On April 28th, 2009 the Marshall Islands issued a sheet of 16 stamps to honor some of America’s most important military aviation heros. The 44cent stamps show portraits of the aviation heros with backgrounds depecting important events in their distinquished careers. The final stamp at the lower
 Marshall Islands 2009-04-28 right hand corner of the sheet shows a map of the island archepelago and generalized gird and compass rose. A canoe and sea birds are also shown on the map stamp. Starting in the upper left, the positions of the aviation heros and map stamp are as follows: (16-1) Richard I. Bong, (16-2) Charles “Chuck” Yeager, (16-3) Lauris Norstad, (16-4) Willam “Billy” Mitchell, (16-5) Curtis E. LeMay, (16-6) Edward Henry O’Hare, (16-7) Claire L. Chennault, (16-8) George C. Kenney, (16-9) James “Jimmy” Doolittle, (16-10) Paul W. Tibbits, Jr., (16-11) Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., (16-12) Carl “Tooey” Spaatz, (16-13) Ira C. Eaker, (16-14) Edward “Eddie” Rickenbacker, (16-15) Henry “Hap” Arnold, (16-16) Map of the Marshall Islands.
 The Netherlands has issued a set of stamps to mark the International Year of Astronomy (IYA 2009). The set of two stamps features a map surrounding the Netherlands marking the location of the LOFAR (LOw Frequency ARray) radio telescopes which are distributed across the Netherlands and other neighboring countries. The LOFAR system uses a large number of relatively cheap, omni-directional dipole antennas without any moving parts, concentrated in stations. The stamp shown on the right depicts the image of a lens crafted by Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens. The date, 3 February 1655 is inscribed along with an image of Saturn and what appears to be the phrase “Luna Saturni” – moon of Saturn. The date may indicate when Huygens described the first of Saturn’s moon, later named by John Herschel as Titan, or when Huygens released his proposal that Saturn was surrounded by a solid ring, “a thin, flat ring, nowhere touching, and inclined to the ecliptic.” Huygens did not openly report his discovery about the rings and new moon, but instead disguised his report using the line from the Roman poet Ovidius, “They brought the distant stars to our eyes,” which is also inscribed on the actual lens that Huygens made. The diameter of the 57 mm lens is shown in the top selvedge. The stamps are arranged tete-beche in sheets of 10. The map design continues on the upper and lower selvedge.
 Netherlands 2009-04-07 IYA 2009 has a special task group to handle the philatelic issues and even more exciting, the Europa-CEPT issues for 2009 will also be following the IYA 2009 theme. A number of links and images are available. At this time it seems difficult to say how many terrestrial maps may be featured on the IYA 2009 stamps, but a number of star charts appear to be forth-coming.
A press-release and calendar of philatelic release dates is also available.
Some additional links of Interest for IYA 2009 are:
[ Mark Honig, the Society’s European Representative and “resident astronomer” supplied this information and will be keeping us informed of any additional issues from IYA that are of CartoPhilatelic importance. — web admin ]
Three stamps in the Royal Mail March 10th 2009 Pioneers of the Industrial Revolution issue contain distinctive background maps. The stamps, shown below, feature portraits of James Brindley, master canal builder, John McAdam, a Scottish engineer who pioneered the building of hard-surface roads and Matthew Boulton, engineer and craftsman who invented labor-saving tools and emphasized rights for workers. This is the bicentennial of Boulton’s death in 1809. The three stamps from the set of eight are in denominations of GB 0.72 and “1st” class mail.
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On March 4, 2009, Australia Post issued a set of two stamps and a mini-sheet for the Australian Antarctic Territory. The stamp set, part of a world wide initiative involving more than thirty postal administrations was formed to show the importance of preserving the worlds polar regions and glaciers. The two single stamps in the series are joined on the mini-sheet. The 55c stamp features the snow petrel of Antarctica.
 Australia 2009-03-04 The $2.05 stamp features an image of a jagged glacier. A silhouette map of the Antarctic continent is shown in the upper left corner of the mini sheet. The ice crystal logo is being using on stamps issued in this series by the various postal authorities. Fellow philatelists Garry Toth and Don Hillger are working to compile a detailed list of Preserve the Poal Regions and Glaciers (PPRG) stamps.
 Estonia 2009-02-12 Eesti Post (Estonian Post Ltd.) has issued two stamps in early 2009 that feature background maps. The February 12, 2009 issue commemorates the 125th anniversary of the birth of Johan Laidoner (12 Feb. 1884 – 13 March 1953), who was Commander-in-Chief of the Estonian armed forces during the War of Independence. In 1918 Laidoner was promoted to lieutenant general for his services in the War of Independence. He retired from military service after the war ended in 1920 and was Member of Parliament in 1920–29. He served in the Estonian delegation to the League of Nations and headed a special committee to Iraq. From 1934 – 1940 he once again served as commander -in-chief of the armed forces being promoted to the rank of general in 1939. Following the Soviet occupation of Estonia, Laidoner was deported to Penza and subsequently arrested in June 1941. Laidoner died on March 14, 1953 in Vladimir prison, near the present day city of Kirov Russia.
 Estonia 2009-01-29 The January 29, 2009 issue marks the January 31, 1919 Paju Manor Battle against Red Latvian Riflemen during the Estonia War of Independence. On 30 January the partisan unit headed by Julius Kuperjanov occupied the manor along with the Tõlliste Stage. But during the night the manor again passed into the hands of the Red Latvian Riflemen. In a battle that lasted the entire following day Finnish volunteers together with the partisans managed to finally gain possession of the manor at the heavy toll of 42 men dead and 113 wounded. On 1 February the partisans and the Finns marched into Valga without meeting any resistance as the enemy had withdrawn from the Estonian-Latvian border town. Julius Kuperjanov, the head of the partisan unit, along with the other wounded, was taken to a hospital in Tartu where he died of wounds on 2 February 1919. A memorial was erected on the Paju Battlefield in 1994.
[ most of the text from this article came from Eesti Post, however I could not find out much about the maps featured on the stamps. the map behind General Laidoner appears to be of the campaigns of the Estonian War of Independence, but i am not sure. The map on the Paju Manor Battle shows the immediate area of the battle. we welcome any additional information. –web admin]
 UK Darwin Set 2009-02-12 Royal Mail has issued, on February 12, 2009, a set of new stamps and a souvenir sheet to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin. The stamps also mark the 150th anniversary, November 24, 1859, of the publication of Darwin’s “On The Origin of Species.” The new set of stamps feature a unique jigsaw puzzle type of design for each stamp to demonstrate how the various areas of Darwin’s studies – zoology, botany, geology, ornithology and anthropology – came together to form his theory of Natural Selection.
CartoPhilatelists will be especially interested in the special miniature sheet which features a map of the Galapagos Islands, where Darwin conducted much of his field research. The GBP 2.34 mini-sheet features “four stamps showing some of the unique wildlife of the Galapagos Islands that Darwin encountered during his voyage as Ship’s Naturalist on the
 UK Darwin Mini Sheet 2009-02-12 hydrographic survey ship HMS Beagle. The animals of these isolated islands and how they showed evidence of variation and evolution had a profound influence upon Darwin’s theory of natural selection. The animals are shown against the background of the map produced on the mission.” A press sheet of 12 un-cut miniature sheets is also available for purchase on the Royal Mail web site.
 Cuba 2009 Cuba has issued a new stamp depicting Darwin’s voyage in the HMS Beagle. A world map with the route is shown in this new issue. If anyone has more information on this issue, please let us know.
[ There must be other countries which may be issuing similar Darwin Commerative Stamps. Please send us any information on new issues. — web admin. ]
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