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At Jordaens's home in Haarlem

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • May 2, 2022

The Frans Hals Museum, in collaboration with The Phoebus Foundation, presents the exhibition 'At Home with Jordaens': the first monographic exhibition of the seventeenth-century Antwerp master Jacob Jordaens in the Netherlands. On view through May 8, 2022. Our southern neighbors know...

St. Martin's Day celebration Utrecht (3 – 11 November 2021)

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • November 8 2021

Saint Martin is the patron saint of Utrecht. He shared his cloak with a beggar, and the diagonally cut red and white can be seen everywhere in the municipality, for example in the city flag, the municipal coat of arms, and the shirts of FC Utrecht....

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…

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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…