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300 years of the State Lottery (1726): No finer lottery ticket than a State Lottery ticket

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • 19 February 2026

300 years of Staatsloterij in 2026: an anniversary to celebrate in style. In 2026, we will once again have the Biggest Prize Pool* in the Netherlands. We will distribute no less than €456 million in tax-free cash prizes, including extra Anniversary Prizes that we add every month. What you...

Municipal elections: natural gas and earthquakes

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • March 7 2022

Natural gas is an important energy source for all Dutch people. The gas comes from the Groningen field to the rest of the Netherlands. All political parties in Groningen want gas extraction to stop as soon as possible. But then came the war...

rob over Hamlet: This is a translation error, which should be corrected by now. If 'Hamlet' is viewed as a word rather than a name, it simply means…

Bate Hylkema over 1951 issue of children's stamps a world first: View this article as an introduction to the article containing special news that will appear shortly. The perspective of… is striking.

rob over Collection 91: Janneke Brinkman-Salentijn: As a result of the termination of PostNL's sponsorship of Postzegelblog/Freestampagazine, we are currently not archiving/publishing Collect me…

rob over The Faroe Islands have four underwater tunnels.: The majority of the articles, at least those from after 2016, can now simply be found on Freestampmagazine. Everything is now also available in six languages.

Hans over Collection 91: Janneke Brinkman-Salentijn: The link to the Collect Magazines archive does not work. Hopefully, that is fixable. Kind regards, Hans

Groeneweg over New Priority Mourning Stamp Netherlands: Unfortunately, I have already heard that the funeral mail sent with priority on Monday was not delivered on Tuesday😏 This despite the delivery at the sortery…