In philately, a Cinderella stamp appears at first glance to be a real stamp, but it isn't. The reason? The stamp was not issued by the postal service of a recognized country or international organization. The Gnome stamps are by...
The Summer Olympic Games of the 8th Olympiad were held in Paris between May 4 and July 27, 1924 (100 years ago). Now we return to Paris (July 26 to August 11, 2024) for the 33rd Olympic...
The flood of 1953 occurred on the night of Saturday, January 31, to Sunday, February 1, 1953. The disaster was the result of a combination of a severe storm from the northwest, coinciding with an unfavorable high tide time...
Autism Week 2022 takes place from Saturday, April 2 to Saturday, April 9, 2022. The theme is 'Boundaries'. It coincides with World Autism Day (UN Day), which was held on April 2. But what is autism? Are...
On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, placing the two countries at war with each other. A clear example of cross-border behavior by President Putin. The actors in this war will be discussed in a number of blogs. Ukraine is...
The International Court of Justice (French: Cour internationale de justice; English: International Court of Justice) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. The court deals with legal disputes between states. It consists of 15 judges who are elected by...
In my coronavirus blog (17) I wrote extensively about the history of the vaccine. In this follow-up blog, the current status of the various vaccines. Before the end of 2020, major pharmaceutical companies want to deliver an effective vaccine. Almost all...
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...
Inspired by a series of articles by K. Kouwenberg, published in the monthly magazine Philatelie in the late seventies, Rob Smit describes the history of stamp collecting anew in biweekly installments. This is part 29, The Essay Mania. As we saw earlier, stamp collecting came...
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