Rob Smith

My name is Rob Smit, born in 1961, and in 1983 I founded and remain the owner of stamp dealership PostBeeld. Professionally, I work with stamps on a daily basis; in addition to overall management, I am involved in purchasing collections and pitch in wherever necessary. Outside of my own company, I am a board member of the NVPH and chairman of the NVPH.

The PostImage Museum (1), the first stamp album

Written in: Dutch • Rob Smit • 13 Januari 2014

Netherlands stamps

In the PostBeeld store in Haarlem, a reconstructed 19th-century stamp shop stands right by the entrance. In the display windows of this shop, there is a collection of old philatelic literature and everyday objects. It is the private collection of Rob...

Stamp blog in 2013

Written in: Dutch • Rob Smit • 31 December 2012

On behalf of all PostBeeld employees and myself, I wish you a prosperous, healthy, and happy 2013! As you may have heard, PostBeeld is the new owner of Postzegelblog as of this year. I would like to thank Lia Vieveen for her...

Friedenreich's Hundertwasser, a collection

Written in: Dutch • Rob Smit • October 16, 2008

Austria Cuba France

As mentioned before, Friedenreichs Hundertwasser kept playing on my mind. His 80th birthday was the occasion to issue a sheet containing four stamps in values of 55c, €1,00, 75c, and €1,25. On the stamps...

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!

Written in: Dutch

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