2024 is the Year of the House Sparrow. Every year, Sovon and Vogelbescherming select a bird species that could use some extra attention. The house sparrow is one of the best-known and most numerous birds in our country. Because they always...
Are you familiar with 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'? Do you have these stamps in your collection, for example from England or Guernsey? You have surely seen them or held them in your hands, as they are not rare. But what is the story and...
Did you participate in the National Garden Bird Count last weekend? Then you certainly saw blackbirds in your garden or on your balcony. In 2022, the blackbird was put in the spotlight during the Year of the Blackbird. Blackbirds do not know...
Many collectors are awaiting the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of the world's greatest engravers this year: Czesław Słania. He spent the greater part of his career in Sweden. His work adorned more than 1000 stamps and banknotes from...
Have you ever heard that International Polar Bear Day is celebrated every year on February 27? Have you seen polar bears during your vacation in the Arctic, Greenland, Norway (Svalbard), Russia, the USA (Alaska), or Canada? Otherwise, you can in...
Since March 12, 2020, the Netherlands has been in the intelligent lockdown. How do we deal with our changing behavior? Do we listen to the Prime Minister as the messenger of bad news during the press conferences, in the role of 'Master' Rutte? The RIVM...
The Philatelic Service of the Faroe Islands had by now already recruited several thousand subscribers. Furthermore, wherever in the world a stand was invariably set up at a world-class stamp exhibition, where one could buy the latest stamps from the Faroe Islands, mint condition...
The postal service of the Faroe Islands received permission in 1974 to start issuing stamps from January 30, 1975, as a replacement for the Danish stamps that had been used for postage until then. They began, as was to be expected,...
Many new stamps on a wide variety of subjects appear with great regularity. Below you will find a selection of recently issued stamps from around the world. As is well known, the subject of this year's Europa stamps is musical instruments. Finland is releasing these...
Few stamp collectors are aware of the existence of the first stamp booklet issued by the postal administration of the Faroe Islands. This is not surprising, as it was a very simple booklet indeed. Many collectors of Scandinavian stamps know this...
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