From 1973 onwards, the NSO (National Sigint Organisation) satellite ground station was tasked, among other things, with gathering and analyzing military and economic data and recording this in databases. For this purpose, in addition to Burum, two communication and data interception stations served as active facilities...
Together with my wife, I went cycling in the Veluwezoom. We stayed in the charming village of Ellecom and cycled to Dieren, Doesburg, and the village of De Steeg. I don't exactly consider 'De Steeg' a name for a village,...
The flood of 1953 occurred on the night of Saturday, January 31, to Sunday, February 1, 1953. The disaster was the result of a combination of a severe storm from the northwest, coinciding with an unfavorable high tide time...
The design track for these children's stamps featuring children's drawings differs significantly from that of all other stamp issues. It is customary for a designer to receive guidelines prior to the design track, which he must adhere to. In other words, first...
The title of this article, 'From handicapped child to a child with a handicap,' represents a world of difference in both time and feeling. In 1921, the child's mental deficiency was viewed scientifically and with an uninvolved detachment. Half a century later,...
Under the influence of the Crusades, people's view of the world and their existence changes. The medieval view of heaven and the afterlife transforms into a view of the earthly. The Renaissance man in Italy becomes in...
Not only are the PTT summer stamp leaflets attractive for their text and images, but also those of the children's stamps, and in particular the 1959 children's stamp leaflet. As far as I have been able to ascertain, there is so far little or...
Contrary to what is very common in our country, it was not a stamp-requesting party that proposed an issue, but the PTT management itself. The postal company proposed the issuance of the 2-cent summer stamp of 1950 featuring a...
The Aesthetic Design Department of PTT has published a particularly interesting brochure entitled 'The Summer Stamp and the Computer' regarding the design of the 1970 summer stamps (nvph 965/69), covering the production of the stamps, combined with technical drawings and a preliminary study of...
On the occasion of the 60th birthday of Prince Bernhard (1911 – 2004) in 1971, an issue of four meaningful stamps (NVPH 992/95) was issued, depicting various official roles through images and illustrations. The stamp issue shows different subjects and aspects...
a) I deliberately draw your attention this time to the Gabriël Metsu stamp as an exemplary starting point for some of the facets listed below. The stamp features a detail from the painting 'Woman Reading a Letter' (nvph 2246). The special feature of this painting...
The freestanding cube shapes on the 1970 Children's Stamps poster invited me, with their multicolored nature, to work with cube shapes in a playful way as well. With the cut-out hexagonal cube shapes from the 1970 children's stamp issue, I have, with great pleasure,...
In the article of June 7th, I drew your attention to the fact that the sale of children's stamps by schoolchildren will take place again this year, but in an adapted and safe form. However, are you aware when the basis of the current...
Are you also aware that the green strip on the right side of the 65 cent children's stamp (NVPH 1416) from 1988 is made up of the two colors yellow and blue? If so, then no explanation is necessary, if not (and...
In the period between the two world wars, the interbellum, PTT attempted to propagate the idea of peace in 1932 by organizing a design competition for a peace stamp. Of the 807 entries, Escher's design was among the 15 best, to which I...
It is May 1966 and Mr. Janssen has been happily married for 25 years. He is apparently a great royalist, for he was utterly annoyed by the fact that, on the occasion of the marriage of Claus and Beatrix, there was no special stamp...
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