Albert II of Monaco

Start of the Tour de France in the Netherlands for the sixth time.

Written in: Dutch • Jan van Tellingen • June 4, 2015

In 1954, Amsterdam was the first non-French starting point for the Tour de France. In 1973, Scheveningen was the starting point for the Tour. Leiden followed in 1978, and in 1996 it was 's-Hertogenbosch. Rotterdam had in...

Collection of Prince Albert II in Bruges

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • July 9, 2012

Belgium Monaco stamps

This summer, masterpieces from the stamp collection of Prince Albert II of Monaco are on display in Bruges. To draw attention to this, Belgium and Monaco issued a joint stamp. The stamp depicts a detail of a...

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…