At PostBeeld, we regularly receive letters that tell a special story. Every now and then, I want to show and describe such a special letter on Postzegelblog. This time: A Postal Mistake. This letter was sent from Amsterdam, franked with 5...
Everyday things were, of course, also invented or designed at some point. A recently released stamp block from Switzerland featuring the invention of the WC-Eend gave me the idea to look for more everyday inventions on stamps. And those are...
A selection of newly issued stamps featuring means of transport. Click on the images to view the stamps in more detail or to order them via Freestampcatalogue. Memory Train is a cultural and educational project. A train traveling through Belarus and Russia with...
A selection of newly issued stamps featuring people. Click on the images to view the stamps in more detail or to order them via Freestampcatalogue. Rodolphe Archibald Reiss lived from 1875 to 1929, was born in Germany and died in Serbia. He was a...
You can't watch the news without something being reported about drones. Drones for warfare, medical transport, surveillance, delivery, or setting up production facilities for drones. But what about stamps? Freestampcatalogue has recently...
I am often asked which stamp I consider the most beautiful. I am not sure if I really find it the most beautiful, but I certainly find the stamps from Liechtenstein below to be the most fascinating. Every time I...
When I’m traveling, I regularly come across something I’ve seen before. “Hey, I recognize that,” I sometimes let slip. “From the stamps, I suppose?” my girlfriend usually says. And yes, indeed, from...
This time, a blog post in which not a single stamp is visible. Or actually, quite a lot of them, but from a distance. Rob Smit collects all sorts of things related to philately and the history of philately. In a...
In this column, Rob Smit describes remarkable facts about stamp collecting from over 150 years of history. This time, about a news section. Virtually every philatelic magazine devotes attention to new issues. Usually in a news section. Because it is so fun and...
In this column, Rob Smit describes remarkable facts about stamp collecting from more than 150 years of history. This time, about Jacqueline Caurat. For most Dutch people, not even stamp collectors, hearing the name Jacqueline Caurat will...
A clown doesn't just retire. Even for the jester among circus performers, his role is one that simply transcends the ring. This explains why Oleg Popov, the best and most famous clown in the world, even at 86...
In this column, Rob Smit describes remarkable facts about stamp collecting from more than 150 years of history. This time, prompted by an article by K. Kouwenberg about Cornelis van Rinsum. Cornelis van Rinsum (born May 18, 1852) grew up in a...
Inspired by a series of articles by K. Kouwenberg that appeared in the monthly magazine Philatelie in the late 1970s, Rob Smit describes the history of stamp collecting anew in biweekly installments. This is part 35, England in 1866. One of the most important philatelic facts...
Inspired by a series of articles by K. Kouwenberg that appeared in the monthly magazine Philatelie in the late 1970s, Rob Smit re-examines the history of stamp collecting in biweekly installments. This is part 34, Madame E. Nicolas. Stamp collecting is often seen as...
Inspired by a series of articles by K. Kouwenberg that appeared in the monthly magazine Philatelie in the late 1970s, Rob Smit re-examines the history of stamp collecting in biweekly installments. This is part 33, A Theft in 1865. In The Stamp Collector's...
Inspired by a series of articles by K. Kouwenberg that appeared in the monthly magazine Philatelie in the late 1970s, Rob Smit describes the history of stamp collecting anew in biweekly installments. This is part 32, Collectors' Societies. As we saw in the previous installment, it fell...
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