Constantijn Huygens

Step back in time during the Leiden Rembrandt Days on July 9 and 10, 2022

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • July 7, 2022

You are about to be immersed in the Leiden of the Golden Age. The time when Rembrandt van Rijn grew up in Leiden. Where he took his first steps in painting and prepared to become the greatest...

Maximum Letters: a devastating blow to a nostalgic collector's item

Written in: Dutch • redactie • May 12, 2019

Coinciding with the issuance of the 1955 summer stamps on April 25, the management of the Van Nelle coffee and tea factory in Rotterdam issued an illustrated envelope featuring an image of the Van Nelle factory, bearing the postage of...

Willem over Delft Blue Ceramic stamp a 'deception stamp': I think there are indeed uncancelled ceramics stamps. Only the stamps from the first day are postmarked. Furthermore, the PostN website stated…

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…