Potato

National Potato Week from April 17 to 26, 2026

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • April 24, 2026

National Potato Week will be held from April 17 to 26, 2026. Through various campaigns, food collective No Waste Army is attempting to save 500 million kilos of potatoes from ruin. Due to a combination of a record harvest, collapsed exports, and saturated...

500 years of Carolus Clusius (1526 – 1609)

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • 9 February 2026

Clusius is best known as the one who brought the tulip to the Netherlands and spread the potato throughout Europe. He was born in 1526 in Northern Flanders as Charles de l'Écluse. In his adult years, he traveled all over Europe...

Crystal Clark over before the NVPH Netherlands catalogue: My daughter and I are just starting out collecting stamps. We would love a catalog.

Bate Hijlkema over Uitgifte 2014: Augarten Porcelain – Vienna Rose: Does the method of cancelling the stamp correspond to the Ceramic stamp of our country?

Otto over 1000th Freestamp Magazine: The Treasure Chamber: Thanks for the many blogs over the past years. I’ve learned a lot from them and visited many museums as a result. A history lesson via stamps. Brilliant…

S Cooper over William John Caparne, irises and art: Hello Barbara. I too am a Caparn descendent on my mother's side. My brother and I own several watercolours too ! Am very proud of his contri…

Ramon over PostNL souvenir edition: It is particularly annoying that this is being sent without consultation. On the other hand, every hobby costs money, and ours is no different. I vi…

Lars over PostNL souvenir edition: You could still stick that Austrian stamp on a registered letter. PostNL could have made a stamp for registered mail out of it as well…