Verdrag van Versailles

100 Years of Bauhaus: Origins of the Art Movement and the Weimar Period

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • May 1, 2019

In 2019, Germany commemorates the 100th anniversary of Bauhaus. An art movement that existed for only 14 years (1919–1933), yet the name has always remained synonymous. Bauhaus was a revolutionary German art and design school. From the very beginning...

The Belgian occupation of Eupen and Malmédy

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • July 8, 2014

Austria Belgium Luxembourg

The Treaty of Versailles of April 28, 1918, stipulated, among other things, that as of January 1, 1920, the cantons of Eupen, Malmédy, and Sankt-Vith were assigned to Belgium. The cantons had little in common. Eupen and Sankt-Vith were primarily...

Malmedy

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • June 5, 2013

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That Belgium is trilingual is well known to everyone. And that the German-speaking area concerns the towns of Eupen and Malmedy is also fairly common knowledge. But why is Malmedy Belgian territory? In my collection of postcards from the Deutsches Reich, there are...

Vincent Tromer over North Sea shells: So don't buy it.

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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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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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Yvonne Kruse over The piss-pots of Tilburg: What a nice article, Willem!

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Willem over Stamp Day 2026: “I would like to know . . .?”: The Delta stamps can already be found on Marktplaats. A beautiful design! In my opinion, that is an example of how collectors want it.

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