Winter Relief Stamps

What stamps conceal: showing & mentioning war posters

Written in: Dutch • redactie • November 15 2020

The accompanying photo of a couple on a recently issued Personal Stamp reminds me of a beautiful color photo of a couple radiating unity, where the husband has kidney cancer in the final stages of his life. Walking is becoming more difficult, fatigue is increasing and...

Bate Hijlkema over Unique identification Mourning stamp Netherlands Prio: The accompanying short, bitter reaction appeared in the Leeuwarder Courant of July 18: "PostNL is making bereavement mail 130 percent more expensive. So you would...

Willem Meerkerk over Self-adhesive or gummed, what do you collect?: I collect the annual collection of Dutch stamps. That automatically means that I collect gummed and self-adhesive stamps. The perforated…

Lars over Self-adhesive or gummed, what do you collect?: I collect both, though I prefer not to have mint self-adhesive ones. You never know how they will stand the test of time. Just look at the Nede…

Lars over Mouth-watering tart stamps with a sweet scent: One advantage of self-adhesive stamps is that people cannot tear off the perforations. Of the gummed stamps used, you can alti…

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…