The Year of the Dragon
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...
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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...
Historic U.S. Railway Stations
In the United States in the 19th and early 20th centuries, travelling via the railway was the most comfortable and practical way of covering the often great distances between towns and cities. The first stations were built in the 1830s...
40th Anniversary of PostBeeld
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...
Barbados, Commemorating London 1980
Barbados 1980 Barbados produced two fine and quite unique stamp minisheets for the 1980 International Stamp Exhibition held in London. As seen above, the 50 cent stamps show the uniforms that were, in 1980, the outfits worn by postwomen and...
Made in Finland
Finland 2020 Today we highlight Finnish innovations depicted on stamps over the last 30 years. This "Made in Finland" stamp sheet contains six domestic no-value indicator stamps that showcase many Finnish innovations that were born out of a need to make daily...
Lighthouses – a Popular Subject
Since we last featured the topic of lighthouses in 2019 there have been many great issues for the collector. Here we've made a selection from those produced in the three years up to and including 2022. Naturally if you visit...
Gnomes, Goblins and Elves
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...
PostBeeld’s New Year Auction
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,...
Christmas Stamps
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....
