The collaborating postal companies in Europe have been issuing stamps with a common theme/motif for years. The Europa Stamp Best Design Competition has been organizing a design competition since 2002. In 2022, PostEurop launched a competition for the design motif for...
In the period between the two world wars, the interbellum, PTT attempted to propagate the idea of peace in 1932 by organizing a design competition for a peace stamp. Of the 807 entries, Escher's design was among the 15 best, to which I...
By now, Leeuwarden has 'existed' as European Capital of Culture 2018 (alongside the one in Malta-Valetta) for almost half a year. Of the many cultural activities that are carried out, performed, and/or organized by the Frisian community in numerous locations, and which reach many people nationally (even internationally)...
The Fries Museum brings Escher back to his birthplace Leeuwarden from April 28 to October 28, 2018. In the exhibition 'Escher on Tour', you follow his development from graphic talent to world-famous artist with more than 80 original...
Why a French designer for the Dutch Europa stamps of 1956? Who was Gonzague and why that name on the stamp? Surely it was not customary for the names of designers to be added to Dutch stamps? In 1955, at the initiative...
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