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NETHERLANDS 1898-1906

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1899 Number in oval, "NEDERLAND" written in an arc on top

  1/2 c lilac
  1 c red
  1 1/2 c blue (2 shades)
  2 c brown
  2 1/2 c green
  5 c green (1921)
  12 1/2 c red (1921)
  20 c blue (1921)

Surcharged

  '2 Ct' (blue) on 1 c red
  '2 Ct' on 1 1/2 c blue

These stamps have perforation 12 1/2 and were first issued on 1 August 1899.

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

The values 1 c, 1 1/2 c, 2 c and 2 1/2 c exist with the overprint 'ARMENWET', they are official stamps.
I've seen postal stationary '3 CENT' on 2 1/2 c green.

Postcard with red "Vijf Cent" overprint (5 c on 2 1/2 c green). I've also seen it without this overprint. A similar overprint also exist on the 2 c brown.

Forged '2 ct' overprint in black instead of blue.

Bogus issue, with "U S AMERICA" in the 1 c red design (first image obtainef from Sanin Jwaad). Next to it the same bogus stamp with an "AMSTERDAM" cancel (image obtained from Purmerender Postzegel Ruilclub 22 Oktober 2020).

Some kind of toy stamp in the same design?

1898 Queen Wilhelmina facing the left

(Imperforate 10 c stamps)

(Imperforate stamps, reduced sizes)

  3 c orange
  3 c green
  4 c lilac
  4 1/2 c lilac
  5 c red (exists imperforated due to a strike, 1923)
  7 1/2 c brown
  10 c grey
  10 c grey (with wider background line
        exists imperforated due to a strike, 1923)
  12 1/2 c blue
  15 c brown
  15 c blue and red
  17 1/2 c violet
  17 1/2 c blue and brown
  20 c green
  20 c green and grey
  22 1/2 c brown and green
  25 c red and blue
  30 c violet and lilac
  40 c green and orange
  50 c green and brown
  50 c grey and violet
  60 c olive and green

These stamps exist with various perforations: 12 1/2, 11 1/2 x 11 or 11 1/2 and were first issued on 1 August 1899. The values 3 c, 5 c and 10 c exist with the overprint "ARMENWET", they are official stamps. I've seen a postcard with a 3 c green image, also a 5 c red and 7 1/2 c brown.

Stamp with normal background (4 c) and 10 c with wide background lines.

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Surcharged

  '-4C-' on 4 1/2 c lilac
  '10 ct' (brown) on 3 c green
  '10 ct' on 5 c red
  '10 ct' (red) on 12 1/2 c blue
  '10 ct' (red) on 17 1/2 c blue adn grey
  '10 ct' (red) on 22 1/2 c brown and green
  'Veertig Cent' (=40 c), (red), on 30 c violet and lilac
  'Zestig Cent' (=60 c), on 30 c violet and lilac

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Overprinted 'DIENST ZEGEL PORT EN -AAN- TEEKEN RECHT' and value

  10 c (brown) on 3 c green
  '1 GLD' (blue) on 17 1/2 c blue and grey

These two surcharges were made on non-issued official stamps.

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Larger size

  1 G green
  2 1/2 G violet
  5 G red
  10 G orange

Surcharged

  '250' on 10 G orange

These stamps exist in various perforations

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Postcards; 3 c green, 7 1/2 c brown and "ZEVEN EN EEN HALVE CENT NEDERLAND" in fancy green pattern on 5 c red. A similar fancy overprint exist "TWAALF EN EEN HALVE CENT 12 1/2" in blue on 5 c.

Left facsimile of a coronation issue type I (as offered on Ebay in 2004), right normal stamp (type II)

Railway cancel 'AMSTERDAM - EMMERIK'; I've seen other railway cancels such as 'SITTARD-HERZOGENRATH' and 'UTRECHT-ZWOLLE'.

Cancel 'ULRUM' on a 3 c green stamp and 'DELFT' in a large circle on the 17 1/2 c.

Imitation of the 3 c green value in smaller size

Postal forgery of the 10 c value. The design is quite blur and the size is slightly larger than a genuine stamp. It is listed in the book 'Postal Forgeries of the World' of Fletcher.

A reproduction of the 1 Gulden exists which is about twice the size of the original stamp, it has "J.W. RIETVELT NIEUWENDIJK AMSTERDAM" printed at the bottom (sorry, no image available yet).

Forged overprints of the '1 GLD' (blue) on 17 1/2 c blue and grey exist, see: http://thestampculture.blogspot.sg/2012/12/the-1923-fur-collar-1-gld-overprint.html. The blue overprint is too dark and the 'K' of 'TEEKEN' is smaller (especially the top right arm).

Also forged partly perforations exists on the 5 c imperforate stamp. The stamp is perforated at 3 sides and either the bottom or top has a large 'F' added to it (genuine stamps do not have such an 'F'). This forgery is described in P.F.A. van Loo's book on forgeries.

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