Estonia 2011-05-06 Mini-sheet
Estonian Post has also issued a joined two stamp souvenir sheet marking Struve’s Geodetic Arc on May 6, 2011. The sheet, shown below depicts contains two 0.58 eur stamps. The upper stamp shows an image of Struve, the lower stamp shows the Tartu Observatory. A map of the complete triangulation […]
Latvia 2011-05-05 Mini-sheet
Latvian Post will issue a souvenir sheet commem-orating Struve’s Geodetic Arc. The May 5, 2011 issue, shown below, contains two single stamps, a 35 and 55 lat denomin-ations. A marker monument is shown in the 35 lat stamp. The center background of the sheet shows a theodolite possibly used for […]
The CartoPhilatelic Society is happy to announce that two of the remaining vacant appointed positions were filled earlier this Spring.
Secretary
We are please to welcome Ms. Marybeth Sulkowski who has recently volunteered to become our Society’s secretary, a vacancy created when longtime Secretary/Treasurer Alf Jordan “retired.” Marybeth has collected stamps for many years, beginning […]
Norway 2011-04
In April 2011, Norway Post issued a two stamp set commemorating the centennial of Roald Amundsen’s discovery of the South Pole, on December 14, 1911. The second stamp, 17.00 nok, shows Amundsen’s ship the Fram, along with a group of sled dogs. In the background of the stamp, a map of […]
Digital Edition
A secure web page has been setup for downloading the current issue of the Journal and digital subscribers have that option instead of receiving it as an email attachment. Some of the digital subscribers were having problems receiving the email with such a large attachment, so this download page will solve that problem. […]
Closed Album: Lillian Kent 2009-06
Lillian Kent
I was saddened to learn that Lillian Kent, long time Society member and Secretary/Treasurer Emeritus had passed away on June 18, 2009 at the age of 91. Ms. Kent was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1917. Lillian was active in the Society for many years, and I […]
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Welcome to the CartoPhilatelic Society Celebrating our 71st Year as a Society. Come and Join Us!
The CartoPhilatelic Society has entered our 71st year as a Society! In 1955 a group of philatelists with a keen interest in map stamps founded the CartoPhilatelic Society. Today we carry on their passion for map stamps in the collections we assemble and the research we conduct.
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