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| Current Issue: TNCP #82 July 2023 |
The New CartoPhilatelist is the premier publication for worldwide collectors of maps on stamps. It is published in English and is a benefit of membership available only to Society members, recognized philatelic libraries and commercial stamp periodicals.
The Society’s award-winning quarterly journal is published in color and printed on high-quality paper using MagCloud, a print on demand service. After printing, the journal is mailed flat, in a protective envelope, directly from MagCloud to each member with a hardcopy subscription.
Members with a digital subscription receive an email with a link to download an Adobe PDF file for the current issue. Hardcopy subscribers may also download digital versions of each journal issue through the “Members Only Journal Archive” described below.
Each issue of the Journal contains one or more illustrated feature articles pertinent to maps on stamps, new issue listings and illustrations, and brief news about Society matters and fellow members. The editor makes every effort to eliminate needless filler produced only for the sake of adding pages.
Submissions
Both members and non-members are encouraged to submit articles for publication. Authors are reimbursed for reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred in the production and submission of the article.
Publication dates for our journal are Jan 1st, April 1st, July 1st, and Oct 1st. Material for publication must be received by the 15th of the preceding month.
Before sending your submission, please have a look at the “TNCP Style Sheet – Instructions to Authors” document . This will answer a lot of questions you may have about preparing your article. After reading it, if you have any more questions, please contact TNCP Editor David Wolfersberger for additional information on submissions.
Members Only Journal Archive
In October 2009, a secure, members only web page was initiated for the download of digital editions of The New CartoPhilatelist Journals. A number of members have expressed a desire to obtain back issues. The archive allows current members password protected access to all of the digital copies from No 1 through the current issue.
In October 2021, both the TNCP and CP members only web pages were moved to the new CPS Resource Centre.
Latest Issue in the Members Only Archive: TNCP No. 82, July 2023
Hardcopy back issues are still available for US$ 4.00 per issue, plus shipping costs.
Please remember that only current members of the Society may access the PDF back issues archive. If you have questions about your membership status or would like to purchase hardcopy back issues, please contact the Society Treasurer.
Recent Awards
 ATA NTSS 2014 Gold Medal |
 ATA NTSS 2014 |
In June, 2014 at the American Topical Association’s 65th National Topical Stamp Show (NTSS) the Society’s New CartoPhilatelist Journal was awarded the prestigious Gold Medal for medium study units with 50-200 members. In addition to the Gold Medal, TNCP also won the Grand Prize as the best of the 10 journals entered in this category.
Sample Articles from The New CartoPhilatelist
In honor of our first issue, the cover page and a very informative and colorful article by Mr. Martin Oakes entitled “Oh, What a Relief” 
is provided as a representative sample of the quality and content available in each issue of the New CartoPhilatelist.
Adobe® Acrobat Reader is required to view these documents. Please visit the Adobe web site for more information.
Recent Journal Dispatch News
TNCP 44 Dispatched to Members
The dispatch of the 44th issue of The New CartoPhilatelist marks a turning point for the Society. This issue was printed and dispatched directly to all of our hardcopy members, both domestic and international, using HP’s MagCloud Service. The first issue of the new year starts out with a detailed article by Ap Koopman about The Chamizal Dispute regarding the border between the USA and Mexico. The article traces the dispute over time, culminating with the treaty signed in 1963 and depicted in a stamp issue. Next up we have the final installment by meteorologists Don Hillger and Garry Toth who have presented a number of issues related to looking at The Earth as Seen from Space. Their descriptive article traces the history of geostationary earth observation satellites and various full disk earth images as they are shown on a number of stamp issues. Be sure to check the author’s web site for a very comprehensive checklist of related issues. Next up is a fascinating article about the Map stamps of the Galápagos Islands, by member Roger Kirby. The article begins with an interesting fact — approximately one third of the postage stamps of the Galápagos Islands issued up until 2012 have been map stamps. The article provides a very in-depth introduction to a very unique collecting theme. The Society’s European Representative, Volker Woesner, presents an article about the states of Germany as depicted in stamps. The article begins with a popular set of stamps issued from 1992 to 1994 stamps by the newly unified German Post depicting all 16 “federated states”, which constitute Germany today. The article continues to examine Germany’s historical borders through cartophilatelic examples. Society vice-president, David Wolfersburger opens the new year with an article about the newly released Maps on Stamps Checklist Rev 6.01 and showcases a number of new issues. Society member Pierre Moïse updates us with the status of maps shown on ATM stamps. A very interesting and growing group of issues which everyone show take notice of. One catalog already seems to be describing many of these issues. Next up is an informative article from TNCP Editor Martin Oakes detailing how he is arranging and annotating his collection. It provides a number of really neat ideas that new collectors and veterans alike will want to check out. A brief side-bar about a series of errors appearing on Austria’s 2012 issue commemorating the EU. How many of these errors are in your collection? Society President Mark Honig rounds out this issue with Society News and an examination of news on map stamp references in the current philatelic press and a look at some recent map stamp auctions. The issues closes again with information about a raise in membership dues caused by recent postal rate increases, updates to the checklist, some images of maps on labels/gutters of stamps related to nature, and a number of recent new issue images.
