SEPAC stamps, what are they?
Most collectors occasionally come across stamps from different countries that feature the same SEPAC logo. In this blog, we delve deeper into the background and meaning. Naturally, we will also show some SEPAC stamps...
Luxembourg
Below you will find articles about Luxembourg. Or click here to view stamps on the subject of Luxembourg in the catalog.
Christmas Stamps
Staff at Freestampmagazine and PostBeeld wish our readers and buying customers a very happy time over the Christmas and New Year period. Christmas (from the Anglo-Saxon: Cristesmæsse, meaning "Christ's Mass") is the annual festival that commemorates the birth of Jesus...
Flag of the Netherlands in 1943
During the occupation years of the Second World War, the Dutch flag remained the national flag with the permission of the German government, but its use was severely restricted. Most people kept the flag for better times. But in 1943...
The History of Stamp Collecting 6, Edard de Laplante
Inspired by a series of articles by K. Kouwenberg that appeared in the monthly magazine Philatelie in the late 1970s, Rob Smit describes the history of stamp collecting anew in biweekly installments. This is part 6, Edard de Laplante. Although Filatelie already... in 1862
New Catalogue Additions
We have added many more Michel Overseas Catalogues to our extensive existing list, which includes catalogues for Europe as a whole, and some for individual countries (e.g. Germany, Luxemburg, Great Britain, U.S.A. and Russia) and various Topics. Click here to...
The Tour de France on Stamps
This month the 101st Tour de France started in Leeds, England. This is the forth time the Tour de France has stages on British soil. Various countries have issued stamps on cycling in general and the Tour de France specifically....
The Belgian occupation of Eupen and Malmédy
The Treaty of Versailles of April 28, 1918, stipulated, among other things, that as of January 1, 1920, the cantons of Eupen, Malmédy, and Sankt-Vith were assigned to Belgium. The cantons had little in common. Eupen and Sankt-Vith were primarily...
The first Europe stamps
Why a French designer for the Dutch Europa stamps of 1956? Who was Gonzague and why that name on the stamp? Surely it was not customary for the names of designers to be added to Dutch stamps? In 1955, at the initiative...
The bicycle at the Olympic Games (2)
The XIX Summer Olympic Games were held in Mexico City in 1968. The decision by the IOC in 1963 during its congress in Baden-Baden to award the Games to Mexico City caused quite a stir in the...
Games of the small states of Europe
Sports collectors, have you ever heard of: “Games of the Small States of Europe”? This is a biennial multi-sport event that has been organized since 1985 by the National Olympic Committees of eight small European states. Cyprus commemorated in 2009 (as far as is known)...
