the Golden Age

Shipping in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • April 7, 2025

In 2025, PostNL is releasing a series of 8 framed stamp sheets titled Shipping in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. The first 2 stamp sheets will be released on April 1, 2025 (merchant shipping and the Dutch Republic). Do you have shipping as a theme in your collection?...

The impossible bottle

Written in: Dutch • Yvonne Kruse • 5 August 2022

It is not that difficult to place a ship in a bottle. Rigging the masts, attach strings to them, lay them flat on the deck, and slide them into the bottle, ship and all. With the help of...

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!

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