Overprinted stamp

Excess is harmful (part 2)

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • July 7, 2015

A number of postage due stamps appeared on July 8, 1978. Not particularly special, except that they were stamps issued in 1967 that had now received an overprint (Bajar Porto), transforming them into postage due stamps. Only the 0,50 Rupiah value was missing as...

Overprinted stamps Suriname 1945 (part 1)

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • May 19, 2015

On March 12, 1945, two overprinted stamps were issued by the Surinamese Postal Service. They were the 7½ cent stamp with a 2½ cent overprint, type 'Scheepje', and the 10 cent stamp with a 5 cent overprint. Because I received an envelope on which the two...

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…

Haas over New Priority Mourning Stamp Netherlands: Unusual: new rates taking effect on a Sunday. PostNL faces a challenge. With priority, it is guaranteed that the next working day (Mon…

Elizadoug over Chessboard on stamp sheet: Are there any online references to the translation of the different stamps? I've been looking around and am not having much luck.

Elizadoug over Chessboard on stamp sheet: I bought one to frame as a gift to my father. And it was semi-difficult to find, but not too terribly expensive.

John Petterson over Drones, Drones on Drones: Nice article! It has inspired me to start collecting drones on stamps as well.