It promises to be a great summer of sports! In addition to the Football World Cup, we are also gearing up for the Men's and Women's Hockey World Cup, which will take place in Belgium and the Netherlands from August 15 to 30, 2026. In Belgium...
From July 25 to August 8, 2026, WorldPride Amsterdam 2026 will take place in the capital, organized by the Pride Amsterdam Foundation. WorldPride is a global event that is organized every few years in a different city each time. During WorldPride Amsterdam 2026...
Before the stamp was released on January 2, 2025, a special commemorative coin was issued on October 27, 2024: 750 Years of the Amsterdam Five-Euro Coin. From October 27, 2024, to October 27, 2025, Amsterdam celebrates its anniversary. Compare the coin with the stamp. Which...
The first part of the blog is about the visit to the ABC islands. But first, we look back at previous visits by the Royal House of Princess Juliana, Princess Beatrix, and Prince Willem-Alexander. Did you see the working visit (or extended holiday)...
Vincent Mentzel has two exhibitions in 2021 and 2022, namely at Museum Hilversum (October 31, 2021 to January 9, 2022) and in the Philips Wing of the Rijksmuseum (until June 6, 2022). In 2020, Mentzel turned 75. Due to the corona...
On January 1, 2022, the euro celebrates its twentieth anniversary. Officially, the birthday party already took place three years ago: on January 1, 1999, the euro was put into use by the financial markets. On January 1, 2002, it was the...
Finally, the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest can take place in Rotterdam on 18 and 20 May 2021 (semi-finals) and the grand final on 22 May 2021. In 2019, Duncan Laurence won the 64th edition in Israel with Arcade. After that...
Bosnia and Herzegovina is an interesting political and postal region. Bosnia and Herzegovina has three postal companies. Four issues are also known to date regarding COVID-19. Do you have stamps from this country in your collection? Since 1879, they have been issuing stamps...
On June 21, 2020, Miffy turned 65. Dick Bruna is the creator of the little rabbit, who later became known worldwide through her adventures with her friends. It is a simple depiction of a rabbit, but an ironclad...
On the occasion of the 65th anniversary of Postzegelvereniging Monster, a promotional exhibition will be held on Saturday, April 13, 2019, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM at Partycentrum 'De Noviteit', Kloosterlaan 33, 2681 LD Monster. The stamp exhibition will be held in this unique ambiance...
On July 23, 2018, PostNL issued a sheet of stamps under the title: “Controversial Money – the Dutch Guilder”. One of these stamps features a Leiden guilder made of paper in 1574. This was likely the first paper coin of...
In the third edition of *Spraakmakend geld – de Nederlandse gulden*, attention is paid to the partially visible banknotes on the 5th, 7th, 9th, and 10th stamps. I am saving the 8th stamp, featuring an image of the Lieftinck ten-guilder note, for the concluding...
The designation of Leeuwarden as European Capital of Culture 2018 received national numismatic attention with the issuance of an official commemorative coin on March 28. To date, PostNL has covered this cultural event with the issuance of a...
It was in the southernmost city of the Netherlands, Maastricht, that the decision was made in 1992 to introduce a common European currency, the euro. It took until January 1999 for the euro to actually become visible in the form of the...
Many new stamps on a wide variety of subjects appear with great regularity. Below you will find a selection of recently issued stamps from around the world. As is well known, the subject of this year's Europa stamps is musical instruments. Finland is releasing these...
In 1910, the first coins valid throughout the Commonwealth were put into circulation in Australia. Prior to that, from 1898, bronze and silver coins minted in Sydney and Melbourne were used by two Australian colonies, New South Wales and Victoria....
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