Have you ever been to Wales, or as they spell it themselves, Cymru? Then you know that mountains of grey waste rock lie in North Wales. Remnants of a time when there were many slate quarries here. Like the Pentre Llechwedd, close to the village of...
Postal administrations all over the world know that the first stamps issued by the country itself are eagerly collected. But they also know that it is impossible for most collectors to obtain those stamps. Therefore, especially...
Postal stationery? Such as postcards, change-of-address cards, and airmail sheets? Yes, postal stationery can also be collected. They are highly prized by collectors of special postmarks, because the impression can come across very well on them. A stamp affixed to a card or envelope is always a little bit...
Are the postage stamps of f 2,50, f 5, and f 10 issued in May 1946 to be considered, as they are called in philatelic circles, harmful issues? There is quite a bit of confusion regarding this! Therefore, it seemed appropriate to me to clarify the regulations, which...
Do stamp collectors ever look at the rates applied to mail items? With a little goodwill and the aid of a rate list, an ordinary piece of mail may or may not be classified as 'artificial work'. To determine whether the current rates for...
Collecting individual stamps is fun, but collecting postal items is even more fun. Especially when those items tell a whole story. For instance, I came across a postcard (or is it printed matter?) dated August 5, 1924...
A printed matter envelope stamped with a postmark from 1947 bearing the text: Postagent Van der Steng Onze Marine. A joke? No, a real stamp, officially used. But why such a stamp that deviates from all other stamps of that era? Van der...
A name inextricably linked to the Haagsche Ballon Club, which was founded in 1936 by Jo Boesman, among others. Nini Visscher was 18 years old when she met Jo Boesman. In 1938, Nini made her first... from Kijkduin.
Apparently, it was a question from a stamp collector in The Hague. On December 26, 1933, a resident of Surabaya (the former Dutch East Indies) sent a postcard to Mr. Zaalberg in The Hague. And not just any postcard! The...
How do I collect impressions of special stamps? In most cases, an envelope or card is affixed with a stamp in the upper right corner. The impression of the stamp is then (in most cases) applied neatly, partly on the...
On April 27, 28, and 29, Sommelsdijk will be the stamp center of the Netherlands. For that is when the National Stamp Exhibition will be held in De Staver. With much to see, much to do, and many dealers offering their stamps and postal items...
As a collector of Dutch postmark impressions, I immediately noticed that something about an envelope wasn't right. Dutch stamps cancelled with a Belgian stamp? Worth taking a closer look! On the envelope were...
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