Emergency stamps

Channel Islands in the Second World War (part 4)

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • November 23 2015

Two stamps were issued in 1948 dedicated to the Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey. The values were 1D red and 2½D blue, featuring images of seaweed harvesting, the Vraic. The issue date was May 10, 1948. The two stamps were...

Halved stamps (part 2)

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • September 9 2014

Curaçao

In the former Dutch Overseas Territory of Curaçao, there was also a problem with a shortage of stamps in 1918. The stock of the 1-cent value, issued in May 1915, proved to be insufficient. Therefore, the post offices on...

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Bate Hijlkema over Uitgifte 2014: Augarten Porcelain – Vienna Rose: Does the method of cancelling the stamp correspond to the Ceramic stamp of our country?

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Lars over PostNL souvenir edition: You could still stick that Austrian stamp on a registered letter. PostNL could have made a stamp for registered mail out of it as well…