Single: but a nice combination
by It is always nice to find a not every day combination of postal services which leads to a single franking.
Category: Postage
Ton van Tast
Anton van der Valk (1884 – 1975) has illustrated under his pseudonym Ton van Tast several brochures issued by P.T.T. Among them the booklets both titled “Hoe help ik de post en mijzelf” (How do I help the post and myself). With numerous illustrations the …
“Winterhulp” (1941)
During the Second World War Winterhelp, short for “Stichting Winterhulp Nederland” (the Netherlands Winterhulp Foundation), was the national-socialist organization that took over all social aid from the government in the Netherlands. Part of the funds came from lotteries and stamps.
Telegram to mother by both radio and messenger
by Sending a telegram used to be the best way to get a message across quickly. In the age of the (steam) ship it could take weeks or months before normal mail arrived. Airmail was faster of course, but even that could still take quite some …
Railway stamps
There were several types of railway stamps in use in the Netherlands. From 1914 till during the Second World War (1944) there were railway stamps mainly used for freight, but these could also used for railway express letters. In those cases the railway stamp for …
Postjager
The ‘Postjager’ was a specially designed and constructed airplane for the transport of mail. Built in Holland (The Hague) by the Pander factories. This firm had a strange combination of products: furniture and air planes… One should know that airplanes in those days were partly …
Elfstedentocht
Nowadays one can only dream about the ‘Elfstedentocht’ (eleven cities tour). This major skating event started in 1909 and leads along eleven cities in the province of Friesland with start and finish in the provincial capital Leeuwarden. The tour is almost 200 km and one …
Too many stamps!
Yes, indeed, this ‘spoorwegbriefkaart’ (railway company postcard) is certainly over franked. In general, at exhibitions, a maximum of half a cent overfranking is tolerated. Does this mean this card cannot be adopted into your collection? I don’t think so.
International exchange
Obviously there has been (at least in 1955) an international agreement for forwarding letters from one country to an other and have them sent free of charge via a state owned colleague institute. In this case a letter of the United States department of Agriculture/Official …
Genemuiden
Nowadays social philately is getting more important. We can learn a lot from documents. In the small town of Genemuiden, north of the city of Zwolle end the northern tip of the so called Bible belt, they needed a new officer at the community office …