Le Mans

Comic artist Jean Graton (Michel Vaillant) passed away in 2021

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • November 3 2023

This blog post has been waiting to be published for years. Almost forgotten, but today the comic book hero Michel Vaillant has been brought back to life. Primarily known in France and for its connection to the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Perhaps...

100 years of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (1923)

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • June 13, 2023

The 24 Hours of Le Mans is a motor race that has been held since 1923 on the Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans (France), which has been 13,626 km long since 2018. The circuit is named after the river Sarthe, on which Le...

W over Steam locomotives: There is a mistake on the sheet!

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Sjaak Van Tiel over 40 Years of Collecting Postage Stamps (1986): I have many old stamps (strips), mainly from municipalities (including some that no longer exist) and a few from – I think – the royal family. Perhaps also Veldp…

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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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Annet Hogendoorn over The piss-pots of Tilburg: Another super fun blog post, and educational :)

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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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