Delft Bible

500 years of the Delft Bible as a typographic stamp

Written in: Dutch • redactie • October 20, 2024

Typographic stamps are not particularly popular or appealing to a broad public. After reading the background information, it turns out that a great deal of interesting information (with the necessary contradictions) has actually been packed (hidden) behind such a stamp, which is not immediately apparent...

Ode to Gerrit Noordzij

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • June 12, 2022

Gerrit Noordzij (typographer and graphic designer) is no longer with us. A short notice about this well-known typographer appeared in the media in late March 2022. Gerrit Noordzij is the designer of powerful and elegant typefaces. He passed away on March 17 on...

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.

Otto over 2026 FIFA World Cup: Canada, Mexico and USA: The 2026 World Cup unfortunately turned out disastrously for our World Cup team; the beautiful stamps above are a balm for the wound for the football…