Happy Christmas
It's that time of year again and on behalf of all the staff at PostBeeld here in The Netherlands I would like to sincerely thank you for visiting these pages and to all clients of PostBeeld I wish you a...
Vatican
Below you will find articles about the Vatican. Or click here to view stamps with the subject Vatican in the catalog.
Money matters
As I write the euro is the official currency of 19 of the current 28 member states of the European Union and also some of the territories of the Union. This group of states is known as the eurozone or...
Hold Your Horses
For thematic stamp collectors the horse has always been a very popular subject. If you are interested in horse sports or a particular breed there is bound to be a stamp to satisfy your interest. The stamps shown below were...
Islands in the stream
This year’s SEPAC theme is ‘Seasons’. SEPAC stands for Small European Postal Administration Co-operation and consists of the following group of small European postal administrations: Greenland, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Åland, Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Gibraltar, Malta, Monaco,...
Newly spotted (2)
Many new stamps on a wide variety of subjects appear with great regularity. Below you will find a selection of recently issued stamps from around the world. The Bayeux Tapestry on an Alderney block. A prestige booklet has also been released....
What is a country?
I once knew an eccentric philatelist who wanted something special: a collection of all the countries of the world, past and present, with a single postage stamp for each country. If the name of the country changed then that had...
Sede vacante, the short life of a special stamp
The Vatican, like the Netherlands, began issuing postage stamps on January 1, 1852. Initially as the 'Papal States' (Patrimonium Petri), until the Papal States were incorporated into the Kingdom of Italy in October 1870. The currency was divided as follows: 1 Scudo was...
