A philatelist friend handed me an article from *Trouw* about the revival of philately among young people. See the link at the bottom of this blog. Two seventeen-year-old hobbyists talk about their hobby: philately. Instagram post about stamps gets a lot of likes....
As I write this blog, the finals have taken place and the Games are over. Only the closing ceremony remains this evening. How quickly those two weeks have passed. The Netherlands has won so many medals. 20 in total...
The 25th Winter Olympic Games will be held in 2026 in the Italian cities of Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo. On June 24, 2019, the IOC selected the host city in Lausanne. The Games are scheduled for the period from February 6 to...
Traditioneel wordt Moederdag op de tweede zondag in mei gevierd. In 2022 is dat op zondag 8 mei. Dit is overgewaaid uit de Verenigde Staten. Het vieren van Moederdag op de tweede zondag in mei is traditie in o.a. Nederland,...
The month of May offers a multitude of sports and is, for most athletes, good training to assess where they stand for the biggest sporting event of 2021: the Tokyo Olympic Games. Cycling (Giro d'Italia), tennis (Roland Garros),...
On February 17, 2017, I wrote my first blog. We are now in April 2021, and this is my 200th stamp blog. A wonderful initiative by Postbeeld and its predecessor to develop Postzegelblog. I also thank Rob, Michel, and Ingrid,...
2020 is the year of the coronavirus. 2021 is the year of the coronavirus vaccine. We look back with the key moments and actors of the corona crisis in the Netherlands in 2020. I follow a chronological timeline from December 2019 up to and...
Auschwitz concentration camp is the most notorious Nazi extermination camp of World War II. In no other concentration camp were so many people murdered. How did Auschwitz become the symbol of the Holocaust? World leaders and heads of state gathered in...
On Saturday, December 14, 2019, from 15:00 PM to 19:30 PM, a large Swedish family Christmas party will be held in the center of The Hague. Immerse yourself and your whole family in Swedish winter coziness. Let yourself be swept away by the most beautiful stories...
The subject for 2019's Europa stamps is National Birds. Spain has a bearded vulture on its 2019 six-stamp Premium Sheet. The bird is adapted to live in the harsh high landscape of the Pyrenean mountain range from Navarre to Catalonia....
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