Flying dove

Could I have a little more?

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • June 23, 2015

Sometimes one comes across letters where one wonders: have the rate and duty been applied correctly? Like with a letter sent by registered mail from Winschoten to Stuttgart in Germany on December 29, 1927. Franked with a complete series of children's stamps...

Train letters and railway stamps

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • September 18 2012

Netherlands railways stamps

Once the last bus collection by the PTT had taken place, anyone who still wished to quickly send a letter could hand it in at the (baggage) counter of a station. Handing letters onto trains became possible from May 15, 1927. The...

Sjaak Van Tiel over 40 Years of Collecting Postage Stamps (1986): I have many old stamps (strips), mainly from municipalities (including some that no longer exist) and a few from – I think – the royal family. Perhaps also Veldp…

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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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Annet Hogendoorn over The piss-pots of Tilburg: Another super fun blog post, and educational :)

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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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