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Nothing beats Groningen: ESNS and Hipgnosis

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • 23 Januari 2023

What is the significance of ESNS and Hipgnosis? Have you already been to Groningen for the most important event in the North, or better known as the first pop festival of the new year? And are you familiar with 'The Art of Hipgnosis'...

375th stamp blog: the 2022 year in review

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • 23 December 2022

The year 2022 in one sentence: war, crisis, transition. The year is dominated primarily by the coronavirus pandemic, the outbreak of monkeypox, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Qatar World Cup, and the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Or...

Sjaak Van Tiel over 40 Years of Collecting Postage Stamps (1986): I have many old stamps (strips), mainly from municipalities (including some that no longer exist) and a few from – I think – the royal family. Perhaps also Veldp…

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Peter over Delta Works: The Netherlands and water with climate adaptation: Thank you very much for the nice explanation of the design.

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Annet Hogendoorn over The piss-pots of Tilburg: Another super fun blog post, and educational :)

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Lars over Delft Blue Ceramic stamp a 'deception stamp': Now just get those blueprints out of the catalog..

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Erik Boeré over Delft Blue Ceramic stamp a 'deception stamp': The best solution is probably to ignore the ceramics stamp altogether. Fortunately, as the NVPH/Catalog Committee, we already have…

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Yvonne Kruse over The piss-pots of Tilburg: What a nice article, Willem!

Written in: Dutch