Republic of the Seven United Netherlands

Michiel de Ruyter's outstanding feat of arms in Chatham

Written in: Dutch • redactie • 27 August 2017

Exactly 350 years ago, Michiel Adriaensen de Ruyter (1607 – 1676) managed to significantly increase his fame (from June 19 to 24, 1667) with the raid on Chatham. The rivalry and dominance between our country and England over the...

St. Helena, Victorian period

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • March 15 2016

In addition to stamps from Great Britain, I have also collected those from several British colonies and territories. However, these were from territories that were once 'in possession' of the Dutch, such as the former Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. The island of St. Helena...

rob over Hamlet: This is a translation error, which should be corrected by now. If 'Hamlet' is viewed as a word rather than a name, it simply means…

Bate Hylkema over 1951 issue of children's stamps a world first: View this article as an introduction to the article containing special news that will appear shortly. The perspective of… is striking.

rob over Collection 91: Janneke Brinkman-Salentijn: As a result of the termination of PostNL's sponsorship of Postzegelblog/Freestampagazine, we are currently not archiving/publishing Collect me…

rob over The Faroe Islands have four underwater tunnels.: The majority of the articles, at least those from after 2016, can now simply be found on Freestampmagazine. Everything is now also available in six languages.

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Groeneweg over New Priority Mourning Stamp Netherlands: Unfortunately, I have already heard that the funeral mail sent with priority on Monday was not delivered on Tuesday😏 This despite the delivery at the sortery…