Monaco 2011-04-04
On April 4, 2011, Monaco Post issued the second in a series (begun in 2010) of the Former Fiefs of the Grimaldi family in the Kingdom of France. Monaco Post mentions that “the signing of the treaty of Péronne in 1641 by King Louis XIII and Prince Honoré II ended Spanish […]
Finland, 2011-05-06 Minisheet
Finland Post has issued souvenir sheet commem-orating Struve’s Geodetic Arc on May 6, 2011. The sheet was originally announced in a press release from the National Land Survey of Finland in early October, 2010. “Struve triangulation chain stamps will be issued May 6, 2011. The current stamp design shows the […]
In May, 2011 Swedish Post issued a souvenir sheet of two triangular 12 Kr stamps depicting the full length of the arc from Norway to the Black Sea. The lower stamp has an image of Struve, while the upper stamp shows a theodolite. An image of the northern most marker, in Hammerfest Norway, is […]
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 […]
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