CPS Resource CentreChecklist Editor David Wolfersberger has finalized the second 2024 update of the MoS Checklist (March 2024 to May 2024). These new updates, along with previous updates, are always available as Microsoft Excel files to download from the “Checklist Updates” section on the MoS Checklist page.
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On June, 20, 2024 An Post (Ireland Post) released a new issue marking the First Ordnance Survey of Ireland in 1824. The single design, ‘N’ denomination (“national stamps” – currently valued at €1.35) issue is based on an 1836 map and features a small village area from Athboy Parish, in County Meath (northwest of Dublin). The horizontal format depicts crisp line work and detail common on maps from that time. Labeled roads, buildings, churches, trees and other features are visible on the colorful stamp.
The backstory of the 200th anniversary of the first Ordnance Survey of Ireland was tied to the announcement of the OS 200 A Digital Archive of Ireland’s Ordnance Survey, a project supported by the University of Limerick, Royal Irish Academy, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, National Library Ireland and the Digital Repository of Ireland. Using the DRI OS 200 collection, the 1836 map depicted on the stamp issue can be found here. News thanks to the always observant MapRoomBlog and monthly ICA/ICACI eCarto News. — web admin.
CPS President Mark Honig informs us of two new stamps from France Post (La Poste) for Saint Pierre and Miquelon (SP&M) that feature maps, were issued earlier this month. The first issue on June 15, 2024 marks the 2024 Rotary International Conference for District 7815 (covering “Atlantic Canada” – New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, and French Saint Pierre and Miquelon). The vertical layout of this issue features two designs of the Rotary Wheel (gear logo) and a generalized outline and shading of the Canadian provinces, along with SP&M, that comprise Rotary District 7815. The 1.96€ denominated issue is valid for use only from Saint-Pierre and Miquelon to the French overseas departments and mainland France (and Corsica).
The second issue on June 19, 2024 is a definitive issue, similar to the earlier issues (as listed in the MoS Checklist – three stamps in 2022, one stamp from 2017, and six stamps from 2016). The non-denominated stamp features a 20 gram “20g” mark with a listed face value of 1.29€. The issue is valid for use only from Saint-Pierre and Miquelon to the French overseas departments and mainland France (and Corsica). On this issue the ocean area surrounding SPM is green and masks the islands. The island areas appear to be from a black and white aerial photo or related remotely sensed image. Another possibility is a grayscale hill-shaded digital elevation model (DEM), similar to definitive issues from Mayotte. (if anyone knows more about the design aspect of the SPM definitive series, please let us know. – web admin)
On May 21, 2024, Australia Post issued a set of two stamps depicting a seaplane and landplane and the flight paths of the first air service flights around mainland Australia in 1924. The blue-toned seaplane issue shows a Fairey IIID seaplane A10-3 and a coastal route map around the Australian continent. This issue marks the first flight by a seaplane which began on April 6th, 1924 and ended on 19 May, in a counter-clockwise route, via Sydney, Southport, Townsville, Thursday Island, across the Gulf of Carpentaria to Darwin, Broome, Carnarvon, Perth, Albany, and Port Lincoln and back to Victoria after 44 days and 13,600 kilometres (8,450 miles). The yellow-orange toned landplane issue shows a De Havilland D.H.50 G-AUAB aircraft and the inland route map about the Australian mainland. The flight commemorated by this issue took place three months after the first flight After departing Point Cook on August 7th, the trip took place in three stages: Melbourne to Darwin via Bourke, Longreach and Cloncurry; Darwin to Perth; and Perth back to Point Cook, on August 29th, after flying 12,324 kilometres (7,657 miles). Both stamps are 1.50 AUD and have a horizontal layout, available in either gummed or self-adhesive booklet. A gutter sheet consisting of 10 stamps, in an alternating pattern of five stamps in each row with sections from each of the routes and stylized planes what appears to be a commemorative cancel are depicted in the gutter of the sheet.
Index CartoPhilatelica is an exciting new resource from the CartoPhilatelic Society. Compiled by fellow cartophilatelist and CPS Officer Brian Marshall, of New Zealand, this multi-year project set out to develop a comprehensive subject and personal reference index to the Carto-Philatelist and The New CartoPhilatelist journals. Index CartoPhilatelica contains indexed content from all the issues of the Carto-Philatelist (1955-03 through 1995-12) and issues of The New CartoPhilatelist (2003-03 through 2020-07 [No. 70]). An announcement for Index CartoPhilatelica appeared in the January (No. 72) edition of The New CartoPhilatelist. A digital (PDF) version of the index is now ready for download on the Index CartoPhilatelica web page. [ “Index CartoPhilatelica is an open resource that will soon become an indispensable tool for research projects by both members of the CartoPhilatelic Society as well as philatelists outside of the group.” – Mark Honig, President, the CartoPhilatelic Society. ]
CPS member Gilad Aharoni has complied a very comprehensive website of modern political maps on stamps. The site enables browsing via lists of countries or issuing entities. A keyword search function is also included. The search results are presented in a very clean layout style depicting an album page. Catalog numbers exist for many of the images. Additionally, links to eBay and Delcampe are present for more exhaustive searches. Gilad comments, “… this database represents my personal interests – modern political maps – so there are very few globes, antique maps, world and continent outlines etc. … still, there are over 10,000 items [comprised of] postage stamps, cinderellas, FDCs, cancels with maps, and more. The image on the left shows an example of output from one of the pages. “ [ we expect this site will become a very useful research tool for Cartophilatelists! thank you Gilad for your tireless efforts over the years developing this site! – web admin ]
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