Second emission of the Netherlands

Featured: 'Vademecum Emissie 1864'

Written in: Dutch • Postzegelblog • April 11, 2017

The book “Vademecum Emissie 1864” deals with the plate reconstructions and the history of the 1864 issue, or actually “the improved issue of 1852”. According to the authors, the 1864 issue is “one of the finest of the three classics”. Jan Cleij quoted...

Overturned stamp sheets

Written in: Dutch • John Dehe • November 11 2015

In the days when Jan Kluft (chairman of the Posthoorn, Zaanstreek for centuries) still regularly scoured archives, he stumbled upon a remarkable document. He had some copies made and came across them again recently when he was...

Willem Meerkerk over Mouth-watering tart stamps with a sweet scent: I do see a trend in PostNL's new issues. More and more "self-adhesive" stamps, just like with the 2026 children's stamps. htt…

Haas over New Priority Mourning Stamp Netherlands: Unusual: new rates taking effect on a Sunday. PostNL faces a challenge. With priority, it is guaranteed that the next working day (Mon…

Elizadoug over Chessboard on stamp sheet: Are there any online references to the translation of the different stamps? I've been looking around and am not having much luck.

Elizadoug over Chessboard on stamp sheet: I bought one to frame as a gift to my father. And it was semi-difficult to find, but not too terribly expensive.

John Petterson over Drones, Drones on Drones: Nice article! It has inspired me to start collecting drones on stamps as well.

Otto over 2026 FIFA World Cup: Canada, Mexico and USA: The 2026 World Cup unfortunately turned out disastrously for our World Cup team; the beautiful stamps above are a balm for the wound for the football…