Wilhelm Busch (Wiedensahl 1832 – Mechtshausen 1908) was a German poet, cartoonist, and illustrator. He initially trained as an engineer but decided to become a painter. He produced more than a thousand paintings, but he became famous for a sideline. He wrote humorous...
The connecting element between the five people on the chairs of the 2017 Kinderpostzegels sheet is drinking tea and eating a slice of cake. Relational contact develops between Catootje with dachshund Lotje (4th stamp) and Jeroen (5th stamp) through a love letter from Jeroen to Catootje...
The Nieuwsblad van het Noorden of September 28, 1989, contained a report of a conversation a journalist from the Groningen newspaper had with the cartoonist. I do not want to withhold the content of this interesting article from you. In the...
A newspaper report from last week stated: “This year’s children’s stamps feature cartoon characters from Jan, Jans and the Children with the theme ‘A good home for all children’. This issue is a tribute to the... who passed away in January 2017...”
You probably didn't know what Moomins are either. Neither did we. But on May 1, 2015, the first Moomin stamps outside Finland were issued in Japan. Apparently, Moomin stamps had only been issued in Finland until that date. Japan issued two...
A new series of stamps from Monaco was recently released featuring a scene from the Tintin story 'The Treasure of Rackham the Red'. This stamp was issued in honor of the third Tintin album being published in the Monegasque language. In addition to...
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