Captain Jan

Editor of HBG, the club magazine of Philatelist Group 'The Baltic Region'. The activities of this group are primarily aimed at increasing and disseminating philatelic knowledge concerning these collecting areas.

A letter from a prisoner-of-war camp in the Lithuanian Soviet Republic

Written in: Dutch • Jan Kaptein • March 10 2017

During the Second World War, a large number of Germans and Austrians were taken prisoner of war in the Soviet Union. The figures mentioned depend somewhat on political views, but it concerns approximately 3,2 million men, of whom 1,2 million died....

Vincent Tromer over North Sea shells: So don't buy it.

Written in: Dutch

Peter over Delta Works: The Netherlands and water with climate adaptation: Thank you very much for the nice explanation of the design.

Written in: Dutch

Lars over Delft Blue Ceramic stamp a 'deception stamp': Now just get those blueprints out of the catalog..

Written in: Dutch

Erik Boeré over Delft Blue Ceramic stamp a 'deception stamp': The best solution is probably to ignore the ceramics stamp altogether. Fortunately, as the NVPH/Catalog Committee, we already have…

Written in: Dutch

Yvonne Kruse over The piss-pots of Tilburg: What a nice article, Willem!

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Willem over Stamp Day 2026: “I would like to know . . .?”: The Delta stamps can already be found on Marktplaats. A beautiful design! In my opinion, that is an example of how collectors want it.

Written in: Dutch