Elmina, Gold Coast
Except for the known former colonies, the Dutch had for a shorter or longer period numerous possessions around the world for trading. Elmina is situated on the west coast of Africa, Gold Coast, nowadays in Ghana.
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Except for the known former colonies, the Dutch had for a shorter or longer period numerous possessions around the world for trading. Elmina is situated on the west coast of Africa, Gold Coast, nowadays in Ghana.
Today I present to you 2 original letters that I am very pleased to put in my collection! The 1st one below was sent to me by Velu, a blogger friend from India, who travels the world on board his merchant ship, the MT Maroni, …
The First cycling course after the Tour de France is always the classic “8 of Chaam” which in the mean time has merged to Alphen-Chaam with the former municipalities Alphen en Riel, Chaam and Nieuw – Ginneken, being originally Ginneken and Bavel (up to 1942).
Since February first, Dutch postal operator PostNL is again monopolist on the Dutch postal market. In late 2019 PostNL obtained all shares of the second largest postal operator named Sandd and since February 1st Sandd has been integrated into PostNL, ceding operations.
My next post will be devoted to this extraordinary postcard which was sent from Netherlands New Guinea to Budapest, Hungary. In philatelic circles modern, post-war items rarely make the stage in exhibitions and – especially in the case of picture postcards – collectors of older …
In the years before the devastating Second World War and the Indonesian National Revolution in the 1940s, some previously economically inviable areas of the Indonesian archipelago began to thrive due to Dutch technological innovation in tropical agriculture and forestry. Apart from Java, the other islands …
This printed cover sheet could have contained quite some heavy papers since the rate was 30 cents. Alas, the contents have been removed from their cover at some point in history, and therefore we cannot really deduce what the Frisian Knighthood shared with the addressee. …
Wervershoof 30-05-1913. Mrs Maartje Hooijveld-Mantel sends a postcard to her niece who lives in the neighboring village of Andijk:
Apart from my interest in retrieving information about senders and addressees, contents and messages, I occasionally include covers / postcards in my collection because the postal rate or postal markings intrigue me. The cover below is such an example. This letter was sent to the …
Throughout the Waterloo campaign of 1815 the allied forces maintained a semi-regular field post system in order to communicate efficiently with each other and the anxious home front. The prospect of Napoleon invading his lost territories (including The Low Countries), defeating Wellington and subsequently consolidating …