More details of the 5th meeting of the CartoPhilatelic Society have been recently announced in the April 2012 issue of The New CartoPhilatelist journal (page 11). The meeting will take place in New York City during the week of the ASDA National Postage Stamp Show 2012 that runs from October 11-14, 2012. Our Society meeting will take place at The Collectors Club, 22 East 35th Street, New York, NY at 3:00 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012. More information about the ASDA National Postage Stamp Show is available on the ASDA web site. Members interested in joining our meeting should contact David Wolfersberger for more details.
The 37th issue of The New CartoPhilatelist shipped to members in early April, 2012. The spring issue is full of many exciting articles submitted by our members. A new multi-part article on Captain in Jame Cook and CartoPhilately by James Hamilton starts off this issue. The first article in the series provides an in-depth examination into Cook’s life, and his enduring legacy on exploration, richly illustrated through a number of classic Cook stamps. Future installments of the article will examine cartophilatelic images from Cook’s subsequent three voyages and will be illustrated using 68 cartophilatelic stamps featuring Captain Cook. Next up is a very interesting article on early French aviation history by Roger Kiby. France was in the forefront of aviation in the early 20th century and this article highlights those developments using a number of beautiful and well-known map stamps. Miklos Pinther provides another popular installment of “At the Auctions” giving details of an auction where the original map used as the model for the 1898 2 cent Canadian Christmas issue (Sc 85) was sold. Volker Woesner celebrates the 500th birthday of Geradus Mercator this year with a new and detailed article about stamps featuring images of the famous Mercator projection. In the next article, Tom Tarabicos share some personal experiences and unique history about the map stamps of the Cayman Islands. In Society News by President David Wolfersberger a number of important items are listed. Of primary importance is the planned meeting of the Society that will take place in New York City in October 2012. The issue is rounded off with updates to the checklist and a number of new issue images.
The first issue of 2012 begins with a detailed article about New Zealand pre-decimal map stamps, by resident NZ member Brian Marshall. Brian examines the history and provides some unique background information about the very popular early map issues from New Zealand. Next up, Roger Kirby describes a unique find with a personal connection this article about the beautiful map stamps commemorating Admiral Byrd’s second expedition to Antarctica. Be sure to check out the small note on page 3 mentioning a “stamp will,” a topic which should get more discussion. In late 2011 we learned of the sad news about the passing of two members of the Society, Dr. Martin Ira Glassner (d.2010) and Dr. Jack Child (d.2011). The next article in the issue is submitted from Peter Bleekrode in the Netherlands and describes the Zuider Zee and how that history is depicted on the very unique M.C. Escher designed Netherlands scB81. Society President David Wolfersberger has an update to his Maps and Trains articles with information about related stamps in a special category. The next article is the 3rd part of an article that first appeared in issue 34, and is a reprint of a richly illustrated French article on the History of Cartography as depicted in stamps, submitted by Maurice Touchette of Canada, with translation by Pierre Moise. Tom Tarabicos tells us about Greek history through cartophilately, in an article on page 10. Next, member Ang Kiang Kee of Singapore provides details on the massive South to North Water Diversion Project underway in China, and depicted in a souvenir sheet from China. The issues is rounded out with Society News, checklist updates and some sharp looking new issues.
In mid-October, our Editor, Martin Oakes, will dispatch the print version of TNCP #35 to the our hardcopy members. By the time you read this, a download link for the digital issue of TNCP #35 should already be waiting in an email for our digital members.
For those members subscribing to the hardcopy version, please remember you can also download the digital version from TNCP Member’s Archive.
Those of you receiving the digital version of the newsletter know that we have had some difficulty making sure that all of you receive the email with the download link. In the dispatch email Martin had requested a confirmation that you have received the email and successfully downloaded TNCP #35. If you have not sent that confirmation back to Martin, or if you have not received the email for TNCP #35 please contact Martin Oakes as soon as possible. We appreciate your assistance.
If you have not received an email from the Society for either #34 or #35 you may want to check the spam folder of your email program. Some email programs will flag messages with links and route them to the spam folder. Be sure to add Martin’s email address to your “safe addresses” list so future messages will be filtered properly.
 PhilaNippon 2011 Silver Bronze Medal for The New CartoPhilatelist (August 2011)
The New CartoPhilatelist, the official Journal of the Society, was awarded a Silver Bronze medal at PhilaNippon 2011. The six day event lasting from July 28th thru August 2nd was held in Yokohama Japan. The New CartoPhilatelist competed against newsleters and journals from 30 different associations and organizations. Four consecutive issues from 2010-2011 were submitted and highlighted the Soceity’s decision to use the MagCloud POD service for printing of the Journal. Society President David Wolfersberger and Editor Martin Oakes wish to thank everyone that has helped in making TNCP so successful for the Society.
In mid-July, our Editor, Martin Oakes, dispatched both the print and digital versions of TNCP #34 to the membership. For those members subscribing to the hardcopy version, please remember you can download the digital version from TNCP Member’s Archive.
Those of you receiving the digital version of the newsletter know that we have had some difficulty making sure that all of you receive the email with the download link. In the dispatch email Martin had requested a confirmation that you have received the email and successfully downloaded TNCP #34. If you have not sent that confirmation back to Martin, or if you have not received the email for TNCP #34 please contact Martin Oakes as soon as possible. We appreciate your assistance.
If you have not received an email from the Society for either #34 or #35 you may want to check the spam folder of your email program. Some email programs will flag messages with links and route them to the spam folder. Be sure to add Martin’s email address to your “safe addresses” list so future messages will be filtered properly.
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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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