Which women are we proud of?
Of course, I am proud of my wife, my two daughters, and three granddaughters. But which women would deserve to be depicted on a stamp? I leafed through the stamp catalog and came across quite a few. But...
Women's suffrage
Do 'mini-' & 'maxi-sheet margins' function as postage stamps?
The above description of 'mini' and 'maxi sheet margins' relates to the issuance of two issues. The first from 1979, '60 Years of Women's Suffrage' (NVPH 1183), and the second, the recently issued 'Bicycle Stamps' issue from 2020. In addition to the stamps, the...
International Women's Day on March 8, 2018 and Rosie the Riveter
I was in Dordrecht last Sunday and saw the poster below on a gallery window. I recognized the design and went home to look for the original design, wondering if any stamps had been issued. And what...
House of Representatives elections (1977 – 2017)
Forty years ago, to be precise, on May 25, 1977, we went to the polls en masse for the House of Representatives elections. A special stamp was issued, first without an overprint and the second with an overprint '25 mei '77'. Now we are going...
Jokes with stamps (part 3)
The issuance of the 60 Years of Women's Suffrage stamp on August 28, 1979, caused quite a stir among stamp collectors. This was already written about on the blog on April 10, 2007. It concerned the legal question of whether...
