This interesting card was sent to me by Bert from
Zwolle in Holland. It shows the Stamp
Exhibition ‘Filacento’ held in Holland on 13.6.1984.
I would also like to draw your attention to the
three lovely stamps affixed to the card. The first one was in accordance with
the theme of EUROPA86, which was “Conservation of Nature”.
The second stamp commemorated The Roman Catholic Cathedral
Church of St. John (Sint-Janskathedraal)
of Hertogenbosch, North Brabant which is the height of gothic
architecture in the Netherlands. It has an extensive and richly decorated
interior, and serves as the cathedral for the bishopric
of Hertogenbosch. The cathedral has a total length of 115 and a width of 62
metres. Its tower reaches 73 metres high.
St.
John’s Cathedral is a so-called ‘Kanjermonument’ (whopper-monument, loosely
translated) and being such, it receives financial support from the Dutch
government. In 1985, it received the honorary
title of Basilica Minor from Pope John Paul II.
And
the third stamp is for the 400th
Death Anniversary of William of Orange. Now, William I, Prince of Orange (24 April 1533 – 10 July 1584), also
widely known as William the
Silent, or simply William
of Orange, who was the main leader of the Dutch
revolt against the Spanish that
set off the Eighty Years' War and resulted in the formal
independence of the William I,
Prince of Orange. William joined the Dutch uprising and turned against his
former masters. The most influential and politically capable of the rebels, he
led the Dutch to several successes in the fight against the Spanish. Declared
an outlaw by the Spanish king in 1580, he was assassinated by Balthasar Gérard (also written as "Gerardts") in Delft four years later (1584).
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