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375th stamp blog: the 2022 year in review

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • 23 December 2022

The year 2022 in one sentence: war, crisis, transition. The year is dominated primarily by the coronavirus pandemic, the outbreak of monkeypox, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Qatar World Cup, and the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Or...

Crown Row Varies (1)

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • March 16 2020

There are more than 160.000 people infected and more than 6000 people worldwide who have died from the Coronavirus (COVID-19). COVID-19 stands for coronavirus disease 2019 and is a contagious disease caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2. The disease emerged before the...

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.

Otto over 2026 FIFA World Cup: Canada, Mexico and USA: The 2026 World Cup unfortunately turned out disastrously for our World Cup team; the beautiful stamps above are a balm for the wound for the football…