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CURACAO (Netherlands Antilles) 1873-1902

Curaçao

Return To Catalogue - Curacao, part 2 - Netherlands - Postage due stamps (Te betalen port) - LA GUARIA SAN TOMAS Pto CABELLO PAQUETTE CURACAO

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Colony of the Netherlands, part of the Netherlands Antilles.

1873 King William III of the Netherlands

  2 1/2 c green
  3 c brown
  5 c red
  10 c blue
  12 1/2 c yellow
  15 c grey
  25 c brown
  30 c grey
  50 c lilac
  60 c yellow

Larger sizes, "GULDEN" values:

  1 G 50 c blue and dark blue
  2 G 50 c lilac and brown

The "GULDEN" values have broader margins around the design.

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

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

Surcharged:

  '2 1/2 CENT' (violet, two types) on 10 c blue (1895)
  '2 1/2 CENT' on 30 c grey (1895)
  '25 CENT' on 30 c grey (1891)

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

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

Special cancel for the St.Martin island: "St MARTIN NED GED" (NED GED = Nederlands Gedeelte = Dutch part of the island)

Some numeral cancels similar to the ones used in The Netherlands exist (however, I have no picture available now): '201' for Curaçao, '202' for Curaçao and St. Martin (from 1881 onwards), '208' St. Eustatius and '209' Saba.

Senf made a forgery of the 2G50c value, it was distributed as an 'art gift' with the stamp journal 'Illustriertem Briefmarken Journal':

(Senf forgery of the 2G50c value, with overprint "FALSCH." across the value)

The forger Fournier also made forgeries of these stamps. I know he used the cancel "CURACAO 5 3 1890" in a circle with additional parts of circles added to make it look like a square. He made at least forgeries of the values 60 c yellow and 2 1/2 c on 10 c blue.

Fournier forgeries as taken from a Fournier Album.

Fournier forgeries as taken from a Fournier Album. The Paramaribo cancel is actually from Surinam.

Fournier forged cancel, "CURACAO 5 3 1890" image taken from a 'Fournier Album of Philatelic Forgeries', reduced size. In my opinion, genuine stamps have a 'cedile' below the second "C", thus "CURAÇAO".

Fournier forgery of the 2.50 G value?

1889 Value in a circle

  1 c grey
  2 c lilac
  2 1/2 c green
  3 c brown
  5 c red

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

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

Strange cancel consisting of an ellipse with horizontal lines. I've seen it on other values of this set, maybe cancelled to order?

A "St EUSTATIUS" cancels and "ARUBA".

1892 Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

  10 c blue
  12 1/2 c green
  15 c red
  25 c brown
  30 c grey

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

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

1901 Stamps of the Netherlands (Queen Wilhelmina) overprinted "CURACAO" and value

  12 1/2 c on 12 1/2 c blue
  25 c on 25 c red and blue
  1.50 G on 2 1/2 G violet

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

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

Curacao, part 2

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