoring Canadian pioneers in flight. Of interest to cartophilatelists is the stamp featuring aviation pioneer and bush pilot C.H. “Punch” Dickins, who logged more than 1.6 million kilometers flying over Canada’s northern territories. A World […]

First 2019 MoS Checklist Update Ready for Download

Checklist Editor David Wolfersberger has finalized the first 2019 update of the MoS Checklist (Dec. 2018 to Feb. 2019). These new updates, along with previous updates, are available as Microsoft Excel files to download from “Checklist Updates” section on our MoS Checklist page.

Closed Album: Mr. Ulrich Mailand

Mr. Ulrich Mailand

We were recently informed of the passing of Mr. Ulrich Mailand, on February 18, 2019. Mr. Mailand was the long-time honorary chairman of the German cartophilatelic group “Maps, Land surveying, and Discovery History of the Earth,” [Landkarten – Vermessung – Entdeckungsgeschichte der Erde], and fellow member of the CartoPhilatelic Society. An […]

e-delivery dispatch of TNCP #65

Digital subscribers receive a quarterly email from Journal Editor Martin Oakes with a link for downloading the newest edition of Society’s award winning Journal, The NewCartoPhilatelist. A few issues back, we began investigating the use of a an e-delivery service for sending those links, however the results were not suitable. Beginning with the April 2019 […]

Forthcoming Mini-Sheet Joint Issue Features Plan Map of the Vatican City State

Italy & Vatican City State, 2019-02 (planned)

Fellow cartophilatelist and Vatican expert, James Hamilton, has informed us of an upcoming joint issue between the Vatican and Italian Posts, of a mini-sheet that contains a map of the City State in the selvedge. The mini-sheet marks the 90th anniversary of the Lateran Treaty which led […]

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Belgium Marks 50th Anniversary of the Establishment of Postcodes

Single from Canadians in Flight Issue Features Map

First 2019 MoS Checklist Update Ready for Download

Closed Album: Mr. Ulrich Mailand

e-delivery dispatch of TNCP #65

Forthcoming Mini-Sheet Joint Issue Features Plan Map of the Vatican City State

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