-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Tribute to an atlas Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:14:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Julie Sweetkind-Singer <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: Julie Sweetkind-Singer <[log in to unmask]> To: Air Photo Maps, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]> Jan, Fantastic! Any way for we cartophilatilists to buy these from the United States? Best, Julie ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From: *"Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee" <[log in to unmask]> *To: *[log in to unmask] *Sent: *Wednesday, July 11, 2012 5:40:32 AM *Subject: *Tribute to an atlas ------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: Tribute to an atlas Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:06:39 +0200 From: Jan Smits <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]> In June 2012, 135 years after its first publication, the Dutch postal service launched a sheet of 10 stamps, containing 6 editions of the so called "Bosatlas", published between 1877 and 2012; see <http://persons.kb.nl/jsmits/cartifact/netherlands41.html> It is now in its 54th edition under the title "De grote Bosatlas : voor vmbo-havo-vwo" (ISBN 978-90-01-12600-1) and has had many derivatives and foreign editions through the past years. I wonder whether digital publications can/will also be (digitally) honoured in such a way in the future! Jan Smits Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of The Netherlands