Me Too (me too)
It was the summer of 2004, I remember it exactly. I was on holiday in Macedonia and struck up a conversation with a local on a terrace. He told me (in English) that he collected stamps. And I replied: 'Me too!'...
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Sports calendar May 2021
The month of May offers a multitude of sports and is, for most athletes, good training to assess where they stand for the biggest sporting event of 2021: the Tokyo Olympic Games. Cycling (Giro d'Italia), tennis (Roland Garros),...
Chinese New Year Year of the Rat starts on January 25, 2020.
From January 25, 2020, to February 11, 2021, the Year of the Rat is celebrated according to the Chinese zodiac. We take a brief look back at the Year of the Pig. That was not a good year for China with African swine fever...
The nine cities of the 2019 Women's World Cup in France
The nine cities of the Women's World Cup are also worth visiting as part of a summer holiday or a city break. A number of these cities are located in the northern part of France. Most Dutch people...
World Table Tennis Day
Ping pong receives extra attention every year on April 6 during 'World Table Tennis Day'. Established in 2015 by the global table tennis federation ITTF (International Table Tennis Federation). After all, every day is a table tennis day in company canteens and at...
Silver stamp Orange Lionesses 2017 and other silver stamps
PostNL celebrates the Orange Lionesses' championship with a pure silver stamp featuring a black-and-white image of a combative lion, a football, and the word 'champion'. This special issue depicts the tremendous achievement of the indomitable women's football team. PostNL has...
Ivo van Damme
The tragic accident that befell athlete Ivo van Damme on December 29, 1976, is still vivid in my mind. And every time I open the album *Belgium* and land in the year 1980, the memory returns. Who...
Lively Olympic Games stamps 1928
Recently, I was asked to provide a brief description of two 1928 Olympic Games stamps (NVPH 212/10). In doing so, I discovered that the Handbook of Dutch Postage Stamps (chapter Charity Stamps 1928, Olympic Games) devotes little substantive attention to the images of these...
