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Australian aviation pioneers

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • 2 December 2019

Due to the great distance between England and Australia and the slow overseas connections by sailing and steamships, a great need arose to establish a connection by air. The English-born Laurence Hargrave was one of...

World speed records on land

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • September 7 2019

The first officially recorded world speed record for land vehicles was achieved on December 18, 1898, by Count Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat, a French racing driver. He set that record with an electrically powered car owned by Jeantaud Duc, and the speed was 63,15...

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.

Elizadoug over Chessboard on stamp sheet: I bought one to frame as a gift to my father. And it was semi-difficult to find, but not too terribly expensive.

John Petterson over Drones, Drones on Drones: Nice article! It has inspired me to start collecting drones on stamps as well.