Brief company history

• 1983 Rob Smit starts a stamp shop in Haarlem at the age of 22.
• 1986 Rob opens an antiquarian bookstore in the shop next-door.
• 1986 A huge database has been built containing all stamps that are on stock. We start with mail orders.
• 1989 A reconstruction creates one large store with a philatelic and an antiquarian department.
• 1990 We make our first steps abroad and start advertising in Germany, Belgium and Switzerland..
• 1991 We open a second store in Hoofddorp and start with our trade-in lists.
• 1995 The Haarlem store is further enlarged and we close down the Hoofddorp shop.
• 1996 We make our first moves on the world wide web by starting up a website.
• 1997 We decide to expand our mail order company to serve customers worldwide through the internet.
• 1999 We introduce a shopping cart system and add thousands of pictures.
• 2002 We introduce freestampcatalogue.com
• 2005 We close down our antiquarian book activities and expand our philatelic business.
• 2007 We introduce our own philatelic supplies brand (Collectio).
• 2010 April: We enlarge our store and create our 'PostBeeld Philatelic Adventure Store' in Haarlem.
• 2010 November: We introduce our current modern and powerful website.