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Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: no Dutch Tokyo 2020 stamps

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • 7 August 2021

PostNL has had 8 years to release Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games stamps in 2021. It is a mystery to me and other collectors why this edition of the Games would not be stamp-worthy. Consider the...

Sports calendar February 2021

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • 2 February 2021

In February, six major sporting events are being held: American Football, the Alpine Skiing World Championships, the Australian Open (tennis), the World Speed Skating Championships (Heerenveen), the Men's Water Polo Olympic Qualifying Tournament (Rotterdam), and Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (cycling). Four events are discussed in this blog. We are all looking for the sports channels for...

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Willem Meerkerk over Self-adhesive or gummed, what do you collect?: I collect the annual collection of Dutch stamps. That automatically means that I collect gummed and self-adhesive stamps. The perforated…

Lars over Self-adhesive or gummed, what do you collect?: I collect both, though I prefer not to have mint self-adhesive ones. You never know how they will stand the test of time. Just look at the Nede…

Lars over Mouth-watering tart stamps with a sweet scent: One advantage of self-adhesive stamps is that people cannot tear off the perforations. Of the gummed stamps used, you can alti…

Rob over Chessboard on stamp sheet: @Elizadoug I always use the Google Translate app with the camera function myself.

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…