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Georges Simenon, the creator of Maigret

Written in: Dutch • Willem Hogendoorn • October 3, 2011

As previously reported on this blog by Cees Janssen, Commissioner Maigret was “created” in Delfzijl. In Cees’s article, you can also see 3 beautiful Simenon stamps. This prompted me to delve deeper into (philatelic) history...

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