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Week of the Classics 2023: Revolution and Antiquity

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • March 25 2023

The 16th Week of the Classics (March 23 to April 2, 2023) has the theme Revolution and Antiquity. The revolutions range from drastic upheavals in antiquity itself (of a political, social, economic, cultural, or intellectual nature) to revolutions in...

Golden burial mask of Trebenište. 6th-5th century BC Macedonia issued 08.02.2018

Written in: Dutch • Jos van den Bosch • May 3, 2018

Ohrid, the city of light, showed us the golden immortal faces of its angels once again after two and a half millennia. The discovery of priceless treasures from the village of Trebenište, located on the Ohrid-Kiževo road, is as if from a...

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.

Otto over 2026 FIFA World Cup: Canada, Mexico and USA: The 2026 World Cup unfortunately turned out disastrously for our World Cup team; the beautiful stamps above are a balm for the wound for the football…