Willem Jansz. Blaeu

Cartography in Amsterdam, The Hague and Leiden

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • 20 August 2023

Today, August 20, until 17:00 PM, you can still see the beautiful exhibition 'Open Kaart' about old maps at the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam. Unique cartographic material from various archives is displayed in conjunction with each other. Normally you see...

The first atlases: with historical geographical maps

Written in: Dutch • redactie • March 15 2020

On March 23, PostNL is releasing the sheet The First Atlases, featuring portraits of publishers and maps from their first atlases. The special thing about the maps from that early period is the fact that north on most maps...

Hans over Stamp Day 2026: “I would like to know . . .?”: 8k would like to know that too, Willem.

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Willem over Stamp Day 2026: “I would like to know . . .?”: I would really like to know why Day of the Stamp has disappeared from the official issuing program? I would really like to know why the…

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Ramon over before the NVPH Netherlands catalogue: @Kristal, i could help you with an older catalogue. you could send me an email at Origato@live.nl if you're interested.

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Willem over Delft Blue Ceramic stamp a 'deception stamp': I think there are indeed uncancelled ceramics stamps. Only the stamps from the first day are postmarked. Furthermore, the PostN website stated…

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Crystal Clark over before the NVPH Netherlands catalogue: My daughter and I are just starting out collecting stamps. We would love a catalog.

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Bate Hijlkema over Uitgifte 2014: Augarten Porcelain – Vienna Rose: Does the method of cancelling the stamp correspond to the Ceramic stamp of our country?

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