The CartoPhilatelic Society

Maps on Stamps Checklist

Current Revision: 3.0 (2005)

The Map on Stamps Checklist has just been updated and now has over 24,000 entries relating to maps and cartography on stamps. Revision 3 (2005) of the Checklist is available to members of the Society either by email as an Excel spreadsheet or in hardcopy form. The cost is $35 in digital Excel format, and $50 postpaid to US addresses or $35 + actual shipping costs elsewhere (non-US addresses) for printed hard copy. [ There was a mistake on the pricing for non-US hardcopy shipping. The correct prices are now shown. I am sorry for the problem. -- web admin] Contact David Wolfersberger for actual shipping costs. PayPal can be used by members residing outside of the US. US residents should pay by check.

New issues are listed quarterly in The New CartoPhilatelist. An annual update, including the new issues as well as corrections to the previous edition, will be available in April each year (cost to be determined). Please send your check (payable to the CartoPhilatelic Society), along with your email and/or shipping address, to:

David Wolfersberger
768 Chain Ridge Road
St. Louis, MO 63122 USA

Revision 1 of the Maps on Stamps Checklist was assembled from several sources: The original ATA Handbook #104 issued in 1982; an update for 1982 to 1995 compiled by the previous editor of "The Carto-Philatelist", Mark D. Larkin; Miklos Pinther; and updates for more recent years compiled by Lillian Kent, Bill Critzer, Alf Jordan and David Wolfersberger. Revision 2 was the result of significant input and comments from Ed Stresino and Mark Honig, as well as data and assistance provided by Stuart Hamilton, Pierre Moise and Diedrik Nelson.

The Checklist, as delivered, is sorted by Country (using Scott Catalogue naming conventions), then by Year, then by Scott Catalogue Number. Once you have the Checklist, you can sort in whatever way meets your needs, or make other additions/changes to the spreadsheet to make it more useful.

Grading and coverage is essentially complete and members are encouraged to provide details on any of the stamps with missing or questionable data, please send this to the Checklist Editor David Wolfersberger so the list can be corrected. Also let David know of any omissions on the Checklist.

The intent is to review all stamps with missing data to add Grade and Coverage. This is a long term project of the Checklist editor; if you are interested in helping please contact David.

Format

The Format column is the arrangement in which the stamp was issued. If there is no notation, it was issued only as a single stamp. It is noted if the stamp is part of a sheet containing other stamps, a strip or block with other stamps or part of a Souvenir Sheet. The general policy is to list different formats for the same stamp if the Scott Catalogue assigns different numbers.

Grading

The current Grade system is a modification of that presented by Mr. Larkin and Mr. Pinther in 1995. It has been simplified to contain 4 Grades:

A: A generally good quality, identifiable map that is either the main feature of the stamp or a supporting or secondary feature.

AR: Reproduction of old maps or charts.

O: All other maps such as tiny maps, outline maps, stylized maps, globes, emblems (such as the UN emblem or symbol), stylized globes with no surface features identified, views of the earth from space (either partial or full view of the earth), views of old cities showing street or road layouts.

OC: Mapmakers and map making equipment.

Note: Scans courtesy of Dans Topical Stamps. All Stamps shown above have their denominations crossed out for security reasons.

Coverage

The Coverage column mentions the areas that are shown. If nothing is mentioned, the coverage is either not clear; has no discernable feature; or the stamp has not been examined.

Checklist News
(October 2006)

David has reported that updates to the current version (Revision 3) of the checklist have been ongoing for the past 9 months or so. These updates come in the form of error corrections and new additions.

Members Ed Stresino, Mark Honig, and Stuart Hamilaton, have provided more than several hundred changes!

Way to go Members!!

Our checklist is one of the cornerstones or our Society!

Thanks for all of the hard work!

Checklist News
(July 2005)

David has told us that Revision 3 is almost ready to go, with an expected completion date of October 2005.

David reports the following: "Updating of Stanley Gibbons numbers, and much missing data through the V countries has been completed , with W to Z now in progress.

Mark Honig has sent me the Michel numbers, and they will be transfered to the updated list. This will take some time, but I expect to finish by October.

Finally, new issues since the last update will be added. This is pretty simple and shouldn't take much time.

For next year, I will need to add Michel and SG numbers for new issues and others that are missing."

Thank you David for the detailed status report!

Checklist News (October 2004)

David has provided some updated information on the current status of the check list.

Revision 3 of the Checklist will be issued in March 2005. It will include new issues since Rev. 2. In addition, Mark Honig (Holland) and Susan Featherstone (UK) are adding Michel and Stanley Gibbons numbers respectively, as well as face values. Mark and Ed Stresino are also going through the Checklist (again!) to make additions, corrections and adding face values.

It is anticipated that Rev. 3 will be offered in electronic version to those who received Rev. 2 at no cost. Hardcopies will be available for $35 to new and previous purchasers. The cost will be $25 for new buyers of the electronic version. New issue updates only will be available at a cost to be

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