Railway

British train letter stamps (5)

Written in: Dutch • Postzegelblog • October 6, 2016

The Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway is a narrow-gauge railway in Mid-Wales that follows a historic route, construction of which began in 1896. The official opening took place in 1903. The route has a total length of...

The Trans-Mississippi World's Fair in 1898

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • September 26 2016

On the occasion of the Trans-Mississippi World's Fair in Omaha, Nebraska, USA, a series of nine special stamps was issued with values ranging from 1 cent to 2 dollars. The series appeared on June 17, 1898, and brought quite a...

W over Steam locomotives: There is a mistake on the sheet!

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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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