The majority of children's stamps feature a child or a number of children. A small number of children's stamps depict a child in need of assistance or care. Most stamps feature healthy children. They are drawn, photographed, or derived from comics, books, etc.
Unconsciously, PostNL and Stichting Kinderpostzegels Nederland (SKN) acted in a particularly progressive manner with the issuance of the 1979, 1981, and 2013 children's stamp series. Even then, they 'foresaw' that our country would eventually emerge from a multicultural / multiracial society...
The title of this article, 'From handicapped child to a child with a handicap,' represents a world of difference in both time and feeling. In 1921, the child's mental deficiency was viewed scientifically and with an uninvolved detachment. Half a century later,...
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