Corporal punishment
door Most postcards sent from vacation destinations have nice tourist images. Beach, museums, cities, nature, party, costumes etc. Rarely will horrors be sent as a holiday greeting.
Categorie: Netherlands & Overseas
Ugly… but very special!
The true philatelist does not like damaged stamps or damaged postal items. However, sometimes an exception has to be made if something is very special. Take this cover with print from Maison Luyke, taken over by Rooswinkel, cuisinier in Bois-le-Duc. Bois-le-Duc sounds posh, but is …
Mail redirected at the original rate
door A postcard sent from Paris on August 8th 1924 with destination Groningen is depicted. On arrival it turned out that the addressee did not live in the Netherlands but in the Dutch East Indies. The postcard was forwarded to Palembang where it arrived September 26th …
Ship has left
A lot of mail can be found to passengers (or workers) on board of a ship. Quite a number of them are returned to sender or redirected, mainly because the person is not on board or because the ship has left.
The international reply coupon
In the Netherlands this was abolished on December 31, 2001, however exchange of foreign coupons is still possible. The IRC is a product of the Universal Postal Union, the UPU. It was introduced at the Congress of Rome in 1906, on May 27, and became …
Nice and fast
We are already satisfied nowadays when a letter will be delivered the next day. The obligation for PostNL to deliver at least 95% of the mail the next working day (within the Netherlands, except for the islands) did the company in 2018 with “the heels …
Last sale of Surinamese stamps by Dutch PTT
The stamps of the Dutch colonies were always available at the office of the Philatelic Service of the PTT in the Netherlands and at philatelic counters at the post offices. Surinam became independent on November 25, 1975. This also stopped the sales of Surinamese postage …
“Kinderbedankkaarten”
“Kinderbedankkaarten” (Children’s thank-you cards) are a small collection area. These cards were cataloged and given a value in the 2016 edition of the “Speciale Catalogus BVPH”. There are cards in various categories, each with a separate print and circulation. The smallest edition was 250 pieces.
Decemberzegels 1997
As every year special Christmas stamps at a lower rate (55c versus 80c) were also issued in 1997. They were issued on November, 25 in a sheet of 20 stamps, with six different designs, designed by Julia Kaiser.
Express labels
Since the issuing of the book ‘Met de meeste spoed en promptitude’ by Arie Zonjee and Ot Louw (2013) collecting express labels of the Netherlands has become a more structured hobby. This book with 294 pages describes all known Dutch labels between 1863 and 1999. …