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In 2007 the German society of collectors of shipping related stamps SMS Navicula issued a CD with a catalog of maritime meter stamps in PDF format. They started with 1.790 pictures of meter stamps. After the dissolution of Navicula Rainer Theobald and I produced another edition, after which I have taken over the editorship. Now the 5th edition is available with approx. 6.300 illustrations of meter stamps with a maritime relation. Especially the number of meters from other countries than Germany was increased. Also, many black-and-white images have been replaced by those in better quality. Furthermore, some editorial deficiencies have been corrected or eliminated. The numbering system remained untouched and was supplemented by consecutive numbering of the new meters. An index (Excel sheet) has been added to this edition, which makes it easier to search for specific companies, ships, subjects etc. |
| The stamps are grouped by area (Germany, Europe, rest of the world), and then by country and city. Per city they are sorted by the name of the company using the franking machine. The catalog contains tables showing the cities from which meters have been included and with meters sorted by motive. A separate section is devoted to the pricing of meters. Preface, introduction and table of contents are both in German and English. The sections containing the meter stamps are only in German, but because the amount of text is rather limited and consists mainly of standard shipping related terms, it will be easily understandable for readers not speaking German. If necessary, Google translate can help. |  |