Holland’s philatelic contribution to the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games comprises five brightly-coloured stamps. Four of them have a different sports motif – sailing, sprinting, hockey and water-polo. Related posts:Guam: The First Issue (1899) The island of Guam, formerly administered as ...
Overprint on the 1921-8 series of stamps issued by SCADTA, the Colombian airmail company. The overprint signified Hollandia, the Spanish name for the Netherlands. Stamps with the overprint were sold at the airline offices and the Columbian Consulates in the Netherlands ...
Cancellation in the shape of a diamond, usually of bars or dots, found on early stamps of France and Netherlands & Colonies. Related posts:Lozenge Perforation Perforation, which removes a diamond-shaped piece of paper from the...Cancellation Any mark applied to a stamp ...
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