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Designers of the 2017 December Stamps: Celebrities and Artists

Written in: Dutch • redactie • 17 December 2017

Ten young, unknown, and talented artists have been given the opportunity to design a December stamp. Each stamp is inspired by the personal Christmas story of a Dutch celebrity. They talk about their 'holiday feeling'. The Dutch celebrities The Christmas cards from the Santé Christmas card box,...

December stamps 2017: identical December stamp twins (part 1)

Written in: Dutch • redactie • November 20 2017

The 2017 identical December twin stamps (2 x 10 self-adhesive stamps) were produced at the English printing house Walsall Security Printers in Wolverhampton in an edition of 4.700.000 sheets and in intaglio printing. The price is 0,73 euros per discount stamp, 14,60 euros per sheet....

Rob over Chessboard on stamp sheet: @Elizadoug I always use the Google Translate app with the camera function myself.

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.