Mountaineering

The Austrian Alpine Association (part 1)

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • March 29 2016

The Austrian Alpine Association (Der Österreichische Alpenverein, ÖAV) was founded in Vienna in 1862 and was the second oldest mountaineering association in the world. On 9 May 1869, the 'German and Austrian Alpine Society' (DÖAV) was founded in Munich in the...

Ascent of Mount Everest commemorated in 2003

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • June 1, 2015

Indonesia post stamps

It has become quite clear by now that many postal administrations resort to facts from the past to issue a series of commemorative stamps. Sometimes these are facts that have been 'dragged in by the hair'. The Indonesian Post issued on June 5, 2003...

Crystal Clark over before the NVPH Netherlands catalogue: My daughter and I are just starting out collecting stamps. We would love a catalog.

Bate Hijlkema over Uitgifte 2014: Augarten Porcelain – Vienna Rose: Does the method of cancelling the stamp correspond to the Ceramic stamp of our country?

Otto over 1000th Freestamp Magazine: The Treasure Chamber: Thanks for the many blogs over the past years. I’ve learned a lot from them and visited many museums as a result. A history lesson via stamps. Brilliant…

S Cooper over William John Caparne, irises and art: Hello Barbara. I too am a Caparn descendent on my mother's side. My brother and I own several watercolours too ! Am very proud of his contri…

Ramon over PostNL souvenir edition: It is particularly annoying that this is being sent without consultation. On the other hand, every hobby costs money, and ours is no different. I vi…

Lars over PostNL souvenir edition: You could still stick that Austrian stamp on a registered letter. PostNL could have made a stamp for registered mail out of it as well…