SEPAC stamps, what are they?
Most collectors occasionally come across stamps from different countries that feature the same SEPAC logo. In this blog, we delve deeper into the background and meaning. Naturally, we will also show some SEPAC stamps...
Europe
70 years of PostEurop
In 2026, the 70th anniversary of the EUROPA stamps will be celebrated, a philatelic initiative launched in 1956 to strengthen relations between European countries and promote unity. The six identical 70 Years of PostEurop stamps feature the...
Portugal 40 years in the EU (1986)
Forty years ago, Portugal joined the European Union – a milestone that changed both the country and our Union. EU membership was the culmination of Portugal's democratization and opened a new chapter in the field...
Postal rates 2024 European countries compared
Postal rates for 2025 are going up again. Comparing Dutch postal rates with those of other European countries seems only fair to me. Where does the Netherlands stand on this ranking? Is the increase for 2025 not too bad, or will we stop sending mail altogether?...
European Parliament Election 2024: vote or not to vote?
The Dutch voter will be the first of the 27 EU countries to vote on June 6, 2024. The other 26 countries will follow. Most EU countries vote on Sunday, June 9, 2024. That is when most people have the day off. Five years ago, the...
European Parliament election for Belgium on 9 June 2024: vote three times
In Belgium, votes are cast three times for the European Parliament election, for the Chamber of Representatives (Federal = for the whole of Belgium), for the Flemish Parliament, or Walloon Parliament, or Brussels Parliament, or Parliament of the German-speaking Community on 9 June 2024. ...
Europe Day on 9 May 2024 dedicated to the Eurovision Song Contest
On May 9, 2024, Joost Klein will perform in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest as the 16th contestant. Everyone expects him to reach the final this coming Saturday. Europe Day is celebrated on May 9 in a number of European countries...
20 years of the euro (2002 – 2022): Maastricht Treaty and the euro
On January 1, 2022, the euro celebrates its twentieth anniversary. Officially, the birthday party already took place three years ago: on January 1, 1999, the euro was put into use by the financial markets. On January 1, 2002, it was the...
The capitals of the federal states in Austria in 1923
The Austrian series of stamps featuring images of composers, issued on April 24, 1922, had face values and surcharges that were high due to the inflation that had a major impact on the economy that year. More and more money was being...
Butterflies
Which country has never had a stamp without an image of a butterfly depicted on it? Royal Mail was no exception, and on May 13, 1981, a series of four stamps featuring butterflies was issued. Designed by Gordon Beningfield, who is known...
Women's Rights! (A speech by Frans Timmermans, the British Post stamps)
Ladies, 'Brussels Binder' is the next step in the fight to achieve equality. You are not asking for favors, you are not asking for privileges, you are asking for equality. Our greatest challenge is to show in practice what...
The stamps of Åland in 2002
And then the moment arrived. The euro had definitively entered the European financial world. But what was immediately noticeable was that the rates had been raised by one euro cent. Instead of €0,39, it was now to become €0,40...
The stamps of the Faroe Islands in 1997
The issuance of the two so-called permanent stamps featuring an image of the Faroe Islands in 1996 had caused many a collector to raise their eyebrows. Two stamps for a total of 26 kroner, the single stamps for a total of 68,50 kroner, a block for...
The first Europe stamps
Why a French designer for the Dutch Europa stamps of 1956? Who was Gonzague and why that name on the stamp? Surely it was not customary for the names of designers to be added to Dutch stamps? In 1955, at the initiative...
