New Issue Marks Spain’s Engineering Contributions to the Panama Canal

Spain 2019-01-02

Member Emilio Jiménez Soler alerted use to what is most likely the first cartophilatelic issue of 2019! On January 2, 2019 Spain Post issued a single stamp marking Spain’s engineering contributions in building the Panama Canal and the recent expansion project. The A2 denominated (0,70€) issue depicts a map of the Panama […]

January 29th, 2019 | Tags: , , , | Category: 2019, New Issues

Recent issues from Switzerland, Canada, Denmark and Spain

Swiss Post released a set of three mini-sheets making the bicentenary of the cantons of Geneva, Neuchatel and Valais joining the Swiss Confederation.

Switzerland 2015-05-07

The sheets issued on May 7, 2015 depict stylized images of the flags of the three cantons set in a 2 x 3 block of stamps. On the right […]

August 20th, 2015 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: 2015, New Issues

Spain: Series on Earth and Space Sciences

Spain 2006-07-13

On July 13th, 2006, Spain’s Postal Service, Correos, issued two stamps which appear to be the start of a series dealing with Earth and space sciences. A very representative cartophilatelic issue showing a detailed 1:200,000 scale topographic of Toledo and the surrounding region is shown along with a magnifying glass. You can […]

July 13th, 2006 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: 2006, New Issues