Oosthoek Encyclopedia

The painter Raden Salèh

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • March 24 2016

As a young twenty-something, I was very interested in modern history and painting. It was therefore a surprise to see two stamps from 1967 from Indonesia showing paintings by an artist I did not know: Raden...

W over Steam locomotives: There is a mistake on the sheet!

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Sjaak Van Tiel over 40 Years of Collecting Postage Stamps (1986): I have many old stamps (strips), mainly from municipalities (including some that no longer exist) and a few from – I think – the royal family. Perhaps also Veldp…

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Peter over Delta Works: The Netherlands and water with climate adaptation: Thank you very much for the nice explanation of the design.

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Annet Hogendoorn over The piss-pots of Tilburg: Another super fun blog post, and educational :)

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Lars over Delft Blue Ceramic stamp a 'deception stamp': Now just get those blueprints out of the catalog..

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Erik Boeré over Delft Blue Ceramic stamp a 'deception stamp': The best solution is probably to ignore the ceramics stamp altogether. Fortunately, as the NVPH/Catalog Committee, we already have…

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