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150 Years of Modern Surveying in Japan

Japan 2019-06-03

On June 3, 2019, in honor of the annual Surveying Day, Japan Post issued a sheet of 10 stamps marking 150 years of modern surveying in Japan. The horizontal formatted stamps all have JPY 82 (USD 0.75) denominations. The images on the stamps depict important surveying instruments, infrastructure, and surveying processes in […]

Issue from Norway Post Promotes 2019 World Orienteering Championships

Norway 2019-06-14

Member Tom sends information that on June 14, 2019 Norway Post issued a single stamp marking the upcoming 2019 World Orienteering Championships, taking place from August 12 – 17, 2019 in Østfold, Norway. Orienteering was invented by the Swedish military at the end of the 1800s. The first civil orienteering race was […]

Monaco: Recent New Issues

Member Pierre sends news about a couple of new issues from the Monaco Post Philatelic Office. On May 29, 2019 two issues were released.

Centenary of the birth of Fausto Coppi… Monaco 2019-05-29

The first issue marks the centenary of the birth of legendary Italian cyclist Fausto Coppi. He was the dominant international cyclist of […]

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.

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150 Years of Modern Surveying in Japan

Issue from Norway Post Promotes 2019 World Orienteering Championships

Monaco: Recent New Issues

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

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