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I Becoming Dutch

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Postzegelboom | Stamp Tree

Posted on 30 January 20246 February 2024

The old chestnut tree locally known as the “postzegelboom” or stamp tree. It was probably planted in 1883. Famous because stamp collectors used to gather underneath this tree, to swap, buy or sell stamps. Back in the days, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, as many as a hundred philatelists would stand…

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