Quite often when browsing stamps I come across items regarding certain people or subjects of which I previously had no knowledge. But that’s part of the fascination of stamp collecting as a hobby – it can be both intriguing...
PostBeeld continues daily to add hundreds of new stamps to its vast stock, hopefully with many items of interest to its customer base. Here is a small selection:
Vanuatu, the independent island group in the South Pacific Ocean, issued this...
On our forum we received a good question from a reader, who asked for information about famous people known to be stamp collectors. This gave us the idea of producing a ‘Top Ten’ of famous collectors . After some...
An extremely popular event is held each year in the period between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day in The Netherlands. A radio station, NPO Radio 2, hosts a week-long programme playing what listeners vote to be the best...
The next instalment of Great Britain’s Royal Mail Music Giants Special Stamp series - a tribute to David Bowie, one of the most influential music and cultural figures of all time -
was released on 14 March 2017.
Alongside the Special...
Day after day new postage stamps are issued depicting a variety of topics. Here are some examples of recently-issued stamps featuring a variety of topics.
Australia released a series of stamps on the subject of equestrianism. Cross-country, Pony Club, Show...
Scott Joplin (1868-1917) was an African-American composer pianist and music teacher. Joplin achieved fame for his "ragtime" compositions and was known as the King of Ragtime. During his brief career, he wrote over 100 original ragtime music pieces, one ragtime ballet, and...
Day after day new postage stamps are issued depicting a variety of topics. Here are some examples of recently-issued stamps featuring a variety of topics.
They might make some people’s skin crawl, but this recently-released set featuring snakes native to...
In 2014 the town of Dinant, and particularly the ”Association Internationale A. Sax”, celebrated the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of the inventor of the saxophone, Adolphe Sax.
Dinant is a city in Belgium on the banks of the Meuse...
PostBeeld owner Rob Smit is constantly busy seeking out opportunities to add stamps to the enormously varied stock held at the four PostBeeld stores dotted around Holland.
Always on the lookout to buy-in interesting collections at auction houses or directly...
