Nowadays, endless lists of candidates are distributed door-to-door without being addressed. The voter's pass, the proof of identity with which you as a voter can go to the polling station to receive a ballot there – after verification of your identity – is issued in the name...
The postal services and later the PTT made decisions, tariffs, changes, instructions, etc. known by means of Circulars and Service Orders (1). Announcements by letter are rarer, and even then they are personally addressed (and written) to a single office. The Oostermeer auxiliary post office (in Frisian Eastermar,...
Stamp collecting is more than just filling an empty slot in a pre-printed stamp album. I like to make a study of it, such as potential types in the design and different printing techniques for one and the same stamp. Also...
As of June 1, 2017, a philately oriented tradition has been revived: the collecting of date stamps. In the November edition of the monthly magazine for stamp collectors 'Filatelie' (p. 655), an appeal was printed in which Kees Verhulst asks readers to...
Many stamp-blog readers will soon be taking a few weeks off for vacation again. They will be heading out by bicycle, car/bus, boat, or plane to unknown regions and areas at home and abroad. In this contribution, you get a foretaste of it with the help of...
PostNL cuts costs! The stamping issue at PostNL needs to be placed in a broader perspective for better understanding. The market-oriented postal company (focused on the future with investments to generate higher returns) is trying to hold its own...
Well, who doesn't complain about the subpar, contemporary stamps in the Netherlands? According to Kees Verhulst, editor of the regular column 'Dutch Stamps' in the Netherlands' largest stamp magazine, 'Filatelie', those complaints will soon come to an end. That sounds positive,...
If you want to send a letter or card by post, people always make sure that the recipient's delivery details are correct. Otherwise, the letter or card will not arrive at its intended destination. In the 19th century...
In a box of picture postcards, I found a nice card from 1909 with an image relating to the 'Gordon Bennett Wettfliegen' held from September 30 to October 3, 1909, in Zurich, Switzerland. The card was sent to...
A friend of mine showed me the cancellation pictured here and asked me what kind of cancellation (without a date) this was. I was unable to answer that. Do you know? Unknown type of cancellation If I have a question...
The issuance of the 60 Years of Women's Suffrage stamp on August 28, 1979, caused quite a stir among stamp collectors. This was already written about on the blog on April 10, 2007. It concerned the legal question of whether...
In 1924, the State Postal and Telecommunications Company wanted to generate revenue through advertising via the flags in the stamping machines. To this end, a trial was conducted with stamping machines installed in the post offices of Amsterdam, Breda, The Hague, Groningen, Nijmegen, Zwolle, Rotterdam...
Chemnitz, located in the German state of Saxony, was, after Leipzig and Dresden, the largest city in the former German Democratic Republic. From May 10, 1953, to May 31, 1990, the city's name was changed to Karl-Marx-Stadt. The...
Many collectors of 'the German Empire' stamps have the 'Ostropa 1935' stamp block on their wish list. The issue of this block took place on the occasion of the Osteuropäischen Briefmarken-Ausstellung, which was held at Königsberg Castle in East Prussia. The...
During a visit to a stamp society, I came across a registered envelope that caught my attention. This envelope was stamped on September 28, 1900, with a stamp from a post office with a strange name: 89 Finsbury Pavement BOEC Waar...
Just like in the Netherlands, the Dutch East Indies also had long bar stamps. However, in a different design, namely with hatched segments. The stamps were manufactured by the Royal Mint in Utrecht. The impressions of the stamps are best appreciated on...
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