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Royal visit to the Caribbean Netherlands (part 1)

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • 8 February 2023

The first part of the blog is about the visit to the ABC islands. But first, we look back at previous visits by the Royal House of Princess Juliana, Princess Beatrix, and Prince Willem-Alexander. Did you see the working visit (or extended holiday)...

The power of oil

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • September 13 2012

Aruba Cuba Curaçao

Aruba and oil. But no oil is to be found on or around the island. Yet, for many years, one of the largest oil refineries in the world stood there. And oil remains, alongside tourism, an important employer and source of income....

Lars over Delft Blue Ceramic stamp a 'deception stamp': Now just get those blueprints out of the catalog..

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Erik Boeré over Delft Blue Ceramic stamp a 'deception stamp': The best solution is probably to ignore the ceramics stamp altogether. Fortunately, as the NVPH/Catalog Committee, we already have…

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Yvonne Kruse over The piss-pots of Tilburg: What a nice article, Willem!

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Willem over Stamp Day 2026: “I would like to know . . .?”: The Delta stamps can already be found on Marktplaats. A beautiful design! In my opinion, that is an example of how collectors want it.

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Theo van Helden over Stamp Day 2026: “I would like to know . . .?”: After discovering Dad's album over 30 years ago and subsequently stamping occasionally at intervals, I recently turned to…

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Johan over Stamp Day 2026: “I would like to know . . .?”: I completely agree with you. I have been collecting for 68 years now, and I have seen beautiful and "ugly" stamps appear on the scene during those years. Apparently, people choose…

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