Netherlands stamps

[FairyFoot]

I have penpals in the Netherlands. I think I'll keep these as covers as they contain the letters in too.

[FairyFoot]

[FairyFoot]

[Butterfly]

I couldn't pass up the chance to find something of value when a bag labeled in ink "Netherlands unchecked" showed up at our stamp club.
Another person had also written in pencil "No Value"

I've been sorting those stamps for the last two weeks.
The results are summarized in the next seven pages.
What would you do with such a mix?
Would you invest two weeks of sorting?
I benefited greatly, as I learned a lot about old Netherlands definitives.

[Butterfly]

I did find three oldies a tad over minimum CV.

They come in both blue and ultramarine, with ultramarine being rarer.
Maybe one is ultramarine?

Second row shows a few of the half cent definitives of 1898 to 1924.  There were 196 of them in the bag.  Of greater interest to me were the roller type precancels on 17 of the  stamps.  They had been affixed to newspapers.  The one shown also includes part of the address label or wrapper.

The roller cancels were also sometimes used on other stamps, though none were found in this lot.

Below are the other denomination found along with the numerical count.

Since nearly all of the stamps in this lot were on paper.  The cancels were potentially of more interest than the stamps, so I didn't soak very many of them.
They will be going back to the club next month.
 

[Butterfly]

The higher values in this series show Queen Wilhelmina.
Again none of the high CV stamps showed up.

Note that The 10 cent stamp has two varieties, the later issue having heavier background lines within the oval.

 

[Butterfly]

In 1924 a new series was started, however, none of those higher CV ones were found.
In 1927 another long running series was started.
Again, just the minimum CVs. 
The 1½ rev violet, is known to have plate flaws "CEN" and "GENT".
I didn't find any, of course.
The gull types from 1941 were not present.

 

[Butterfly]

Another feature of the Gull and Queen series is that many of them can be sorted by watermark and/or perforation size as well as into syncopated perforation types.

Below are the higher denomination stamps found here.
Actually, the 7½ yellow orange from the 1924-26 series with a CV of $1 was a nice bonus. (so ignore what I wrote in the first line)

[Butterfly]

With so many stamps, It can be tempting to search for plate flaws.
Here are the results of my survey of the Wilhelmina fur collar 5 cent stamps.
Some missing line segments.
  Probably not plate flaws, but possibly of some interest.

[Butterfly]

Finally, a rewarding feature of going through this mix was finding two stamps with syncopated perforations.
They are notoriously difficult to find in kilo mixes.
This one, I think, had the advantage that the stamps were nearly all on paper, so a very careful inspection was needed to spot them.
One is a Type A, with sync on two sides, while the other one is a type B with four sides syncopated.
Netherlands and Danzig are the only countries with syncopated perforation stamps.
The stamps were produced in rolls for vending machines.

[Butterfly]

Oh, I found a few perfins also. will show them in the perfins thread.

[kacyds]

Came across these two stamps from the Netherlands this morning.



Scott# 848 & 849 - December Stamps

Didnt think much of them until I noticed the backs of them.



At first I thought they must be some type of Perfin, but I couldnt make heads or tails of a design. Took out the Scott Catalog and they explain the holes.

The stamp were issued in sheets of 20, 10 of each design, plus a label. Each stamp contains perforations placed within the design to resemble snowflakes.

Snowflakes? Looks more like holes to me....

As for the Scott #'s....

#848 - Clock hand pointing to "12" and star, candle and Christmas tree.
#849 - Clock hand pointing to '12" and fireworks.

[kacyds]

Here is a couple that were issued on September 14, 1993, for Letter Writing Day. I am sure FairyFoot will like these...



Scott# 844 - Pencils and Pen, Scott# 845 - Envelope and contents