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CartoPhilatelic Society Officers (2013 - 2016)

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.

TNCP 41 Dispatched to Members

The 41st issue of The New CartoPhilatelist is slated to be dispatched to members in early April 2013. The issue beings twenty full pages of fascinating articles, images and information about the Society.

The first article in TNCP 41 is from the Society’s out-going president, David Wolfersberger and details the map stamps of the French Southern and Antarctic Territories. A number of special mini-sheets featuring maps are shown in the article. The next article is from member Pierre Moïse, entitled From Lisbon to Nagasaki: the “Portuguese Hemisphere.” This unique article examines Portuguese navigation, discovery and cultural influence in former colonies and countries as depicted through cartophilately. Next up, member Tim Olmstead proposes an interesting “baseball” themed poll to decide the top 9 map stamp designs from the USA. Remember to send your votes and comments to Tim!  President Emeritus Miklos Pinther introduces us to a number of cartographic map cancellations and similar postal history items. Next, President Mark Honig remembers Al Underberg in this special “Closed Album” piece. A number of society news items, results of the election of officers, new issue descriptions, and a wonderful bio of the David Wolfersberger rounds out this full issue. Thanks for all the dedication over the years David!

Closed Album: Al Underberg

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

Submissions Deadline for TNCP #41

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 #41, April 2013, submission deadline: March 10, 2013

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. The list three 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 Society contact form.

Issues 34 & 35 contained a translated article that was first published in French, in 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.

TNCP 40 Dispatched to Members

The 40th issue of The New CartoPhilatelist was dispatched to members in early January 2013. The issue opens the year with twenty full pages of fascinating articles, images and information about the Society.

TNCP 40 begins with an in-depth article by Society member Roger Kirby, about the connection of lighthouses and maps on stamps and examines, how over this years, this combination has been changing.  The next article is the final installment of member James Hamilton’s comprehensive series about Captain James Cook and CartoPhilately, and presents a myriad of cartophilatelic examples relating to Captain Cook’s Third Voyage.  Society member Pierre Moise provides some background and details about a 2012 issue by local Greenland artists depicting the islands of Denmark covered by thick glaciers, much like on the island of Greenland.  In the next article, European Representative Volker Woesner continues his series on survey related themes on map stamps, this time examining how mapping datums are shown.  Society President David Wolfersberger presents news about the society along with a detailed recap of the 5th Meeting of the CartoPhilatelic Society that took place in NYC in October 2012. There is a lot of information covered, and details about the forth-coming election of officers, so please be sure to check this carefully. Vice president Mark Honig tells us about series of interesting map images found in the gutters of a number of Caribbean issues marking the 21st birthday of Princess Diana.  At the auctions, by past president, Miklos Pinther, looks at some interesting results of recent auctions, including the  sale of Professor Litchfield’s collection, who passed away last year. Issue 40 is rounded out with a series of new issue images and updates to the Maps on Stamps checklist.

Submissions Deadline for TNCP #40

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 #40, January 2013, submission deadline: December 10, 2012

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. The list three 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 Society contact form.

Issues 34 & 35 contained a translated article that was first published in French, in 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.