Day of the Dead

Halloween, All Saints' Day, All Souls' Day, and Day of the Dead: celebrating and commemorating

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • November 5 2022

Four special days that are important to everyone who wants to commemorate and also celebrate: Halloween, All Saints' Day, All Souls' Day, and Día de Muertos. What is the history of these four days? And how are these days depicted philately? Do you have...

Day of the Dead: Day of the Dead on 1 and 2 November 2021

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • November 1 2021

A holiday strongly reminiscent of Halloween, and often even dubbed 'Mexican Halloween', is celebrated in various Latin American countries on November 1 and 2. This is called the Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos....

Ramon over before the NVPH Netherlands catalogue: @Kristal, i could help you with an older catalogue. you could send me an email at Origato@live.nl if you're interested.

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Willem over Delft Blue Ceramic stamp a 'deception stamp': I think there are indeed uncancelled ceramics stamps. Only the stamps from the first day are postmarked. Furthermore, the PostN website stated…

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Crystal Clark over before the NVPH Netherlands catalogue: My daughter and I are just starting out collecting stamps. We would love a catalog.

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Bate Hijlkema over Uitgifte 2014: Augarten Porcelain – Vienna Rose: Does the method of cancelling the stamp correspond to the Ceramic stamp of our country?

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Otto over 1000th Freestamp Magazine: The Treasure Chamber: Thanks for the many blogs over the past years. I’ve learned a lot from them and visited many museums as a result. A history lesson via stamps. Brilliant…

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S Cooper over William John Caparne, irises and art: Hello Barbara. I too am a Caparn descendent on my mother's side. My brother and I own several watercolours too ! Am very proud of his contri…

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