Monaco: Former Fiefs of the Grimaldi’s Mini-sheet (2010)

Monaco 20100424 mini-sheet

On May 24, 2010, the Stamp Issuing Office of the Principality of Monaco issued a 4,00€ mini-sheet showing a map of the former fiefs of the House of Grimaldi with four 1,00€ stamps showing castles set around the map. Information on the web site describes the history surrounding the sheet. […]

Croatia Map Issues for Shanghai Expo

Croatia 2010-04-29 Single

On April 29, 2010, Croatia Post (Hrvatska posta) issued what appears to be two map stamps marking the opening of the Expo 2010 in Shanghai China and Croatia’s participation in the Expo. The theme of Croatia pavilion at Expo 2010 is “Diversity of Cities, Diversities of Life.” This theme is […]

Liechtenstein 50 Years of Interpol Vaduz

Liechtenstein 2010-06-07 (forthcoming)

Liechtenstein Post will issue a new stamp to commemorate the Principality’s 50th year of participation in Interpol. The June 7th, 2010 planned issue has a denomination of CHF 1.90 and is a part of a three stamp set marking various 50th anniversaries in Liechtenstein. The very interesting issue shows […]

Belgium Post Paul Otlet Mini-sheet

Belgium 2010-01-18

Belgium Post issued a mini-sheet on January 18, 2010 commemorating the life and work of Paul Otlet. This uniquely designed mini-sheet contains a single € 4.60 stamp, showing Otlet in front of a large globe. In the foreground are a stack of books. To the left on the mini-sheet is an […]

THailand Earth Observation Satellite (THEOS)

Thailand 2009-12-05

While not the first map stamp issue of 2010, Thailand Post’s Theos issue of December 5, 2009 is sure to be high on the list of important cartophilatelic issues of the previous year. The 3.00 Bath stamp was issued to mark the launch of Thailand’s first Earth Observation Satellite (EOS), on […]

Jersey Post Map Issue

Last year Jersey Post issued a press release about their 2010 issue schedule. On that schedule was a February listing relating to maps, however no image was available at that time. Recently a small image and some sales information about the issue has been made available on the Jersey Post’s Philatelic Sales web site. The […]