Recent AAT issue features map of Antarctica

On September 19, 2017, Australia Post issued a set of three stamps and a mini-sheet recognizing the cultural heritage of the Australian Antarctic Territory. The issue focuses on cultural artifacts from three key historical periods relating to Antarctica, which we refer to as the “exploration era”, “interwar era” and “postwar era”. Each artifact also represents […]

Recent New Issues from French Overseas Territories

France Post has issued some recent Overseas Territory (France d’outre-mer) issues that will be of interest to fellow CartoPhilatelists.

French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF/FSAT), Issues of 2018-01-02.

France (TAAF/FSAT) 2018-01-02 issue 1

France (TAAF/FSAT) 2018-01-02 issue 2

France (TAAF/FSAT) 2018-01-02 issue 3

Saint Pierre and Miquelon (2017-11-13)

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Closed Album: Ed Vallery

Ed Vallery

We are saddened to learn that Ed Vallery, one of the stalwarts of The CartoPhilatelic Society, has passed away in November 2017, at his home in New Hampshire, USA. Ed was an avid collector of maps on stamps and an officer of the Society, having served as Treasurer from 2010 […]

Submissions Deadline for TNCP #60

The January 2018 issue of TNCP is the 60th edition of the Society’s flagship publication!

In order to give everyone plenty of time for preparing some content for this milestone issue, Our Editor, Martin Oakes, has chosen the following date as the deadline for article submissions to the Journal:

TNCP #60, January […]

Delay in shipping TNCP 59 has shipped to our hardcopy subscription members

Nov. 11, 2017: TNCP Editor, Martin Oakes has informed us that Issue 59 was mailed to hardcopy members on Nov. 11, 2017. Hardcopy members should be receiving the printed issue shortly. Thank you for your patience.

Oct. 29, 2017: The PoD service we use for printing, MagCloud (a division of Blurb), has recently made […]

Azores Geoparks Issue Features Beautiful Landscapes and Maps

Portugal – Azores 2017-09-07

Coinciding with the 14th European GeoParks Conference held in the Azores in early September 2017, Portugal Post (CTT) issued a set of four (4) stamps and a souvenir sheet with two (2) stamps on September 7, 2017. A Geopark “is a unified area that advances the protection and use of […]