Children's stamps 1972

The message behind children's stamps featuring the names of famous children

Written in: Dutch • redactie • March 1 2020

In 2002, I wrote an article for the bulletin of the Association for Children's Stamps & Maximaphily (72nd edition) about children known by name on children's stamps. At the time, I arrived at the respectable number of no fewer than 55 children. To a few...

Topics related to stamps

Written in: Dutch • redactie • May 7, 2017

In a relatively short period, the Leeuwarder Courant has devoted attention three times to topics closely related to stamps and sending, but from entirely different perspectives. The first feature appeared in the newspaper on April 12, the two remaining...

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