Catholic Church

725th stamp blog: Pope Francis (1936 – 2025) has passed away

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • April 21, 2025

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...

Lourdes in the Netherlands up to and including April 28, 2024

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • April 12, 2024

From April 1 to April 28, 2024, a relic of Saint Bernadette is touring the Netherlands. The relic is visiting 14 locations in the seven Dutch dioceses. People who are unable to travel to Lourdes...

Vincent Tromer over North Sea shells: So don't buy it.

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Peter over Delta Works: The Netherlands and water with climate adaptation: Thank you very much for the nice explanation of the design.

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Lars over Delft Blue Ceramic stamp a 'deception stamp': Now just get those blueprints out of the catalog..

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Erik Boeré over Delft Blue Ceramic stamp a 'deception stamp': The best solution is probably to ignore the ceramics stamp altogether. Fortunately, as the NVPH/Catalog Committee, we already have…

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Yvonne Kruse over The piss-pots of Tilburg: What a nice article, Willem!

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Willem over Stamp Day 2026: “I would like to know . . .?”: The Delta stamps can already be found on Marktplaats. A beautiful design! In my opinion, that is an example of how collectors want it.

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