The attacks of September 11, 2001, often referred to as 9/11 (= Nine-Eleven), comprised four terrorist attacks carried out in the northeastern United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, using hijacked passenger planes....
Pope Francis passed away on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88. He had been the head of the Roman Catholic Church since March 2013. The Pope struggled regularly with health problems in recent years. Do you collect Vatican City? Do you collect the stamps...
Do you have everything you need for the annual Sinterklaas celebration? Including the chocolate? This year, chocolate is very expensive due to failed harvests, climate change, and more expensive processing/transport. Real chocolate countries are France, Switzerland, and Belgium, even on...
Johan Cruyff (1947-2016) would have turned seventy-five on April 25, 2022. Perhaps the greatest Dutch footballer of all time is still remembered worldwide as a phenomenon. In this blog, we pay special attention to 'Number 14'. Johan Cruyff on stamps...
Following stamps of The Beatles (2007), Pink Floyd (2016), and Queen (2020), Royal Mail is releasing stamps of The Rolling Stones on January 20, 2022. If you want to buy everything from this expectedly popular issue, you will have to dig deep into...
After the wedding, many things accelerated for the then Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima: three children, the succession to the throne, and state visits. Many countries issue stamps of the Royal House. This is a popular theme among philatelists as well. In...
We are moving from a standstill to a bit more movement. What was your experience with sudden 'standstill'? And what music goes with it? In this blog, we delve into the beginning of the pandemic: the hotspots in Italy, England, and the Netherlands. The...
We are now in week three of the 'intelligent lockdown' and the end is not yet in sight. The sun is shining, and yet the government advises us to stay at home in our own garden or on our balcony. Every day...
There are more than 160.000 people infected and more than 6000 people worldwide who have died from the Coronavirus (COVID-19). COVID-19 stands for coronavirus disease 2019 and is a contagious disease caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2. The disease emerged before the...
In 2020, Suriname celebrates 45 years of independence. In a spectacular setting during this exhibition at the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam (until March 1, 2020), you journey through the country and its history. Over 300 objects are presented: archaeological...
In September 2019, the 75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden was commemorated in Arnhem and Oosterbeek, among other places. Following the release of PostNL's golden Operation Market Garden stamp, a blog post about the operation in Arnhem and the surrounding region is finally being published. Many countries...
In the early morning of Tuesday, June 6, 1944, the invasion of the beaches of Normandy began. It was the start of the end of the Second World War. How did this operation come about? How did the cooperation between the Allies proceed?...
I read it in the newspaper a while ago. The 70th anniversary of Walt Disney's Pinocchio is being celebrated. 'From March 4, just before the 70th anniversary of this overwhelming adventure, Pinocchio will be available again for a limited time.' Really just before the...
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