The benefit of cleaning up my archive is the discovery of little-known or completely unknown background information in philately. Notes and newspaper clippings (Leeuwarder Courant & Midfrieslander [April 2 & 5, 2005]) have provided me with much detailed, interesting...
Nederland Leest has the theme 'Growing old, staying young' in 2022. The free book that can be picked up at the library in November is 'Mevrouw mijn moeder' by author Yvonne Keuls. A topical theme, because we are becoming increasingly...
After discussing the Senior Citizens' Stamp period 1993 – 2000 of the Summer Stamps, I continue with the final stage of the Summer Stamps, period 2001 – 2000. PostNL no longer sees the annual issuance of summer stamps as viable. Reason? Insufficient print runs and/or...
In 2005, it was one hundred years since the reading method for primary schools of yesteryear, 'Nog bij moeder thuis', better known as 'Ot en Sien', was published by Wolters-Noordhof of Groningen. The TPG postal company has the National Fund...
“Flemish museums in Antwerp (Rubens House & Royal Museum of Fine Arts) have written an open letter to Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg because they believe the ban on nude images has gone too far,” according to an article in the Leeuwarder Courant of July 23...
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