Easter Sunday and Easter Monday will be celebrated this year on Sunday, April 5 and Monday, April 6, 2026. At Easter, Christians commemorate Jesus' resurrection from the dead, after he had died on the cross two days earlier. Easter falls annually between 22...
Years ago, I met a philatelist who collected stamps from Austria. Every year he went on vacation to Austria, and then he would try to take identical photos of images that appeared on his stamps. I wondered at the time whether multiple...
Deventer is one of the oldest cities in the Netherlands. Together with my wife, I visited this 'cookie city'. After all, our first association when we think of Deventer is 'Deventer cookie'. During our stay, however, we noticed that Deventer...
The first sentence of the Bible reads: 'In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.' The earth was then formless and dark. Perhaps just as dark as we make the earth during the annual 'earth hour.' At this...
As a (former) police officer, I collect the theme 'police on stamps.' This year, France issued a stamp of a police officer who was born in 1973. That is 18 years after I was born. What is the reason that he...
It is not often that an announcement of a new issue causes a great deal of commotion for the postal service. Vatican Post has decided to withdraw the stamp for World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon following many negative reactions to the...
On Thursday the fortieth day after Easter, Christians celebrate the Ascension of Jesus Christ. It is the fortieth day after his resurrection from the grave and ten days before Pentecost (the descent of the Holy Spirit). In 2023, Ascension Day falls on...
You can visit the musical exhibition about 'Gospel' until April 10, 2023. There is much to see (old TV footage) and hear (audio tour) about the history of gospel. You are welcomed in the first room with the well-known...
….can make millions think. It is a famous quote by George Gordon Byron (better known as Lord Byron), (1788-1824). He was an English Romantic writer and poet. His masterpiece was Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, a narrative poem in which he...
This is no ordinary story, it is pure horror. And even though it is centuries old, it is retold every year with even more suspense, even more gore. It takes place in 1790 in Sleepy Hollow (valley), a settlement...
City stamps are not just a modern phenomenon; as early as the 19th century, this type of stamp was issued by city postal services in many countries. As an example, the city stamps of Stockholm in Sweden, issued between 1887 and 1889 by the city postal service...
By chance, a Leiden historian recently stumbled upon a macabre event. In an old account book in the Leiden archives, he came across an account belonging to a 'heretics master' who had examined two Leiden women to see if they were guilty of...
The brochures have been full of Christmas dishes for two weeks already; restaurants are offering Christmas menus. Family and friends visit each other to celebrate with a five-course Christmas meal on Christmas Day or Boxing Day. Will we be eating meat or fish...
Macau is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China. It is located 70 kilometers southwest of Hong Kong and 145 kilometers from Guangzhou. Macau lives off tourism and the many casinos located there. It is...
The modern history of Ireland is marked by a number of bloody uprisings against British rule. The uprising of 1798 was modeled after the American and French Revolutions. That uprising, supported by the French army, was suppressed by the...
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