Although most members of our association possess a Netherlands and/or Overseas collection, there are also many with a foreign collection, sometimes highly specialized, but more often broad and with an interest in multiple countries outside the Netherlands. Digitally, there is then...
Op Hoop van Zegels turns 110 this month, and we can hardly celebrate due to the coronavirus circumstances. In addition to all the disadvantages, Corona has led to renewed interest in stamp collecting and an explosion of online contacts....
I read the speech by the new KNBF president, Victor Coenen, in the November issue of the monthly magazine Filatelie. He outlined the most important conclusions regarding the future prospects of philately. It is one minute...
In a few installments, we will conduct a small comparative product test. Without any scientific pretensions, for the facts and examples cited are based primarily on personal observation, and that is never entirely objective. Nowadays, there is no postal company left to...
Many stamp-blog readers will soon be taking a few weeks off for vacation again. They will be heading out by bicycle, car/bus, boat, or plane to unknown regions and areas at home and abroad. In this contribution, you get a foretaste of it with the help of...
The Chinese landscape is like a patchwork quilt, formed by two opposing forces: the upward force of mountain ranges running along both the North-South and East-West axes and the erosive force of the three great rivers (the Yellow...
Additional postage. It seems so simple, but sometimes it involves quite a bit of puzzling. Additional postage occurs when a stamp is affixed next to the value impression on a postal item. The need for this may stem from a tariff increase or...
You probably didn't know what Moomins are either. Neither did we. But on May 1, 2015, the first Moomin stamps outside Finland were issued in Japan. Apparently, Moomin stamps had only been issued in Finland until that date. Japan issued two...
In 1804, the British engineer Richard Trevihick tested the first steam locomotive. This locomotive pulled five freight cars and a passenger carriage with 70 people on board over a distance of 16 km. From the Pen y Darren Ironworks to the Glamorgenshire Canal China's...
We think about the environment these days. And some of us have already gone so far as to purchase a hybrid car or even a fully electric car. And we think we are modern and up-to-date. That is, of course...
PostNL cuts costs! The stamping issue at PostNL needs to be placed in a broader perspective for better understanding. The market-oriented postal company (focused on the future with investments to generate higher returns) is trying to hold its own...
The two-tier policy regarding stamping has been lifted! PostNL will resume cancelling all stamps. Stamps on registered letters and parcels will be cancelled again, as will those on FDCs, exhibition envelopes, and maximum cards. PostNL is resuming cancellation. PostNL has, in consultation with the...
As of January 1, 2017, post agencies (or whatever shops with a PostNL corner are called these days) no longer carry stamps. Therefore, parcels and other special items submitted for shipment franked with stamps can no longer be stamped there....
Well, who doesn't complain about the subpar, contemporary stamps in the Netherlands? According to Kees Verhulst, editor of the regular column 'Dutch Stamps' in the Netherlands' largest stamp magazine, 'Filatelie', those complaints will soon come to an end. That sounds positive,...
I read in an editorial in our magazine 'Filatelie' (10/2016) that a certain Mr. Voorn, Marketing Director at PostNL, had never heard of complaints from philatelists about pen strokes or excessive cancellation, 'stamp murder'. I find this a sign of indifference, shameful. This while stamps...
The Postex Stamp Show will be organized this year on October 14, 15, and 16, as usual, in the Americahal in Apeldoorn. Beautiful stamp collections will be on display, and approximately 50 stamp dealers will be present with a sales stand. PostNL will be there with a...
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