Stamps of the Netherlands 1852-1899

Royal coat of arms of the Netherlands (1815-1907)

English: Stamps of the Netherlands issued from 1852 to 1899.

Nederlands: Nederlandse postzegels uitgegeven in de periode van 1852 tot en met 1899.

Stamps

King William III of the Netherlands in 1856

First issue, King William III, design by Agnites Vrolijk, engraved by Johann Wilhelm Kaiser.

1851 Proofs

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  1851 Die proof
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  1851 Color die proofs

1 January 1852 issue

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  5c blue unused
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  5c blue, used by '..SPOOR' train cancel
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  10c red unused
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  10c red, type 2o, plate IX position 78, used by black boxed '(FRAN)CO'
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  15c orange unused
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  15c orange, used '...ERDAM 1-12'

1864

Second issue, King William III.

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  5c blue, used by black boxed 'FRA(NCO)' (№ 4)
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  10c red, used pair, black boxed 'FRANCO' (№ 5)
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  15c orange, used black boxed 'FRAN(CO)' (№ 6)
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  10c pink on letter from Almelo 19.11.1866 to Amsterdam, with 'FRANCO' cancel and date stamp, Type A (№ 5A)

1867

Third issue, King William III.

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  20c used, boxed 'FRANCO' and red 'AMSTERDAM, 29 APR 68, 4A-8A'. (№ 10IA)
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  50c golden, used dotted cancel '6' (№ 12II)
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  5c-50c 1867 set used (№ 7-12)
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  5c on letter from Ginneken, straight line postmark, 27.9.1871 to Amsterdam (№ 7II)
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  10c on letter from Rotterdam to Rauenberg, 14 March 1869 with FRANCO cancel and date stamp (№ 8II)
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  10c on letter from Rotterdam to Antwerp, 5 June 1871 with dotted cancel 91 and date stamp (№ 8)
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  20c on letter from Amsterdam to Marseille, 9 Jan. 1873 with dotted cancel and date stamp, Type II, perforation E (№ 10II)

1869

Coat of arms of the Netherlands.

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  ½c-2½c set of six, used (№ 13-18)

1872

King William III

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  5c blue, used dotted cancel 220 (№ 19)
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  5c blue, used dotted cancel 24 (№ 19)
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  10c red, used dotted cancel 5 (№ 21)
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  15c brown, used '(T)richt', perforated 12.5 : 12 large holes, type H (№ 23H)
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  5c on letter from Arnhem to The Hague, 24 August 1874, dotted cancel 8 and date stamp (№ 19)
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  5c on letter from Deventer to The Hague, 13 August 1889, dotted cancel 24 and date stamp (№ 19)
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  12.5c on letter from Amsterdam to Gand, 25 July 1883, dotted cancel 5 and date stamp (№ 22)

1876

Numerals.

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  1876 issue (№ 30-33)
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  2½c on uprated 2½c postcard Amsterdam-Gelsenkirchen (№ 33)
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  2½c on 1896 postcard Zwolle-Groningen (№ 33)

1891-1896

Queen Wilhelmina in the 1890's

Queen Wilhelmina.

1891

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  3 and 5 cent (№ 34-35)
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  50c yellow-brown, used by circular 'DONGEN' (№ 43)
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  1g grey-violet, used by black circular '(s) Gravenha(ge)' (№ 44)
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  5c, 1894 postcard Rotterdam-Vienna (№ 35)
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  5c, 1899 postcard Amsterdam-Plauen (№ 35)

1893

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  2.50g used, black large circular 'NIJMEGEN (STATION)' (№ 47)

1896

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  50c used, black large circular 'ROT(TERDAM)' (№ 45B)
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  1g used, black large circular 'ROTTERDAM' (№ 46C)

1898

Queen Wilhelmina in 1898, wearing her coronation dress

Portrait of Queen Wilhelmina with fur collar. Large numeral '1', commonly called the 'Coronation Guilder'.

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  1g green, used large circular 'LEEUWARDEN'
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  Large numeral '1'

1899

Portrait of Queen Wilhelmina with fur collar, numerals.

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  1g green, used large circular 'SCHIE(DAM)'
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  Detail showing smaller '1'
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  Numeral ½ - 2 cent and queen Wilhelmina 3 - 10 cent, used
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  Queen Wilhelmina 10 - 60 cent, used
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  1903, 1c on postcard Apeldoorn - Vrijenban
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  1925, 1g green on parcel card

Postage due stamps

1870

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  First postage due stamps, 5c and 10c used. (№ 1-2)

1881

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  Second issue postage due stamps, used (№ 3-12)

Telegraph stamps

1877

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  25c unused (№ TG 7)
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  1g unused (№ TG 11)
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  1c-50c, 1877 telegraph stamps used (№ TG1-9)