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For forgetting to inform the Hofstede family in Amsterdam about the passing, the next of kin in Arnhem came at a cost. Telephone was not yet common among privates in 1957, and WhatsApp and the internet did not yet exist. To still inform the family …
A ‘luchtbrief’ (air letter, with an imprinted 35c stamp) is not a rare postal item. However, the one pictured here from the Ad de Goede collection (which will be auctioned at René Hillesum Filatelie on 23 September) is special. Its destination is common place: to …
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