Google shows this picture today, 20th of November, because it is the International Children’s (Rights) day. This day marks the anniversary of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989.
Today's Sunday Stamps theme also is 'Children'.
So I like to share this 'kinderpostzegels' stamp sheet, issued in 2006 for children's welfare, showing the diversity of children in nowadays Netherlands:
You can see more children's welfare stamps and learn about this project at Eva's blog of today (thank you very much, Eva, a nice surprise that you paid attention to these stamps today!).
Besides children's welfare stamps, Dutch Post issues the less well-known 'elderly welfare stamps', in cooperation with the National Foundation for the Elderly.
In 2005 these two stamp sheets have been issued, which I thought matching for today's Sunday Stamps theme.
They are showing pictures from the famous Dutch children's books 'Ot & Sien', issued more than a decade ago and illustrated by Cornelis Jetses. The sheets also show present pictures of children.
See more children's stamps at and via today's Sunday Stamps.
Always an inventive issue, I like the combination of old and modem on the ot and sien set and those little silhouettes, though puzzled by the insects flying.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI was puzzled, too, and I couldn't find any info on this insect... Even no information on which flying insect this is. Maybe it's a bee?
VerwijderenHi Heleen, fantastic choices of stamps to share for the children theme. I really like the two sheets from 2005.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThank you, Maria!
VerwijderenI enjoyed these colourful stamps, and the depiction of diversity.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenSo did I. Thank you, Nell!
VerwijderenThe Netherlands can teach the UK a thing or two with such a delightful combination of stamps.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenWhile I think Royal Mail has issued so many wonderful stamps, the PostNL can learn from :-)
VerwijderenBut the children stamps issued by the Netherlands are the very best!
VerwijderenR the Ot and Sien books is (partly) how I learned Dutch when I lived there!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI like how the first kinderpostzegel set shows the same kids in different poses in the second row.
*reading
VerwijderenHow nice that you've read Ot and Sien!
VerwijderenI've learned to read thanks to Wim, Zus and Jet books (probably you'll known them too, for the 'leesplankje' 'Aap, noot, Mies'), they are other characters drawn by Cornelis Jetses. Simultaneously I read some Ot and Sien books. Shortly after, these books became obsolete, and my class was the last class using these books / this method to learn to read.