Middelburg, abbey and chocolate city
Together with my youngest daughter, I went to Middelburg for a weekend. It was fun and enjoyable. I couldn't resist looking to see if there were any stamps of Middelburg. The first one I came across was the...
Willem Hogendoorn
The creation story
The first sentence of the Bible reads: 'In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.' The earth was then formless and dark. Perhaps just as dark as we make the earth during the annual 'earth hour.' At this...
Me Too (me too)
It was the summer of 2004, I remember it exactly. I was on holiday in Macedonia and struck up a conversation with a local on a terrace. He told me (in English) that he collected stamps. And I replied: 'Me too!'...
A beautiful holiday spot, but three times a different country
My wife and I have been to the same holiday destination several times, but three times the name of the country was different. In 1979 it was called Yugoslavia; in 1991 it became Macedonia, and since 2019 the country has been called North Macedonia. Which is the same...
A heroic deed led to his death
As a (former) police officer, I collect the theme 'police on stamps.' This year, France issued a stamp of a police officer who was born in 1973. That is 18 years after I was born. What is the reason that he...
