The answer to competition number 7 with the question about the service stamps (courtesy of Cees Janssen) that were never issued: they are all ministries, namely: DEP. v. A. = Labour, DEP. v. BNL. = Interior, DEP. v. BTL. = Foreign Affairs
DEP. v. F. = Finance DEP. v. J. = Justice DEP. v. K. = Colonies DEP. v. LNH = Agriculture, Industry and Trade DEP. v. M. = Navy DEP. v. O. = War DEP. v. OKW = Education, Arts and Sciences DEP. v. W. = Public Works Between 1921 and 1923, proofs were made for service stamps by overprinting existing postage stamps. At that time, the Dutch State comprised a number of Departments. Separate service stamps were produced for each of these departments, bearing an abbreviation of the...
The answer to competition question 6 is clear if you turn the image of that faint impression over and compare it with the stamps from 1945, the Liberation Stamp NVPH 443. This stamp was issued previously. The 1945 proof print was probably applied to...
In the National Archives, there is a proof print of the 2 1/2 guilder NVPH number 347 with a faint impression of another stamp. Can you tell me which stamp that is? Source: Cees Janssen
The answer to quiz question 5 is: In Den Helder, established in 1935 as a national monument for the Dutch Rescue Service and unveiled by Queen Wilhelmina. It has a carillon with 30 bells and is called 'Helden der Zee'. The square used to be called...
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