Willem Arondeus

Introduction to Christmas stamps / children's stamps 1923 & 1924 with posters

Written in: Dutch • redactie • June 28, 2020

In 1923, the Dutch population was first alerted by posters to the sale of an unknown and new type of stamp, namely charity stamps, for which slightly more than usual had to be paid. The advertisements from the first two years of introduction...

Communicating with Summer Stamps Poster 1938 (Part 1)

Written in: Dutch • redactie • 5 August 2018

In the next three installments, I will focus on the advertising via posters intended to promote the sale of summer and children's stamps. The communication methods of these posters vary considerably by issue. In a number of installments, I will focus on these...

Rob over Chessboard on stamp sheet: @Elizadoug I always use the Google Translate app with the camera function myself.

Willem Meerkerk over Mouth-watering tart stamps with a sweet scent: I do see a trend in PostNL's new issues. More and more "self-adhesive" stamps, just like with the 2026 children's stamps. htt…

Haas over New Priority Mourning Stamp Netherlands: Unusual: new rates taking effect on a Sunday. PostNL faces a challenge. With priority, it is guaranteed that the next working day (Mon…

Elizadoug over Chessboard on stamp sheet: Are there any online references to the translation of the different stamps? I've been looking around and am not having much luck.

Elizadoug over Chessboard on stamp sheet: I bought one to frame as a gift to my father. And it was semi-difficult to find, but not too terribly expensive.

John Petterson over Drones, Drones on Drones: Nice article! It has inspired me to start collecting drones on stamps as well.