Nurses Day on May 12, 2024
May 12 is Nurses' Day, also known as Healthcare Day. This special day was introduced by the healthcare sector in 1965 and is dedicated to improving the quality of care.
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2024 is the Year of the House Sparrow
2024 is the Year of the House Sparrow. Every year, Sovon and Vogelbescherming select a bird species that could use some extra attention. The house sparrow is one of the best-known and most numerous birds in our country. Because they always...
2023 is the Year of the Oystercatcher
The oystercatcher is not doing well in the Netherlands. As a result, this species faces the same fate as, for example, the black-tailed godwit and the lapwing. Compared to these other meadow birds, the oystercatcher faces even more problems, and therefore certainly stands a chance of...
2022 was the Year of the Blackbird
Did you participate in the National Garden Bird Count last weekend? Then you certainly saw blackbirds in your garden or on your balcony. In 2022, the blackbird was put in the spotlight during the Year of the Blackbird. Blackbirds do not know...
Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn
A full conjunction of the two planets Jupiter and Saturn is very rare. The last times this natural phenomenon occurred were in 1226 and 1623. Watch on December 21, 2020 between 17:30 and 18:00 or on December 22 around...
Crown Row Varies (30)
Prime Minister Rutte has completed his 14th press conference. This is my 30th coronavirus blog, featuring many new issues. The coronavirus crisis began in our country approximately 6 months ago. Time to take stock of which themes various postal administrations have...
Dark times
To commemorate the eclipse of the sun on 21 August 2017, Alderney Post in that year issued six special thermochromic stamps featuring six coastal locations in the world which experienced a partial eclipse. The Alderney stamps shown in this article...
Crown Row Varies (22)
In the 15th corona blog, you received an overview of all new COVID-19 issues. The postal administrations have not been idle. In this 22nd blog, once again an overview of new COVID-19 stamps and cancellations from: Czech Republic, China, Germany, India, Guernsey,...
Water as one of the basic necessities of life…. (part 2)
The common theme for the Europa stamps of the year 2001 was 'Water and natural springs'. The British Royal Mail gave its own interpretation to the original theme: life in a pond. The so-called 'Channel Islands' also piggybacked on the...
Total solar eclipse in 1999
In the Netherlands, the solar eclipse on August 11, 1999, was only partially visible. In southern Great Britain, this eclipse was total. Royal Mail had prepared for this event and had a block containing four stamps ready to be placed on the...
Newly spotted (7)
Many new stamps on a wide variety of subjects appear with great regularity. Below you will find a selection of recently issued stamps from around the world. In Bermuda, this series of five stamps featuring blossoms of native plants was issued. Aruba released...
New stamps (3)
Day after day new postage stamps are issued depicting a variety of topics. Below you can find a selection of these releases from the whole world. The set of five stamps with blossoms of indigenous plants were issued by the...
Newly spotted (2)
Many new stamps on a wide variety of subjects appear with great regularity. Below you will find a selection of recently issued stamps from around the world. The Bayeux Tapestry on an Alderney block. A prestige booklet has also been released....
