The Philatelic Bureau of San Marino is planning to issue a new souvenir sheet on June 7, 2013 that commemorates the 550th anniversary of the determination of borders between the Republic of San Marino and Italy. A proposed joint issue with Italy, the € 5.45 sheet depicts two regions prior to the “Patti di Fossombrone” (Pacts of Fossombrone) when in 1463 San Marino obtained the castles of Montegiardino, Fiorentino, Serravalle and Faetano resulting in the territorial borders that still exist today. The souvenir sheet contains four stamps in horizontal orientation. The background of the sheet shows the papal decree by which His Holiness Pius II ratified the “clauses of the previous agreements between San Marino and the papal legate Cardinal. ”
 San Marino (forthcoming 2013-06-07) 550th anniversary of the determination of borders with Italy.
 Queen Elizabeth Land, 2013-02 Announcement, status unknown New issue sleuth Mark Honig has alerted us to this supposed Feb 2013 issue from British Antarctic Territory marking the appellation of “Queen Elizabeth Land” last December 18th, 2012 by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. This rough image depicts on the right of the sheet, a map of the newly named territory with a photo image of HM Queen Elizabeth II on the left. The sheet honors the Queen in her Diamond Jubilee Year. We are uncertain of the status of this sheet. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has indicated that the name “Queen Elizabeth Land” will be used in future on all British maps, however due to the unique status of Antarctica, as stated in the Antarctic Treaty, it will be up to other countries to recognize the name if they so choose. If anyone has any additional information about this issue, please contact Mark Honig
The election of officers for the CartoPhilatelic Society for the period of April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2016 has been completed and the results have been approved by the current officers.
These members have been elected to the following positions:
- President: Mr. Mark Honig (Netherlands)
- Vice President: Mr. David Wolfersberger (USA)
- Secretary: Ms. Marybeth Sulkowski (USA)
- Treasurer: Mr. Ed Vallery (USA)
- European Representative: Mr. Volker Woesner (Germany)
- Asia/Pacific Representative: Mr. Brian Marshall (New Zealand)
- Representative at Large: Mr. Philip Coop (USA)
In addition to the elected officers, Mr. Martin Oakes will continue as Editor of The New CartoPhilatelist Journal and Mr. Reese Plews will continue as Society web administrator.
“Thanks to all of the officers for their commitment of time and effort to help ensure the continued success of the CartoPhilatelic Society.
My thanks to all of those who served as officers and to all members who helped make my time as President enjoyable and fulfilling. I look forward to working with Mark as he takes over as President. I am sure that all members will provide the same level of support to Mark as was given to me. ” — David Wolfersberger, March 2013.
The 41st issue of The New CartoPhilatelist is slated to be dispatched to members in early April 2013. The issue beings twenty full pages of fascinating articles, images and information about the Society.
The first article in TNCP 41 is from the Society’s out-going president, David Wolfersberger and details the map stamps of the French Southern and Antarctic Territories. A number of special mini-sheets featuring maps are shown in the article. The next article is from member Pierre Moïse, entitled From Lisbon to Nagasaki: the “Portuguese Hemisphere.” This unique article examines Portuguese navigation, discovery and cultural influence in former colonies and countries as depicted through cartophilately. Next up, member Tim Olmstead proposes an interesting “baseball” themed poll to decide the top 9 map stamp designs from the USA. Remember to send your votes and comments to Tim! President Emeritus Miklos Pinther introduces us to a number of cartographic map cancellations and similar postal history items. Next, President Mark Honig remembers Al Underberg in this special “Closed Album” piece. A number of society news items, results of the election of officers, new issue descriptions, and a wonderful bio of the David Wolfersberger rounds out this full issue. Thanks for all the dedication over the years David!
The theme for the PostEurop’s 20th anniversary of Europa issues is “Vehicles of the Mail Carriers.” This year’s Europa issue from Sweden Post features an aerial image depicting a mail carrier’s route overlaid on the image. The March 14, 2013 issued 24.00 KR mini-sheet consists of two 12.00 KR stamps, one vertical stamp showing a mail carrier riding a bicycle and one horizontal stamp of a mail carrier and electric van. In the background a monochrome image which appears to be an aerial photo or high-resolution satellite image of an urban area is shown overlaid with yellow lines depicting the route of a mail carrier.
 Sweden 2013 Europa Issue, 2013-03-14
 Closed Album: Al Underberg 2013-01 On January 30th I received a phone call from Marilyn Underberg that her husband, Al had passed away that morning after a brief illness.
Al Underberg was a member of our society from 1988 and served our society as Vice President between 2004 and 2010. Al had a huge stamp collection, besides map stamps he collected stamps of places he visited and collected stamps of countries he visited on his travels. He told me that traveling was actually his biggest hobby, before (map) stamp collecting.
Al and Marilyn were members of the Travelers Century Club and have visited 167 countries. In his office in St. Peters-burg where he worked as an attorney, he had a world map with pins indicating all the places he had visited.
His recent focus was on scientific re-search in philately and founded the Institute for Analytical Philately. He was Vice President of the St. Petersburg Stamp Club.
Al is survived by his wife Marilyn, his four daughters and sons-in law and nine grandchildren. I will always remember his hospitality and generosity when we met and during my stays at their home in St. Petersburg, FL.
All members of the CPS thank Al for his service to the Society and express our condolences to Marilyn and his family.
Mark Honig
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