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50 years of Pinkpop: the oldest music festival in the world

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • June 13, 2019

Pinkpop is an annual pop festival in Landgraaf, which has normally taken place during the Pentecost weekend since 1970. The festival lasts three days (since 1996) and attracts approximately 68.000 people per day. Since the first edition, the festival has had well over one and a half million visitors and...

April 14 in stamps

Written in: Dutch • Michel van Staveren • April 14, 2014

history history Russia, Soviet Union

April 14 is a date on which several historical events took place. Here you will find a selection I have made, illustrated by stamps. It is nice to see how you can easily bring history and stamps together! 1865 American President Lincoln...

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

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

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…

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…

Ramon over PostNL souvenir edition: It is particularly annoying that this is being sent without consultation. On the other hand, every hobby costs money, and ours is no different. I vi…

Lars over PostNL souvenir edition: You could still stick that Austrian stamp on a registered letter. PostNL could have made a stamp for registered mail out of it as well…