Maps on Stamps Checklist

Current Revision: 4.0 (2008)

The Map on Stamps Checklist has just been updated and now has over 35,000 entries relating to maps and cartography on stamps. Revision 4 (2008) 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. 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

Grading

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

David has reported that Revision 4 of the Maps on Stamps checklist is ready to go. Once again, Society members Ed Stresino and Mark Honig have made thousands of corrections and additions. Revision 4 contains over 35,000 entries and if printed over 785 single sided pages! Members who have previously purchased either an electronic or hard copy version of the Checklist can receive, on request, a copy of Revision 4 at no cost. As the size of the Checklist grows, several issues were raised, including how to integrate a new version with a previous version; inclusion of too many O grade stamps; making the spreadsheets of new issues available on the website; and listing each stamp in a set individually rather than on one line. These and other issues will be addressed in the coming months. A special section on the Society's new online member forum is open to discuss these issues in a community setting.

David would appreciate your comments about the Checklist, what you like about it, what problems you have using it, and improvements you would like to see.

Please communicate with David or use the member forum site.

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 Hamilton, 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!