You might not say it immediately, let alone see it right away, but the stamp above, an example from the 1981 Export series, features the famous Mercedes logo: the star.
Anyone who takes a close, literal magnifying glass on the exhaust manifold on the left will catch sight of it: the Mercedes star. On a Dutch postage stamp, that is. You certainly see the world around you. Thanks to the perceptiveness of Cees Janssen. The attacks of September 11, 2001, often referred to as 9/11 (= Nine-Eleven), comprised four terrorist attacks carried out in the northeastern United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, using hijacked passenger planes....
In this column, we discuss a region that issued a number of stamps for only a short time. This time, Biafra. Biafra was a short-lived state in southeastern Nigeria, which existed from May 30, 1967, to January 15, 1970. It...
Every year, on the second weekend of September, thousands of beautiful monuments throughout the Netherlands are freely accessible to everyone. The 40th edition of the VriendenLoterij Open Monument Day is on September 12 and 13, 2026, and has the theme 'Resilient heritage,...
In 2026, it will be exactly 100 years since the fortress of Naarden was relieved of its military function. A fortress of extraordinary importance. Naarden is perhaps the most beautiful fortified city in the Netherlands. It was a close call whether that...
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