Dutch Academy of Philately

Unexplored philatelic territory?

Written in: Dutch • Willem Hogendoorn • 29 August 2015

A friend of mine showed me the cancellation pictured here and asked me what kind of cancellation (without a date) this was. I was unable to answer that. Do you know? Unknown type of cancellation If I have a question...

Dirty stamp marks

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • 3 February 2015

philately stamps

You come across them sometimes. Stamps with an imprint of, it looks like, a rubber shoe sole. Naturally, you wouldn't keep such a stamp. It looks dirty. But have you ever looked into how such an imprint was created?...

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…