Below you will find articles about the Netherlands. Or click here to view stamps in the catalogue with the subject Netherlands.
Japan's first European trading partners were the Portuguese, who reached Japan in 1543. However, the Dutch became Japan's sole European trading partner for nearly 250 years, starting in 1609 and continuing until Japan reopened its doors to the West. From 1633,...
In 2005, the Portuguese Paulo Magalhäes (a lover of sending and receiving postcards) developed a website that provides participants with random addresses to send a postcard to other postcrossers anywhere in the world. The card recipient registers the card delivery...
This year, 2024, is the Year of the Wood Dragon and the Chinese New Year, which begins on February 10th, will be celebrated in dozens of countries across the World. The dragon is considered to be one of the luckiest...
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...
Netherlands 2023 Netherlands 2023 This stamp set was issued by the Dutch postal service postnl in 2023 and entitled 'Typically Dutch'. The images seen on the sheet show: a vase with tulips, a carrier pigeon with a letter, a carrier...
At the end of June PostBeeld owners Rob Smit and Caroline Groenhof and current staff celebrated the 40th anniversary of the founding of the company and the opening of the first PostBeeld shop in Haarlem. In 1996 Rob had the...
Australia 2002 There are many postage stamps featuring imaginary characters from children's stories and in 2002 Australia issued a stamp set showing figures from a book written for kids by Australian author John Marsden. Beginning top left we have: the...
The fourth monthly PostBeeld auction is underway and bidding is currently (see website) possible. It is the largest to date with over 900 lots. In this New Year auction there are once again many unique items for the specialised/passionate collector,...
Aland 2022 Today we feature a small selection of festive season stamps, starting with Åland's two beautiful 2022 Christmas stamps that show a modern version of the classic gnomes. Christmas is the holiday when we send most greetings by post....
Mali 1965 This article focuses on a man who achieved great things in his life - Albert Schweitzer. He was born 14 January 1875 in the small town of Kaysersberg in Alsace, a town that in 1871 had become part of...
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