On March 30, 2026, PostNL issued Beleef de natuur - vlinders Saba. The Beleef de natuur - vlinders Saba stamps bear a value of 1, intended for mail up to and including 20 grams with a destination within the Netherlands. The validity period...
On March 31, 2025, PostNL issued Beleef de natuur - vlinders Sint Eustatius, a sheet with ten stamps in ten different designs. The stamp sheet featuring the butterflies of Sint Eustatius is part of the multi-year series Beleef de...
Leiden University was founded in 1575 and is the oldest university in the Netherlands. The university has seven faculties (six in Leiden and one in The Hague), with 33.701 students enrolled in 2025. Leiden University is home to famous scientists...
Butterflies are winged insects. The scale-covered butterfly wings absorb light in various ways, creating colors and patterns visible to us. In their short lives, these fluttering insects undergo a bizarre metamorphosis. It begins with an egg, from which...
Which country has never had a stamp without an image of a butterfly depicted on it? Royal Mail was no exception, and on May 13, 1981, a series of four stamps featuring butterflies was issued. Designed by Gordon Beningfield, who is known...
The series of stamps featuring geological images was continued in 1994. But the Europa stamp also made its debut. Both Finland and Åland were members of the CEPT, and therefore Åland Posten naturally also had the right to use the general...
Most of the issues from 1993 were very well received by stamp collectors. The images of horses and butterflies were particularly popular. Many thematic collectors focus on animals. And the themes featuring animals, especially horses,...
The year 1993 began with a block containing three different stamps. But a stamp booklet also appeared again. Nevertheless, the issuing program remained limited to five issues, and with that, the postal service of the Faroe Islands still found itself in the...
Seventeen years after the last print run, the vending machine stamps are returning. This means that customers can buy stamps individually again for the first time in a long time. From 1964 through 1994, the PTT put vending machine booklets of stamps into circulation....
Many new stamps on a wide variety of subjects appear with great regularity. Below you will find a selection of recently issued stamps from around the world. The Åland Islands, an autonomous region of Finland, issues a stamp every year featuring...
As a great lover of domestic cats—we have one ourselves—I collect stamps featuring images of cats. Not to create a 'collection' to visit stamp exhibitions, but simply out of passion. And only then do you see...
Many new stamps on a wide variety of subjects appear with great regularity. Below you will find a selection of recently issued stamps from around the world. In Bermuda, this series of five stamps featuring blossoms of native plants was issued. Aruba released...
Many new stamps on a wide variety of subjects appear with great regularity. Below you will find a selection of recently issued stamps from around the world. Algeria has issued a stamp depicting the Oran Olympic complex that this year...
Many new stamps on a wide variety of subjects appear with great regularity. Below you will find a selection of recently issued stamps from around the world. Argentina has a long tradition when it comes to stamps of Antarctica. The country has...
Butterflies, they are a feast for the eyes. On stamps or in the garden, who doesn't enjoy them? A beautiful insect species that we must cherish. Very cherish, because the butterflies in our country are having a hard time....
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