Birds in Haarlem
If you visit Haarlem for a 'day out' and you haven't seen the Teylers Museum, then you haven't seen Haarlem. The 'Vogelpracht' exhibition is on view until May 29, 2022. Says 'The Birds of America' by John...
Nevis
Statistics
There are small lies, big lies, and statistics, one of my teachers used to say. We know statistics (partly due to the COVID-19 period) mainly from graphs and bar charts. But there is a whole science behind it. There is even...
Beautiful American Birds
The man depicted on the stamp to the left, from the U.S.A., issued in 1985, is J.J. Audubon. You would never imagine the rather bland image of the man on the stamp could be linked to the wonderfully coloured works...
Remembering World War I centenary
Exactly 100 Years ago today, Austro-Hungarian archduke and heir apparent Franz-Ferdinand arrived at the station in Sarajevo for an official visit. The first activity on the programme was an inspection of the military barracks. At around 10:00 am the motorcade...
Women on bicycles in philately
This title is the result of a reaction from Dolores to an earlier bicycle-latelist article of mine (November 17, 2010) on Postzegelblog. She asked me whether it is, after all, primarily men and men's events that appear on the bicycle stamps. She found...
'Piece of pine' on a postage stamp
I read it in the newspaper a while ago. The 70th anniversary of Walt Disney's Pinocchio is being celebrated. 'From March 4, just before the 70th anniversary of this overwhelming adventure, Pinocchio will be available again for a limited time.' Really just before the...
