Marte Röling

Beatrix's 50th birthday: stamp issue as a gift

Written in: Dutch • redactie • April 4, 2021

As you may know, Queen Maxima celebrates her 50th birthday on Monday, May 17. She will receive a stamp issue as a gift from PostNL, just like Willem-Alexander in 2017. In light of this, I wondered: “What do his mother, father, grandmother...

Korfball stamp? With background knowledge, a meaningful stamp with added value.

Written in: Dutch • redactie • 23 February 2020

The Dutch postal service asked Marte Röling in 1976 to design a stamp to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Royal Dutch Korfball Association (KNKV). The predecessor of this Association, the Dutch Korfball Association (NKB), began as early as 1903...

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…