Useful Links

2025-03  Some new links on a very interesting philatelic related topic. Thanks to Kelsey for the new link ideas! — web admin

There are many references on the Internet to maps and cartography. Members of the Society have access to hundreds of philatelic and cartographic related links in our Resource Centre. Here are a few that you might want to explore.

Please use the contact form to send links for consideration. We would like our Link List to grow!

General Philatelic Sites

Digital Philately

The Philatelic Database by William Chochrane

Stamp Domain by Jan Kosniowski

Linn’s Stamp News

Canadian Stamp News

Stamp News Now

Postzegelblog (Dutch with english translation)

Europa, CEPT, Norden, and SEPAC Information Blog

Philatelic Societies

American Philatelic Society

American Topical Association

State Revenue Society

Sites Showing Maps on Stamps

Gilad’s Maps on Stamps by Gilad Aharoni

Dan’s Topical Stamps by Dan Nelson

The 1898 Canadian Map Stamp comprehensive presentation and frames by Robert Lighthouse

Metric, Weather and Un-manned Satellites by Don Hillger (USA) and Garry Toth (Canada)

Worlds in the Upper Right Hand Corner

Smithsonian National Postal Museum and the Allen Lee Collection of Maps on Stamps

Mapping and Maps

U.S. Geological Survey

Natural Resources Canada

Ordnance Survey

National Geographic

The Journal of Maps

International Cartographic Association and the International Journal of Cartography

Cartographic Concepts and Map Projections

Relief Shading

Shaded Relief

USGS Map Projections Poster and An Album of Map Projections (1453)

Map Projections Used by USGS (1532)
and the previous edition Map Projections: A working manual (1395)

Geometry in Action

John Savard’s Home Page

Wolfram Research’s Map Projections Page

Peter H. Dana’s Map Projection Overview

Map History

Map History / History of Cartography Gateway by Tony Campbell

History of Cartography Books at University of Chicago Press

History of Cartography Project, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Osher Map Library

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection

The Newberry Library – Cartography – Special Map Collections and Strengths

State University of New York at Buffalo – Maps & Cartography: Notable Map Collections

University of Michigan Library – Online Map Exhibits

South Asia map links from Dr. Frances W. Pritchett, Columbia University

Antique Maps

r/oldmaps (Old Map images on reddit.com)  learn about reddit before accessing

Art Source International – Rare Maps and Prints

Postal Service History

 US Postal Service (USPS)

Main USPS History  The main page for all things historical about the US Postal Service; So many links and PDFs!

US Postal Service History Time line of significant dates

The Official History of the USPS (ebook) and Kid’s History of the USPS, for young-readers (ebook)

Main Wikipedia page for the US Postal Service

 Foreign Postal Service History

Royal Mail and main Wikipedia page for the Royal Mail (UK)

Canada Post Corporation and the Canadian Postal System (CA)

LaPoste Groupe and LaPoste French Postal Service main Wikipedia page (FR)

Deutsche Post – DHL Group and Deutsche Post main Wikipedia page (DE)

Netherlands Post NL and Post NL main Wikipedia page (NL)

Correos Spanish Post (ES) Wikipedia page

India Post and India Postal Service main Wikipedia page (IN)

Japan Post and Museum, Japan Postal Service main Wikipedia page (JP)

Singapore Post and Singapore Postal Service main Wikipedia page (SG)

Australia Post and Australia Postal Service main Wikipedia page (AU)

New Zealand Post and New Zealand Postal Service main Wikipedia page (NZ)