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International Viking Festival at Archeon Museum Park

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • May 12, 2024

Today (May 12, 2024) is the last day of the International Viking Festival at Archeon Museum Park. If you live near Alphen aan den Rijn, visit the Viking encampment and browse the market stalls. The Viking festival...

Hispanic Day, October 12, 2022: Long Live Spain

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • October 20, 2022

In our country, the national holiday is King's Day every year on April 27. In total, we have 11 recognized public holidays in the Netherlands. Día de la Hispanidad or Día de la Raza ('Day of the Race') is a version of Columbus Day that...

Crystal Clark over before the NVPH Netherlands catalogue: My daughter and I are just starting out collecting stamps. We would love a catalog.

Bate Hijlkema over Uitgifte 2014: Augarten Porcelain – Vienna Rose: Does the method of cancelling the stamp correspond to the Ceramic stamp of our country?

Otto over 1000th Freestamp Magazine: The Treasure Chamber: Thanks for the many blogs over the past years. I’ve learned a lot from them and visited many museums as a result. A history lesson via stamps. Brilliant…

S Cooper over William John Caparne, irises and art: Hello Barbara. I too am a Caparn descendent on my mother's side. My brother and I own several watercolours too ! Am very proud of his contri…

Ramon over PostNL souvenir edition: It is particularly annoying that this is being sent without consultation. On the other hand, every hobby costs money, and ours is no different. I vi…

Lars over PostNL souvenir edition: You could still stick that Austrian stamp on a registered letter. PostNL could have made a stamp for registered mail out of it as well…