Have you ever heard that International Polar Bear Day is celebrated every year on February 27? Have you seen polar bears during your vacation in the Arctic, Greenland, Norway (Svalbard), Russia, the USA (Alaska), or Canada? Otherwise, you can in...
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,...
Auschwitz concentration camp is the most notorious Nazi extermination camp of World War II. In no other concentration camp were so many people murdered. How did Auschwitz become the symbol of the Holocaust? World leaders and heads of state gathered in...
In 1962, I was supposed to go to the Zoo in Antwerp for the fourth time, but unfortunately, that didn't happen. My parents did, however, go to Antwerp by train. First, they took the local train to Roosendaal and then transferred to the...
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 Namibia, these four stamps featuring venomous snakes from the country were issued. Luis Alberto Spinetta,...
As I write this, it is -5°C outside. Skating enthusiasts are eagerly awaiting the announcement “It giet oan” (It’s on). Will the Elfstedentocht finally happen again? Those who are sensitive to the cold have no interest in it. They talk about wind chill...
The name 'Greenland' is more than a thousand years old. It would have been better to name the largest island in the world, with 2.175.000 km², 'Iceland'. But according to an old legend of and about Erik the Red, it was...
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