Cool Timeline
Denmark’s PostNord will deliver its final letter at the end of 2025!
PostNord will deliver its final letter in Denmark at the end of 2025 and focus its business on one core service from 2026: Parcels. Our goal is to become the Danes’ preferred parcel courier. Research shows a decrease of more than 90 percent. in the volume of letters handled by PostNord…Read More
Irish Independence
The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed on the 6th of December 1922 to end the Irish War of Independence and declare Ireland as an autonomous state, free from English rule. The south of Ireland would now embrace twenty-six counties, then known as the Irish Free State. Northern Ireland, comprising six counties,…Read More
Jakub Obrovský (1882-1949), Jakub of all Trades
Jakub Obrovský was a Czechoslovak artist, sculptor, stamp designer and writer. The stamp at the top of the story was issued by Czechoslovakia in 1987, his 105th birth anniversary. He designed the above 1919 stamps commemorating one year of independence for Czechoslovakia, the country created in 1918, when it declared…Read More
Gimmicky Stamps are not a New Thing
We see all over the world that postal services are pouring all their creativity into issuing stamps in all kinds of shapes and, literally, flavours. This is primarily to encourage collectors to include these special issues in their collection. We already have stamps in three-dimensional form, in the form of…Read More
PostBeeld Online Auctions
Dear readers/PostBeeld clients, in case you are not aware PostBeeld holds an online auction that takes place on the first day of each month. Bidding is always possible from the 16th day of the previous month. In the auctions PostBeeld will offer different items than those found in our webshop.…Read More
The Year of the Snake
The Chinese New Year is upon us, this year being the Year of the Wood Snake. International designer Tiger Pan combined two traditional Chinese cultural elements for this Liechtenstein stamp sheet – the snake as a sacred animal that symbolises luck, wealth, wisdom and longevity, and the concentration game mahjong.…Read More
The Royal British Legion – 100th Anniversary 2021
The year 2021 marked the 100th anniversary of an organisation – the Royal British Legion – founded in England to support members and ex-members of the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. Many postage stamps have been issued to commemorate the First World War and the stamps shown…Read More
Unusual Topic – MENSA
Isle of Man Post Office issued a set of six stamps in 2021 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Mensa, the world’s oldest and largest high IQ society. The organisation was founded in England in 1946 by Roland Berrill, a barrister, and Dr Lance Ware, a scientist and lawyer, with…Read More
Street Art – a New Theme to Collect?
Collecting street art stamps is not only a fascinating hobby for philatelists, but also for art lovers. They offer a unique insight into the culture and social issues of the time in which they were made. Street art, once considered a form of rebellion, has found its way from the…Read More
Christmas 2024
PostBeeld owner Rob Smit and all of his co-workers send season’s greetings to our clients worldwide and wish everyone a happy and healthy 2025. Today we present a sample of stamps issued to celebrate Christmas. “A Fairytale Christmas” is the title of this lovely 10-stamp sheet from Sweden’s postnord. The…Read More
