[press release] [translated by Google]
PostNL Maps Endangered Shorebirds
Issue date: June 15
The Hague, June 15, 2020 – The dune and coastal area of the Netherlands is the breeding ground for a large part of the Dutch breeding birds. You can also see bird species that are found nowhere else in the Netherlands. Today, 10 stamps from the series “Experience nature” show 10 beautiful, but endangered shorebirds.
4 issues in 2020
On the 10 stamps Experience nature – shorebirds the following birds are depicted: little tern, lesser hunter, turnstone, snow bunting, kittiwake, great black-backed gull, sand lark, avocet, purple sandpiper and sand plover. Stamps on birds of prey and owls (January 2) and farmland birds (February 24) appeared earlier this year. Last in 2020, PostNL will issue stamps on forest and heather birds (14 September). In a separate sale a stamp sheetlet Experience nature costs € 9.10. The price for the full series 2020 is € 36.40, including storage folder.
Golden color of the summer sun
The stamps with the 10 shorebirds were designed by graphic designer Frank Janse from Gouda. Due to the summer season in which the stamps come out, the yellow of the beach and dunes dominates, with deep blue skies and the golden color of the summer sun. Janse: “I also selected the photos for that. I did not have to edit the colors, because they were already there. The strong background colors contrast nicely with the drawing of the birds. They are predominantly white, black and gray, with some yellow and red accents on the beach lark and snow bunting. ”
Red List
Bird stamps show particularly difficult species. Most are on the red list of breeding birds in the Netherlands or on the red list of migrants / hibernators in the Netherlands. Stephan van den Eijnden, PostNL’s commercial director of 
Mail, says that the birds in our country are indeed not doing well. “For example, 87 bird species are on the red list of breeding birds. That is 44% of all species that breed in our country. 10 species are critically endangered, such as the short-eared owl and the forest monkey. ”
Divergent copies
Coastal birds can be distinguished into breeding birds, overwinterers and birds that visit our coast during the annual migration. The stamps show a variety of specimens, from the imposing great black-backed gull to the small snow bunting, the most northerly nesting songbird. Most shorebirds on the stamp sheet have seen designer Janse in his early years as a bird lover. “The great black-backed gull was one of my favorites in my youth. With that striking head and that typical whining sound. They are big animals and that made an impression. ”
Availability
The stamp sheet Experience the Nature – Coastal Birds has 10 different stamps with the value indication Nederland 1, intended for mail up to 20 grams with a destination within the Netherlands. The stamps will be available from June 15, 2020 at all PostNL points of sale, the post office in the Bruna stores and via the webshop [direct link]. The stamps can also be ordered by telephone from the Collect Club customer service on telephone number 088 – 868 99 00. The period of validity is indefinite. 
The Hague, June 15, 2020 – The latest stamps from the Typical Dutch series depict the traditional bitterbal. This round version of the croquette used to be eaten with a bitter, a strong alcoholic herbal drink like gin.
The Hague, June 15, 2020 – With the personal stamps from the Trains & Tracks series, PostNL pays extensive attention to unique train routes around the world. Last week the stamp sheets about The Ghan and the Flying Scotsman, 2 famous rail connections in Australia and Great Britain, were published.
The Ghan is a train ride right through the middle of Australia. The Great Southern Rail carrier train runs from Adelaide in South Australia through the outback at Alice Springs and ends in Darwin in the Northern Territory. The name The Ghan is derived from the Afghan camels that used to be the main means of transport in this part of Australia.
stamps every year. This program is flexible in nature. This enables PostNL to respond ad hoc to current developments and requests. Each issue is designed on the basis of a fixed format with a fixed number of personal stamps.
Indeed, although most Britons lived and worked in the countryside, continuing a way of life established for centuries, some settled in towns and participated in Roman social and cultural customs, such as public bathing or visiting the amphitheatre to be entertained. Wealthy landowners built villas – country residences on the Roman model, often floored with mosaics.
The Roman villa at Bignor, West Sussex, discovered in 1811 during ploughing, has some of the finest preserved mosaics from Roman Britain. The mosaic featured on the stamp, laid in an apsed room on the villa’s north side, probably dates to the early 4th century AD. It depicts a female head usually identified as the Roman goddess Venus.
The amphitheatre at Caerleon (Isca) in southeast Wales (now in the north of the city of Newport) is the most complete to survive in Britain. It was built around AD 80, some years after the establishment of the nearby legionary fortress occupied by the Second Legion Augusta. The amphitheatre has a probable beast pen (carcer), in which animals and possibly humans were kept before their turn in the arena.
Discovered by a clogmaker’s son in 1796 at Ribchester, Lancashire, this helmet is one of the finest surviving examples of its type from anywhere in the Empire. It was worn by an expert cavalryman during cavalry sports events (hippika gymnasia) – flamboyant displays of military horsemanship and mounted weapons drill of great skill and timing. It is displayed at The British Museum.
The Bridgeness distance slab at the eastern end of the Antonine Wall records its building by the Second Legion Augusta and documents the distance erected. The construction of the wall, primarily in turf, was ordered by Antoninus Pius in AD 138, and the wall ran from the Firth of Forth to the Firth of Clyde. It was occupied for only about 20 years. It is displayed at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.
This attractive copper-alloy fgurine was discovered at Stow-cum-Quy in Cambridgeshire. Dating from the 3rd or 4th centuries AD, it depicts a helmeted rider on horseback who originally would have held a spear in his raised hand. The 8cm high figure is probably that of a local rider-god associated with Roman Mars and may have belonged to a shrine dedicated to the god. It is displayed at The British Museum.
One of the most striking pieces of stone sculpture to survive from Roman Britain, this head occupied the pediment of the temple to Sulis Minerva at Bath, where it was set on a shield held aloft by Victories. An unusual portrayal of a male Gorgon, it also has echoes of Oceanus, the god of the oceans, an appropriate image for the sacred spring at the Roman Baths.
Hadrian’s Wall is the largest surviving Roman-era monument in Britain. Its construction followed Emperor Hadrian’s visit to the province in AD 122. A stone wall with milecastles, forts and a ditch, it formed a continuous barrier running from the River Tyne at Newcastle to Bowness on the Solway. Its likely purpose was to control tribal activity on both sides of the frontier.
Ukraine issued May 29th a “Frontline” stamp, which appears to honor workers in the battle against COVID-19. The stamp is covers the postage for mailing a letter within Ukraine. The postal agency has also produced a first day cover (shown below) and a maximum card (not shown) for this issue.
of the world’s longest running TV continuing drama, Coronation Street.
Within months of its first broadcast, which went out live on Friday 9 December 1960, Coronation Street became the country’s most-watched programme and has remained in the top 10 most watched TV shows every week since. The authenticity of its characters and storytelling made ground-breaking British television as the drama portrayed working class lives for the first time on the small screen. Six decades later, the unforgettable storylines and original trademark northern wit are the epicentre of a programme which is now an international hit, selling to over 100 countries.
Coronation Street’s iconic characters are now part of British culture – Hilda Ogden despairing of her work-shy hubby Stan, Elsie Tanner and Ena Sharples’ bust-ups, Bet Lynch’s love life, the bond between Roy and Hayley Cropper, Rita and Mavis, the McDonalds, the Barlows and the Alahans… their stories have enthralled fans week after week.
played by William Roache, shown on the right – is still in the cast today, an international achievement noted by Guinness World Records.
Coronation Street has had many iconic double acts down the years. Indeed, it’s a defining feature of the show. I hope fans will agree that the ones we’ve chosen, after much heated debate, are among the best of the bunch. This fun idea is a great way to pay homage to the nation’s best loved soap and give lovers of Coronation Street a little smile when an envelope pops through their letterbox and they see their favourite characters looking up at them.
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A personalised (will include customer name & address) memento of the day of issue. Includes a filler card (described below) the full set of eight Special Stamps cancelled the with alternative postmark, location being Salford, home to the Coronation Street studios in Manchester. The picture uses the official Coronation Street logo, with the issue date being 28.5.20. The envelope design features the flying ducks, a familiar part of the set design from the early years and now considered a show icon.*Please see note about postmarking & product availability
The same as above but with the Tallents House postmark. Again, it includes the filler card and full set of eight Special Stamps cancelled by a handstamp which takes inspiration from the show’s famous title sequence. Location is Tallents House with issue date 28.5.20 *Please see not about postmarking and availability.
A personalised (will include customer name & address) memento of the day of issue.. Includes a filler card (described above) the stamp sheet, cancelled the with alternative postmark, location being Salford, home to the Coronation Street studios in Manchester. (Envelope & handstamp info same as stamps FDC)
The same as above but with the Tallents House postmark. Again, it includes the filler card and miniature sheet cancelled by a handstamp which takes inspiration from the show’s famous title sequence. Location is Tallents House with issue date 28.5.20 *Please see note about postmarking and availability.
The Hague, May 12, 2020 – Last May 5, the Netherlands celebrated the liberation of our country 75 years ago. Due to the coronavirus, all public events surrounding the May 5 celebration were canceled. Other initiatives can continue, such as the issue by PostNL of a special gold stamp.
the successor to the occasional postage stamps from 2017.
green, red and yellow have large eyes and a red mouth. The look in the eyes matches the accompanying emotion, just like the position of the mouth.
Suitable for any purpose
The stamp sheet For each moment there are 6 different stamps with the value indication Nederland 1, intended for mail up to and including 20 grams with a destination within the Netherlands. The stamps will be available from May 11, 2020 at Bruna stores and through the website. The stamps can also be ordered by telephone from the Collect Club customer service on telephone number 088 – 868 99 00. The period of validity is indefinite. 
The Hague, May 11, 2020 – For centuries, postal mail was distributed across Europe by postillions on horseback and by stagecoach. PostNL today releases 6 new stamps on which the old postal routes from the Habsburg Empire come to life again.
Studio026 from Arnhem has depicted this relay system by Von Thurn und Taxis on the stamp sheet Old Post Routes. The blue images on the stamps show both horses in motion and at rest. The large gold symbols, which follow from left to right with the horses and the stagecoach, also refer to the system of action and rest. There is a thin line with golden stripes between the images that depict the stops along the routes.
The mail was first transported by horse and rider, later by the stagecoach. Carriages, although slower than horses, took much more mail. Paying passengers also generated extra earnings. The motto for the postal couriers of Von Thurn und Taxis was cito, cito, cito, citissim! In other words: fast, fast, fast, super fast! “The concept was developed based on that credo,” says Anne Schaufeli of studio26. “That’s why the spell is so prominent on the sheet.”
(Experimental Wireless Apparatus) – the first station in Canada to receive an experimental radio licence. Although the ground-breaking broadcast was transmitted from the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of Canada’s factory studio in Montréal to the Naval Radio Service in Ottawa, a receiving station and large amplifier had been set up for the occasion in the hotel’s ballroom.
became the first licensed radio station in North America to offer French-language programming. While early enthusiasts were mostly amateurs who built their own equipment, radio caught on quickly with mainstream listeners. Within two years of Canada’s historic first broadcast, 34 radio stations were operating across the country. By the end of the decade, Canadians were tuning in on more than 300,000 radios.
Although the groundbreaking broadcast was transmitted from the Montréal studios to the Naval Radio Service in Ottawa, a receiving station and large amplifier had been set up for the occasion at the Château Laurier hotel. As reported in the Ottawa Journal by one of the journalists invited to listen in, when “the latest one-step” was played, the clarity was so impressive that several of the newspaper writers began to dance.
To create a stamp depicting the earliest days of radio, for which there was little original imagery available, Canada Post assembled a team of experts from academia, communications museums and vintage radio clubs to ensure visual accuracy and an authentic back story.
