The Netherlands is the European part of the Kingdom of
the Netherlands (the other parts being Netherlands Antilles and Aruba). The
country lies in a delta formed by three major European rivers: Rhine, Meuse and
Schelde. Most of the country is below sea level, which led the Dutch to design
a system of protection and land forming as early as the 12th century. The
Netherlands has a rich history. It was one of the major colonial powers and in
the 17th century it was the most powerful country in the world. Dutch painters,
architects and artists are renowned.
After the Second World War the Netherlands developed
into a modern country. It is a major exporter of agricultural products and
technology and one of the largest contributors to international development aid.
Through this and the fact that the Dutch army participates in a number of peace
keeping operations, the country is a valued player in the international field.
Capital: Amsterdam
Government: constitutional monarchy
Area: 41.526 km²
Population: 16.491.461 (July 2006)
Currency: Euro (100 cents), before
2002: Netherlands guilder (100 cents)
Internet TLD: nl
Dialling code: +31
Member of: United Nations and all
specialized organizations
For more stamps see:
International Court of Justice
Links
Netherlands in Wikipedia.
Flag of the Netherlands in Flags of the World.
The website of the Philatelic Service (Dutch only).
Country description from the BBC.
Country description from
the CIA.
Official website of the government of the
Netherlands (in Dutch).
Permanent Mission of the
Netherlands to the United
Nations.
Stamp catalogue
date: 1
October 1949
designer: M.C. Escher
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: 11¾:12¼
1 10 ct globe,
post horns, text "WERELDPOSTVERENIGING / 1874 1949"
lake
(cat. Michel 544/NVPH 542/SG 706/Yvert
528)
2 20
ct globe, post horns, text
"WERELDPOSTVERENIGING / 1874 1949"
dark blue
(cat. Michel
545/NVPH 543/SG 707/Yvert 529)
date: 23
August 1954
designer: Prof. G.V.A. Röling
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: 12½:12
remark: part
of a series of two stamps
3 10
ct + 4 portrait, text
"JEUGD EN LUCHTVAART / DR A PLESMAN STICHTER NAT LUCHTVAARTFONDS"
blue
(cat. Michel 645/NVPH 648/SG 803/Yvert
625)
date: 7
April 1960
designer: Chr.
de Moor
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: 12¾:14
4 12 c + 8 grieving
women sitting on suitcases, WRY emblem, text "VLUCHTELINGENHULP"
purple brown
(cat. Michel
744/NVPH 736/SG 891/Yvert 717)
5 30 c + 10 grieving
women sitting on suitcases, WRY emblem, text "VLUCHTELINGENHULP"
dark green
(cat. Michel
745/NVPH 737/SG 892/Yvert 718)
date: 21
March 1963
designer: Chr. de Moor
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: 14:12¾
6 12
c wheat, globe, text
"NAAR EEN / WERELD VRIJ VAN / HONGER"
brown,
blue
(cat. Michel
791/NVPH 784/SG 945/Yvert 767)
7 30
c wheat, globe, text
"NAAR EEN / WERELD VRIJ VAN / HONGER"
yellow,
red
(cat. Michel
792/NVPH 785/SG 946/Yvert 768)
Paris Postal Conference Centenary
date: 7
May 1963
designer: Wim Crouwel
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: 12¾:14
8 30 cent circle,
text "100 / JAAR / INTERNATIONAAL / POSTAAL OVERLEG / 1863/1963"
green, blue,
black
(cat. Michel
799/NVPH 791/SG 952/Yvert 774)
date: 17
May 1965
designer: G. Wernars
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: 14:12¾
9 20 c ITU
emblem, arrows, text "1865-1965 / INTERNATIONALE TELECOMMUNICATIE
UNIE"
drab, blue
(cat. Michel
840/NVPH 840/SG 992/Yvert 814)
10 40 c ITU
emblem, arrows, text "1865-1965 / INTERNATIONALE TELECOMMUNICATIE
UNIE"
blue, brown
(cat. Michel
841/NVPH 841/SG 993/Yvert 815)
date: 25
February 1969
designer: Jurriaan Schrofer
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: 14:12¾
11 25 c text
"IAO" made up from the text "1919 internationale
arbeidsorganisatie 1969"
red, black
(cat. Michel
912/NVPH 918/SG 1067/Yvert 886)
12 45 c text
"IAO" made up from the text "1919 internationale
arbeidsorganisatie 1969"
blue, black
(cat. Michel
913/NVPH 919/SG 1068/Yvert 887)
date: 23
June 1970
designer: Ben Bos
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: 12¾:14
remark: part
of a series of two stamps
13 45 c globe
on a pedestal, text "25 / JAAR / UNO"
blue, violet,
black
(cat. Michel
947/NVPH 974/SG 1115/Yvert 917)
date: 29
June 1971
designer: Pieter Brattinga
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: 12¾:14
remark: part
of a series of four stamps
14 25 ct portrait,
airplanes, signature, globe
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
967/NVPH 994/SG 1135/Yvert 936)
date: 29
June 1971
designer: Suwondo Sudewo, Tel Design Associated, Jap Keng Guan
(photo)
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: 12¾:14
remark: part
of a series of four stamps
15 45 ct + 20 part
of Borobudur temple, text "STICHTING / BEHOUD / BOROBUDUR"
purple, black,
yellow
(cat. Michel
968/NVPH 995/SG 1136/Yvert 937)
date: 31
July 1973
designer: Jan Boterman
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: 14:12¾
remark: part
of a series of four stamps
16 50
c rainbow, scales, text
"100 JR SAMENWERKING METEOROLOGIE"
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
1016/NVPH 1035/SG 1176/Yvert 987)
date: 9
October 1974
designer: Tel Design Associated
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: 12¾:14
17 60 ct hands
passing letters, text "100 JAAR / WERELDPOSTVERENIGING"
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
1038/NVPH 1058/SG 1199/Yvert 1009)
date: 29
July 1975
designer: Ans Bockting-van Genderen
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: 12¾:14
remark: part
of a series of two stamps
18 35 c playing
card with a woman and a man, text "JAAR VAN DE VROUW"
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
1055/NVPH 1075/SG 1216/Yvert 1026)
World Health Day 1978 - Down with high blood
pressure
date: 22 August 1978
designer: Jaap Drupsteen
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: 12¾:14
remark: part
of a series of three stamps
19 45
c emblem (heart with
torch), clouds, text "omlaag / met hoge / bloeddruk"
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
1124/NVPH 1162/SG 1298/Yvert 1095)
date: 13
March 1979
designer: Otto Treumann
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: -
20 55 c portraits,
Dutch flag, text "JULIANA 70"
gold, black, red,
blue
(cat. Michel
1135/NVPH 1174/SG 1310/Yvert 1106)
International Year of the Child
date: 13 November 1979
designer: Willem Diepraam (photos), Jan
van Toorn
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: 14:12¾ (19 and 20), 12¾:14 (21 and 22)
size souv. sh.: 144 x 75 mm
21 40 + 20 ct sleeping
girl ('right to love and protection')
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
1147/NVPH 1186/SG 1322/Yvert 1118)
22 45 + 20 ct baby
('right to medical care')
multicoloured
(cat. Michel 1148/NVPH
1187/SG 1323/Yvert 1119)
23 55 + 20 ct boy
('right to food')
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
1149/NVPH 1188/SG 1324/Yvert 1120)
24 75 + 25 ct school
children ('right to education')
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
1150/NVPH 1187/SG 1325/Yvert 1121)
25 souvenir sheet with
six stamps (2 x 40 + 20 ct, 2 x 45 + 20 ct and 2 x 55 + 20 c), ICY emblem,
text "internationaal jaar van het kind
1979"
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
Block 20/NVPH 1190/SG MS 1326/Yvert BF 20)
International Year of Disabled Persons
date: 10
November 1981
designer: S. Stolk
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: 14:12¾ (24 and 27), 12¾:14 (25 and 26)
size souv. sh.: 144 x 76 mm
26 45 + 25 c girl
and door opening ('integration into society')
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
1193/NVPH 1232/SG 1369/Yvert 1163)
27 55 + 20 c family
('integration into the family')
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
1194/NVPH 1233/SG 1370/Yvert 1164)
28 60 + 25 c girl
with bandage('immunization against polio')
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
1195/NVPH 1234/SG 1371/Yvert 1165)
29 65 + 30 c three
children ('integration amongst friends')
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
1196/NVPH 1235/SG 1372/Yvert 1166)
30 souvenir sheet with five
stamps (3 x 45 + 25 ct and 2 x 65 + 30 ct) and label (text "kinderzegels
op
al uw post! / op al uw post kinderzegels! /
kinderzegels op al uw post!"), ICY emblem,
text
"internationaal jaar van gehandicapten 1981"
multicoloured
(cat. Michel Block
23/NVPH 1236/SG MS 1373/Yvert BF 23)
date: 17
May 1983
designer: Jaap Drupsteen
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: 12¾:13¼
31 50 c page
from a newspaper, cup of coffee (75 years of the Netherlands Newspaper Publishers'
Association)
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
1232/NVPH 1285/SG 1420/Yvert 1202)
32 70 c European
communications satellite ECS, earth, European flags
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
1233/NVPH 1286/SG 1421/Yvert 1203)
International Year of Shelter for the Homeless
date: 10
February 1987
designer: Rik Comello
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: 14:12¾
remark: part of a series of two
stamps
33 65 c two
heads, modern apartment building, shanty, text "jaar van de daklozen"
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
1311/NVPH 1368/SG 1499/Yvert 1281)
Convention on the Rights of the Child
date: 8
November 1989
designer: Anthon Beeke
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: 13¼:12¾ (stamps), 14:12¾ (souvenir sheet)
size souv. sh.: 150 x 72 mm
34 55 + 25 cent heart,
roof ('the right to housing'), text "De rechten van het kind 1989"
and preamble of
the Convention in
Dutch
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
1371A/NVPH 1435/SG 1562/Yvert 1341)
35 65 + 35 cent bread,
knife and fork ('the right to food'), text "De rechten van het kind
1989" and preamble of
the Convention in
Dutch
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
1372A/NVPH 1436/SG 1563/Yvert 1342)
36 75 + 35 cent words
'Lezen' (to read) and 'schrijven' (to write) ('the right to education'), text
"De rechten van het
kind 1989"
and preamble of the Convention in Dutch
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
1373A/NVPH 1437/SG 1564/Yvert 1343)
37 souvenir sheet with
five stamps (1 x 55 + 25 cent, 2 x 65 +
35 cent and 2 x 75 + 35 cent), text
"de rechten / van het kind" and
"KINDER POSTZEGEL / AKTIE 1989"
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
Block 33/NVPH 1438/SG MS 1565/Yvert BF 33)
date: 3
May 1995
designer: Jan Bons
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: 12¾:13¼
remark: part
of a series of three stamps
38 80 c number
'50', text "één / wereld / vijftig jaar / verenigde / naties" (one
world, fifty years, united
nations)
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
1545/NVPH 1645/SG 1765/Yvert 1509)
date: 26
September 1995
designer: Harry N. Sierman
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: 13¼:12¾
remark: part
of a series of three stamps
39 80
c portrait, text "J.
Tinbergen Nobelprijs economie 1969"
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
1555/NVPH 1655/SG 1775/Yvert 1519)
date: 3
September 1996
designer: Rineke Dijkstra, Willem van
Zoetendaal (graphic lay-out)
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: 12¾:13¼
40 70 c school
children from Ghana, text "UNICEF 1946/96"
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
1590/NVPH 1690/SG 1810/Yvert 1554)
41 80 c girl
from Ghana, text "UNICEF 1946/96"
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
1591/NVPH 1691/SG 1811/Yvert 1555)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 50th
anniversary
date: 17 March 1998
designer: Klaas van der Veen
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: 13:12¾
remark: issued
in a series of three stamps, printed in strips of three
42 80 c child
on a swing in an asylum seekers' centre, text "universele / verklaring /
rechten van / de mens"
and
"kostbaar en kwetsbaar" (precious and vulnerable)
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
1590/NVPH 1690/SG 1875/Yvert 1625)
International Year of Older Persons
date: 13
April 1999
designer: Vanessa van Dam, Patrick Mc Mull (photo 43)
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: 13¼:12¾
size souv. sh.: 144 x 75 mm
43 80 + 40 c elderly
woman, text "OUDERENZEGELS 1999"
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
1713/NVPH 1818/SG 1938/Yvert 1686)
44 80 + 40 c elderly
black man, text "OUDERENZEGELS 1999"
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
1714/NVPH 1819/SG 1939/Yvert 1687)
45 80 + 40 c elderly
white man, text "OUDERENZEGELS 1999"
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
1715/NVPH 1820/SG 1940/Yvert 1688)
46 souvenir sheet with
six stamps (2 x nr. 41, 2 x nr. 42, 2 x nr. 43), text
"1999 / OUDEREN / POSTZEGELS /
INTERNATIONAAL JAAR / VAN DE OUDEREN"
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
Block 59/NVPH 1821/SG MS 1941/Yvert BF 59)
date: 10
October 2000
designer: Pieter Brattinga, Eric Coppenhagen
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: 13¼:12¾
size souv. sh.: 108 x 50 mm
47 souvenir sheet,
portrait of Leeghwater, postmarks, map of the Beemster Polder, text "JAN
ADRIAENZ.
LEEGHWATER -
BEEMSTER WERELDERFGOED 2000 / AMPHILEX 2002 - RAI AMSTERDAM /
INTERNATIONAL
STAMP SHOW / 30 AUGUST - 3 SEPTEMBER 2002 / AMPHILEX 2002 - RAI
AMSTERDAM / INTERNATIONALE POSTZEGELBEURS /
30 AUGUSTUS - 3 SEPTEMBER 2002 /
150 JAAR POSTZEGELS
IN NEDERLAND / 150 YEARS OF STAMPS IN THE NETHERLANDS"
80 c canal
boat
80 c mail
carriage
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
Block 66/NVPH 1926/SG MS 2054/Yvert BF 66)
International Year of Volunteers
date: 3
April 2001
designer: Floor Koomen (photos: Maarten Schaik)
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: 13¼:12¾
size souv. sh.: 108 x 50 mm
48 souvenir
sheet, text "Internationaal Jaar van Vrijwilligers 2001", "Ruim
25% van / de Nederlanders
/
is vrijwilliger" and "Belangrijke / sectoren zijn: / cultuur / zorg /
sport / levensbeschouwing /
natuur
& milieu / onderwijs"
80
c voluntary fire
fighters, text "Internationaal Jaar van Vrijwilligers 2001" and
"belangeloos"
80
c voluntary animal
protection , text "Internationaal Jaar van Vrijwilligers 2001" and
"belangrijk"
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
Block 69/NVPH 1968/SG MS 2096/Yvert BF 68)
date: 18
July 2003
designer: Irma Boom
printer: De la Rue & Co., London (Questa Colour
Security Printers, London)
perforated: 14½:14¾
remark: printed
in sheetlets of 10 stamps (5
pairs)
49 € 0,39 portrait,
child, text "NELSON / MANDELA / 85 JAAR"
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
2136/NVPH 2196/SG 2319)
50 € 0,39 children,
text "NELSON MANDELA / CHILDREN'S FUND"
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
2137/NVPH 2197/SG 2320)
date: 25
November 2004
designer: Eat
printer: Walsall Security Printers, Walsall
perforated: -
remark: printed
in sheets of 20 stamps (2 x 10
different self adhesive stamps)
51 € 0,29 + 0,10 mother and child, text "UNICEF"
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
2258/NVPH 2310/Yvert 2183)
52 € 0,29 + 0,10 girl feeding her small brother, text "WORLD FOOD
PROGRAMME"
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
2263/NVPH 2315/Yvert 2188)
date: 24
November 2005
designer: Arjan Groot, in collaboration with Julia Müller
printer: Walsall Security Printers, Walsall
perforated: -
remark: printed
in sheets of 20 stamps (2 x 10
different stamps)
53 sheet with 20 self
adhesive stamps (€ 0,29 + 0,10 each) in 10 different designs (works of art
depicting
scenes from the
birth of Christ from Catharijneconvent Museum, Utrecht), the proceeds of the
surcharge
go to 10
charities, including UNICEF and World Food Programme
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
2359-2368/NVPH 2381-2390/Yvert 2272-2281)
date: 23
November 2006
designer: Joseph Plateau design agency
printer: Walsall Security Printers, Walsall
perforated: -
remark: printed
in sheets of 20 stamps (2 x 10
different stamps)
54 sheet with 20 self
adhesive stamps (€ 0,29 + 0,10 each) in 10 different designs (children as
angels with
Christmas
decorations), the proceeds of the surcharge go to 10 charities, including
UNICEF and World
Food Programme
multicoloured
(cat. -)
League of Nations Stamp catalogue
date: 10 December 1928
designer: Jan Sluyters
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: 12 and 12:12½
remark: part
of a series of four stamps
1 7½
(+ 2½) portrait, text "H.A.
LORENTZ / 1853 1928 / VOOR HET KIND"
red
(cat. Michel
220/NVPH 222/SG 375a/Yvert 217)
date: 18
May 1933
designer: P.A.H. Hofman
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: 12½
2 12½ ct dove,
sword, star "shining over the world"
ultramarine
(cat. Michel 261/NVPH 256/SG 412/Yvert
253)
date: 1
May 1954
designer: Sierk Schröder
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: 12½:12
remark: part
of a series of five stamps
3 10
ct + 5 portrait, text "J.
HUIZINGA 1872 / 1945"
green
(cat.
Michel 639/NVPH 644/SG 799/Yvert 621)
date: 26
September 1995
designer: Harry N. Sierman
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: 13¼:12¾
remark: part
of a series of three stamps
4 80
c portrait, text "J.
Tinbergen Nobelprijs economie 1969"
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
1555/NVPH 1655/SG 1775/Yvert 1518)
The Hague Peace Conference Stamp catalogue
date: 3 September 1991
designer: Monica Waalwijk de Carvalho
printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen
perforated: 14:12¾
remark: part
of a series of three stamps
1 80
c portrait, text
"T.M.C. ASSER / VREDE / NOBELPRIJSWINNAAR 1911"
multicoloured
(cat. Michel
1420/NVPH 1480/SG 1623/Yvert 1384)
