In the various handbooks and catalogues, there is talk of unfinished stocks. “They also appear as imperforate samples.” This story dates back to Dieten’s sample book of 1966 and has never changed. Handboek Postwaarden Kolff 2011 also relates this story...
Surabaya? 12 2 1942. NVPH no. 278. Quarter stamp at € 225. One must be careful with this type of stamp, as they can easily be counterfeited or falsely cancelled. This is done to obtain a higher catalogue value. The issue of the stamp was...
I bought a very strange ORI from an eBay seller. The outline looks like an inverted R, but, if you look very closely, there turns out to be a normal ORI imprint underneath. According to the seller, In the catalog...
In the various handbooks and catalogues, there is talk of unfinished stocks. “They also appear as imperforate samples.” This story dates back to Dieten’s sample book of 1966 and has never changed. Handboek Postwaarden Kolff 2011 also relates this story...
Surabaya? 12 2 1942. NVPH no. 278. Quarter stamp at € 225. One must be careful with this type of stamp, as they can easily be postmarked or falsely cancelled. This is done to obtain a higher catalogue value. The issue of the...
Just like the Netherlands, the Dutch East Indies also had stamps cancelled with long cancellations. More information about this—and their value—can be obtained using the catalogues by Storm van Leeuwen* and Bulterman*. However, sometimes the place names are missing. This...
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