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
The Philatelic Database by William Chochrane
Stamp Domain by Jan Kosniowski
Philatelic Societies
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
International Cartographic Association and the International Journal of Cartography
Cartographic Concepts and Map Projections
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)
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
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
Postal Service History
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)
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)
