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Leiden cloth was traded for slaves

Written in: Dutch • Willem Hogendoorn • March 1 2021

During a city walk across the Leiden market, I was approached by a young African man who was selling shirts there. “Sir,” he said, “do you know if slaves were traded on this bridge in the past? If so, I am going here...”

Future emissions in 2017 and 2018

Written in: Dutch • redactie • 19 February 2017

Anyone who can read between the lines when reading newspapers and magazines sometimes discovers a reason for the issuance of a stamp. For two of the three probable subjects bordering on certainty, I dare to assume that via...

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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