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Gouda celebrates 750 years of city rights: see, do, and experience in this young city

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • July 19, 2022

On July 19, 2022, it will be 750 years since Count Floris V of Holland granted city rights to Gouda. We are celebrating this for six months, from April through September 2022. There are no fewer than 150 different events on...

Dutch delicacies: traditional treats for those with a sweet tooth!

Written in: Dutch • redactie • June 18, 2017

On June 19, 2017, PostNL is issuing the 'Dutch Delicacies' stamp series. Five of them are region- or province-specific, and five are city- or town-specific. It is striking that (except for the Groningen egg ball and the Amsterdam onion) there is always sugar...

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…