Beatrice Potter

English children's books

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • 6 Januari 2019

Unfortunately, the book we had at home about the adventures of Alice in Wonderland has been lost. As children, we read it extensively and looked at the pictures. Probably read it to pieces. Back then, we found the stories beautiful, exciting, and unexpected...

What a postage stamp can lead to …

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • 16 February 2009

sport stamps

During one of our first holidays in England, thirty years ago now, we came across a poster in a post office featuring a series of stamps that were due to be released in a few days. It was a series of four stamps with the...

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…