Belgium

The only Dutch pope on a Belgian stamp

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • March 16 2017

Adriaan Floriszoon Boeyens was born on March 2, 1459, in the Brandstraat in Utrecht. The narrow street lies between the Oude Gracht and the Springweg, but the birthplace has disappeared. However, the so-called 'Paushuize' on the Kromme... still exists.

Belgian advertising stamps (part 2)

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • March 13 2017

Two stamps, issued on June 1, 1932, of the 'Ceres' type with values of 10 c and 25 c, were also provided with advertising vignettes as described in Part 1. The advertising stamps are also referred to as 'pubs' by Belgian collectors. Only...

Peter over Delta Works: The Netherlands and water with climate adaptation: Thank you very much for the nice explanation of the design.

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Annet Hogendoorn over The piss-pots of Tilburg: Another super fun blog post, and educational :)

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Lars over Delft Blue Ceramic stamp a 'deception stamp': Now just get those blueprints out of the catalog..

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Erik Boeré over Delft Blue Ceramic stamp a 'deception stamp': The best solution is probably to ignore the ceramics stamp altogether. Fortunately, as the NVPH/Catalog Committee, we already have…

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Yvonne Kruse over The piss-pots of Tilburg: What a nice article, Willem!

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Willem over Stamp Day 2026: “I would like to know . . .?”: The Delta stamps can already be found on Marktplaats. A beautiful design! In my opinion, that is an example of how collectors want it.

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