Continuous runners

National Tulip Day on January 21, 2023

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • 20 Januari 2023

Dutch tulip growers are organizing the happiest flower festival of the year. National Tulip Day will be held in Amsterdam on January 21, 2023. A picking garden with approximately 200.000 tulips has been created on Museumplein. The tulip season is finally starting for florists. Until...

Jokes with stamps (part 1)

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • 16 December 2014

philately post stamps

In the 70s, a new phenomenon emerged in the world of philately: the continuous stamp. Stamps had been issued before where the image flowed into the adjacent stamp, but never before had it been as clear as with the...

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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