It promises to be a great summer of sports! In addition to the Football World Cup, we are also gearing up for the Men's and Women's Hockey World Cup, which will take place in Belgium and the Netherlands from August 15 to 30, 2026. In Belgium...
The National Sports Commemoration on May 4, 2026, at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam is dedicated to equestrian sports this year. With poignant stories of Olympians who did not survive the Second World War, the commemoration brings to light an often overlooked chapter...
On January 1, 1978, Deutsche Post issued a stamp depicting a skier during a descent (fig.). The stamp bore the motto Sporthilfe and a value of 50+25 pf. With this stamp, the Sporthilfe/Für den Sport series would become a reality,...
On June 10, Belgium issued two additional sheets and two booklets, in addition to the Universal Postal Union sheet (see Short 303). The sheets concern sports and flowers, specifically the Olympic Games taking place in Paris in a few weeks...
In the month of March, more international sporting events are being held again. While the focus during the previous two months was on winter sports, athletes are now heading outdoors for events such as the spring classics (cycling). TeamNL has a great chance of winning medals during the...
We were so excited to see the world's biggest sporting event during the 2020 summer holidays: the Tokyo Olympic Games. Approximately 10.000 athletes from around 200 countries were set to participate. As is known, the Games in Tokyo are being hosted by...
The fastest team sport in the world is played in Ireland and is closely linked to the Netherlands. Originally, it was played by the Celts. It resembles field hockey, but the stick is different in design and is called a hurley or in...
In February 1968, the Kingdom of Yemen issued a series of stamps depicting sporting events during the 10th Winter Olympics in Grenoble in 1968. For a country where snow is rarely seen, the graphic designer of the stamp can probably...
The Women's World Cup in France is being held from June 7 to July 7, 2019. The group stage matches are over, and now it is a knockout round each time (Round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals) up to and including the final. Almost all...
I am a member of the Working Group (ArbeitsGemeinschaft) Mining and Geo-sciences. An association based in Germany that unites philatelists who collect stamps and engage in philately with themes such as mining, geology, paleontology, geography, oil, minerals, and prehistory/evolution. Well, that is where I naturally have to...
In the issuance program for the year 1991, the first block to be issued by Åland was announced, specifically for the Islands Games. Was this the beginning of an expansion in the number of issues? The privatization of the postal service...
Many stamp collectors wondered: how will things go for this new stamp-issuing country? With only about 50.000 inhabitants? Will it scatter a flood of stamps to generate more revenue? Just like the Channel Islands, for example? After the issuance...
What always struck me, in the past when I still earned my income by 'teaching', was that you could tell the beginning of sexual activity in the kids by all kinds of rings they started wearing. On the one...
Upon the release of the new Official Belgian Stamp Catalogue of 1996, a small sheet was enclosed featuring an image of an unaccepted stamp design from the previous year. The sheet was commissioned by the publisher of the catalogue, the Belgian...
The tragic accident that befell athlete Ivo van Damme on December 29, 1976, is still vivid in my mind. And every time I open the album *Belgium* and land in the year 1980, the memory returns. Who...
Recently, I was asked to provide a brief description of two 1928 Olympic Games stamps (NVPH 212/10). In doing so, I discovered that the Handbook of Dutch Postage Stamps (chapter Charity Stamps 1928, Olympic Games) devotes little substantive attention to the images of these...
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