Majoor Norman Victor Lacey Rybot

Channel Islands in the Second World War (part 4)

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • November 23 2015

Two stamps were issued in 1948 dedicated to the Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey. The values were 1D red and 2½D blue, featuring images of seaweed harvesting, the Vraic. The issue date was May 10, 1948. The two stamps were...

Channel Islands in the Second World War (part 3)

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • November 17 2015

German Guernsey history

To supplement the stamps on the island of Jersey, two stamps were issued with virtually the same design as the three stamps from Guernsey, but produced by Major Norman Victor Lacey Rybot. After he had retired from the military, he settled...

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.

Otto over 2026 FIFA World Cup: Canada, Mexico and USA: The 2026 World Cup unfortunately turned out disastrously for our World Cup team; the beautiful stamps above are a balm for the wound for the football…