On November 4th, I received news from PostNL regarding the 2025 December stamps featuring Efteling as the theme of the annual issue. In the email, in red letters: EMBARGO until November 10, 2025. Why would there be an embargo for...
The candle: who doesn't use one at home when the power goes out, or for coziness during the Christmas meal? How did the candle originate, and why do we see it in the Advent wreath? The candle in use during...
The Frans Hals Museum, in collaboration with The Phoebus Foundation, presents the exhibition 'At Home with Jordaens': the first monographic exhibition of the seventeenth-century Antwerp master Jacob Jordaens in the Netherlands. On view through May 8, 2022. Our southern neighbors know...
After Sinterklaas, the Christmas tree enters the living room. A real tree (spruce, Nordmann), cut or with a root ball. Or do you have an artificial Christmas tree in your home? What do you know about the history of the Christmas tree and the largest Christmas tree in the world?...
The brochures have been full of Christmas dishes for two weeks already; restaurants are offering Christmas menus. Family and friends visit each other to celebrate with a five-course Christmas meal on Christmas Day or Boxing Day. Will we be eating meat or fish...
Once Sinterklaas is gone, it is time to visit the German Christmas markets. It is wonderful to visit a real Christmas market, not a glorified general market like the Dutch ones. Enjoying German bratwurst and mulled wine in a special mug. When are the first Christmas markets...
Lebkuchen is a honey-sweetened German cake-shaped cookie or bar cookie that has become part of German Christmas traditions. It is similar to gingerbread. There is another story about Printen. Both are for sale in Germany at Christmas markets, but...
Why are robins, that cute little winter bird, sometimes found on stamps with Christmas motifs and on Christmas cards? On October 30, 1995, the British Royal Mail issued a series of five stamps featuring the robin as Christmas stamps. It is said...
175 years ago, Charles Dickens wrote 'A Christmas Carol'. An ode to this 'great' classic. The story is set around Christmas in the nineteenth century, starring the character of 'Scrooge'. The number of translations worldwide is almost comparable...
I am a member of the Working Group (ArbeitsGemeinschaft) Mining and Geo-sciences. An association based in Germany that unites philatelists who collect stamps and engage in philately with themes such as mining, geology, paleontology, geography, oil, minerals, and prehistory/evolution. Well, that is where I naturally have to...
On behalf of all the staff at Postzegelblog and PostBeeld, we would like to wish all loyal readers a very Merry Christmas.
With a personal Christmas card, you show that you are really thinking of someone: 81% of the Dutch agree with this. We send photos, jokes, and congratulations via the app. That is easy and fast. But, don't special people deserve...
The holidays are approaching. PostNL’s sorting centers are prepared for this with the deployment of the SOSMA (sorting, setting up, and stamping machine), which processes 1 million mail items every day and already recognizes 900 stamps. Together, PostNL’s six sorting centers possess...
Last week I came across additional news (including from De Telegraaf) regarding the new December stamp issue. It turns out that both December sheets (21 stamps and 10 stamps) will not be issued simultaneously, and the 21st stamp appears to carry a social message...
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. Christmas Island is an island in the Indian Ocean and belongs to the Commonwealth...
On December 7, 1898, the Canadian Post issued a stamp to commemorate the uniform postage rate of 2 cents valid for the entire British Empire. A beautiful stamp featuring the world map and, in red, all territories belonging to the...
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