Postal services have adapted their operations to changing consumer behavior. Previously, "next-day delivery" was the standard for all mail, but that has now changed. On July 12, PostNL is releasing a Prio mourning stamp. With the Prio stamp, PostNL guarantees that...
The Kingdom of the Netherlands is a unique constitutional monarchy that spans both Europe and the Caribbean. Because its constituent countries and special municipalities have different constitutional and economic arrangements, four official currencies are currently used within the Kingdom. 1....
In the structure and layout of the rather unappealing Rabo Bank stamp, graphic designer Gerard Unger has nevertheless 'hidden' various activities and peculiarities of Rabobank in a particularly original way. As soon as you have substantive knowledge of the veiled depictions of various banking activities,...
On June 8, 2026, PostNL issued the 't Oude Ambacht framed stamp sheet, featuring 10 different stamps with prints by the seventeenth-century etcher Jan Luyken, which belong to the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. An artisan is a trade...
On May 8, 2026, PostNL issued the New Dutch Design – Proef de Sfeer stamps, the second stamp sheet of this year in the New Dutch Design series. The New Dutch Design – Proef de Sfeer stamps feature a value indication...
On April 1, 2026, PostNL issued the WorldPride Amsterdam 2026 stamp sheet. PostNL chose the issue date of April 1, 2026, because that day commemorates the fact that 25 years ago in the Netherlands, the very first same-sex marriage...
Years ago, I met a philatelist who collected stamps from Austria. Every year he went on vacation to Austria, and then he would try to take identical photos of images that appeared on his stamps. I wondered at the time whether multiple...
On September 22, 2025, PostNL issued New Dutch Design – dancing, the fourth stamp sheet in this new series. These stamps bear a value of 1, intended for mail up to and including 20 grams with a destination within the Netherlands. Format: sheet...
On July 14, 2025, PostNL commemorated the anniversary with the issuance of the Postcrossing stamp sheet. The Postcrossing stamps bear an international value indication, intended for mail weighing up to 20 grams with a destination worldwide. The validity period is indefinite....
On June 10, 2025, PostNL will issue Beleef de natuur - onderwaterleven Sint Eustatius, a sheet of ten stamps in ten different designs. The stamps bear the value indication 1 for mail up to and including 20 grams with a...
On May 9, 2025, PostNL will issue the Fibula of Dorestad stamp sheet. The theme for the common European stamp issue for 2025 is 'National Archaeological Discoveries'. Technical specifications: Stamp size 36 x 25 mm Sheet size: 108 x 150 mm Paper: standard with...
On April 22, 2025, PostNL issued New Dutch Design - Greetings, the first stamp sheet in this new series. The New Dutch Design series showcases work by the future generation of Dutch graphic designers. These stamps bear a value indication of 1,...
On April 22, 2025, PostNL issued the RomanReuzen stamp sheet, featuring ten stamps in ten different designs. The stamps feature 10 portraits of 10 prominent Dutch writers: Kader Abdolah, Abdelkader Benali, Peter Buwalda, Adriaan van Dis, Jessica Durlacher, Bregje...
As a former collector of maximum cards, I immediately wonder: “Which 84 etchings by Gerrit Groenewegen (1754 - 1926) did graphic designer Bart de Haas use for this issue of ten 17th and 18th-century ships of the...
On March 21, I read that this was 'World Down Syndrome Day'. Why on March 21, I wondered. The answer was quickly found. Someone with Down syndrome has three instead of two chromosomes of chromosome...
On February 17, 2025, PostNL issued New Dutch Design - coffee and tea, the first stamp sheet in this new series. The stamps bear the value indication 1 for mail up to and including 20 grams with a destination within the Netherlands....
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