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Heinz Sielmann. A true nature conservationist

Written in: Dutch • Jos van den Bosch • November 2 2017

Early in his life, he found the short films in the cinema, which were about nature, much more interesting than the main feature. He wanted to become a nature filmmaker. In 1938, at the age of 27, a silent film by... was shown in the Memel.

De “filatelistenwals”

Written in: Dutch • Jos van den Bosch • November 22 2016

In 1972, Irene Lawford, who was president of the Music and Philately Association, discovered in an American newspaper that Robert Stolz had composed a 'philatelist's waltz'. Moreover, he was a stamp collector and philatelist himself. She wrote to him and invited him...

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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.

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

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