Afke's dozen

Summer stamps 2005 nostalgic Netherlands with a Frisian accent

Written in: Dutch • redactie • September 22 2024

The benefit of cleaning up my archive is the discovery of little-known or completely unknown background information in philately. Notes and newspaper clippings (Leeuwarder Courant & Midfrieslander [April 2 & 5, 2005]) have provided me with much detailed, interesting...

Summer stamps 2005 & 2006 with nostalgic images

Written in: Dutch • redactie • May 5, 2019

In 2005, it was one hundred years since the reading method for primary schools of yesteryear, 'Nog bij moeder thuis', better known as 'Ot en Sien', was published by Wolters-Noordhof of Groningen. The TPG postal company has the National Fund...

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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…