News & Announcements

The New CartoPhilatelist Captures the Gold at the 65th NTSS!

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!”

Martin Oakes, Editor, The New CartoPhilatelist (Gold Medal, 50-200 Members Study Unit)		Miklos Pinther (L), Single Frame, “Map Stamps That Never Made It,” Silver-Bronze; David Wolfersberger (R), Editor, Enophilatelica (Gold Medal, less than 50 members Study Unit)

TNCP 45 Dispatched to Members

The 45th issue of The New CartoPhilatelist has been dispatched to members.  All hard copy members will again be receiving their journals shipped via HP’s MagCloud PoD service.  We have decided to continue using MagCloud for both hard copy printing and distribution.   The 45th issue is full of fascinating articles, news, and images.  Be sure to check out the contents of this exciting issue.  Some highlights in this issue are the start of a very interesting issue about the Historic Canadian Forts issues of the 1980’s and 1990’s, by James C. Hamilton.  Ap Koopman reports on Surtsey – Iceland’s youngest island and its depiction on a new stamp issue from 2013.  President Emeritus Miklos Pinther sends us a book review of Simon Garfield’s “On the Map” and also introduces us to the “Highway Post office” a very unique bit of history of the US Postal Service which operated from 1941 until 1974.  Phil Coop introduces us to state revenue stamps from the USA with maps and a new catalog of the State Revenue Society.  Ann Kiang Kee sends us a note about Bosnia-Herzegovina and the 20 page issue wraps up with Society News by President Mark Honig, and New Issues and MoS Checklist updates by David Wolfersberger.

TNCP 44 Dispatched to Members

The dispatch of the 44th issue of The New CartoPhilatelist marks a turning point for the Society. This issue was printed and dispatched directly to all of our hardcopy members, both domestic and international, using HP’s MagCloud Service.  The first issue of the new year starts out with a detailed article by Ap Koopman about The  Chamizal Dispute regarding the border between the USA and Mexico.  The article traces the dispute over time, culminating with the treaty signed in 1963 and depicted in a stamp issue.   Next up we have the final installment by meteorologists Don Hillger and Garry Toth who have presented a number of issues related to looking at The Earth as Seen from Space. Their descriptive article traces the history of geostationary earth observation satellites and various full disk earth images as they are shown on a number of stamp issues. Be sure to check the author’s web site for a very comprehensive checklist of related issues.  Next up is a fascinating article about the Map stamps of the Galápagos Islands, by member Roger Kirby.  The article begins with an interesting fact — approximately one third of the postage stamps of the Galápagos Islands issued up until 2012 have been map stamps.  The article provides a very in-depth introduction to a very unique collecting theme.  The Society’s European Representative, Volker Woesner, presents an article about the states of Germany as depicted in stamps.  The article begins with a popular set of stamps issued from 1992 to 1994 stamps by the newly unified German Post  depicting all 16 “federated states”, which constitute Germany today. The article continues to examine Germany’s historical borders through cartophilatelic examples.   Society vice-president, David Wolfersburger opens the new year with an article about the newly released Maps on Stamps Checklist Rev 6.01 and showcases a number of new issues.   Society member Pierre Moïse updates us with the status of maps shown on ATM stamps. A very interesting and growing group of issues which everyone show take notice of.  One catalog already seems to be describing many of these issues.  Next up is an informative article from TNCP Editor Martin Oakes detailing how he is arranging and annotating his collection. It provides a number of really neat ideas that new collectors and veterans alike will want to check out.  A brief side-bar about a series of errors appearing on Austria’s 2012 issue commemorating the EU. How many of these errors are in your collection?  Society President Mark Honig rounds out this issue with Society News and an examination of news on map stamp references in the current philatelic press and a look at some recent map stamp auctions.  The issues closes again with information about a raise in membership dues caused by recent postal rate increases,  updates to the checklist, some images of maps on labels/gutters of stamps related to nature, and a number of recent new issue images.

Submissions Deadline for TNCP #45

Just a quick, but important reminder for Journal submission dates. Our Editor, Martin Oakes, has chosen the following date as the deadline for article submissions to the Journal:

TNCP #45, January 2013, submission deadline:  March 16, 2014

If you are interested in submitting an article please contact our Editor, Martin Oakes as soon as possible.

The “TNCP Style Sheet – Instructions to Authors” has been updated, so please download a revised copy before starting to author an article.

Remember there are many options for Journal content and Martin will be happy to discuss them with you. Recent  issues of the Journal have been 20 pages. This is due to the wonderful amount of content that members have been submitting. The added pages will continue, as long as there is sufficient material available. Remember if you have feedback, please be sure to share with Martin or use the general contact form.

We are still waiting to hear from any members who have been able to visit the new The William H. Gross Stamp Gallery at the Smithsonian Postal Museum in Washington DC. Please consider to write an article about your visit.

Issues 42 contained a fascinating in-depth article about the Gronchi Rosa Forgeries that was originally in Italian, and published by another philatelic journal. As the Society is international in scope, we have various members that can sometimes volunteer translation resources. For those of you that have non-english articles and would like to see them translated and published in The New CartoPhilatelist please contact our Editor Martin Oakes.

Web Site Status

2013-12-30  (23:30 UTC)

After a discussion with the Officers, the Forum and CPS Exchange pages have been removed. Unfortunately the Forum was not largely used and became difficult to manage due to spam posts. The CPS Exchange was dormant for a number of years and did not take off as was hoped.  If you are interested in participating in an online philatelic community,  please have a look at these two, very fine forum sites: Stampboards, a very active, large and well established site, and also Stamp Exchange, a newer and increasingly active forum.   Please note that the CPS is not endorsing either of this forums, but only wanting to pass along this information to our members. There have also been updates to the base software which runs our site. Please use the contact form if you are having problems or any questions about our site.

2013-10-14  (14:00 UTC)

The site has been working well.   Please use the contact form if you have having problems with the site.

2013-09-15  (14:00 UTC)

It appears that the members only secure archive was not working properly due to an update of one of the plugins used on that page. Some modifications were made to correct this, and the archive is once again accessible.

2013-09-01 (13:30 UTC)

Added some additional information in the About section of the site to give visitors some background of the Society. Also a very interesting Marginalia article from December 2007 by Mark Honig has been reformatted and added to the site. Please have a look and check through your stock, never know if a similar error may be awaiting discovery!

2013-08-25 (12:00 UTC)

The work on the Member’s Only Archive has been completed and all of The New CartoPhilatelist back issues are now available. The archive is available to members of the Society in current standing.  Access information is shown on the TNCP Archive Page.  Some updates were also made on the Membership page, a revision to the actual membership form, and also the revised Society bylaws have been updated.

2013-06-30 (22:00 UTC)

Be sure to sign up for email alerts whenever the web site is updated.  Press the email button in the upper right corner below the menu and follow the directions. There are still issues with the re-captcha when using on a mobile device. This will be examined after the members back issue archive is working. If you run into problems using re-captcha to view email addresses please use the regular submission form on the Contact Us page.  Some progress on the members back issue archive has been made, but it is still not ready yet.  Please watch this space for more information.   We appreciate your patience during the change over.

2013-06-30 (04:00 UTC)

The mapsonstamps site is working well. There are issues with the re-captcha when using on a mobile device. This will be examined after the members back issue archive is working. If you run into problems using re-captcha to view email addresses please use the regular submission form on the Contact Us page.  Some progress on the members back issue archive has been made, but it is still not ready yet.  Please watch this space for more information.   We appreciate your patience during the change over.

2013-06-12 (10:30 UTC)

The mapsonstamps domain is active now. Both the .org and .com addresses are resolving correctly. Paths to all of the images and content have been updated.  Incorrect links  are being rectified as they are found.  Now that the domains and content links are correct the first priority will be to fix the back issue New CartoPhilatelist archive.  Please watch this space for more information.   We appreciate your patience during the change over.

2013-06-12 (05:00 UTC)

The mapsonstamps domain is active now. Both the .org and .com addresses should be resolving correctly. Paths to some of the images may not be correct. Those are being rectified as they are found.  Now that the domains are correct the first priority will be to fix the back issue New CartoPhilatelist archive. Please watch this space for more information.  We appreciate your patience during the change over.

2013-06-09 (22:00 UTC)

The updated mapsonstamps domain is active and the top page is now loading correctly.  Once the mapsonstamps.com address is stable, more work on the site will be carried out. The first priority will be to fix the back issue New CartoPhilatelist archive. Please watch this space for more information.  We appreciate your patience during the change over.

2013-06-09 (12:16 UTC)

The mapsonstamps site is has been revised and the site should be loading from that domain in the next day or two.  Once the mapsonstamps.com address is stable, more work on the site will be carried out. The first priority will be to fix the back issue New CartoPhilatelist archive. Please watch this space for more information.  We appreciate your patience during the change over.

2013-05-19 (13:15 UTC)

The mapsonstamps site is currently redirecting to this site.  This is a temporary solution, more work will be done on the site in June.  In the mean time, content updates will continue to be added. The members only secure archive is currently offline.  There was a level of security on the members only archive and it is taking time to reproduce a similar level using the new framework.  If you need to access a back issue of The New CartoPhilatelist, please contact the web admin and arrangements will be made. All requests will be verified against the membership listing.  Thank you for your understanding.

2013-05-18 (15:30 UTC)

The cartophilately.org site is relatively stable, and the mapsonstamps.com site is currently redirecting to this site. This is a temporary fix. The members only secure archive is currently offline.  We are working to fix these issues.

2013-05-14 (00:30 UTC)

The cartophilately.org site is relatively stable, and the mapsonstamps.com site is currently redirecting to this site. This is a temporary fix. The members only secure archive is currently offline.  We are working to fix these issues.

2013-05-13 (04:30 UTC)

Doing fine tuning on the cartophilately.org site. Mapsonstamps.com site has not been switched yet. More status to follow.

Revision 6 of the Maps on Stamps Checklist is complete

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.The costs for the Checklist are as follows:

Excel format: $35
US Hardcopy by Priority Mail only: $12.35 + $45 = $57.35
International Hardcopy: $45 + shipping cost determined by location

NOTE     Shipping elsewhere will be determined for each order and the member notified prior to shipping.  Please contact Checklist Editor David Wolfersberger  for the exact mailing costs to international locations prior to making a payment.

Current members who may have purchased the Checklist  in the past, can receive an updated Excel version at no cost by requesting it from David Wolfersberger.

The hardcopy version of the Checklist is printed single-sided on three hole punched acid free paper made from 100% recycled material.

Payments for the Excel version and US Hardcopy should be in US funds sent to:

Ed Vallery
Treasurer
The Cartophilatelic Society
5 Thompson Lane
Durham, NH 03824-3022 USA

Or by PayPal to this_email_address

Once the payments have been cleared and verified the Checklist will be sent promptly.