 ATA 65th NTSS 2014 Logo At the American Topical Association’s 65th National Topical Stamp Show (NTSS) [St. Louis Missouri, USA] held in June 2014, The New CartoPhilatelist was awarded the prestigious Gold Medal in the Medium Study Units (50-200 members) class. In addition, TNCP received the Grand Prize as the best of the 10 journals entered in this category. The award was presented at the banquet dinner to our Journal’s editor Mr. Martin Oakes who was joined at the ceremony by Society Vice-President David Wolfersberger and Society President Emeritus Miklos Pinther. “This award is not only proof of Martin’s dedication and effort towards producing each issue, but also the high level of research and attention to detail evident in the articles and content submitted by the authors. This is a wonderful recognition for the Society,” said CPS President Mark Honig. “Congratulations to everyone over the years who have helped put The New CartoPhilatelist on the philatelic literature world map!”
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Martin Oakes, Editor,
The New CartoPhilatelist
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Miklos Pinther (L), Single Frame, “Map Stamps That Never Made It,” Silver-Bronze;
David Wolfersberger (R), Editor, Enophilatelica
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Revision 6.0 of the Maps on Stamps Checklist is now ready for distribution to members of the CartoPhilatelic Society. Since the last update of the Checklist in 2011, over 800 items have been added along with numerous corrections and clarifications. The Checklist comprises over 37,600 records representing over 38,500 individual stamps, souvenir sheets, and other philatelic material. When printed the Checklist is 783 pages in length including 6 pages of introductory material.
The Checklist is available for purchase only by current members of the CartoPhilatelic Society and is available in both digital form, as a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, and in hardcopy format. Continue reading  Revision 6 of the Maps on Stamps Checklist is complete
The election of officers for the CartoPhilatelic Society for the period of April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2016 has been completed and the results have been approved by the current officers.
These members have been elected to the following positions:
- President: Mr. Mark Honig (Netherlands)
- Vice President: Mr. David Wolfersberger (USA)
- Secretary: Ms. Marybeth Sulkowski (USA)
- Treasurer: Mr. Ed Vallery (USA)
- European Representative: Mr. Volker Woesner (Germany)
- Asia/Pacific Representative: Mr. Brian Marshall (New Zealand)
- Representative at Large: Mr. Philip Coop (USA)
In addition to the elected officers, Mr. Martin Oakes will continue as Editor of The New CartoPhilatelist Journal and Mr. Reese Plews will continue as Society web administrator.
“Thanks to all of the officers for their commitment of time and effort to help ensure the continued success of the CartoPhilatelic Society.
My thanks to all of those who served as officers and to all members who helped make my time as President enjoyable and fulfilling. I look forward to working with Mark as he takes over as President. I am sure that all members will provide the same level of support to Mark as was given to me. ” — David Wolfersberger, March 2013.
 Closed Album: Al Underberg 2013-01 On January 30th I received a phone call from Marilyn Underberg that her husband, Al had passed away that morning after a brief illness.
Al Underberg was a member of our society from 1988 and served our society as Vice President between 2004 and 2010. Al had a huge stamp collection, besides map stamps he collected stamps of places he visited and collected stamps of countries he visited on his travels. He told me that traveling was actually his biggest hobby, before (map) stamp collecting.
Al and Marilyn were members of the Travelers Century Club and have visited 167 countries. In his office in St. Peters-burg where he worked as an attorney, he had a world map with pins indicating all the places he had visited.
His recent focus was on scientific re-search in philately and founded the Institute for Analytical Philately. He was Vice President of the St. Petersburg Stamp Club.
Al is survived by his wife Marilyn, his four daughters and sons-in law and nine grandchildren. I will always remember his hospitality and generosity when we met and during my stays at their home in St. Petersburg, FL.
All members of the CPS thank Al for his service to the Society and express our condolences to Marilyn and his family.
Mark Honig
The New Carto-Philatelist Journal has won a Vermeil award at the APS Stamp Show in Sacramento, California that was held from August 16-19, 2012. A very special acknowledgement and round of applause for our Editor, Mr. Martin Oakes, and for all of the authors who have worked so hard to support TNCP every issue! The Society has also entered TNCP at the CHICAGO-PEX 2012 that will
take place from
November 16-18, 2012.
The 37th issue of The New CartoPhilatelist shipped to members in early July 2012. An interesting article by Roger Kirby that examines the map stamps issued for the International Geophysical of 1957-58 Year starts out the July 2012 issue of TNCP. Next up is the 2nd part of James Hamilton’s study on Captain James Cook CartoPhilately that examines the explorations and scientific discoveries of Cook’s first voyage. Be sure to check out Pierre Moise’s article that introduces the fascinating topic of map stamps from ATM type vending machines. Miklos Pinther reports on an auction in Beijing where some very special China stamps were recently sold. Martin Oakes, the Journal Editor delivers a detailed examination about the Prime Meridian, the Dateline and Time as depicted on map stamps. Ed Vallery reports on a recent trip to the Cardinal Spellman Philatelic Museum in Weston Massachusetts. Society News, by President David Wolfersberger, checklist additions, and new issue images rounds out this second 20 page edition of The New CartoPhilatelist.
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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.
Come and join us as we look forward to the future!
Web Site Last Updated:
June 15, 2026
A one year term of membership for the CartoPhilatelic Society runs April 1 through
March 31. Unless you have pre-paid for multiple years, or already renewed you dues, your membership has expired at the end of March 2026
If you have not yet renewed, please continue to support the Society and renew your dues for the April 2026 through March 2027 term as soon as possible.
A big "Thank You!" to all those members who have recently renewed their membership! The CPS appreciates your continued support and donations.
Visit our Membership page for information.
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