tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post2100468234391327612..comments2024-03-23T04:12:08.762-07:00Comments on Big Blue 1840-1940: Belgium Part A 1865-1912: Cancelled and Socked-on-the-NoseJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024632082262694589noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post-71153208335598424972018-04-17T13:33:19.409-07:002018-04-17T13:33:19.409-07:00Lexman - appreciate your personal experiences with...Lexman - appreciate your personal experiences with Belgian "king" history in the schools. You are right of course - even today. It is difficult for a country's educational system to admit past historical transgressions. <br /><br />And I'm glad that Rhisnes still exists as a village.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02024632082262694589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post-22727514292843993402018-04-17T12:03:45.199-07:002018-04-17T12:03:45.199-07:00You're spoiling us (at least me) with those ar...You're spoiling us (at least me) with those articles on belgian stamps.<br /><br />Rhisnes does exist indeed and is a small village in the Namur province.<br /><br />https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhisnes<br /><br />I didn't find anything for the Brussels cancel. <br /><br />Funny what you write about "Leopold II. What ever good he did as king..." <br /><br />As far as my memory goes when I was in school, we learnednothing about him except for his Congo dream. But in the 80's that was a different time we didn't talk about atrocities... so not much talk about Leo I and II, but more so on Albert I, the knight king (which was a fable of course as well but we swallowed it without a problem). Name one king who did anyhting good for Belgium? Hm maybe the Regent Charles but he has no stamps depicting him. Or are there? I must verify that.<br /><br />Well so much for belgian kings. Let's keep to belgian stamps, far more pacific and a lust for the eye...<br /><br /> Lexmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510811163415116101noreply@blogger.com