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Encyclopedia of Stamps and Philatelic Links
Specialized Collecting:
Space, Science & Technology
Space
Space Topic Study Unit
The Space Unit is an organisation of hobbists devoted to the collection
and study of covers and stamps issued on space themes. It has a world wide
membership and is the largest independent astrophilatelic society in the
world.
(afilated with the APS & ATA)
Information on membership can be obtained by contacting:
Carmine Torrisi, Secretary STSU
P.O.Box 780241
Maspeth, NY 11378, USA
E-mail
old: stargate.1usa.com/stamps
American Air Mail Society
Additional data.
Astro Space Stamp Society
Honorable Secretary:
Brian Lockyer, @,
The ASSS
21 Exford Close, Weston-super-Mare, Avon, BS23 4RE, UK
old: http://www.asss.utvinternet.com/
Internationaler Aero-Philatelisten Club
Society of Space Philatelists in Switzerland (GWP)
F�d�ration Internationale des Soci�t�s A�rophilat�liques (FISA)
(Alt. URL)
Goddard Space Flight Center Stamp Club (club Info)
Meets: 11:30 a.m. 2nd Thurs. in GSFC Bldg. 30 - Room 180, Greenbelt
Dr. Manfred Owe (c.2008) - @-mail 1, @-mail 2; old
P.O. Box 261, Greenbelt, MD 20768-0261, USA
J.P.L. Stamp Club (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Meets: 12 Noon on 2nd Tues. at JPL in Pasadena, CA
Mr James R. Rose - Email
P. O. Box 771, La Canada, CA 91012-0771, USA
Johnson Space Center Stamp Club
(TxPA Info Pg.)
P.O. Box 58247, Houston, TX 77258-8247
Meets: 7 p.m. 2nd & 4th Mon.
Cilroth Recreation Ctr., Clear Lake City (Houston), TX, USA
Gate 5 - off Space Center Blvd.
Mr. Richard Gerstle - Email
132 Hyacinth, Lake Jackson, TX 77566, USA
Club 'provides cancellations for the various space flights '
Ford Stamp Club
Meets: 1st Mon.
in: FMC - P&A Building: Res. and Eng. Center
R. L. Hyzy
P. O. Box 2388, Dearborn, MI 48123, USA
Boeing Employees Stamp Club
Meets: 6 p.m. 2nd Wed. in Boeing Recreation Activities Center
22649 83rd Ave. S., Kent, WA, USA
Mr. Bruce E. Landry - Email
12212 Marine View Dr S.W., Seattle, WA 98146, USA
William Messecar, Phone: 253-638-9692, Email
McDonnell Douglas Philatelic Club
Meets: 7 p.m. 1st & 3rd Tues.
Michael E. Rodgers Seniors Center
1706 Orange Ave., Huntington Beach, CA 92648, USA
Mr. Roger K. Alderson - Email
2984 Rounsevel Terr., Laguna Beach, CA 92651, USA
� Sergey Okun - designed as a part of "
COSMONAUTICS" Encyclopedia (in Russian)
by Aleksandr Zheleznyakov - old URL was http://stamps.transas.com/ - Sergey wrote to have it updated 4/22/2001
-but even this ( http://spacestamps.spb.ru/ ) is '404' c.200911
Russian Space & Astronomy Stamp Exchange -
Oleg Tuchin, Russia
Astrophilately - Pierre Bauduin (sales)
aka:
Wilton Stamp Co., Inc.
Michael Goldberg - Email 1
, Email 2
Joe Frasketi's Space Covers - Basics of Space Cover Collecting
Space commemorative event covers are commemorative envelopes that are postmarked on the day a space event occurs. ... Additional space commemorative event covers could be from participating tracking stations, tracking ships, recovery ships, land recovery operation headquarters, etc. ... can also include covers with special cancels, such as for space trek conventions, cancels honoring previous astronauts or space anniversaries, etc. So there are all types of event covers in existence. ...
The Grand Turk Island Connection With The Mercury/Glenn Flight - by Joe Frasketi Jr.
"I was located on Grand Turk Island, in the West Indies, where the U.S.A.
had a Project Mercury tracking station and I was working at the telemetry
site operating electronics equipment. There was also a small but well
staffed Mercury hospital on the island as astronaut John Glenn would be
brought there after orbiting the earth and splashing down in nearby waters.
...
He's got some background for Space Covers. aj.
STS-51L (Challenger) Memorial Home Page - Dr Ross J Smith
Dedicated to the seven brave men and women who died in the STS-51L
tragedy. They slipped the surly bonds of Earth to touch the face of God.
- List of STS-51L Covers
- Challenger Disaster Links
Meteorite Stamps and Coins
from Philip R. "Pib" Burns
"I am always happy to be able to combine two of my
hobbies -- in this case, meteorite collecting and stamp
collecting. So far I have located only the following
stamps commemorating meteorites or meteorite
impacts. If you know of any others,
please let me know. " (he also features some Roman coins depicting a metorite: the sacred Stone of Emesa. aj. 3/2001
ESPACE Lollini
- (Alt URL)
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E-mail
- in French & English - They produce a series of catalogs dealing with many aspects of space collecing including stamps, FDC's, Letters etc.. and an 'album' they describe as an 'Encyclopedia'.
With
'CATAWEB'
- an online catalog:
- featuring searches by date, location or topic
- covering stamps, FDC's and Event covers
Vsevolod V. Pritula, in
Russia
Provides expertization on Space mail (& Europe to 1940).
Walter Michael Hopferwieser, in
Austria
Provides expertization on Space mail.
Buffalo Stamp
- E-mail
Scout & Space Stamp Sales incl. topical lists.
'Exclusiv PhilFund'
"We are the top specialist around the world in the "space-polarpost"
thema.
About.com Stamp Buyer's Guide : Space
The Story of my stamps
I've got at least one decent cover. AJ ;- )
www.alecbartos.com
Alec Bartos is a graphic designer and stamp creator. c.2015
Science
A Selective History of Science on Stamps (updated url c.2014)
(truly scholastic)
Astronomy and Cosmology
Instruments and Measurements
Mathematics and Computation
Chemistry
Evolution and the Fossil Record
Biology
Heredity and the Genetic Code
Physics
Electromagnetic Theory and Light
Modern Physics
Geology and Mapping
The Nobel Prizes
References
Science and Engineering Library
University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY 14260
Copyright 1997 Maiken Naylor,
E-mail- He passed {cf.} a few years ago ;-(
old: library.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/sel/exhibits/stamps
Scientists on the Stamps of Israel
Try to guess who's on each stamp, then click on the stamp to
see if you're right!
Science on Stamps - S. Sugiyama
Technology
Insulators on Postage Stamps - by Jill Meier (& cf.)
Computer Stamps - w/check list - by Heikki Rauhala, .se
Philatelic Computing Study Group (PCSG) (unfortunately it's now defunct - c.2007 ajw)
Quite frankly, one of the more competent APS sites. aj.
The PCSG has 500-plus members located in the USA and 21 other countries...
For more information about the PCSG and an application form,
send your postal mailing address.
E-mail
or write to:
Bob de Violini
Secretary, PCSG
P.O. Box 5025
Oxnard, CA 93031 U.S.A.
some of this site's contents:
·The FIP Philatelic Web Site Evaluation Program
·Philatelic resources on CD-ROM discs --
·CD-ROM Stamp Catalogs || Stamp Images || Research Studies
·Review of the Scott CD-ROM, U.S. Stamp Collector's Database, now on-line!
·Stamp Inventory Programs -- Introduction || Windows || DOS || Macintosh
·Other Programs -- Page Layout Programs || Stamp Tags || Image Comparison Program
·Some Other Sources of Useful Information. UPU countries, Exchange Rates, Country Codes, ...
old URL: http://www.west.net/~stamps1/pcsg/pcsg.html
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