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's 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   Internationaler Aero-Philatelisten Club   Society of Space Philatelists in Switzerland (GWP)   Fédération Internationale des Sociétés Aérophilatéliques (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) - 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 ;- )   Science   A Selective History of Science on Stamps, by Maiken Naylor (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   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   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 Post A Free Ad   Read the ads.. Powered by Guestworld Home   | Specialized Collecting   | Topical Collecting Index   |   © A.J. Ward Submit       Help Build This Resource Topical: SST: Free counters provided by Honesty.com. 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