Caribbean red flamingo

Birds of Bonaire in all shapes and sizes

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • 17 Januari 2024

The 'Experience Nature - Birds Bonaire' sheet prompts a comparison of previous stamps featuring Bonaire's 'birds' theme. How are these stamps designed, and which stamps do you find the best in terms of design? The old or the current stamps?...

Experience Nature – Birds Bonaire: Double Dutch Collecting

Written in: Dutch • redactie • 7 Januari 2024

After six years of flora and fauna images from our own country on Beleef de Natuur issues, Frank Janse is turning his attention in 2024, 2025, and 2026 to the same nature subjects from the Caribbean Netherlands in a particularly colorful format. The Caribbean Netherlands includes the islands...

Lars over Self-adhesive or gummed, what do you collect?: I collect both, though I prefer not to have mint self-adhesive ones. You never know how they will stand the test of time. Just look at the Nede…

Lars over Mouth-watering tart stamps with a sweet scent: One advantage of self-adhesive stamps is that people cannot tear off the perforations. Of the gummed stamps used, you can alti…

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.