Bernera Islands

3rd Mahler Festival by the Royal Concertgebouw

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • May 7, 2025

From May 8 to 18, 2025, the Royal Concertgebouw is organizing the third Mahler Festival in its history. During the eleven-day festival, all the symphonies and songs of the beloved composer will be performed. Are you familiar with Gustav Mahler's music and what is...

War in Ukraine: classical music sanctions

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • March 5 2022

Many Russian artists are unable to perform due to the Netherlands' sanctions policy. However, occasionally theaters miss the mark by canceling performances without any grounds whatsoever. Another theater, however, is organizing a wonderful collaboration between...

Rob over Chessboard on stamp sheet: @Elizadoug I always use the Google Translate app with the camera function myself.

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.