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Press release Friday and Saturday 27 and 28 may 2022 winterSPRINGSTAMPS is a complete new stamp- and cover fair in Veenendaal (NL) in a luxury environment, the Van der Valk Hotel. About 25 Dutch and foreign traders are present. The first edition was a success, …
Bartje (Bartels) is the main character in the books of Anne de Vries (1904-1964), a writer of “streekromans” (Dutch language novels, with emphasize on regional history and culture). Which Dutch person doesn’t know the expression “Ik bid niet veur brune bonen!” (“I don’t pray for …
Only since 2006 has it been possible in the Netherlands to have a personal stamp produced. As there were no possibilities for that in 1976, these special cinderellas were produced, but at the official printing house, Joh. Enschedé en Zonen in Haarlem.
This is a word in dialect from the region of Twente. It is the name given to craftsmen, mainly from the village of Vriezenveen, who tried their luck in the newly built city of Saint Petersburg (1703) and travelled to there between 1720-1730 to built …
It is very usual that delegates (members of postal administrations) present each other presents. Very often in the form of a presentation pack with the latest issues of the country. Most of the time the value is the pack itself and not the stamps which …
This parcel card from Dorchester, England 1978 to Biddinghuizen, near Lelystad in the Netherlands. Entered the country in Rotterdam and presented by post office clarks to the customs.
These days philately is no longer just about the stamp or the envelope. Social philately is becoming increasingly important. Social philately is mainly about the content of the mail item and not or to a lesser degree about the mail item itself.
Sometimes one can find a cover with a very normal stamp. Not interesting to add to the collection. Not even the postmark is nice. But… The envelope is nice and special. Than it suddenly becomes interesting to add into the collection. Like this example from …
Sometimes you will find nice, attractive items because of a (correct) combination not often used.
In May of this year I made my annual journey to Gouda to look for some interesting items on the stamp fair there. Many (foreign) stamp dealers, philatelic organisations etc. all assembled in two spacious sport halls. A large stamp exhibition ‘Gouda 2019’ was also …
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