Cornelis Kruseman

From monochrome to multi-colored children's stamp children in 1955, 1956 & 1957 – part 3

Written in: Dutch • redactie • July 18, 2021

This week, the third and final part of From monochrome to multi-colored children's stamps – children in 1955, 1956 & 1957. Focusing on the 1957 Children's Stamps and a look at the children's portraits as parts of a larger whole. Children's Stamps 1957 4 cents:...

The painter Raden Salèh

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • March 24 2016

history history Indonesia

As a young twenty-something, I was very interested in modern history and painting. It was therefore a surprise to see two stamps from 1967 from Indonesia showing paintings by an artist I did not know: Raden...

Bate Hijlkema over Unique identification Mourning stamp Netherlands Prio: The accompanying short, bitter reaction appeared in the Leeuwarder Courant of July 18: "PostNL is making bereavement mail 130 percent more expensive. So you would...

Willem Meerkerk over Self-adhesive or gummed, what do you collect?: I collect the annual collection of Dutch stamps. That automatically means that I collect gummed and self-adhesive stamps. The perforated…

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…