Jan van der Wal

The Personal Stamp was born in Kollum, Friesland.

Written in: Dutch • Jan van der Wal • April 23, 2025

In the northeast of Friesland lies a village of fewer than 6.000 inhabitants: Kollum. It is small enough not to stand out on the world stage. Yet, in 1999, it experienced a genuine world first thanks to the publication of the first...

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

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

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

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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…

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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.

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