Legion stamps

What stamps conceal: showing & mentioning war posters

Written in: Dutch • redactie • November 15 2020

The accompanying photo of a couple on a recently issued Personal Stamp reminds me of a beautiful color photo of a couple radiating unity, where the husband has kidney cancer in the final stages of his life. Walking is becoming more difficult, fatigue is increasing and...

Temporary branch office no. 2

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • 23 Januari 2013

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At a stamp dealer present at Postex 2012, I found an envelope that stood out because of the two Dutch stamps affixed featuring images of soldiers, issued during the Second World War. The stamps themselves weren't particularly special, but the imprint was...

Willem Meerkerk over Mouth-watering tart stamps with a sweet scent: I do see a trend in PostNL's new issues. More and more "self-adhesive" stamps, just like with the 2026 children's stamps. htt…

Haas over New Priority Mourning Stamp Netherlands: Unusual: new rates taking effect on a Sunday. PostNL faces a challenge. With priority, it is guaranteed that the next working day (Mon…

Elizadoug over Chessboard on stamp sheet: Are there any online references to the translation of the different stamps? I've been looking around and am not having much luck.

Elizadoug over Chessboard on stamp sheet: I bought one to frame as a gift to my father. And it was semi-difficult to find, but not too terribly expensive.

John Petterson over Drones, Drones on Drones: Nice article! It has inspired me to start collecting drones on stamps as well.

Otto over 2026 FIFA World Cup: Canada, Mexico and USA: The 2026 World Cup unfortunately turned out disastrously for our World Cup team; the beautiful stamps above are a balm for the wound for the football…