Stamps used to pay services
door 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.
Categorie: Netherlands & Overseas
Social philately: mourning calling card of Paul Kruger
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.
Attractive envelope
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 …
‘Oranje boven’
Sometimes you will find nice, attractive items because of a (correct) combination not often used.
A helpful and learned preacher – Dekema State 1880
door 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 …
Medemblik Typenrader
Today a small entry on the postcard above. A very ordinary Dutch postcard: there’s nothing special to it. Only its pristine condition might surprise you (over a 100 years old and the paper shows no sign of wear or stain whatsoever!). The postmark belongs to …
Postcards with a story
door In the last few days Holland celebrated the liberation from the German occupation, 75 years ago. But in this article we go back to the very beginning of the German invasion.
Political propaganda in the Netherlands on Dutch stamps and postal history
door Social Philately Political propaganda in the Netherlands on Dutch stamps and postal history Part I: Before the Second World War (b) Economic crisis 1930-1940 The economic crisis during the thirty’s of last century is very big. War is threatening again. An ‘Exhibition for Peace and …
Closed borders
No one could ever think that even between EU countries a real border would be installed again. Due to corona it is – more or less – a fact however. Both our neighbour countries Belgium and Germany have severe restrictions in border crossing. Fun shopping …
Political propaganda in the Netherlands on Dutch stamps and postal history
Social Philately Political propaganda in the Netherlands on Dutch stamps and postal history Part I: Before the Second World War (a) This serial of three articles shows that political propaganda often was present on Dutch postage stamps, meter marks etc. No matter whether you like …