Bate Hylkema over Andy Warhol's Pre-Pop Art (1950 – 1960): In the accompanying article, to complete the article, I would have liked a stamp featuring one of the various versions of Queen B…
Barbara Caparn Nitzberg over Month of the Green Garden from April 1 to April 30, 2026: Will you participate?: I live in a suburban-very quiet street. I have several well maintained bushes in front of my house which are planted just before my extended…
Barbara Anne Caparn Nitzberg over William John Caparne, irises and art: Thank you . Thomas John Caparn is a direct relative of mine-my name is Barbara Anne Caparn. I have a few of his watercolors and they just be…
Yvonne Kruse over One drop of ink….: Sorry for my stupid question yesterday. I see now how easy it is to convert a blog into another language.
Yvonne Kruse over One drop of ink….: Probably a stupid question. How can I find a translated version of a blog? I have seen two but I can't seem to find a random…
Yvonne Kruse over What is Santa Claus like?: Hello Rob, I am very happy with the new version of my blogs. It looks beautiful! One small mistake: the title is: Who is Santa (ve…
rob over Hamlet: This is a translation error, which should be corrected by now. If 'Hamlet' is viewed as a word rather than a name, it simply means…
Bate Hylkema over 1951 issue of children's stamps a world first: View this article as an introduction to the article containing special news that will appear shortly. The perspective of… is striking.
rob over Collection 91: Janneke Brinkman-Salentijn: As a result of the termination of PostNL's sponsorship of Postzegelblog/Freestampagazine, we are currently not archiving/publishing Collect me…
rob over The Faroe Islands have four underwater tunnels.: The majority of the articles, at least those from after 2016, can now simply be found on Freestampmagazine. Everything is now also available in six languages.
Hans over Collection 91: Janneke Brinkman-Salentijn: The link to the Collect Magazines archive does not work. Hopefully, that is fixable. Kind regards, Hans
Groeneweg over New Priority Mourning Stamp Netherlands: Unfortunately, I have already heard that the funeral mail sent with priority on Monday was not delivered on Tuesday😏 This despite the delivery at the sortery…
Walter de Rooij over The Faroe Islands have four underwater tunnels.: Indeed, efforts have been underway for some time to make it unattractive for collectors to buy stamps from non-EU countries. Since July 1st, th…
Yvonne Kruse over Hamlet: The title of this article is HAMLET and not Hamlet.
Hans Vink over Welcome to Freestampmagazine: The image resolution is still rubbish. Look at the last three: July 22, 24, and 28, then you'll understand what I mean. Regards, Hans
Danny Cobussen over Cheerful, atmospheric children's stamps 2026: It's a shame that they're stickers again, though.
Yvonne Kruse over The Faroe Islands have four underwater tunnels.: Nice new layout of Freestampcatalogue. Can someone explain to me what happened to all the articles on Postzegelblog in the past…
Lars over The Faroe Islands have four underwater tunnels.: "The Faroe Islands" have already destroyed that themselves. A year's collection of 25 stamps for €100. And it is European regulation, so not all…
Vincent Tromer over The Faroe Islands have four underwater tunnels.: From July 1st, we have to pay import duties on the delivery of stamps from the Faroe Islands. This is how philately is being destroyed in our country.
Bate Hijlkema over Unique identification Mourning stamp Netherlands Prio: The accompanying short, bitter reaction appeared in the Leeuwarder Courant of July 18: "PostNL is making bereavement mail 130 percent more expensive. So you would...
Willem Meerkerk over Self-adhesive or gummed, what do you collect?: I collect the annual collection of Dutch stamps. That automatically means that I collect gummed and self-adhesive stamps. The perforated…
Lars over Self-adhesive or gummed, what do you collect?: I collect both, though I prefer not to have mint self-adhesive ones. You never know how they will stand the test of time. Just look at the Nede…
Lars over Mouth-watering tart stamps with a sweet scent: One advantage of self-adhesive stamps is that people cannot tear off the perforations. Of the gummed stamps used, you can alti…
Rob over Chessboard on stamp sheet: @Elizadoug I always use the Google Translate app with the camera function myself.
Willem Meerkerk over Mouth-watering tart stamps with a sweet scent: I do see a trend in PostNL's new issues. More and more "self-adhesive" stamps, just like with the 2026 children's stamps. htt…
Haas over New Priority Mourning Stamp Netherlands: Unusual: new rates taking effect on a Sunday. PostNL faces a challenge. With priority, it is guaranteed that the next working day (Mon…
Elizadoug over Chessboard on stamp sheet: Are there any online references to the translation of the different stamps? I've been looking around and am not having much luck.
Elizadoug over Chessboard on stamp sheet: I bought one to frame as a gift to my father. And it was semi-difficult to find, but not too terribly expensive.
John Petterson over Drones, Drones on Drones: Nice article! It has inspired me to start collecting drones on stamps as well.
Otto over 2026 FIFA World Cup: Canada, Mexico and USA: The 2026 World Cup unfortunately turned out disastrously for our World Cup team; the beautiful stamps above are a balm for the wound for the football…
rob over Welcome to Freestampmagazine: Dear Lars, We consider this a disadvantage ourselves as well. It has to do with caching of the translation system in order to keep the site fast. H…
Lars over Welcome to Freestampmagazine: PS: I'm only just reading below that it might take a while. To be honest, I find that quite a major downside of this otherwise beautiful new website…
Lars over Welcome to Freestampmagazine: The comments are not working completely perfectly yet. On the homepage, I see a new comment, but when I click on it, that comment is not there…
Ramon over Women from 1926: But which Pope? The man himself or the office? I think we find the most depicted man in the English or American corner.
willem hogendoorn over Something about stamp perforations: A clear philatelic article. This leaves you wanting more.
willem hogendoorn over Women from 1926: The Pope?
Caroline over Women from 1926: But who is the most photographed man in the world?
willem hogendoorn over Women from 1926: Nice article
Jeroen Bohnenn over Turtle Jonathan not only on stamps but now also in the Guinness Book of Records: Beautiful turtle stamps
Jeroen over Netherlands stamp issues July–December 2026: few surprises, a few bright spots: Very beautiful stamp
Lars over Netherlands stamp issues July–December 2026: few surprises, a few bright spots: This year is the 100th issue. From 1924 to 2026 is 102 years, but 1924 through 2026 is 103 years. Minus 3 years during the war i…
Prins over Netherlands stamp issues July–December 2026: few surprises, a few bright spots: Just to be precise with the wording: It has been 102 years since the first children's stamps were issued in 1924. In the war years 1942, 1943…
Redactie Freestampmagazine over Welcome to Freestampmagazine: Dear Hans, The new articles are in principle posted with higher resolution images. In the old stamp blog, images were…
Hans over Welcome to Freestampmagazine: It has turned out to be a nice, well-organized website/magazine. There is still one point of attention: the resolution of the images. That shows a bit too…
René over Welcome to Freestampmagazine: Congratulations on the launch of Freestampagazine, which I saw for the first time yesterday. Today's blog about stamping is fine and now…
Willem over Stamp issuance program January–June 2026 and new December stamp rates: @Lars, I fear the worst too. But EUR 14,95 is not a regular rate.
Christiaan over Welcome to Freestampmagazine: Wow!
Lars over Stamp issuance program January–June 2026 and new December stamp rates: I'm afraid it will be a single stamp of €14,95... Maybe they'll make a stamp out of a very small tile. Austria once had something like that too...
Anton Siedsma over 50th International Beatles Collectors' Fair on May 31, 2026 in Leiden: What a labor of love!!
Anton Siedsma over Visual language: Rabobank (1898): Well done!!
