Below you will find articles about hunting. Or click here to view stamps with the subject hunting in the catalog.
Dear readers/PostBeeld clients, in case you are not aware PostBeeld holds an online auction that takes place on the first day of each month. Bidding is always possible from the 16th day of the previous month. In the auctions PostBeeld...
There were so many great stamps issued by France last year I find it difficult to make a small selection for this article! Above and below: could these be the first postage stamps depicting electric bicycles? Please enlighten me if...
The amazing variety of subjects featured on postage stamps is often a source of fascination for the collector and the stamp set shown here is a prime example. I would love to know the story behind the reason the postal...
Advances in the field of medical surgery have been dramatic and it´s possible that some philatelists find the subject interesting to collect. My father´s life was extended by many years as a result of two open heart operations. An amazing...
Two Veth stamps that you would leave in the penny books and three postage due stamps with a minimal catalogue value: they formed the basis of a philatelic masterpiece. In January 1934, baker Bus from Zuidoostbeemster received an express postcard from the Tin Factories of...
On September 12, 1997, Mexico and Ireland made a joint stamp issue commemorating the 150 Anniversary of the Irish volunteers who fought for Mexico in the Mexican American War, 1846-1847. It was a war that nowadays seems long-forgotten. Bearing in...
In 1931, the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand was struck by an earthquake. 75 years after the natural disaster, a miniature booklet was released by the “New Zealand Post” in 2006. The earthquake, also known as the Napier earthquake, did...
I recently read something remarkable. Something I never expected. The sweet little great tits, for which I faithfully hang peanut nets and suet balls in the garden every winter, turn out to sometimes turn into predators. Which animals could actually fall prey to them...
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