Below you will find articles about mail. Or click here to view stamps in the catalogue with the subject post.
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,...
PostBeeld's owner, Rob Smit, has a great collection of all sorts of things related to philately and its history. This article doesn't feature actual stamps but focuses on something that has previously appeared in Rob's series of stories "The History...
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...
Penrhyn, Northern Cook Islands 2011 In 2011 Penrhyn, one of the Northern Cook Islands, issued the stamps shown here featuring the unusual subject Pearl Diving. Two species of pearl oyster are found in the Cook Islands. The small pearl oyster...
Poland 1958 We see all over the world that postal services are pouring all their creativity into issuing stamps in all kinds of shapes and, literally, flavours. This is primarily to encourage collectors to include these special issues in their...
Isle of Man Post Office issued a set of six stamps in 2021 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Mensa, the world’s oldest and largest high IQ society. The organisation was founded in England in 1946 by Roland Berrill, a...
PostBeeld owner Rob Smit and all of his co-workers send season's greetings to our clients worldwide and wish everyone a happy and healthy 2025. Sweden Today we present a sample of stamps issued to celebrate Christmas. "A Fairytale Christmas" is...
Latvia 2024 The Europa Stamp Competition for the period 9th May-9th September 2024 has "Underwater Flora and Fauna as its subject. Latvia's colourful entry shows on the left the water plant najas flexilis, now rare and threatened throughout its European...
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...
On 15 April 1912, the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean and sank within three hours, with the loss of more than 1,500 lives. Recent events, with the tragic loss of life of those in the OceanGate Expeditions' "Titan"...
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