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Specimen impressions from Cyprus

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • 15 December 2015

There are more than half a million olive trees on the island of Cyprus. Many of them are centuries old. Olives grew here as early as the Bronze Age, but most of those still found today date back to the time when the House of Lusignan held sway...

High-value stamps with the inscription Reichspost in 1900 (part 2)

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • 4 February 2014

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The stamps in the high values from 1 Mart up to and including 5 Mark, issued between 1900 and 1920, are also referred to by collectors as 'the representative depictions of the German Empire'. These values were specifically intended for franking...

Sjaak Van Tiel over 40 Years of Collecting Postage Stamps (1986): I have many old stamps (strips), mainly from municipalities (including some that no longer exist) and a few from – I think – the royal family. Perhaps also Veldp…

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

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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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