Louis Braille

World Braille Day (January 4, 2021)

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • 4 Januari 2021

Every year on January 4th, it is 'World Braille Day'. Louis Braille, the inventor of the Braille script, was born on this day. The purpose of 'World Braille Day' is to annually highlight the importance and significance of Braille in the...

6 points of global significance

Written in: Dutch • Jacqueline van der Pas • October 29, 2008

Belgium Canada dogs

It is perhaps one of the most beautiful inventions ever made. Braille. As a small child, I was already very impressed when I saw Braille at school. It fascinated me that blind people, by feeling...

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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Yvonne Kruse over The piss-pots of Tilburg: What a nice article, Willem!

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Willem over Stamp Day 2026: “I would like to know . . .?”: The Delta stamps can already be found on Marktplaats. A beautiful design! In my opinion, that is an example of how collectors want it.

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