Menton is situated on the Italian border, on the dividing line between the French Côte d'Azur and the Italian Flower Riviera. On the other side of the border lies the Italian city of Ventimiglia, which is called the "pearl of France"....
Ascension Day was celebrated on May 26, 2022. On Ascension Day, Christianity commemorates that Jesus Christ ascended to God, his Father in heaven, thirty-nine days after his resurrection from the dead. The celebration is part of the...
This year marks the 200th anniversary of Napoleon Bonaparte's death on Saint Helena on May 5, 1821. He was Emperor of our country for a few years (1810–1813). Did he ever visit Leiden, I wondered, and...
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...
The ox, cow, or bull is the second animal in the twelve-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac according to the Chinese calendar. Character traits according to Chinese astrology: powerful and reliable, a born leader, a hard worker, prefers to take the shortest...
NRC headline April 6, 2020: 'Corona could disrupt the country for years'. You have sufficient time now to collect Covid-19 as a new theme and exhibit it at future exhibitions. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Switzerland, and Indonesia have also issued Covid-19 stamps....
In an article I published in my club magazine 't Faktuweeltje, I complained that no stamp had been issued for the 150th anniversary of Limburg as part of the Netherlands. Club member Stevens pointed out to me that there were...
As a collector of Dutch stamps, you know that on November 1, 1942, two stamps were issued in red and blue with a high surcharge for the benefit of the Provision Fund of the Dutch Legion in 1942. But did you also know...
I read in an editorial in our magazine 'Filatelie' (10/2016) that a certain Mr. Voorn, Marketing Director at PostNL, had never heard of complaints from philatelists about pen strokes or excessive cancellation, 'stamp murder'. I find this a sign of indifference, shameful. This while stamps...
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