Anna Claire de Breij

Designers of the 2017 December Stamps: Celebrities and Artists

Written in: Dutch • redactie • 17 December 2017

Ten young, unknown, and talented artists have been given the opportunity to design a December stamp. Each stamp is inspired by the personal Christmas story of a Dutch celebrity. They talk about their 'holiday feeling'. The Dutch celebrities The Christmas cards from the Santé Christmas card box,...

Bate Hijlkema over Unique identification Mourning stamp Netherlands Prio: The accompanying short, bitter reaction appeared in the Leeuwarder Courant of July 18: "PostNL is making bereavement mail 130 percent more expensive. So you would...

Willem Meerkerk over Self-adhesive or gummed, what do you collect?: I collect the annual collection of Dutch stamps. That automatically means that I collect gummed and self-adhesive stamps. The perforated…

Lars over Self-adhesive or gummed, what do you collect?: I collect both, though I prefer not to have mint self-adhesive ones. You never know how they will stand the test of time. Just look at the Nede…

Lars over Mouth-watering tart stamps with a sweet scent: One advantage of self-adhesive stamps is that people cannot tear off the perforations. Of the gummed stamps used, you can alti…

Rob over Chessboard on stamp sheet: @Elizadoug I always use the Google Translate app with the camera function myself.

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…