Battle of the Boyne

Stadtholder-King William III of Orange and Queen Mary II Stuart

Written in: Dutch • redactie • 9 December 2018

The conclusion of last week's article actually serves as the introduction to this article. The 'contact' between the orange-colored rye lily and the royal Orange monarch of England, namely Stadtholder-King William III of Orange, determines the atmosphere every year and the...

Success story of the 'extinct' rye lily

Written in: Dutch • redactie • 2 December 2018

In 1952, Albert Bos dug up a number of rye lily bulbs from a rye field on the Zuid-es in Gieten, Drenthe, which was to make way for a sports field complex. He subsequently planted the bulbs in the border around his home in...

Peter over Delta Works: The Netherlands and water with climate adaptation: Thank you very much for the nice explanation of the design.

Written in: Dutch

Annet Hogendoorn over The piss-pots of Tilburg: Another super fun blog post, and educational :)

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Lars over Delft Blue Ceramic stamp a 'deception stamp': Now just get those blueprints out of the catalog..

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Erik Boeré over Delft Blue Ceramic stamp a 'deception stamp': The best solution is probably to ignore the ceramics stamp altogether. Fortunately, as the NVPH/Catalog Committee, we already have…

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Yvonne Kruse over The piss-pots of Tilburg: What a nice article, Willem!

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Willem over Stamp Day 2026: “I would like to know . . .?”: The Delta stamps can already be found on Marktplaats. A beautiful design! In my opinion, that is an example of how collectors want it.

Written in: Dutch