Eduard Douwes Dekker

Internationalized literature stamps by Multatuli and writing Between Two Cultures

Written in: Dutch • redactie • May 31, 2020

Following the Belle van Zuylen stamp [on May 17] and the Vestdijk stamp [on May 24], I would like to draw your attention in this article to Multatuli (pseudonym for Eduard Douwes Dekker) and five 'non-Dutch-born writers' on literary stamps. On the first two stamps, we donate...

Borderless Netherlands & Belgium

Written in: Dutch • redactie • 11 August 2013

Belgium Netherlands Roses

The Grenzeloos Nederland – België stamp sheet was designed by a Dutch duo that lives, works, and designs in Antwerp, namely the agency Barends & Pijnappel (bureau P&P). The three sheets are dedicated to the cultural exchange and mutual influence between...

rob over Hamlet: This is a translation error, which should be corrected by now. If 'Hamlet' is viewed as a word rather than a name, it simply means…

Bate Hylkema over 1951 issue of children's stamps a world first: View this article as an introduction to the article containing special news that will appear shortly. The perspective of… is striking.

rob over Collection 91: Janneke Brinkman-Salentijn: As a result of the termination of PostNL's sponsorship of Postzegelblog/Freestampagazine, we are currently not archiving/publishing Collect me…

rob over The Faroe Islands have four underwater tunnels.: The majority of the articles, at least those from after 2016, can now simply be found on Freestampmagazine. Everything is now also available in six languages.

Hans over Collection 91: Janneke Brinkman-Salentijn: The link to the Collect Magazines archive does not work. Hopefully, that is fixable. Kind regards, Hans

Groeneweg over New Priority Mourning Stamp Netherlands: Unfortunately, I have already heard that the funeral mail sent with priority on Monday was not delivered on Tuesday😏 This despite the delivery at the sortery…